The Addmotor Graoopro electric bike has just been launched, and it comes with more than just an unpronounceable name. The company also claims it carries a rated range of up to 210 miles (338 km). The Addmotor Graoopro is a cargo electric bike with two battery slots, each supporting a 48V 20Ah battery with 960 […]
When Mary Lou Retton, the decorated Olympic gymnast, accrued medical debt from a lengthy hospital stay, her family did what countless Americans have done before them: turned to crowdfunding to cover the bills. On Tuesday, Ms. Retton’s daughter started a fund-raising campaign on social media for her mother, who she said was hospitalized with a […]
Insurer Cigna’s health services subsidiary Evernorth announced it acquired asynchronous platform Bright.md, which it will use to enhance the virtual care offerings of its portfolio company MDLIVE. Portland-based Bright.md offers an automated patient intake and virtual care connection platform to improve efficiency for hybrid care providers and patients. Through Bright.md’s platform, patients enter their symptoms […]
Following EV battery agreements with CATL and EVE Energy last fall, BMW shared it is adding SVOLT Energy to its rolodex. The battery developer is a spinoff of China’s Great Wall Motor and has reportedly been awarded a massive contract to supply EV builds in Europe worth up to $13 billion. SVOLT Energy is a […]
Days after sharing details of its trim levels and its own internal range estimates, Kia has followed up with the official EPA estimates for its EV9 SUV ahead of pre-orders next week. Here’s what we’ve learned. Following word that US reservations would open on October 16, Kia America shared what customers can expect to choose […]
Infiniti first electric vehicle concept (Source: Infiniti) Luxury automaker Infiniti is teasing its first electric vehicle, “Vision Qe,” ahead of its official debut later this month. We are finally catching a peek at the new EV with a sleek fastback. Despite the market transitioning beneath its feet, Infiniti, Nissan’s luxury brand, has yet to reveal […]
Tesla’s Summon feature, which enables moving the car remotely on short distances without anyone inside the vehicle, saved an owner who got locked out of a parking garage. “Summon” is a feature within Tesla’s Autopilot and “Full Self-Driving” system. Originally, it was used by owners to move their cars autonomously for a few feet in […]
Toyota Motor Company is the latest automaker delving into solid-state battery technology, vowing to mass-produce the safer and more energy dense cells in the next four years. In typical Toyota fashion, the Japanese automaker continues to smell its own farts, declaring that it and its new battery partner Idemitsu already “lead the world” in solid-state battery […]
Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a Morning Meeting livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Thursday’s key moments. 1. U.S. equities were mixed in midmorning Thursday — the S & P 500 was down 0.13%, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.13% — following the release of the Labor […]
Tesla has announced it is raising wages at Gigafactory Berlin amid a new unionization effort at the factory. Gigafactory Berlin is Tesla’s first large-scale manufacturing effort in Europe and where most of its headcount works on the old continent. The factory reportedly already employs more than 10,000 workers. Lately, we noted that IG Metall, a […]
