The new 2024 Hyundai Kona EV is surprisingly affordable to lease in some places. It may even be cheaper to lease than the gas version or 2023 model, with its first lease prices as low as $259 per month. With Hyundai’s US EV sales tripling in November over last year, the brand says it’s seeing strong demand for its electric models. Although the IONIQ 5 and 6 get most of the attention…

Power grid optimizer Heimdall Power paired up with weather intelligence tech company Meteomatics – and a 30% increase in power grids’ transmission capacity resulted. Most power lines today are “dumb” – that is, operated without insight into their real-time conditions. That means the grid’s total capacity is untapped. Power grid optimizers provide grid operators with the data they need…

Tesla’s head of Dojo hardware has left the company, and he was possibly let go over issues with the next generation of the supercomputer, according to a source. Ganesh Venkataramanan was hired at Tesla by Jim Keller and company when Elon Musk wanted to build a chip-making team to support its self-driving effort. He participated in the development of Tesla’s self-driving chips, but more…