Apollo Go unveiled as fast, dual-motor entry-level electric scooter you can still carry

  • February 7, 2024
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You may be more familiar with Apollo’s fancier electric scooters, which the Canadian company has designed largely from the ground up, eschewing traditional industry practices of compiling a hodge-podge of off-the-shelf parts. But the company’s newest model, the Apollo Go, is shedding some serious poundage in an attempt to become the best portable, entry-level scooter […]

Geely Auto inks deal with ZEEKR to sell its EVs in Mexico, hints at expansion to South America

  • February 7, 2024
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Geely Holding Group subsidiary Geely Auto has announced a vehicle purchase agreement with fellow marque brand ZEEKR to sell its EVs and aftermarket parts in Mexico. With the agreement, Geely hopes to fast-track ZEEKR’s line of advanced new energy vehicles to Mexican consumers hungry for more sustainable alternatives to combustion models as a stepping stone […]

The Ford Focus is over, and so are thousands of jobs

  • February 7, 2024
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Photo by Wallace Chuck on Pexels.com Ford is laying off some 3,500 workers in Germany as the automaker ends the production of the Focus – the once crazily popular car that never managed to get off the ground with its electric version – in 2025. Next year, Ford is wrapping up production of the Focus […]

Polestar’s incoming Phone spotted on Google Play’s list of supported devices

  • February 7, 2024
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A few months after sharing initial details and images, Polestar’s flagship smartphone, developed by Meizu in China, has been spotted on Google’s API website as a device compatible with the Play Store. Details of the incoming Polestar Phone remain relatively light, but we can confirm it will run on Android and support Google Play. During […]

Tesla Semi electric truck spotted handling closed icy road

  • February 7, 2024
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The California Highway Patrol has shared a video of a Tesla Semi electric truck handling a closed icy road. Electric semi trucks are still quite new and there are a lot of naysayers about them. Bill Gates was one of them. He didn’t believe that a battery-electric truck could travel 500 miles, but he was […]

Ford is building a low-cost EV platform with some of the ‘best EV engineers’ to rival Tesla

  • February 7, 2024
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Ford (F) assembled a “super-talented skunk works team” to build a low-cost EV platform. The small team consisted of “some of the best EV engineers in the world,” according to Ford’s CEO Jim Farley. It will be used to launch several new software-defined electric models. Ford is “secretly” developing a low-cost EV platform Following Tuesday’s […]

Medovate and JEB Technologies combine forces to drive medical device innovation

  • February 7, 2024
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Medovate Ltd and JEB Technologies have become part of the same group structure that will integrate their management, unique skill sets and expertise to drive greater collaboration, innovation and growth in the dynamic field of medical device development. The strategic move involves two award-winning companies, both deeply committed to accelerating the introduction of pioneering medical […]

A Waymo robotaxi hit a cyclist in San Francisco – here’s what happened

  • February 7, 2024
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An autonomous Waymo car hit a cyclist in San Francisco yesterday – but luckily the cyclist had only minor injuries. Still, it’s bad news for urban cyclists, and for Waymo, Alphabet’s autonomous vehicle division, which is already having a tough time shaking off all the bad buzz from the Cruise disaster. After the accident, Waymo, […]

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Calderdale Council awards £130k contract for digital platform to support family hubs – htn

  • February 7, 2024
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The borough council of Calderdale has awarded a contract with an estimated value of £130,560 across a 10-year period to Gemstone IT Services, for the provision of an integrated virtual health and wellbeing offer for families. The solution is required to act as “an umbrella first point of contact”, signposting to further resources and websites […]

AI helps to predict whether antidepressants will work

  • February 7, 2024
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Researchers in the Netherlands have harnessed AI to successfully predict within a week whether an antidepressant would work in patients with major depresssive disorder (MDD). Using an AI algorithm, a brain scan and an individual’s clinical information, the team from Amsterdam UMC and Radboudumc could see up to eight weeks faster whether or not the […]