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Electric uprising: How American companies are accelerating the drive to EVs

EVs should make up 50% of all car sales by 2030 to help achieve Paris Agreement decarbonization goals. Cornell faculty weigh in on what it will take.

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Johnson School

Electric Uprising: Factorial Energy—New lightning, new bottles

Factorial Energy’s new battery mitigates range anxiety by increasing EVs’ driving range says CEO and founder Siyu Huang ’11, PhD ’13, MBA ’14.

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Electric Uprising: GM—Transforming an industry

Vinod Kumar, MBA ’08, says GM wants to put everyone in an EV. GM will invest $35 billion and launch more than 30 all-new EV models by the end of 2025.

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Electric Uprising: Schneider Electric—EVs’ starring role in an all-electric world

Schneider Electric envisions EVs, with their large batteries, becoming components of electricity generation and storage grids.

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Veteran Voices: Meet US Marine Corps Captain Edmund Fuentes MBA ’22

Captain Edmund Thomas Fuentes MBA ’22 is a US Marine Corps and US Naval Academy veteran who is enrolled in the Cornell Executive MBA (EMBA) Americas program at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management.

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Venture capitalist Marlon Nichols invests in diverse, visionary founders

10 Under 10 honoree Marlon Nichols, MBA ’11, co-founder of MaC Venture Capital, helps accelerate companies on the verge of their breakthrough moment.

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Pictures, videos can send viewers down a ‘rabbit hole’

How many cat videos can you watch in one sitting? Associate Professor Kaitlin Woolley ’12, says they’re like potato chips: You can’t consume just one.

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Cornell Undergraduate WIN: Cultivating Winning Female Investors

Laurel Prime ’22 shares her experience from the 6th Annual Undergraduate Women in Investing Conference.

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The Student Voice: Meet Branden Karnell MBA ’22

Branden Karnell MBA ’22 is a Johnson graduate student pursuing a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree. He is also one of the first students to take part in Johnson’s new Tech Prep program.