Sales of electric cars hit 6.6 million in 2021, more than tripling their market share from two years earlier.In the world of clean energy, few areas are as dynamic as the electric car market. In the whole of 2012, about 130 000 electric cars were sold worldwide. Today, that many are sold in the space of a single week.Growth has been particularly impressive over the last three years, even as the...

Skier Eileen Gu is such a unique talent, many believe she’ll become the “savior” of the scandal-ridden celebrity branding market in China. In today’s celebrity-obsessed age of social media, Eileen Gu is every marketer’s dream. She is a freestyle skiing phenomenon with a multicultural background and a squeaky clean image — and she also happens to look like a runway model. Plus, it doesn’t...

For decades, China has been a top priority for American companies looking to expand.This is because the country’s middle class is simply enormous, growing from 3.1% to 50.8% of the country’s total population between the years 2000 and 2018. According to Brookings, there are now at least 700 million people in China’s middle class, and this group has never had more disposable income to spend o...

A solar car claiming to be the 'most efficient' traveled 248 miles at 81mph on a single charge.- The Lightyear One can travel more than 248 miles at 81 mph on a single battery charge.- In previous tests, it traveled over 440 miles on one charge but at a lower speed.- The price of reserving the car is $171,000 (€150,000).The next milestone for electric car manufacturers is to harness solar ener...

The discussion on the future of travel has always been open. It’s actually unclear since we still live in a pandemic world. But like anything, there are endless solutions to problems that often arise.A young Polish industrial designer has recently introduced a design that may be considered by those who believe in carpooling. Mikołaj Nicer teamed up with Ford Europe to complete the design. The...

AI Music will be used to bulk up Apple’s audio technology. It’s increasingly rare for the tech giant to make acquisitions.Apple Inc. acquired a startup called AI Music that uses artificial intelligence to generate tailor-made music, according to a person with knowledge of the matter, adding technology that could be used across its slate of audio offerings.The purchase of AI Music, a London-ba...

Up to $265 billion worth of care services for Medicare fee-for-service and Medicare Advantage beneficiaries could shift to the home by 2025.When patients enter a healthcare facility, their primary aims are to become well again and to go home. While increasing disease burden and rising healthcare costs in the United States have already contributed to a boost in Care at Home services, the COVID-1...

Continental and Volterio team up on a more seamless automatic conductive charging system.All EV drivers really want is faster charging, but for now they're getting creepy and/or complex robo-charging snakes and arms instead. Robotic charging might ultimately make topping off an EV battery easier, but it would be nice if it didn't terrify children in the back seat in the process. Continental's l...

As we look across the broad and deep menu of video entertainment offerings in the U.S. today, it’s challenging to remember a life without streaming. But it was only nine years ago (Feb. 1, 2013) that Netflix launched its very first original series, House of Cards, and others soon followed. Until then, Netflix had been operating as a distributor of acquired content, which today still drives tre...