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...SK Hynix’s investment suggests US efforts to reduce dependence on Taiwan-based manufacturing are beginning to bear fruit....
...As to range, its 102kWh battery is good for 329 miles WLTP (travelling at an average speed of 28.8mph)....
...I’d paid little attention when someone had mentioned that these forests were home to bears, lynx and wolves....
...There are four “drivers” of that evolution, she said: international growth, retail partnerships, expanding the reach of an app that requires no bike or treadmill, and rolling out a “fitness-as-a-service”...
...So what you do is prioritise speed over capital efficiency,” said Chua of Vertex. “But they cannot do 50 things anymore....
...I am bikepacking, the latest buzzword in cycling’s long evolution....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on December 20 2022. ©2022 Nikkei Inc....
...Affirm’s largest merchant during the pandemic was Peloton, the stationary bike maker whose sales are now in decline....
...Wall Street sentiment had also been turning against Peloton, and soon the bears had numbers to support their suspicion that pandemic demand would subside as gyms reopened....
...One year they arrived to find a bear had wintered in their cabin....
...“The three values of the post-2010 Silicon Valley — efficiency, speed, and scale — laid the foundation for predatory business models,” he says....
...Whatever their stance, the subject has become unavoidable for Silicon Valley chief executives....
...Nikola: in need of a recharge Trevor Milton, founder of the electric truckmaker Nikola, always had a need for speed....
...I was staying at the Wild Bear Lodge, six wooden cabins by the foaming Lardeau river at the bottom of a steep valley, about an hour’s drive from Kaslo, the nearest small town....
...At this stage in the evolution of the cloud-based world of work, that is not a concern that troubles many....
...The speed with which Bird and its Silicon Valley-based rival Lime have expanded — and their valuations have increased — has made the business of deploying “dockless” scooters, which anyone can hire for a...
...Some investors are betting that the solution is simpler: electric scooters and bikes that can be rented via smartphone apps....
...It might be part of the natural evolution of the business,” Mr Merchant said....
...The most recent edition of INC. Magazine, however, offers even more insight into the breadth of the issue....
...The “pedal-assist” electric vehicles, which provide a speed boost to make the bike easier to ride and travel longer distances, cost $2 for the first half-hour in the US and can be rented through Uber’s main...
...The two companies offer powered scooters for a few dollars per trip, hired using a smartphone app and ridden standing up at speeds of up to 15mph....
...It includes a range of “smart home” devices, a key area of investment for Silicon Valley start-ups as well as Apple, Amazon and Alphabet in recent years....
...Lime has closed a $335m round of funding led by GV, formerly Google Ventures, alongside new investors IVP, Atomico and Fidelity, the Silicon Valley-based company announced on Monday....
...An out-of-work bike courier called Riccardo tells me that the Christchurch massacre pushed him to march....
...“Now we have seen this, I can promise you all the other companies are teaching their systems what people pushing bikes across streets look like.”...
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