Fisker (FSR) delivers the first Ocean electric SUV model

  • May 5, 2023
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American EV maker Fisker Inc. (NYSE: FSR) delivered its first electric Ocean SUV model to a customer at its new facility in Copenhagen, Denmark Friday. The Ocean is Fisker Inc’s first electric vehicle since revamping the brand in 2016 after Henrik Fisker’s previous startup, Fisker Automotive, went bankrupt in 2013. Fisker believes this time is […]

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Walensky Resigns as C.D.C. Director

  • May 5, 2023
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Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will step down from her position on June 30, she announced on Friday, capping a tumultuous tenure at the nation’s leading public health agency as it struggled to rein in the Covid-19 pandemic, the greatest threat to American well-being in decades. Her […]

The US offshore wind’s pipeline is now 51+ GW – here’s where it’s happening

  • May 5, 2023
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The US offshore wind industry’s rapidly growing pipeline is made up of 51,377 megawatts (MW) of expected capacity, according to a new report from the American Clean Power Association. The projects’ expected capacity, across 32 leases, is enough electricity to power the equivalent of more than 20 million homes. Early development projects represent 33,875 MW, […]

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SteadyMD, AmerisourceBergen partner for pharmacy telehealth and more digital health briefs

  • May 5, 2023
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Global healthcare company AmerisourceBergen has announced a strategic partnership with business-to-business telehealth provider SteadyMD, beginning with the companies cocreating and piloting a telehealth offering for independent community pharmacies dubbed Test to Treat. The Test to Treat model allows individuals to be tested for an illness or condition at an independent pharmacy and then consult with […]

Audi EV deliveries rise 43% in Q1 despite weaker market in China

  • May 5, 2023
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Audi released its Q1 2023 earnings Friday, showing a 43% rise in EV deliveries. The increase comes despite a weaker market in China, with overall deliveries falling nearly 16% YOY in the region. Audi EV deliveries in Q1 2023 Audi delivered a total of 34,584 EVs in the first three months of the year, up […]

Wheel-E Podcast: New Razor and Heybike e-bikes, dishonest e-bike range, Polaris shipping electric UTV & more

  • May 5, 2023
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This week on Electrek’s Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories from the world of electric bikes and other nontraditional electric vehicles. This time that includes new electric bike launches from Razor and Heybike, whether or not e-bike companies are honest with their range ratings, Polaris and CSC shipping highly anticipated electric UTVs and motorcycles, […]

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C.D.C. to Scale Back Covid Tracking Efforts

  • May 5, 2023
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Why It Matters: Covid still claims more than 1,000 lives weekly Even in a season that usually brings a lull in respiratory illnesses, and even with powerful vaccines available, the coronavirus is infecting many Americans and killing at least 1,000 people each week. The data the C.D.C. still plans to collect will not provide enough […]

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Q&A: What providers need for digital health adoption

  • May 5, 2023
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When consultancy Simon-Kucher conducted its digital health trends survey in 2019, partner Jan Bordon was surprised by the digital immaturity of many healthcare and life science companies. That changed in 2022 as the COVID-19 pandemic pushed companies to seriously consider digital tools and strategy. But now healthcare players need to take on another challenge: getting […]

Tesla teases deliveries of Midnight Cherry Model Y

  • May 5, 2023
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Tesla is teasing the start of deliveries of Model Y vehicles with the new Midnight Cherry paint job – a rare new color added to the automaker’s lineup. Tesla electric vehicle buyers have been waiting for new paint options for a long time. Back in the early days of the Model S, Tesla used to […]

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W.H.O. Ends Global Health Emergency Designation for Covid

  • May 5, 2023
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A year ago the W.H.O. said that 15 million more people had died in the first two years of the pandemic than would have in normal times, a figure that laid bare how vastly countries had undercounted victims. In Egypt, excess deaths were roughly 12 times as great as the official Covid toll; in Pakistan, […]