NHS England has launched an information gathering exercise with an aim to establish a new cloud telephony framework. The plans are said to form part of a national strategy to set in place a new framework for general practice and provide a sole procurement route for primary care. A prior information notice has been published to […]
Three NHS trusts and NHS England have approved a financial plan for a shared electronic patient record system. Following approval of the outline business case, The Queen Elizabeth Hospitals King’s Lynn NHS FT, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS FT and James Paget University Hospitals NHS FT now have the go-ahead to procure a single EPR. A supplier […]
Digital Health and Care Wales has launched a new framework to support organisations in procuring electronic prescribing and medicines administration solutions. Nervecentre Software, CareFlow Medicines Management and Better have been awarded onto the framework. The programme aims to support hospitals in Wales call-off EPMA solutions on a local basis and run smaller competition processes. NHS […]
It’s back! The electric mini-truck that keeps on giving has another fun trick up its sleeve. With a bit of DIY magic, I was able to outfit my Chinese mini-truck with a solar panel that can trickle charge it from the sun. If you’re aren’t familiar with this unassuming little mini-truck, then here’s the background: […]
We’ve received hints from Rivian over the past year that the electric truck and SUV maker is bike-curious. But now Rivian’s CEO RJ Scaringe has confirmed in a staff meeting that electric bicycle development is a go. Scaringe announced the expansion into e-bikes on Friday during a companywide meeting, according to Bloomberg. The move tracks […]
A new video of the Tesla Cybertruck’s impressive 4-wheel steering at work has leaked -giving us the best look at the feature yet. Rear-wheel steering is quickly becoming a must-have feature for electric pickup trucks coming to market. Rear-wheel steering, or four-wheel steering, is the ability to steer the rear axle, generally to a smaller […]
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The Minnesota State Senate just passed a 100% clean energy bill on February 2, and it’s on its way to Governor Tim Walz’s (D-MN) desk for signing. SF 4 requires all of Minnesota’s utilities to produce 100% carbon-free electricity by 2040. The road map to carbon-free electricity before 2040 is as follows: 80% for public utilities […]
Tesla has again adjusted its electric vehicle prices, the third time in a month. This time, Model Y prices went up while Model 3 base price went down. It’s been an eventful last few weeks for people tracking Tesla’s prices. As we previously reported, Tesla started the month by implementing drastic cuts across its entire EV […]
The number of full-size transit zero-emission buses in the US saw a 66% increase since 2021, according to newly released data. There were 5,480 full-size transit zero-emission buses funded, ordered, and/or delivered in the US in 2022, according to the report, “Zeroing in on ZEBs,” from clean transport advocacy nonprofit Calstart. That breaks down to 5,269 battery […]
