Kenya-based electric mobility company ROAM has successfully completed a Series A funding round totaling $24 million in equity and debt to expand local production and further electrify mobility across Africa. ROAM is a growing Kenyan company with origins in Sweden that remains relatively young, recently eclipsing a mere five years of existence. In that short […]
Tesla has increased the price of the refreshed Model 3 Long Range in the US. It now pretty much costs the same as Model Y, if not more in some cases. After launching the Model 3 refresh in Europe and Asia last summer, Tesla finally brought the new vehicle to North America last month. As […]
The past year saw increased interest in the use of generative artificial intelligence in healthcare. Although generative AI has been hailed as a technology likely to spur the “next productivity frontier,” there have also been reports of AI-produced “hallucinations” and diagnosis errors. Most healthcare organizations aren’t exactly confident about the best way to implement generative […]
A warning sign in a parking lot in Commerce City, Colorado, on 10 August 2019. Photograph: David Zalubowski/AP View image in fullscreen A warning sign in a parking lot in Commerce City, Colorado, on 10 August 2019. Photograph: David Zalubowski/AP Explainer A case of bubonic plague was reported in Oregon. Here’s what to know US […]
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Illustration: Openverse Stanford University researchers found that the best way to extend the life of a lithium-metal EV battery is to drain it and let it rest for a few hours. The study, “Resting restores performance of discharged lithium-metal batteries,” published on February 7 in the journal Nature, found that this straightforward approach restored battery capacity and […]
An Alaska man died last month of Alaskapox, a rare virus that occurs mostly in small mammals and can cause skin lesions, according to state health officials. Alaskapox was first identified in 2015 in a woman who lived near Fairbanks, Alaska, and there have been a total of seven cases of the virus reported to […]
ArcBest just rolled out a line of fully automated electric forklifts and reach trucks for use in its customers’ distribution centers and manufacturing facilities — and if they get their way, struggling to find those “forklift certified” operators will be a thing of the past. Branded as “Vaux Smart Autonomy,” the new suite of electric […]
An all-electric Porsche luxury van? This could be a possibility. Porsche’s design boss, Peter Varga, said a van is now “very interesting” when combined with luxury. Several years ago, nobody expected Lamborghini to launch a luxury SUV, and now the Urus is the brand’s top-selling model. Porsche’s chief exterior designer believes the same could be […]
The iconic Mack Trucks brand has been taking the medium duty market by storm, bringing big truck features and functionality to the segment like never before. The market has responded, and Mack is selling as many as they can make — so they’re going to start making more. Mack Trucks has announced plans to add […]