Engines are fired (or charged) up this Thursday as we give a recap of our favorite Women’s Day videos. We also talk about Nissans new power plant plans as well as Best Buy’s plans to deploy the Geek Squad to take better care of your parents.

Women’s Day Video Recap

• • ASOTU Video
  • Ford Video : Men’s Only Edition Explorer
    
    
    
• Nissan gave a preview of its new EV powertrain technology at their global HQ yesterday, where the name of the game is reducing complexity. The primary target is to reach parity between the cost of its electric and gasoline powered vehicles
  • One of the cost cutting strategies is to use solid state batteries with cheaper materials such as nickel or cobalt
    • "For new electric vehicles, we would like to reduce diversity," said Senior Vice President Toshihiro Hirai, head of Nissan's powertrain and EV engineering division.
  • Overall weight reductions will also increase performance, such as driving in snow
  • Nissan was one of the first players in the EV space with the Leaf and is expected to release a new version of the vehicle in 2026
  • The company has a stated goal of releasing  27 electrified models, including 19 all-electric vehicles, by fiscal year 2030
    
    
    
• The retail industry is continuing its push into the multi-trillion dollar health care industry as electronics retailer Best Buy announced a partnership with Atrium Health to provide and install devices enabling patients to get hospital care while staying home
  • Atrium recently completed a merger with Advocate Health, the fifth largest healthcare system in the U.S. with 67 hospitals and more than 1,000 healthcare offices across six states.
  • Atrium will buy devices from BB and Geek Squad will install them
  • “We knew Atrium Health was the right partner to help tackle the unique challenges within the care at home experience,” said Deborah Di Sanzo, president of Best Buy Health
  • “Our partnership with Best Buy Health will help change the lives of our patients and consumers, giving them access to the tools and experiences they need to receive care in the comfort of their own home,” said Dr. Rasu Shrestha, chief innovation and commercialization officer at Advocate Health
  • Best Buy Health s Lively brand already provides remote monitoring services where “Urgent Response Agents are available 24/7 at the touch of a button to offer help in emergencies big and small. Plus, you can speak with a nurse using Lively’s Nurse On-Call, and keep loved ones updated using Lively Link™.”

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