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Slate Auto, which came out of stealth mode earlier this year with a surprising – and surprisingly affordable – customizable electric truck, has raised $700 million to date. But long before the EV startup broke cover, it quietly raised a Series A round of more than $100 million in ... Show More

If you walked into a Dubai bank to apply for a mortgage in 2020, chances are you’d spend months buried in paperwork or face a huge price discrepancy when it came to listings. Such experiences led Jad Antoun to start Huspy, a startup streamlining how people in the UAE buy homes di ... Show More

Competitors to Darragh Buckley's Increase are so nervous about his ambitions to "own" a bank, someone has been trying to stop him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Geothermal energy startup Quaise is aiming to tap energy sources deep underground. WSJ reporter Benoît Morenne explains how its futuristic tech beams electromagnetic energy at the speed of light to dig around 12 miles under the Earth’s surface. Then, professionals in science and ... Show More

Munich-based Proxima has raised €20 million ($21.7M) in a seed round to begin building its first generation of fusion power plants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

WWJ auto analyst John McElroy reports they are lighter, smaller and charge faster, but don't expect to see solid state batteries this decade. 

A.M. Edition for Feb. 10. The U.S. is imposing 25% levies on steel and aluminum imports today, with further trade announcements expected in the coming days, but the market’s reaction is muted. Plus, France attempts to rival Stargate with plans to use nuclear energy to power a hug ... Show More

The deal will allow owners of Tesla's Powerwall and solar products to monitor their home energy usage from their TVs and other Samsung SmartThings devices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

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Planes are hard to fully electrify. Heavy batteries and range limitations pose severe problems. Hybrid versions that use electric batteries and traditional fuel could help make the sector greener while fully electric plans are being developed. Sean Captain joins host Zoe Thomas t ... Show More

Though we use more renewable energy than ever before, electricity grids need ways to cope with intermittent wind or solar power. Innovations that make batteries to store that energy bigger, cheaper and more efficient can help. Why tourists are flocking to Asia (9:41). And a liste ... Show More

Join Eramet's Tokyo-based market research analyst Antoine DE VEYRAC, and Argus’ Senior reporter, Yusuke Maekawa as they talk about recent development in Eramet's lithium productions and their views on the Japanese battery industry. Key topics covered in the podcast: Eramet's late ... Show More

A generation of students are outsourcing their schoolwork to chatbots. Plus, Google strikes its biggest-ever deal to buy cybersecurity startup Wiz for its cloud expertise. Victoria Craig hosts.   Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter.  Learn more about your ad choices. ... Show More