Retrofitting

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Thursday, March 23. In an era when seemingly every government policy is supported or opposed along a blue-red divide, there’s one thing that Angelenos overwhelmingly agree on: Vulnerable L.A. buildings need to be reinforced against earthquakes.A Suffolk University/Los Angeles Times poll found that more than 8 in 10 L.A. residents support the city’s 2015 retrofit law, the toughest earthquake safety law in the U.S. At that time, an estimated 15,000…

New Delhi, February 9 Retrofitting buildings with concrete and polymer reinforced with fibre could make buildings in India more seismic resilient, thereby, enhancing their chances of surviving earthquakes, according to an expert. Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Ropar, have previously investigated corroded reinforcement in beams and columns of buildings, both relatively new and old, in a laboratory settings. Aditya Singh Rajput, one of the reseachers of the study, IIT, Ropar put forth their…

Elon Musk has killed the little hope some had for Tesla in offering a retrofit to the new Autopilot/Self-Driving hardware (HW4) to current Tesla owners. Tesla is expected to announce a new Autopilot/Self-Driving hardware suite, which has been referred to as Hardware 4.0 (HW4), any day now. There have been quite a few indications that some major changes are coming. For example, after famously removing radar sensors from its hardware suite, we learned in December that Tesla is planning to add…

Lockly seems to have kept renters in mind with its latest product, the Flex Touch Pro. Unlike most traditional smart locks, this one doesn’t require you to install a new deadbolt — yet still manages to add both voice controls and a fingerprint scanner to your front door. The Flex Touch Pro was revealed during CES 2023 and is scheduled to be released in the first quarter of 2023 with a price tag of $230. That pricing puts it right in the middle of the smart lock market, although its retrofitting design and impressive…

At the end of 2020, the Renault plant in Flins (France) embarked on a new path to focus entirely on the circular economy. The consequent Refactory was developed to refurbish used vehicles and now houses a new workshop that retrofits robots. The Retrofit unit is tasked with refurbishing them before they return to production lines. This unit has revamped 40 robots so far this year to contribute to substantial projects such as…

The Infinity E1 electric scooter next to Bounce's battery swapping pod. Image used for representation. (Photo: News18.com/)The Delhi government's Transport Department plans to launch a portal that will bring vehicle owners and companies, that are involved in retrofitting old vehicles with electric kits, on a single platformPTI Last Updated:June 09, 2022, 09:00 ISTFOLLOW US ON:People willing to get their old diesel or petrol vehicles converted to electric ones may soon be able to do so with just a click of a mouse. The…