To be the best, you’ve got to beat the best. General Motors plans to transition several iconic brands into the EV era as the automaker gears up for an all-electric future. The latest names under consideration for an EV spinoff are two timeless classics – the Chevrolet Camaro and the Cadillac Escalade. Sources from within… Continue reading All-electric Chevy Camaro and Cadillac Escalade brands will be the next GM EV spinoffs
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Partners Group picks majority stake in India’s Sunsure Energy for $400mSunsure will build and own utility-scale solar, wind, solar-wind hybrid, and ba…
Swiss investment firm Partners Group has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Sunsure Energy, a Gurugram-headquartered renewable energy and decarbonisation solutions platform, for $400 million. Founded in 2015, Sunsure has developed and installed solar power plants for industrial customers across 16 Indian states. The Sunsure founding team includes Shashank Sharma, Shantanu Faugaat, Manish Mehta,… Continue reading Partners Group picks majority stake in India’s Sunsure Energy for $400mSunsure will build and own utility-scale solar, wind, solar-wind hybrid, and ba…
Data Vantage: Pace, ShopBack, TipTip, TabSquare and FinAccel receive capital injection
Singapore-based buy now, pay later (BNPL) startup Pace received $6 million this week in Series A funding from Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India, UOB Venture Management, Mindful Wealth and Taufiq Fuad. The latest capital injection comes about a year after the company announced its $40 million Series A round. The firm has garnered $31.5… Continue reading Data Vantage: Pace, ShopBack, TipTip, TabSquare and FinAccel receive capital injection
Clean Tecnica: Germany’s EVs Near 40% Share – Tesla Model 3 Bestseller 002437
Germany’s plugin electric vehicle share broke new records in November, gaining 39.4% of the auto market, up from 34.4%, year on year. Overall auto volumes were 260,512 units, up some 31% YoY, though still down around 10% from pre-2020 seasonal norms. The Tesla Model 3 was the bestselling full electric. November’s combined plugin share of… Continue reading Clean Tecnica: Germany’s EVs Near 40% Share – Tesla Model 3 Bestseller 002437
Cleantechnica: EV Battery Prices Climb For The First Time 002436
As 2022 draws to a close, the price of lithium-ion type batteries has gone up for the first time in more than a decade, with surging raw material and transport costs driving the cost hike, and rising demand set to challenge the car industry’s efforts to achieve price parity with fossil fuel powered (ICE) vehicles.… Continue reading Cleantechnica: EV Battery Prices Climb For The First Time 002436
Apple Gives Up on Making Its Upcoming Car Fully Autonomous
It turns out that self-driving is really, really hard. Backtracking Tech giant Apple is giving up on full autonomy for its upcoming car and delaying the target launch date by a year to 2026, Bloomberg reports. The company’s highly secretive project, known as Titan, has been in limbo as execs started to realize that current… Continue reading Apple Gives Up on Making Its Upcoming Car Fully Autonomous
Residents Alarmed When Entire River Turns White
That’s not good. Off Color Something alarming happened in the south of England when an entire river mysteriously turned snow white, the BBC reports. Officials from the UK’s Environment Agency (EA) say they’re closing in on the cause: a contaminant being discharged into the waterways, though they declined to elaborate on the source or nature… Continue reading Residents Alarmed When Entire River Turns White
Sam Bankman-Fried Hires Lawyer Who Defended Ghislaine Maxwell
That’s certainly a choice. Past Representation The cryptosphere’s enfant terrible has a new lawyer — and he hired one who’s defended an old antagonist. As Reuters reports, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has tapped Mark Cohen of New York’s Cohen & Gresser law firm, whose client list includes convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s notorious procurer.… Continue reading Sam Bankman-Fried Hires Lawyer Who Defended Ghislaine Maxwell
Amazon Says It’ll Pay You $2 Per Month to Spy on Your Phone’s Internet Traffic
Big Brother, small sum. Hard Bargain Allow an overbearing tech conglomerate to see traffic coming out of your phone, and you can clinch yourself a cool $2 a month. That kind of minuscule moneymaking deal is what Amazon is offering customers as part of its invite-only Amazon Shopper Panel, Insider reports. Select customers can use… Continue reading Amazon Says It’ll Pay You $2 Per Month to Spy on Your Phone’s Internet Traffic
Democratic lawmakers want Elon Musk to explain China’s role in ‘platform manipulation’ during protests
Three Democratic lawmakers in the House are demanding answers from Elon Musk about a recent “platform manipulation campaign” related to recent protests in China. In a letter to the Twitter CEO, Representatives Raja Krishnamoorthi, Adam Schiff and Jackie Speier write that they have “deep concern” about the recent spam campaign that drowned out tweets about… Continue reading Democratic lawmakers want Elon Musk to explain China’s role in ‘platform manipulation’ during protests