Enlarge / BMW’s factory in South Carolina builds its X models—SUVs and crossovers—and now it’s going to build electric ones. (credit: BMW) Domestic lithium-ion battery manufacturing has received quite a shot in the arm in 2022. In May, the Department of Energy announced it would spend $3 billion to increase battery-making here in the US….
Enlarge / This isn’t the first time Tesla has sold a charger for non-Tesla EVs. While it costs $150 more than the Tesla-compatible version, it’s still very competitively priced. (credit: Tesla) Tesla has added a new 240 V AC charger to its offerings, but surprisingly it can’t charge a Tesla unless you use an adapter….
Meteorologists hope optical clocks will provide a redefined ‘second’ by 2030. Deposit Photos As technology progresses, so does our ability to more precisely delineate the passage of time. Since their introduction in 1967, the standard bearers of accurate timekeeping have been atomic clocks, whose caesium-33 atoms’ oscillations serve as a reference point for a single…
In a move that broke the hearts of many a tennis fan around the world, Serena Williams recently announced that she would stop playing professional tennis. But today onstage in front of a packed auditorium at TechCrunch Disrupt, she reminded us that while she brings that competitive mindset to running Serena Ventures, an early-stage VC…
Born inside the Technical University of Munich, the engineers behind Reverion say they’ve had their heads down for seven years developing a way to get more electricity out of biogas and existing fuel-cell technology. Biogas comes from decomposing waste and is mostly made up of methane. It’s a form of chemical energy that must be…
The way Incooling CEO Helena Samodurova sees it, the IT world is experiencing two major crises: an energy crisis and a supply chain crisis. For IT teams, satisfying new climate-friendly energy budgets is presenting a challenge, particularly when dealing with older computer hardware. At the same time, acquiring improved, less power-sucking machines is becoming tougher…
RJ Scaringe, founder and CEO of electric vehicle maker Rivian, says the company’s future goes beyond electric trucks and vans. Onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt on Wednesday, the executive said out of Rivian’s 13,000 employees, about half are focused on what’s next for the company. “So that’s updated compute, updated drive unites and really important updated…
News that activist investor Starboard Value has its eyes on Salesforce landed with a bang this week. But the well-known investing group, fresh off of a bruising fight with Box, has a few other tech companies in its sights. Starboard is taking to task three tech shops for what it considers to be underperformance: The…
Lionel Messi (pictured, right), the Argentine professional soccer/football player who is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, is to make a push into technology investing via a new vehicle that will be shepherded by two Silicon Valley veterans. Play Time is the name given to a new partnership between the…
Kevin Hart appeared on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2022 this year, talking to TC’s Natasha Mascarenhas about how he got into investing to begin with, and the misconceptions he had to overcome to do so. Also, he talks about HartBeat Ventures, which got its first check for its first fund from J.P. Morgan. Check out…