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Contextual AI emerges from stealth with $20M to pursue ‘artificial specialized intelligence’

June 8, 2023
Contextual AI, a new enterprise-focused AI startup founded in Palo Alto by veterans of Facebook AI Research (FAIR) and Hugging Face, today emerged from stealth and announced it has raised $20 million in a seed round led by Bain Capital Ventures (BCV), with participation from Lightspeed, Greycroft and a long list of other angel investors. The company has a unique focus: Developing what its…
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Silence S04 electric micro-cars with swappable batteries start production

June 7, 2023
Barcelona’s groundbreaking electric scooter company Silence made a name for itself with revolutionary new swappable batteries with built-in trolley wheels. Now the company has brought those same game-changing batteries to four-wheelers as production begins for the Silence S04 micro-car. The first Silence S04 micro-cars are already rolling off the company’s production line. The pint-size…
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BAE Systems secures largest battery electric bus order in North America

June 7, 2023
Aerospace and Defense leader BAE Systems revealed Wednesday it had received an order for up to 1,229 battery electric buses, the largest of its kind in North America to date. Largest battery electric bus order in North America so far BAE Systems will provide its Gen3 fully electric drive systems for Nova Bus to integrate into its buses. Gen3 is BAE Systems’ latest electric drive system…
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Tesla Model 3 refresh spotted ahead of launch

June 7, 2023
A Tesla Model 3 refresh prototype was spotted ahead of the launch, which could be imminent as the automaker appears to be liquidating existing Model 3 vehicles. Late last year, we started hearing rumors that Tesla was working on a Model 3 refresh that would come during the…
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk meets Mongolian PM for potential investment in copper-rich country

June 7, 2023
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has virtually met Mongolian Prime Minister L. Oyun-Erdene about the automaker making a potential investment in the copper-rich country. Mongolia is a resource-rich country, including some rare earth metals as well as copper, which can be useful in the electric vehicle industry. Rio Tinto is building one of the largest copper mines in the world that will eventually produce more…
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