India Digest: Infra.Market raises $50m; Chaayos bags $45m Series C round

Business-to-business (B2B) construction material startup Infra.Market has raised $50 million in growth capital. Separately, tea café chain Chaayos has raised about $45 million in a funding round led by Alpha Wave Ventures. Infra.Market raises $50m Business-to-business (B2B) construction material startup Infra.Market has raised $50 million in growth capital from Liquidity Group’s Mars Unicorn Fund, it… Continue reading India Digest: Infra.Market raises $50m; Chaayos bags $45m Series C round

How much is a Tesla lease in 2022?

Electrek is brought to you by Autonomy.com, the cheapest, fastest, easiest way to get a Tesla Model 3. If you have a credit card, you can reserve a Tesla now. Learn more and get $500 off for a limited time. (See Terms.) Ok, you’ve seen the hype and have your eyes set on owning a Tesla, but first, you wonder,… Continue reading How much is a Tesla lease in 2022?

Cleantechnica: NHTSA Upgrades Tesla Investigation Into Emergency Vehicle Crashes 002045

The NHTSA investigation into Tesla’s autonomous and semi-autonomous driving tech has been upgraded to an “engineering analysis” following reports that six additional crashes involving Teslas and first-responder emergency vehicles had been added to the scope of the investigation in another sign of increased scrutiny of the electric car brand. The probe, which was initiated last… Continue reading Cleantechnica: NHTSA Upgrades Tesla Investigation Into Emergency Vehicle Crashes 002045

Cleantechnica: Carmakers Pushed Congress To Extend EV Tax Credit 002044

Top executives from General Motors, Ford, Stellantis, and Toyota have lobbied Congress to lift the 200,000 sold vehicle cap on the $7,500 electric vehicle tax credit, citing higher costs to produce zero-emission vehicles, according to a letter reportedly seen by Reuters. “We ask that the per-(automaker) cap be removed, with a sunset date set for… Continue reading Cleantechnica: Carmakers Pushed Congress To Extend EV Tax Credit 002044

Clean Technica: Tesla Model Y = 1 Out Of Every 3 New EVs Registered In US In 2022002043

New EVs registered in the US rose from 2.2% of all new vehicle registrations in Q1 2020 to more than 5.1% in Q1 2022. The first quarter of 2022 was another record quarter for Tesla by several measures, such as revenues, vehicle deliveries, operating profit, and an operating margin of over 19%. For those of… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla Model Y = 1 Out Of Every 3 New EVs Registered In US In 2022002043

Class-Action Lawsuit Alleges Binance Misled Investors Over “Stablecoin”

Turns out it wasn’t so stable after all. Very Bad Day Cryptocurrency exchange Binance’s day just keeps getting worse. First, the company was dealing with major fallout from the price of Bitcoin continuing to plummet. Then Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao announced that all Bitcoin withdrawals were on a “temporary pause” due to a “stuck transaction… Continue reading Class-Action Lawsuit Alleges Binance Misled Investors Over “Stablecoin”

Men’s Grooming Products to Look Your Most Handsome

Regardless of what commercials depicting men as gormless oafs say, there’s a big market of grooming products aimed at fellas looking their best. The usual suspects are there, from shampoo to shaving cream, but there are new innovations in grooming and skin health to allow you to reach untapped levels of handsome. Here’s a selection… Continue reading Men’s Grooming Products to Look Your Most Handsome

Smoking Weed Makes You Nicer and Less Greedy, Scientist Says

Image by Los Muertos Crew via Pexels Good news, stoners! Science is finally backing up what you’ve long known: that smoking weed does, in fact, make you nicer — and less greedy, to boot. In a recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports, University of New Mexico researchers found evidence that cannabis use makes… Continue reading Smoking Weed Makes You Nicer and Less Greedy, Scientist Says

Firefighters Struggle as Junkyard Tesla Bursts Into Flames Weeks After Crash

Putting out a Tesla fire once is one thing. Putting out a Tesla fire that kept reigniting three weeks after it was taken to the junkyard is another entirely. As Sacramento’s KCRA reports, the Tesla blaze was a first for the city’s firefighting department, and a confusing first at that — both because water alone wouldn’t… Continue reading Firefighters Struggle as Junkyard Tesla Bursts Into Flames Weeks After Crash

The FAA Says SpaceX Can’t Expand Its Texas Launch Site—Yet

After months of suspense, the Federal Aviation Administration has finally weighed in on the environmental effects of the planned expansion of SpaceX’s sprawling Starbase launch facility near Boca Chica, Texas. The agency says that if SpaceX takes some 75 actions to limit environmental hazards, the company can continue that expansion and its application for a… Continue reading The FAA Says SpaceX Can’t Expand Its Texas Launch Site—Yet