More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente health care workers began a three-day strike Wednesday morning, after they failed to reach a new contract deal. The walkout started with employees in Virginia and the District of Columbia, where they set up picket lines outside Kaiser’s facilities. A majority of Kaiser’s workers are in California, where many of…
Kia America reports 67,264 vehicle sales in the United States in September, which is almost 20 percent more than a year ago. So far this year, the company sold 604,674 vehicles (up 17 percent year-over-year). According to the report, in September, Kia sold 2,084 EV6, which is a 45 percent increase year-over-year and about 3.1…
Development of battery storage solutions is a part of Reliance’s bigger USD 10 bn green push towards clean energy projects. India -Indian oil refining giant Reliance Industries showcased its swappable and multipurpose battery storage technology for electric vehicles (EVs) on Wednesday, as it makes a big push on clean energy. Reliance, led by billionaire Mukesh…
Stockholm — Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work on tiny quantum dots. Moungi Bawendi, of MIT, Louis Brus, of Columbia University, and Alexei Ekimov, of Nanocrystals Technology Inc., were honored for their work with the tiny particles that are just a few atoms in diameter and whose electrons have constrained…
Kia will present its global EV vision and strategy at an EV Day event in Korea on October 12. Taking place in Yeoju, the event will preview the brand’s expanded EV lineup, which will include three new small- to medium-sized electric models. According to the automaker, the event will mark the beginning of what is…
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded on Wednesday to Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov for the discovery and development of quantum dots, nanoparticles so small that their size determines their properties. Quantum dots, described by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences as the “smallest components of nanotechnology,” are used…
The agreement signed between NMC and the company authorizes the civic body to collect a penalty of INR 12,000 per day per bus (0.1% of the bank guarantee of INR 12 crore) from the supplier for the delay, a transport department official said. The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) will fine PMI Electro Mobility Options, a…
Skoda is making its range-topping Enyaq vRS faster and even better equipped as part of a significant update for the 2024 model year. Thanks to a raft of revisions, specification upgrades and technical improvements, the brand’s sporting flagship will also be able to charge quicker and go further between charges. Launched last year, the Enyaq…
Registered under India’s Battery Waste Management Rules (BWMR 2022), Lohum will aid Log9 in achieving its material recovery targets for LTO batteries. New Delhi: Lohum, an energy transition and battery materials firm has formed a strategic alliance with Log9, an Advanced EV battery technology company to address the mounting concern of sustainable battery disposal in…
A new video surfaced online showing a release candidate (RC) Tesla Cybertruck accelerating quite hard from a standstill after waiting for the traffic light to turn green. Shot and published on YouTube by Levi Filippi, the 53-second video was initially posted on the Cybertruck Owners Club forum by another member, but the original source was…
