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Amble unveils fun-looking, street-legal 40 MPH ‘electric buggy’

Amble unveils fun-looking, street-legal 40 MPH ‘electric buggy’

The electric vehicle industry has spent the last decade chasing bigger batteries, longer ranges, and faster acceleration. A new company called Amble thinks that approach may have missed the point for a large number of everyday trips. Today, Portugal-based startup Amble emerged from stealth mode to unveil its first vehicle, the Amble One. The company says that vehicles will begin production next year, with a street-legal version coming in 2028. The electric buggy is designed for short-range transportation in places where a traditional car may be unnecessary, oversized, or simply out of place. The Amble One can reach a top speed of 65 km/h (40 mph) thanks to its 15 kW motor, and carries an 11 kWh battery that helps provide an all-electric range of up to 100 km (62 miles). Advertisement – scroll for more content While most small electric vehicles of this style are classified as Low-Speed Vehicles (LSVs) in the US for regulatory purposes, limiting them to 25 mph (40 km/h), the Amble One claims a top speed over 50% faster. It’s …

I found a way to roll back buggy Google Services updates on Android – in just a few clicks

I found a way to roll back buggy Google Services updates on Android – in just a few clicks

Jack Wallen/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways If a Google Services update is causing problems, there’s a quick fix With the tap of a button, you can roll back certain updates. Use this carefully, and it could get you out of a jam. Over the past decade, there have been a handful of occasions when an Android update wreaked havoc on my phone. Once, it was so bad that I had to do a factory reset and start over. Not ideal. There have also been situations where an update didn’t cause catastrophic problems, but did give me a headache or two. For example, a Google Play Services update led to the inability to install apps. That issue wasn’t resolved until Google pushed an update to the service. Also: How to use Google Messages’ new Trash feature to recover deleted texts The good news is that there’s a somewhat hidden section in Android where you can roll back updates for nearly any Google service. For example, if Android WebView …