New York, June 21, 2022 — Three top lenders to the aluminum sector — Citi, ING, and Societe Generale — today announced that they will partner with RMI’s Center for Climate-Aligned Finance to help decarbonize the aluminum sector by forming the Aluminum Climate-Aligned Finance Working Group. The Working Group will create a collective climate-aligned finance … Read more
Magicycle is ready to share a milestone with you — after a year of planning and design development, the US electric bike startup is celebrating the addition of two step-thru electric bikes to its catalog: the Ocelot and Jaguarundi twin electric bikes. You’re really going to like these two new ebikes. Inspired by swift wild … Read more
Clean power activity has been percolating under the surface of Ireland for a few years now, and suddenly it’s in full bloom thanks to the advent of new technology, including green hydrogen and floating wind turbines. That’s good news for the economy and great news for the rest of Europe, which is scrambling to untangle … Read more
A machine learning algorithm can determine whether an individual has Alzheimer’s disease (AD) based on a single MRI scan with 98% accuracy, new research suggests. “Currently, no other simple and widely available methods can predict Alzheimer’s disease with this level of accuracy, so our research is an important step forward,” Eric Aboagye, PhD, Imperial College … Read more
They say stress is a killer, and they’re not wrong. Chronic stress is linked to myriad physical and mental health conditions. It’s true that we all experience stressful times in life, and some types of stress can even be a good thing. However, when stress goes unmanaged for too long, it can literally kill us. … Read more
Until recently, I lived in Portland, Oregon, working as Senior Director for a community mental health organization where I saw the employees giving everything to help struggling people. I witness great caring and sometimes great healing. And because it was human, there was a range of behaviors that included love and dedication but also anger … Read more
I’m away on vacation and, so, in place of my everyday EV, I’m driving an internal combustion engine (ICE) car. I acknowledge that anytime I switch from one vehicle to another, I have to build in some necessary adaptation time. However, this vehicle swap definitely feels like I’m regressing. I’m even having gas anxiety! Generally, … Read more
GM’s Brightdrop division, a unit focused on electric work vans, recently bought a company that could give it an edge in artificial intelligence and other software capabilities. “We’re bringing entirely new ways of doing business to the delivery market by providing a holistic, one-stop-shop portfolio of first- to last-mile solutions that fleet customers to do … Read more
Volvo said it will offer fuel cell electric trucks by the second half of the decade, while an airport in northern Japan has started working on a feasibility study for local hydrogen production. Uruguay, meanwhile, has presented a new hydrogen strategy. June 21, 2022 Sergio Matalucci Volvo Trucks Plans to launch hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric … Read more
Recently, General Motors announced that it had chosen a site for the production of the upcoming Cadillac CELESTIQ, the company’s planned flagship luxury sedan meant to compete with vehicles like the Tesla Model S. “As Cadillac’s future flagship sedan, CELESTIQ signifies a new, resurgent era for the brand,” said Mark Reuss, president of General Motors. … Read more
