Volkswagen confirmed that it is in talks with Tesla to adopt the NACS connector for its electric vehicles in North America. The news comes after Electrify America, which was founded by Volkswagen, announced the adoption of NACS. Over the last month, Tesla managed to convince virtually all major American automakers to switch to its newly […]
Boston-based Author Health, a hybrid care platform for Medicare Advantage members with serious mental illness and substance use disorders, launched with $115 million in financing. General Atlantic led the round with participation from Flare Capital Partners. WHAT THEY DO Author Health provides virtual and in-person psychiatric care for Medicare Advantage recipients with a mental illness […]
Gogoro, the current leader in battery-swapping electric scooters, has just announced a massive partnership with the Maharashtra government to spread its battery standard, battery-swapping stations, and electric scooters across the state. Motorcycles and scooters greatly outnumber cars in India by around 4:1. Thus, it makes sense that any effort at electrifying transportation in the world’s […]
Bay Area startup Boundary Layer Technologies (BLT) has been taking pre-orders for its all-electric, jet ski-like hydrofoil it calls Valo. Despite still being in the prototype phase, the demand for what its makers describe as a “hyperfoil” is clearly there. The company’s initial production run of the electric jet ski variant is sold out well […]
Augmedics, an augmented reality surgical-navigation platform, has scored $82.5 million in Series D financing led by CPMG. Evidity Health Capital joins the round as a syndicate partner. Current investors Revival Healthcare Capital, H.I.G. Capital, Almeda Ventures and others participated in the round. WHAT IT DOES Augmedics xvision Spine System, which received FDA clearance in 2019, utilizes […]
Leading truck manufacturer Volvo Trucks is pioneering a path for the heavy transport hauling industry to go all-electric. The company delivered an electric truck for heavy transport in Sweden that can handle a total weight of 74 tons. Impressively – Volvo’s heavy-duty electric truck runs 12 hours a day, with one charging stop along the […]
Elon Musk says that Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) is going to get out of “Beta” with the upcoming version 12 update. Should we care? While Musk claimed that Tesla’s FSD is in beta to emphasize the need for drivers to pay attention and be ready to take control at all times, many believe that it […]
Audi AG has announced a changing of the guard at CEO, as Markus Duesmann is being relieved of his duties following a resolution passed by the automaker’s supervisory board today. Duesmann will be succeeded by Volkswagen Group’s vice president of Product and Group Strategy and general secretariat, Gernot Döllner. Here’s what we know. Markus Duesmann […]
Nearly six months to the day after revealing ambitious plans to enter new markets in Europe this year, ZEEKR has launched pre-orders for two of its three current EV models. The Chinese EV automaker will launch in two EU countries to begin as it shares a timeline to expand to even more of Western Europe. […]
Digital identify company Imprivata has announced that its identity and access management solutions accelerated COVID-19 vaccine delivery in new research published in the peer reviewed journal Therapeutic Advances in Vaccines and Immunotherapy. Deployment of Imprivata’s single sign-on (SSO) and identity governance solutions by the South Eastern Health and Social Care (HSC) Trust in Northern Ireland […]
