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Self-driving tech startup Venti raises $28.8 million in funding to accelerate growth

Nickie Louise Posted On March 28, 2023

While all eyes are on artificial intelligence, self-driving tech startups are quietly making moves and the space is booming as investors pour billions of dollars into autonomous startups. The latest is self-driving startup Venti Technologies which recently raised millions to […]

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E-scooter use surges in Europe as a growing number of new riders ditch cars for e-bikes and scooters

Daniel Levi Posted On July 14, 2022

Transportation emits more carbon pollution than any other sector of the U.S. economy, making up about 29% of emissions, according to the US Department of Energy. But the US is not alone. Europe is also experiencing carbon emissions from millions […]

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Longtime Tesla autopilot and AI leader Andrej Karpathy resigns from the company

Nickie Louise Posted On July 14, 2022

It’s not been a good week for Tesla CEO Elon Musk. His week started out with a lawsuit from Twitter asking the billionaire to consummate the $44 billion merger agreement. Then yesterday, longtime Tesla Autopilot Executive Andrej Karpathy announced on […]

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Chinese electric vehicles lose a third of their value after their first year, new survey shows

Daniel Levi Posted On January 31, 2022

China is the largest EV market in the world, accounting for 57% of the global market as of April 2020 and 12 percent of all new electric vehicle sales in 2021. In addition to Tesla, China’s local electric car market is […]

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California’s $100 Billion High-Speed Rail Boondoggle Project: How California’s High-Speed Rail Went From a $33 Billion Project to Become the Single Largest Public Infrastructure Disaster in U.S. History

Daniel Levi Posted On January 21, 2022

With all the talk about using electric cars to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, one mode of transportation that has received less coverage is high-speed rail. Many transportation experts agree that high-speed rail is a better environmental alternative than automobile or even air […]

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Lordstown Motors, an EV startup under SEC investigation for an alleged 100,000 in fake preorders, reportedly sold its Ohio plant to Taiwan-based Foxconn

Daniel Levi Posted On September 30, 2021

Foxconn Technology Group (Foxconn), a Taiwan-based company and the world’s largest electronics manufacturer, is nearing a deal to buy the electric truck startup Lordstown Motors’ Ohio plant, according to a report from Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter. The […]

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Tesla Supercharger network will be open to other cars this year, Elon Musk says

Daniel Levi Posted On July 21, 2021

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Tuesday that the company to open its network of superchargers to other electric vehicles later this year. Known as the Tesla Supercharger, it is a network of DC fast-charging stations for its electric vehicles. First introduced on […]

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Read this before you buy an electric car

Nickie Louise Posted On February 2, 2021

In recent years, the sales of battery-electric and plug-in hybrid electric cars have skyrocketed partly due to the success and popularity of companies like Tesla. In 2019, electric cars accounted for 2.6% of global car sales and about 1% of […]

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PassiveLogic bags $16 million in Series A funding to launch the first fully autonomous platform for buildings

Nickie Louise Posted On October 14, 2020

PassiveLogic, the Salt Lake City, Utah-based tech startup is the developer of the first autonomous building platform. Using CAD or a 3D scan, PassiveLogic is able to create the building’s digital twin, from which our physics engine autonomously controls your […]

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Berlin-based Infarm raises $170M to bring urban farming to cities so everyone can grow fresh produce right in their neighborhoods

Nickie Louise Posted On September 18, 2020

Infarm, a Berlin, Germany-based AgTech startup announced that it has raised $170 million in Series C funding that it will use for infrastructure, R&D, and hiring. Infarm said it expects to raise an additional $30 million for a total of $200 million […]

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Swiss startup Scewo has developed an electric wheelchair that can climb up and down stairs unassisted

Nickie Louise Posted On May 11, 2020

Late last year, we wrote about Huka, a Dutch mobility startup that is making it possible for people with disability to travel independently with its Pendel electric wheelchair scooter trike. Now, Scewo, a Zurich, Switzerland-based medical technology startup is on a mission […]

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Meet PodRide, an electric-bike and a velomobile that doubles as a mini-car

Nickie Louise Posted On January 18, 2020

From time to time we scourge the internet to find some amazing but original inventions by ordinary people. Our search led us all the way to Frösön, the largest island in the lake Storsjön, located west of the city Östersund in […]

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Renewable energy startup Leap raises $8.2M Series A led by Union Square Ventures to expand marketplace for grid flexibility

Nickie Louise Posted On January 16, 2020

Would you like to turn your energy resources into revenue? Renewable energy startup Leap might be able to help you. Leap is a marketplace for universal distributed energy resources to participate in the energy market. Leap allows every connected device to help balance […]

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This $1 billion solar plant was obsolete before it ever went online

Nickie Louise Posted On January 6, 2020

SolarReserve is a venture-backed renewable energy startup, focuses on advanced solar thermal storage technology. The startup was founded in 2007 by Kevin Smith to solve two of the fundamental barriers of renewable energy: scalability and storage. Unlike hydroelectric, geothermal, biomass, and other renewable […]

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Volkswagen launches new mobile charging robots for electric cars

Nickie Louise Posted On December 28, 2019

With more than 5.1 million electric cars on the roads globally, there is increasing need for infrastructure and charging stations to keep these cars moving. However, Volkswagen seems to have the solution. This week, Volkswagen unveiled a new visionary for a mobile […]

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Bill Gates-backed cleantech startup Varentec raises $5 million to provide smarter power delivery to customers

Nickie Louise Posted On November 8, 2019

Varentec, a cleantech startup backed by Bill Gates and Khosla Ventures, has secured $5 million in growth funding to accelerate new commercial deployments of its grid edge control technology. The round was led by WindSail Capital Group, a Boston-based investment firm focused on energy […]

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How electric scooters are going to transform the $7 trillion global mobility market

Nickie Louise Posted On November 1, 2019

There is a new mode of transportation out there and it’s rapidly changing how people navigate the urban space. It’s probably not what most people think it is though. It’s not electric cars, electric trucks or self-driving vehicles. Nor is it […]

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Meet Calamus One, The world’s safest and most advanced Electric Bike with Blindspot assist, biometric scanner and GPS

Nickie Louise Posted On September 2, 2019

The electric bike (ebike) is over saturated with over thousands of brands around the world. This makes it difficult to find the best ebike that meets your specific need. In recent times, many bicycle brands do not manufacture their own […]

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