Ionblox, a next-gen EV battery startup that makes super-fast, powerful batteries for eVTOLs and electric cars, just announced a second close of its Series B round at an increased $32 million. Ionblox’s ramp-up for eVTOLs and electric cars The Fremont, California-based company develops batteries with lithium-ion cells that have pre-lithiated silicon dominant anodes. Ionblox says […]
After announcing its return to Formula 1 in a dynamic new partnership with Red Bull, Ford teased several “EV performance demonstrators,” including a mystery high-performance electric truck. Ford CEO Jim Farley gave us a sneak peek of what its special EV performance truck may look like Wednesday that could be a souped-up F-150 Lightning. Ford […]
Lucid Motors isn’t about to let potential customers of the other American EV automakers have all the fun. Just because its EVs don’t qualify for federal tax credits under new terms in the Inflation Reduction Act does not mean customers looking to buy a new Lucid Air can’t get $7,500 off. That’s right – for […]
Digital hearing health company Tuned has raised $3.5 million (£2.8 million) in funding led by Distributed Ventures with participation from Idealab NY, and Elements Health Ventures. The proceeds will support Tuned’s mission to make comprehensive hearing care affordable and accessible while enabling the platform to be offered as a key employee benefit from 2023 onwards. […]
The Peel P50, produced in the early 1960s, was the smallest production automobile in the world. And now a new kit allows handy folks to build their own replica, although this time, it’s electric! To give you a sense of just how small this tiny three-wheeled automobile is, consider that it would fit in a […]
Engineers in Canada have developed AI technology to predict if women with breast cancer would benefit from chemotherapy prior to surgery. The new AI algorithm, part of the open-source Cancer-Net initiative led by Dr Alexander Wong, could help unsuitable patients avoid the serious side effects of chemotherapy and pave the way for better surgical outcomes […]
Tesla, and specifically Autopilot, has been cleared from blame in the highly publicized fatal crash in Texas that was reported to have happened with “no one in the driver’s seat.” In April 2021, a strange and tragic accident in a Tesla happened in Spring, Texas. A Tesla Model S missed a turn, hit a tree, and […]
At HTN Now: Digital Primary Care, we were joined by Dr Jonathan Sergeant, Chief Medical Officer of Generated Health, and Dr Matthew Davis, clinical pharmacist within the medicines optimisation team at NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes (BLMK) ICB. Generated Health run Florence, an intelligent messaging platform that communicates with patients via SMS messaging in […]
HTN is delighted to announce the first group of fantastic judges confirmed to support the Health Tech Awards 2023, sponsored by CCube Solutions. Following an open invitation just over 24 hours ago, we were overwhelmed with the response from the health tech community. We wanted to bring together a wide group of people from different […]
Bill Anderson has been appointed CEO of Bayer, effective June 1. He will join the company as a member of the Board of Management on April 1. Current CEO Werner Baumann will work closely with Anderson on a smooth transition before retiring from Bayer after 35 years of service at the end of May. Anderson […]
