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Mobility startup Plentywaka picks up $1.2M seed, acquires Ghana’s Stabus
Lagos and Toronto-based mobility startup Plentywaka has raised a $1.2 million seed round to scale its operations on the back of leaving the Techstars Toronto accelerator program last month. Canadian-based VC firm The Xchange led the round, SOSV and Shock Ventures participated, while Techstars Toronto made a follow-on investment. Nigerian firms Argentil Capital Partners and […]
The tough calculus of emissions and the future of EVs
Mark Mills Contributor Share on Twitter Mark Mills is the author of the forthcoming book, “The Cloud Revolution: How the Convergence of New Technologies Will Unleash the Next Economic Boom and a Roaring 2020s.” He is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a Faculty Fellow at Northwestern University’s McCormick School of Engineering. More posts […]
韓国発のEV「IONIQ 5」は、称賛に値するクオリティに仕上がっている：試乗レヴュー
韓国最大手の自動車メーカー・現代自動車（ヒョンデ）が2021年2月にワールドプレミアした電気自動車（EV）「IONIQ 5」。いち早く試乗してみると、印象的なデザインと室内空間のみならず、走行性能や充電システムなど多くの優れた点をもつEVに仕上がっていた──。『WIRED』UK版による試乗レヴュー。
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General Motors issues third recall for Chevrolet Bolt EVs, citing rare battery defects
General Motors is recalling even more Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles due to possible battery cell defects that could increase the risk of fire. This latest recall, announced by the automaker on Friday, marks the third time GM has issued the consumer notice for the Bolt. The second recall, which was issued in July, covered 2017 […]
Bird shows improving scooter economics, long march to profitability
Newly reported financial data from Bird, an American scooter sharing service, shows a company with an improving economic model, and a multi-year path to profitability. However, that path is fraught.
Top four highlights of Elon Musk’s Tesla AI Day
Elon Musk wants Tesla to be seen as “much more than an electric car company.” On Thursday’s Tesla AI Day, the CEO described Tesla as a company with “deep AI activity in hardware on the inference level and on the training level” that can be used down the line for applications beyond self-driving cars, including […]
Musk: The Tesla Bot is coming
Remember that weird Will Smith movie about robots? Yeah, neither do we. But Elon Musk does. Tesla is developing a 5’8” Tesla Bot, with a prototype expected sometime next year. The news comes during Tesla’s inaugural AI Day, which was streamed on the company’s website Thursday night. The bot is being proposed as a non-automotive […]
High-Speed Rail Proponents Make Another Push For Pacific Northwest Project
Three of every five voters in Oregon and Washington support a regional, high-speed rail line, according to a poll released by proponents of a proposed high-speed rail system to carry passengers from Eugene, Ore., to Vancouver, B.C. GeekWire reports: Th…
Toyota To Cut Global Production By 40% Due To Global Microchip Shortage
Toyota is to slash worldwide vehicle production by 40% in September because of the global microchip shortage. The BBC reports: The world’s biggest carmaker had planned to make almost 900,000 cars next month, but has now reduced that to 540,000 vehicles…