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It's well below the average selling price for a new car in the US. In California, you'll also get HOV ("carpool") lane access, which 4-wheeled EVs lost recently.

Impressive. Aptera claims "~700 watts of integrated solar cells", with the difference that Aptera's are fully integrated and usable even in motion.

Recently Aptera announced they have ordered major components to build 40 production vehicles. This may not sound like many (especially since they have nearly 50,000 reservations), …

As an indie author ( https://frequal.com/novels ), this makes me glad I haven't submitted my novel yet to any of these contests. The chance that a submission fee could be wasted by…

I make modern single page apps with Java. They run in standard browsers, require no extensions, and perform great.

Having books on several devices makes reading more convenient. DRM-Free books make that easy, so you can read whether you have your phone, tablet, or PC. For a list of DRM-free aut…

In several countries, you can find Little Free Libraries, a non-profit with a registry of small libraries like the book boxes in front of homes described in the article: https://li…

Aptera's solar EV has obtained EPA certification, leaving just the FMVSS certification. "This is a meaningful milestone for our reservation holders," says Aptera's Co-CEO Steve Fam…

Title Typo? Reparaible to Repairable?

Thanks for sharing this. New authors have enough challenges without getting scammed. I've written a (free) guide for the writing process here: https://frequal.com/forwriters/ The w…

Nice shout-out to Aptera in the middle of this article. Aptera has built a working, production-intent solar EV. Recent tests showed it charging up to 46 miles per day from the sun …

The bookshop.org filter works nicely. After searching for a keyword, pick "Formats/Ebook/DRM-free". I'll add a link and a note.

I added a link, thanks! Mr. Doctorow seems to include 3 formats in every purchase (PDF, MOBI, and EPUB), which should cover just about any device.

I added it to the list of DRM-free sources at the end, thanks!

After several years of mandatory DRM lockdowns from most commercial book sources, now authors have a choice when it comes to DRM for their books. Pick authors and books that are DR…

Even if you _can_ hold it, you may not own it if the player is internet-connected or even receives a firmware upgrade during maintenance or from a disc. New discs may not play unle…

Yes, they explained that's like parking facing the other way after driving at lunchtime. They also describe optimal parking strategies for no-move charging. Forget hypermiling, now…

Real world test results show up to 46 miles per day on a sunny day. No plugging in, no gas, just park it in the sun and your battery charges.

Even though I started Means and Motive ( https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GYCZJVGX ) 5 years ago, and it was written without any AI use, I was worried people might have this concern, gi…

I have just updated EPublish here: https://frequal.com/epublish/ EPublish converts HTML to EPUB. It has numerous quality-of-life tools for authors, such as generating custom versio…