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Weight-Loss Drugs Aren’t Really About Weight

  • May 13, 2025
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Ever since the pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk realized that GLP-1 drugs were useful for more than diabetes, doctors and researchers have struggled to answer a deceptively simple question: Who should be taking them? The medications are highly effective at inducing weight loss, and most Americans are overweight or have obesity. But GLP-1s are also expensive, […]

A vast new UK battery plant just secured £1B to power 100k EVs

  • May 12, 2025
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Image: AESC A major new EV battery factory is being built in Sunderland, bringing 1,000 new jobs with it. AESC, Nissan’s battery partner, is behind the £1 billion ($1.33 billion) plant, which will boost the UK’s EV battery production by six times, enough to power 100,000 electric cars annually. The 12 GWh capacity plant, AESC’s second […]

Slate’s $20k electric pickup that can be converted into an SUV has secured 100k reservations

  • May 12, 2025
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Source: Slate Young EV startup Slate Auto is gaining significant interest from the US consumer market, just weeks after it emerged out of stealth with a bare-bones all-electric pickup. The company just announced its “Blank Slate” EV has already garnered 100,000 reservations. It’s been just over two weeks since we reported on Slate’s official debut. […]

Cybertruck sales slump as EV prices rise and incentives dry up

  • May 12, 2025
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New EVs got a little more expensive in April, and consumers saw fewer deals than before, according to new estimates from Cox Automotive’s Kelley Blue Book. In April, the average transaction price (ATP) for a new EV climbed to $59,255. That’s up 3.7% from the same time last year, and slightly higher, by 0.2%, than […]

The 2025 Audi Q6 e-tron snags an IIHS Top Safety Pick+ award

  • May 12, 2025
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Less than a year after officially launching in the US, the 2025 Audi Q6 e-tron has received its safety rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). According to the German automaker, its compact luxury crossover has been awarded Top Safety Pick+ status—the highest possible rating from the IIHS. The Q6 e-tron remains the […]

NHTSA asks Tesla how it plans to release its robotaxi service based on FSD

  • May 12, 2025
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NHTSA is asking Tesla to do what it has always been able to avoid: release data from its ‘Full Self-Driving (FSD)’ program. The agency wants to know how closely its planned robotaxi service in Austin will be to its FSD program, which is currently under investigation for safety defects. NHTSA, the agency in charge of […]

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NIH program aims to reduce the use of animals in research using technology

  • May 12, 2025
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced it is embracing a new program aimed at expanding innovative, human-based science to decrease the use of animals in research.  According to the NIH, although traditional animal models remain essential to advancing scientific knowledge, technologies can offer strengths that can expand researchers’ toolbox to answer difficult or unanswerable […]