Li Auto has officially launched its first-ever battery EV, a multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) called the Mega. Priced at over RMB 560,000 ($77,800), Li Auto expects the luxury minivan to be a top seller in its segment, contributing to its target of 800,000 vehicles sold this year. You may not know much about Li Auto ($LI), but it […]
Tesla has increased Model Y prices back up as part of a new strategy to implement temporary discounts. In early February, Tesla announced a temporary $1,000 discount on Model RWD and Model Y Long Range until March 1st. It’s a fairly new strategy for Tesla. While Tesla has had extremely frequent price changes over the […]
Ford Performance is returning to “America’s Mountain” to participate in the 102nd running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. After reaching the summit in a modded-up electric SuperVan last year, Ford looks to make the climb again with a bespoke F-150 Lightning EV and has teased it in an interestingly sounding video below. For […]
The two largest pharmacy chains in the United States will start dispensing the abortion pill mifepristone this month, a step that could make access easier for some patients. Officials at CVS and Walgreens said in interviews on Friday that they had received certification to dispense mifepristone under guidelines that the Food and Drug Administration issued […]
Fisker has shared preliminary details of its Q4 and full fiscal year 2023 results, and they’re… not great. Revenue is up for the quarter, but cash on hand is dwindling, causing the American EV automaker to express “substantial doubt” about its ability to move forward. That said, Fisker Inc. has some negotiations in the works […]
Image via NBC 9News. A lot of fuss was made this winter when some Tesla owners in Chicago experienced difficulty charging – but that wasn’t the experience for the majority of EV owners. In Colorado’s West Grand School District, electric school buses didn’t perform as well as their diesel counterparts. They performed better. The town of […]
The CEO of Toyota isn’t mincing words, saying that he believes EVs will only make up 30% of the US new-vehicle market in 2030, half of the target the EPA sought last year. As the car industry’s largest hybrid pusher, Toyota says it is better positioned to just buy credits to close the EPA gap […]
Lone pumpjack located in the middle of large solar array outside of Bakersfield, Kern County, California, USA. Citizens Of The Planet | UCG | Universal Images Group | Getty Images U.S. crude oil futures touched $80 a barrel for the first time in nearly four months, as signs point to a tightening market ahead of […]
People at risk of Alzheimer’s disease have impaired spatial navigation prior to problems with other cognitive functions, including memory, a new study led by UCL researchers has revealed. The research, published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association, used virtual reality (VR) to test the spatial navigation of 100 asymptomatic midlife adults, […]
Proposition 1 would raise $6.4bn for housing and treatment for people with mental health and substance use disorders. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images View image in fullscreen Proposition 1 would raise $6.4bn for housing and treatment for people with mental health and substance use disorders. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images California wants to force people into mental health care. […]
