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Mercedes-Benz EQ Fellows: Gene Berdichevsky

The Sila Nanotechnologies co-founder is working to revolutionize the batteries that drive our cars

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Gene Berdichevsky, co-founder and CEO of Oakland-based Sila Nanotechnologies, is working to power tomorrow’s vehicles. After moving on from engineering one of the first mass-produced lithium-ion batteries for cars, Berdichevsky (who has co-authored some 42 patents) hopes to improve battery density and ultimately lower their cost. This, he explains, will ease in the widespread adoption of electric vehicles. Berdichevsky—one of the Mercedes-Benz EQ Fellows at Summit LA—is …

Mercedes-Benz EQ Fellows: Alisyn Malek

May Mobility uses autonomous technology and a community-driven approach

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COO and co-founder of May Mobility, Alisyn Malek is another of the 10 inventive and optimistic Mercedes-Benz EQ Fellows at Summit LA. Currently based in Detroit, Malek is working with autonomous technology—an industry in which she has a rich history in—to tackle mobility issues facing communities. An engineer by trade, she is using a community-driven approach to broaden the accessibility of new technologies and to make lives better …

Mercedes-Benz EQ Partners with Summit LA18

A partnership built on the common goal to foster a community

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At the annual Summit conference in downtown Los Angeles, 3,000 innovators and entrepreneurs gathered this weekend for three days of talks, discussions, wellness activities and entertainment. The partnership between Mercedes-Benz EQ and Summit, facilitated by the COOL HUNTING team—including the launch of a fellowship program, an art installation, a visit to a biodynamic ranch and a dinner with members of the Summit community—focused on different …