On the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss Tesla going into wireless charging, Rivian joining NACS, Dojo saving FSD? And more. The show is live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET on Electrek’s YouTube channel – except for this week, we are […]
Health technology company Aledade announced it scored a whopping $260 million in Series F funding. Lightspeed Venture Partners led the round with participation from Venrock, Avidity Partners, OMERS Growth Equity and Fidelity Management & Research Company. According to Bloomberg, the latest funding round brings the company’s valuation to $3.5 billion, aiding the company in achieving […]
Washington state intends to mandate public chargers to use Tesla’s NACS plug if they want public money, according to Reuters, following hot on the heels of Texas’ announcement to do the same. Tesla first announced its “NACS standard” last November, 10 years after the Model S, the first car using Tesla’s connector, hit the road. […]
Although it isn’t obvious, Rivian is the midst of a big transformation right now. Until recently, almost all of its sales have been in its high end, 4-motor pickup trucks. However, the company announced in its latest earning’s call that it was switching its mix of output to favor its 7-seat R1S SUV which has […]
While cordless electric pole saws aren’t all that new, EGO went in a new direction with its latest 10-inch model. Delivering 16 feet of reach with its carbon fiber pole, you’ll not only get a lifetime warranty on the pole itself, but also five years on the tool and three years on the battery. There’s […]
A more powerful, high-performance Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup is coming. According to a recent trademark filing with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), it could go by the name Flash. Ford’s “F-150 Flash” high-performance electric pickup After announcing its return to Formula 1 after over two decades in January, Ford gave us […]
“Let’s travel now to moonlit valleys blanketed with heather,” Harry Styles says to me. The pop star’s voice—just shy of songful, velvet-dry—makes it seem as if we’re at a sleepaway camp for lonely grown-ups, where he is my fetching counselor, and now it’s time for lights out. Styles’s iambic beckoning lies within a “sleep story” […]
Multiple Nikola electric semitrucks caught on fire in Phoenix today. The cause of the fire is still unknown, but the company suspects foul play. Nikola Motors is currently in shambles. The company has always had difficulties finding its footing as it first marketed itself as a natural gas truck maker, then turned hydrogen-truck maker, and […]
Healthcare providers collect, manage and store large amounts of data daily, but whether that data is used to optimize care delivery is still a work in progress. Take the collection of social determinants of health data, for example: Recent research has found that while many healthcare organizations are collecting SDOH data, challenges remain in integrating […]
Tesla has unblocked the view into Gigafactory Texas’ windows – giving us, through drones, a peek into the Cybertruck production line. The Cybertruck is arguably the most anticipated electric vehicle program to launch this year. We, along with about 1.5 million reservation holders, have been following it closely to have an idea of when the first […]
