An Exxon Mobil gas station in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 203. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Exxon Mobil indicated Wednesday it could make a bid for Hess’ oil assets in Guyana if the company’s merger agreement with Chevron fails due to a dispute over pre-emption rights. Exxon filed for arbitration […]
Hyundai unveiled a sleek new IONIQ 6 Black Edition this week. The new blacked-out EV is fitted with special matte wheels, molding, and other upgrades. Hyundai unveils IONIQ 6 Black Edition Following the launch of the updated IONIQ 5 earlier this week, Hyundai revealed another new model in Korea. Hyundai revealed the IONIQ 6 Black […]
New Englanders, rejoice – at last, Vermont’s first Tesla store is now open in South Burlington. IT’S HEEEEEERRRREEEE! January 26: The Vermont Tesla store is so not going to open in the latter half of January, as we initially expected. One of our readers (thanks, Doug!) went past the store today and spoke to a supervisor, […]
Maryland-based ION Storage Systems has just hit a significant milestone with its unique solid-state batteries (SSBs). ION Storage Systems‘ anodeless and compressionless solid-state batteries successfully achieved and exceeded 125 cycles with less than 5% capacity degradation in performance. This is no small matter because this isn’t a typical solid-state battery, and this achievement means potential […]
As you may be familiar with by now, Apple has officially canceled its project to build an electric car. The project never saw the light of day and wasn’t even confirmed by Apple, but the company had been working on its own car since 2014. Following reports that Apple had approached Tesla for a partnership, […]
Credit: Ford Motor Co. Ford is updating the E-Transit with a larger 89kWh battery, increasing range by roughly 30% depending on configuration, and faster charging on both DC and AC. The battery increases from 67 to 89kWh, a substantial increase. The update means that the low-roof version of the E-Transit will have a range of […]
On June 3, 2021, a roughly 60-year-old man in the riverside city of Magdeburg, Germany, received his first COVID vaccine. He opted for Johnson & Johnson’s shot, popular at that point because unlike Pfizer’s and Moderna’s vaccines, it was one-and-done. But that, evidently, was not what he had in mind. The following month, he got […]
Twins are a bonanza for research psychologists. In a field perpetually seeking to tease out the effects of genetics, environment and life experience, they provide a natural controlled experiment as their paths diverge, subtly or dramatically, through adulthood. Take Dennis and Douglas. In high school, they were so alike that friends told them apart by […]
Can Kia challenge Toyota, which has dominated the market in Thailand, with affordable EVs? Chinese automakers like BYD are already stealing market share, but Kia is in talks over a new EV plant in Thailand that could help position itself as an early leader. Affordable electric cars are coming Kia has already revamped the brand […]
BrainCheck, a digital health company specializing in cognitive assessments, announced it secured $15 million in funding. The investment was led by seed-stage investor Next Coast Ventures, venture capital firm S3 Ventures and UPMC Enterprises. Additionally, the company announced an expansion of its board of directors, with Nicholas Shapiro, vice president of UPMC Enterprises, joining the […]
