Creating More Value for Senior Care from Excess Acreage National Lutheran Communities and Services has made sustainability part of its strategic plan for years, outlining its program to include renewable energy efforts, energy-efficient solutions and electric vehicle charging stations, waste reduction and recycling, and key partnerships to support its goals. Richard Mazza, president of Coach […]
Polestar is bolstering the incentives with its new Flexible Lease program. Through the program, the 2024 Polestar 2 is available to lease for $349 per month. The best part is that you can end the lease after five months with no penalty. Launched in 2019, the Polestar 2 set the premium Swedish automaker on a […]
PG&E, California’s largest utility, just brought its first renewable remote grid online, in a nature preserve in Sonoma County. The fully renewable remote grid at Pepperwood Preserve replaces 0.7 miles of overhead distribution line, eliminating wildfire risk from overhead power lines. Throughout PG&E’s 70,000-square-mile service area, remote customers are served via long electric distribution lines that […]
Virtual reality-based mental health company XRHealth revealed plans to send a VR headset to space for mental health treatment during an upcoming space mission launching on November 7. In collaboration with Nord-Space Aps and HTC Vive, XRHealth engineered the Vive Focus 3 headset to withstand the conditions of space by using a simulator mode and […]
Less than a week after we shared details of a visit with ZEEKR in New York, detailing how quickly the Chinese automaker is expanding, it is now teasing its fourth electric model – the 007. The ZEEKR 007 will be the company’s first sedan and as a result, the first designed for the mass EV […]
The legendary Jeep Wrangler is going electric. We will also see an all-electric Grand Cherokee roll out in the next few years. A tentative labor agreement between Jeep’s parent company, Stellantis, and the UAW revealed several new EV models due for production. UAW President Shawn Fain released new labor contract details, including historic wage increases, […]
On 12 October 2023, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (the MHRA) announced that the healthcare and life sciences sector will benefit from a new streamlined notification scheme for lowest-risk clinical trials (the Scheme). The Scheme will see the lowest-risk clinical trials processed by the MHRA in less than 14 days. The current legislation that […]
The BYD Seal/Credit: BYD Chinese-owned automaker BYD has announced plans to build a factory in Europe in hopes of bringing its affordable EVs to the masses there. As the brand picks up steam in sales, it will break ground on its first European factory, with Hungary selected as the location. Still, it has some challenges to […]
On Tuesday 7 November into Wednesday 8 November, we’re bringing you a range of perspectives and experiences from the health tech industry. NHS employees can sign up for a free ticket to any of the live sessions here. At 10am, we’re kicking the day off with a written interview with Cara Afzal, programme director for […]
Specialist high frequency welding company Speed Plastics will be at MEDICA 2023 to showcase its range of engineering and OEM services offered to healthcare companies, including its recent investment in Europe’s largest high frequency welding machine. Over the last year, the company has invested nearly £1m in state-of-the-art machinery, including a bespoke 100 kilowatt Zemat […]
