500kW wireless charging keeps electric trucks working in bitter cold

  • January 16, 2024
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The wireless charging experts at Ideanomics’ WAVE division want you to remember that high-speed inductive EV charging is ready for prime time – even in extremely cold weather conditions. WAVE uses a charging “plate” that’s embedded beneath the surface of the road, and works with a second charging plate on the bottom of the vehicle to […]

Blue Bird just got its single largest electric school bus order yet

  • January 16, 2024
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Blue Bird Corporation (Nasdaq: BLBD) got the single largest order of electric school buses to date from the second-largest public school system in the US. The Los Angeles Unified School District ordered 180 electric school buses, adding to the 26 Blue Bird electric school buses it already has in its fleet. The unprecedented order will […]

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Q&A: General Catalyst on AI and digital health funding in 2024

  • January 16, 2024
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Digital health stakeholders need to renew their focus on getting back to the basics, such as improving care access, outcomes, cost and workforce retention, says Holly Maloney, managing director at General Catalyst.  Maloney joined MobiHealthNews to discuss the most noteworthy events of 2023, AI use in healthcare and projections for digital health funding in 2024.  […]

Genesis teases X Snow Speedium EV concept ripping across icy terrain

  • January 16, 2024
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Would you drive this off-road Genesis EV on your next ski trip? Genesis unveiled the X Snow Speedium EV concept, giving us a sneak peek into the brand’s future design. Check out the Genesis X Snow Speedium EV concept The X Snow Speedium is another variant of Genesis’ X concept car, an electric GT released […]

Solar, wind to lead US power generation growth for the next 2 years

  • January 16, 2024
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The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts that solar and wind will lead US power generation growth for the next two years in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook. As a result of new solar projects coming online in 2024, the EIA forecasts that US solar power generation will grow 75% from 163 billion kilowatt hours (kWh) […]

Dead Tesla cars pile up at Chicago Superchargers in extreme cold

  • January 16, 2024
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A bunch of Tesla vehicles were unable to charge at Supercharger stations across Chicago amid an extreme cold wave. Cars have problems in extreme cold. That’s a fact, regardless of if the vehicle is electric or powered by an internal combustion engine. It’s very common for gas-powered cars not to start in the cold. As […]

A cheap Toyota EV? Not right now, the company says

  • January 16, 2024
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If you were waiting for a smaller, cheaper Toyota electric car, you may have to keep waiting. Toyota has no current plans to launch a cheap EV despite demand building. Toyota says no small, cheap EV is in the works Although many automakers, including VW, Stellantis, and Kia, have revealed plans to launch low-cost EVs […]