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LA’s Electric Vehicle Talent Pool Is Driving Industry Changes

L.A. Business Journal

Southern California’s demand for electric vehicle industry skilled workers will continue to grow, further pushing up salaries and filling local training classrooms, according to a new report.

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ChargerHelp Connects With $2.75M For EV Charging Repair

socalTECH

ChargerHelp said it offers up on-demand repair of EV charging stations, using a local workforce which has been trained on EVSE maintenance. The round reportely values the company at $11M. Terry, said the funding came from Trucks VC, Kapor Capital, JFF, Energy Impact Partners and The Fund. Terry was previously at EV Connect.

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ChargerHelp raises $2.75M to keep EV chargers working

TechCrunch LA

If a station doesn’t send out an error or a driver doesn’t report it, network providers might never know there’s even a problem. an on-demand repair app for electric vehicle charging stations, has seen these issues firsthand. Demand for ChargerHelp’s service has attracted customers and investors.

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8 Keys To Attracting More Talent Than The Competition

Startup Professionals Musings

You need a faster and more flexible on-demand hiring strategy, based on the current gig-economy of remote freelancers, contract personnel, and specialists. According to recent reports , these come from all the way up and down the age and experience spectrum, including up to ninety percent of the current Baby Boomers, as well as Millennials.

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What Is Claude AI and Anthropic? ChatGPT’s Rival Explained

Tech.Co

It is trained on over 137 billion text and code parameters – the same as Meta's Llama 2. Parameters are different variables that are learned by an LLM during training, ones that can be adjusted to sculpt the way it replies to responses. trained on 175 billion parameters – so it’s not that much larger than Claude 2.

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Energica CEO plots her Italian EV company’s reboot from lockdown

TechCrunch LA

There could be more demand for electric vehicles post COVID-19 crisis, believes Energica founder Livia Cevolini. One of those is greater demand for EVs after the pandemic. Before the health crisis shutdown most of Italy, Energica had already seen larger demand for its high-performance e-motos, with a price range of $17,000 to $23,000.

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Adecco to Buy General Assembly for $412.5M to Grow Tech Workforce

Xconomy

The Adecco Group, the global staffing and worker training giant, has inked a $412.5 million agreement to acquire General Assembly, a tech training and career development company that offers courses online and at 20 campuses worldwide. As Xconomy reported at the time, entrepreneurs and young ventures that set up shop in.