5 best news of September

The Ukrainian startup has attracted $ 50 million in investments

The Ukrainian-based startup Restream, based in Austin, USA, attracted $ 50 million in investments from a number of investors during Round A, including Sapphire Ventures and Insight Partners.

This was reported by Techcrunch.

It is noted that the video streaming service Restream currently covers about 30 platforms, including Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitch, Twitter and YouTube, and allows people to also take video from platforms such as Zoom, and retransmit it to platforms for a larger audience.

“The service works on the freemium model, and most customers use it for free, while others pay from 19 to 299 dollars a month, depending on the level of service,” the newspaper writes. “The company started in the gaming world, but today it also serves a wider range of creators, musicians and businesses that use the service to manage both internal and B2B communications and for their broader marketing projects.

 

Uber plans to use only electric cars in the United States, Canada and Europe by 2030

Uber taxi service has announced the launch of a large-scale program aimed at reducing harmful emissions into the atmosphere and preventing climate change. Under the Green Recovery program, Uber has committed to using only zero-emission cars, i.e. electric cars, by 2040. In the US, Canada and Europe, the company intends to do so by 2030.

Uber has also announced the allocation of $ 800 million to encourage drivers who cooperate to switch to electric cars and to attract drivers who have hybrid or electric cars. For drivers who will use hybrid or electric cars, Uber will additionally charge a premium of $ 0.5-1.5 for each trip – depending on the region and type of electric car.

In addition, the company launches the Uber Green program in 15 cities in the United States and Canada. Passengers in these cities will have the option of choosing an electric car (hybrid or fully electric), in which the passenger can choose to travel to Uber cleaner car, paying an additional $ 1. By the end of the year, Uber intends to expand this program to 65 cities around the world.

 

Samsung will build the world’s largest pharmaceutical plant for $ 2 billion

South Korea’s Samsung continues to expand its pharmaceutical business, investing about $ 2 billion in the construction of a drug plant, which should become the largest of its kind in the world after the completion of work in 2022.

According to The Wall Street Journal, the company is betting on further growth in the biologic market due to changes in the industry associated with the coronavirus pandemic.

The plant, called Super Plant, now becomes the fourth Samsung BioLogics Co., biopharmaceutical division of Samsung. Its area will be approximately 230 thousand square meters.

 

Musk plans to release the cheapest Tesla within three years

At the Tesla Battery Day event, its founder Elon Musk announced the plans to build a budget electric car for $ 25,000 using a much cheaper battery.

If the plans will be realized, the new car will be the most budgetable in the Tesla line. Nowadays the company’s cheapest model – sedan Model 3 – costs $ 37,990.

“One of the things that worries me the most is that we don’t really have a truly affordable machine, and we will do it in the future. But to do this, we must reduce the price of the batteries “- said Musk. He said that the cheaper electric car will be ready in about three years. Among other things, the billionaire said: “Over time, each automaker will have electric cars capable of traveling long distances. But not every company will be well to cope with the production. ”

Musk also highlighted that he intends to increase annual production to 20 million cars. This is almost twice of the sales of Volkswagen, the record holder for this indicator, for the last year. After the event, Musk stressed on Twitter that Tesla will increase annual production by almost 50% in 10 years, and maybe “a little faster.”

 

Boeing said the updated 737 Max has passed 1,300 test flights

Boeing has completed a series of test flights of the infamous 737 Max. This is another step towards the resumption of operation of the 737 Maх.

The Boeing 737 Max made a series of test flights from Seattle to Vancouver under the auspices of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). The European regulator will now study flight data.

“Now, as the next step in assessing the possibility of putting the aircraft back into operation, EASA is analyzing data and other information collected during the flights,” the agency said.

Next week in London, a group of pilots from the EU, USA, Canada and Brazil will evaluate the updated version of the 737 Max. This is necessary to create a new course in aircraft management. One of the reasons for the two 737 Max crashes was the ineffective training of pilots, experts say.

EASA must now prepare all the necessary documents and complete a series of internal consultations. This means that the agency will be able to certify the 737 Max in just a few weeks, according to Bloomberg.