A few days ago, at the World Motor Show in Geneva, the Renault 5 was presented, a car that, by all standards, could reach the magic threshold of 25,000 euros for a useful electric car. However, Renault did not do this, as the base model is not a "useful" electric car in many respects for the stated amount. It is precisely for this reason that a note is being created in which I outline precisely why I believe that we are witnessing the collapse of one of the largest industries on the old continent. And the fault is not electric cars, but the inability to change the culture in European car companies. And, of course, some other factors that are...
The Ryvid Anthem is an electric motorcycle that is the brainchild of a California startup and one of the few motorcycles that offers the option of replacing the battery.
Electric cars, motorbikes and scooters are becoming more and more common on the roads, and electric bicycles are not far behind them. The young company Urtopia has presented an elegant electric bicycle that strives to innovate in technology and at the same time tries to be accessible to a wider mass of customers.
The leading European force in the field of research and development and the largest German chemical company BASF is announcing a regional competition, with which it wants to invest in the domestic startup scene, and especially in startups whose solutions contribute to sustainable development.
Sono Motors is a German start-up company, and their product is the Sion, a car that draws additional energy directly from the sun and has bright green moss planted inside for better air quality.
In recent years, more and more young people feel as if someone has swept them off their feet. They did everything right and as their parents, teachers and the environment in general expected of them. They were studying. They had good grades, they went to college. They graduated. Because they were promised that a job would be waiting for them afterwards. But there is no job.
Interview: Aljaž Osetič, high school student and entrepreneur who goes across the pond for knowledge
Aljaž Osetič is a 4th-year student at Velenje High School. And like every high school student, he also has to take the matriculation exam first, and then study. But Aljaž was not satisfied with just anything, he enrolled at the exclusive entrepreneurial university in Watson, USA, where only fifteen students per year are taught by Nobel laureates. He successfully passed the entrance exam, and so this year at the end of August, he is going to face new challenges. Even earlier, he will finish his project with the Trjajalnik team, where they developed a product to shorten the reaction time of firefighters during an intervention (a sign that a volunteer firefighter places with a magnet on the roof of his vehicle when driving in an emergency). What does the future alma mater bring and what does the project mean for firefighters, below.
While most companies are still in the development phase with their self-driving vehicles and haven't gotten further than a prototype, the startup Waymo, recently owned by Google, has teamed up with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles to unveil the Pacifica, the first autonomous vehicle designed for commercial sales. In contrast to Tesla vehicles, they allow fully and not only partially autonomous driving. They will go on sale this month.
We talked to Dejan Roljič, the director of the ABC accelerator, who in the last two years has thoroughly ventilated the Slovenian start-up scene and has already helped many companies in the beginning of their global journeys. After recently setting up an accelerator in Munich, an office in Silicon Valley is opening its doors these days. But it seems that this is only the beginning of an extremely ambitious global story.
The Slovenian SipSup glass is the first social glass in the world, as it connects to a smartphone and serves us memories in addition to a drink. Miha Petek, Anže Volovšek and Aleš Perme are behind the project of the interactive glass, and the glasses themselves are made in Steklarna Hrastnik and are not only technologically sophisticated, but also of high quality. The success of the Kickstarter campaign, where SipSup will raise startup funds for 42 days, seems imminent.
The Slovenian SipaBoard is the first self-inflating sup in the world, which reached the financial goal of 150,000 dollars after two weeks on Kickstarter, which the SipaBoards team needed to start production. The SipaBoard has a built-in electric battery that inflates the sup in the first stage, then hides in the board itself and drives a thruster motor that helps to glide on the surface (maintains balance and direction). It allows a speed of up to three knots (approx. 5 km/h) and comes with a wireless paddle, which is also a "gas pedal".
How will we type tomorrow? By air, anyway. An unexpected answer that will soon become a reality, as a team of up-and-coming tech startups is already developing the revolutionary AirType keyboard, which allows you to type right in the air.