Employer health benefits company Gravie has garnered a whopping $179 million equity investment from General Atlantic with participation from existing investors AXA Venture Partners and FirstMark Capital. The Minneapolis-based company offers small and medium-sized businesses a health plan called Comfort, which it calls a comprehensive plan with zero copays on most common healthcare services such […]
Leading defense manufacturer Lockheed Martin (LMT) revealed Wednesday a new investment in pioneering electric seaplane maker REGENT to expedite use in defense situations. With over $66 billion in sales last year, Lockheed Martin remained one of the top US defense manufacturers in 2022. Best known for making some of the most lethal, advanced defense innovations […]
Tesla has promised to plant double the number of trees that it will remove as part of the deforestation effort to build Gigafactory Mexico. There are a lot of eyes on a piece of land spanning 4,200 acres just outside of Monterrey since Tesla confirmed its plan to build a gigafactory there. Not much is […]
“To be a hero or a heroine, one must give an order to oneself.” – Simone Weil There is something special that sets apart those who, in the words of the French philosopher Simone Weil, “give an order” to themselves to be a hero or heroine. USA TODAY’s Women of the Year project honors local and national heroines who make a […]
It was March 1827 and Ludwig van Beethoven was dying. As he lay in bed, wracked with abdominal pain and jaundiced, grieving friends and acquaintances came to visit. And some asked a favor: Could they clip a lock of his hair for remembrance? The parade of mourners continued after Beethoven’s death at age 56, even […]
Electric microcars are a tricky to define subset of motor vehicles, especially in the US. Open-air neighborhood electric vehicles, fancy golf carts, and other small vehicles tend to blur the line, leaving microcars in that weird category of “I know it when I see it.” Now after recently test-driving one myself from the New York-based […]
Luxury electric boatbuilder ALVA Yachts is back with its latest solar electric catamaran. The upcoming OCEAN ECO 78 will arrive as a mid-size marine vessel in ALVA’s current lineup and comes equipped with the solar and electric propulsion technology to reach a top speed of 14-15 knots (16-17 mph) at sea, plus plenty of battery […]
Genesis Motors is looking to expand its lineup with a small luxury EV that would be placed below the GV60 electric crossover SUV. Genesis is considering introducing a small luxury EV The luxury brand, part of Hyundai Motor Group, has already vowed to end new gas-powered model sales by 2025 with plans to introduce a […]
Researchers in the US have created wearable microscopes to enable unprecedented insight into the signalling patterns that occur within the spinal cords of mice. This technological advancement, by researchers at the Salk Institute in San Diego, will help researchers better understand the neural basis of sensations and movement in healthy and disease contexts, such as […]
Volkswagen ID 2all concept (Source: VW) According to a recent update from Volkswagen Passenger Cars CEO Thomas Schaefer, the Group intends to build at least four of its incoming EVs across its sub-brand’s current and upcoming facilities in Spain, including the VW ID.2, whose concept version, the ID.2all, was unveiled last week. Volkswagen Group currently […]
