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Ventricle Health, a virtual platform focused on cardiac care, secured $8 million in seed funding led by RA Capital Management with participation from Waterline Ventures alongside other investors. The company offers value-based home and virtual cardiology care in support of Accountable Care Organizations, primary care practices and partners in Florida, Texas, Ohio and the Mid-Atlantic […]
Volvo Cars is going big on wind power – its Torslanda factory in western Sweden is going to be powered by a 1 gigawatt (GW) offshore wind farm. Volvo Cars chooses offshore wind power Swedish wind power firm Eolus Vind and Volvo Cars have signed a letter of intent to collaborate on the Västvind offshore […]
Tesla has started to roll out its new “Driver Drowsiness Warning” feature, which leverages the cabin camera for driver monitoring. Over the years, Tesla has been criticized for not emphasizing driver monitoring with its advanced driver-assist features under the Autopilot and Full Self-Driving packages. For years, Tesla was only able to detect torque on the […]
Heavy electrical transmission lines at the powerful Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, located in California’s Mojave Desert at the base of Clark Mountain are viewed near Primm, Nevada, July 15, 2022. George Rose | Getty Images News | Getty Images The world has to add or replace 49.7 million miles of transmission lines by 2040 […]
The creator of the original Hoverboard, Shane Chen, revealed his latest invention Tuesday. Chen introduced SHANE, deemed the first two-wheeled EV concept ready for everyday use. Hoverboard inventor unveils two-wheeled SHANE EV Chen developed and patented the first self-balancing Hovertrax scooter, which became known as the Hoverboard, back in 2012. Despite millions of Chinese copycats […]
A Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner, from United Airlines, taking off from Barcelona airport in Barcelona on March 28, 2023. JanValls | Nurphoto | Getty Images United Airlines said more expensive jet fuel and a halt to the carrier’s Tel Aviv flights during the Israel-Hamas war will eat into its profits in the last three months of […]
Lower-priced electric cars are on the way. Hyundai is slashing EV lease prices on the IONIQ 5 and IONIQ 6, offering some of the cheapest rates since launching. Hyundai looks to keep the momentum rolling as the EV price war intensifies. According to a new bulletin sent to dealers recently (via CarsDirect), Hyundai is making […]
Roland Griffiths, a professor of behavioral science and psychiatry whose pioneering work in the study of psychedelics helped usher in a new era of research into those once banned substances — and reintroduced the mystical into scientific discourse about them — died on Monday at his home in Baltimore. He was 77. The cause was […]
Tesla hasn’t released an Autopilot safety data report in about a year. It’s not clear why, but it is disappointing as the company is being opaque with its self-driving data while missing timelines to deliver on its promises. Since 2018, Tesla has been trying to create a benchmark for its improvement in Autopilot safety by […]
