EV maker VinFast (VFS) just gained an edge. Vingroup Chairman and Vietnam’s richest person, Mr. Pham Nhat Vuong, announced Wednesday he would donate 99.8% of EV battery company VinES to VinFast. Vingroup is Vietnam’s largest conglomerate, founded and owned by Mr. Pham. The company has a hand in everything from EVs and battery tech to […]
There’s a fresh batch of fall Prime Day deals up for grabs, with Aventon’s flagship Level commuter e-bike – a favorite here at Electrek – dropping down to $999. It’s joined by a pair of sales on outdoor electric tools from both Sun Joe and WORX. Head below for other New Green Deals that we’ve […]
Mendel.ai, a startup that uses artificial intelligence to help structure medical information, announced the launch of Hypercube, an AI-powered platform that integrates structured and unstructured text data, democratizes analytics, and allows a user to ask questions in free text and receive outcomes from specific patient data. Karim Galil, cofounder and CEO of Mendel.ai, announced the new […]
Italy and Greece are planning to install a subsea cable to increase their interconnection capacity and share renewable energy. Italian grid operator Terna announced that a public consultation for the €750 million ($797 million) subsea cable project – GR.ITA 2 – has been greenlighted. Two 250-km (155-mile) subsea cables with up to 1,000 megawatts (MW) of […]
Today, Tesla has confirmed a significant breakthrough in 4680 battery cell production at Gigafactory Texas as it produced its 20 millionth battery cell at the factory. We haven’t had many updates on Tesla’s 4680 battery cell production, which is believed to be critical to the automaker’s new vehicle programs, like the Cybertruck. Tesla unveiled the […]
We are finally getting a glimpse of the new Kia electric vehicles set to join its growing lineup. A leaked image reveals the upcoming EV3 and EV4 before their debut tomorrow, October 12. Kia teased an image of five electric vehicles earlier this month that it will show off at its upcoming EV Day. The […]
Tesla Supercharger (Source: Tesla) Tesla is making all Superchargers in Israel free to use to facilitate travel amid terror attacks in the country. Since this weekend, Israel has been dealing with an offensive from Hamas. Assailants managed to infiltrate the border and have been conducting coordinated terror attacks on civilians across the country, along with […]
Once their scalpels reach the edge of a brain tumor, surgeons are faced with an agonizing decision: cut away some healthy brain tissue to ensure the entire tumor is removed, or give the healthy tissue a wide berth and risk leaving some of the menacing cells behind. Now scientists in the Netherlands report using artificial […]
Resilient startup Aptera is back with a robust progress update after a busy summer promoting its upcoming solar EV by the same name, ahead of planned production next year. The company has posted not one, but two videos updating its fanbase about its progress, which appears to be coming along quite nicely. Could it be […]
Jim Cramer said Wednesday he intends to sell the Investing Club’s entire Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) position when trading restrictions allow.
