China’s leading automaker, BYD, is aggressively expanding overseas. After launching its low-cost Seagull EV (Dolphin Mini) in Brazil, starting at around $20,000 (99,800 BRL), BYD is leading the EV sales surge in the country. However, with a new import tax looming, can the Chinese EV maker continue the momentum? BYD leads EV offensive in Brazil […]
Washington D.C.-based hospital system MedStar Health announced it partnered with in-home care provider DispatchHealth to bring acute care services to patients recently discharged from Medstar facilities. The partnership will focus on avoiding readmissions and visits, which typically occur 72 hours after discharge. Denver-based DispatchHealth offers in-home urgent care medical visits with telehealth and in-person options. […]
Elon Musk has shut down a report that Tesla is scrapping its ‘$25,000 Model 2’ electric car in favor of its ‘Robotaxi’. For the past few years, Tesla has been developing a next-generation vehicle platform that is going to enable the launch of two new vehicles: a smaller and cheaper vehicle, sometimes referred to as […]
Bird flu outbreaks among dairy cows in multiple states, and at least one infection in farmworker in Texas, have incited fears that the virus may be the next infectious threat to people. The influenza virus, called H5N1, is highly pathogenic, meaning it has the ability to cause severe disease and death. But while its spread […]
AI-enabled cardiovascular company Cardio Diagnostics Holdings announced it is partnering with care-navigation platform Navierre to make assessing risk and diagnosing heart diseases more accessible. Cardio Diagnostics Holdings’ AI solutions, Epi+GenCHD and PrecisionCHD, use blood samples to provide patients with personalized information regarding their risk for coronary heart disease based on epigenetic and genetic science. PrecisionCHD, […]
Kia is following in Ford’s footsteps after suddenly announcing plans to introduce more hybrids as it expects slower EV demand. To boost sales and fend off low-cost Chinese rivals, Kia will introduce a new lineup of affordable EVs in addition to hybrids starting this year. After global sales slipped 2% last month, Kia is shaking […]
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’s Q1 delivery and production results, the upcoming Model 3 Ludicrous, the Silverado EV RST electric pickup, and more. The show is live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET on Electrek’s YouTube channel. This […]
A new study from UC Berkeley confirms what EV fans already know: EV adoption does, in fact, make the air cleaner. Perhaps even more importantly, the study offers some quantifiable, granular data about how much electric vehicles are impacting emission rates in the here and now, not just in the foreseeable future. Not that these […]
A new BYD and Mercedes-Benz co-branded luxury electric vehicle will roll out before the end of the year. Ahead of its official debut, the new Denza EV was spotted testing, grabbing the attention of onlookers. Denza was founded in 2010 as a 50:50 joint venture between Mercedes-Benz (Daimler) and BYD. Mercedes has since reduced its […]
One of the beautiful things about the state of the electric bicycle industry currently being in the equivalent of the 1920s car market is that you’ve got around a hundred different e-bike companies all trying new and crazy things with sometimes wildly divergent design concepts. The recently-announced Heybike HERO is the purest embodiment of that […]
