5 March 2026
Chelsea, Manhattan, NYC
#iphoneography #iphonephotography #streetphotography #gloomy #cloudy #rainy #schoolbus #citybus #mta #chelseanyc #chelseany #manhattan #nyc #nycphotography #newyorkcity #newyorkcityphotography
Secret Kill Switch on Chinese Buses
Test results showed that the Chinese bus maker had access to the vehicles' control systems for software updates and diagnostics. A leading Norwegian public transport operator has said it will introduce stricter security requirements and step up anti-hacking measures after a test on new Chinese-made electric buses showed the manufacturer could remotely turn them off. Transport operator Ruter said test results published last week showed that Chinese bus maker Yutong Group had access to their […]https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/11/secret-kill-switch-on-chinese-buses/
I think I need some mediation…oops, I mean meditation. 🧘♂️
I did a test drive with my new City Bus through a Rainy Dutch City😀 (everything 3d/vfx/sound design)
tldr; Design, 3D Modeling, surfacing/texturing, vehicle rigging, animation, lighting, VFX, camera, sound design City Bus and street (including all props) in Blender as a test drive for my upcoming Animation Short Film.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tdiuy4YTbQw
#blender3D #art #digitalArt #mastoArt #b3d #blender #3dmodeling #texturing #surfacing #animation #rigging #vehicleRigging #animatie #cityBus #makingOf
2024-07-14 "Hydrogen-powered Citybus completes first tunnel journey [ . . . ]"
"""This is the first time a hydrogen bus has traversed the Hong Kong Island and New Territories route.
Richard Hall, the managing director of Citybus, stated that they will no longer purchase diesel buses but replace them with hydrogen buses on a one-for-one basis.
The goal is to use hydrogen or electric buses in its entire fleet by 2045.
"""
And once again I saw something odd for the #WeirdCarMastodon crowd during one of my bicycle tours: A small old and very boxy #Steyr #Citybus with just one pair of doors used by the city of Lindau as environmental information vehicle as it's labelled "um🌍mobil".
I know that it's old, because one of these busses (albeit one with just a half driver's cabin) ran on the #VBZ bus line in front of my home long before I moved there: 1984-1992 according to https://www.ostbus.ch/steyr-citybus-01.html