Canadian Reviewer Weekly Roundup - 12/17- 12/23

Rogers turns on three new cell towers on British Columbia's Highway

Rumoured camera upgrades for Samsung's future Galaxy S phones

Adobe and Figma scrap US$20 billion merger amid antitrust concerns

VW and its brands embrace Tesla’s NACS for EV charging

Apple’s next-gen CarPlay takes over Porsche and Aston Martin dashboards first

What you need to know about the turquoise light on Mercedes-Benz’s autonomous cars

Apple loses appeal to delay US ban on its newest smartwatches

Microsoft to retire Windows Mixed Reality platform

LG has a new UltraGear OLED gaming monitor with two refresh rate modes

Magic Compose in Google Messages comes to more markets

NordVPN launches official app for Apple TV with tvOS 17

Tesla recalls over 120,000 vehicles in the US due to door latch issue

VW and its brands embrace Tesla’s NACS for EV charging

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Volkswagen and its subsidiaries Audi, Porsche, and Scout Motors are joining the growing list of automakers that support Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) for electric vehicles (EVs). Starting in 2025, their EVs will be compatible with both Tesla’s Supercharger network, which has over 15,000 stations, and Electrify America and Canada’s 3,800 DC fast charging outlets. They are also exploring ways to retrofit existing models with NACS adapters.

Tesla’s charging solution is becoming the dominant choice for EVs in North America, as GM, Volvo, Polestar, Mercedes, Honda, BMW, Lucid, and others have also committed to using the NACS soon. ChargePoint and Electrify America are also adding NACS connectors to their EV charging stations by 2025.

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ZipCharge launches suitcase-sized powerbank for EVs

ZipCharge introduced a new charging product designed for electric vehicles that can help convince people with range anxiety about switching from gas to electric cars. The British startup debuted the ZipCharge Go at the Cop26 climate summit. It looks like it's the size of a carry-on suitcase and weighs around 50 pounds. It has wheels and a retractable handle, allowing you to put it in your trunk.

The ZipCharge Go can provide up to 20 miles of range after plugging into the car for 30 minutes. There's a higher-capacity version that gets up to 40 miles of range. It works with any plug-in hybrid or EV with a Type 2 socket. It can charge a vehicle to its total capacity between 30 minutes to an hour.

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Dodge electric muscle car, Jeep electric SUV expected by 2025

Expect electric vehicles coming from Dodge and Jeep in the coming years. Stellantis, the owner of brands like Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep, Maserati, and Ram, revealed that there would be an electric Dodge muscle car coming by 2024, an electric Ram pickup, and a fully electric Jeep SUV by 2025. 

Dodge "will not sell electric cars, Dodge will sell American e-muscle cars," Dodge CEO Tim Kuniskis said during the event. "It's the natural evolution of the modern muscle car." This first e-muscle car was teased during the event. 

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