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Video footage meant for investors has leaked, showing Aptera Motors co-founders and co-CEOs Steve Fambro and Chris Anthony discussing many topics about the solar EV startup’s future, including a potential IPO. Usually, when we share progress updates from notable solar EV developer Aptera Motors, they come directly from the horse’s mouth. The born-again startup is […]
General Motors (GM) looks to get back on track this year as executives believe EV “production hell” is behind it. After missing EV sales targets for the past two years, will 2024 be the year of execution, as GM says it will? Is GM putting production hell behind it? After delivering 75,883 EVs last year, […]
Tennessee-based insurtech provider Clover Health announced a partnership with mental and behavioral health platform Quartet Health, which will bring value-based behavioral healthcare to Clover members with severe mental illness through Clover Home Care. Clover Home Care delivers care access, medication support, mental and physical care coordination and community resources to seniors. Clover supports Medicare Advantage […]
Photo: Mortensen The US battery storage market shattered deployment records across all segments in Q4 2023 – a 101% increase from the previous quarter. The US battery storage sector saw 4,235 megawatts (MW) installed in Q4 2023, according to Wood Mackenzie and the American Clean Power Association’s (ACP) latest “US Energy Storage Monitor” report. For the […]
Photo: Tesla Amber has launched AmberCare, an EV-specific warranty program in the US for aging Tesla models 3, Y, S, and X. EVs require less maintenance than gas cars, but they’re not infallible. If EVs need repairs out of warranty, the fixes can be expensive, and many repair shops don’t yet have the skill sets […]
A new children’s science book about Tesla and EVs, Everything Tesla: From How They Work To How Fast They Go And All The Fun In Between!, launches today, written by twin 9th graders Aiden and Eliana Miao, and targeted at kids between the ages of 8 and 13. Aiden and Eliana are from Palo Alto, […]
Scientists in a prominent cancer lab at Columbia University have now had four studies retracted and a stern note added to a fifth accusing it of “severe abuse of the scientific publishing system,” the latest fallout from research misconduct allegations recently leveled against several leading cancer scientists. A scientific sleuth in Britain last year uncovered […]
Today is the first day of Amazon’s Big Spring Sale event, with today’s green deals all seeing new and returning low prices as a result. Headlining the best discounts today is the Hiboy EX6 Step-Thru Fat-Tire e-bike at a new $800 low. It is joined by the Greenworks Pro 80V 580 CFM Cordless Electric Axial […]
Stress and energy management wearables company Welltory unveiled a new feature for Apple Watch users called Today Screen, which will generate users’ health data from the Watch into guidance on how to reduce sedentary stress. The app will provide wearers with an overview regarding the amount of harm sedentary stress takes on their health, helping […]
