Still, the idea is very neat and we hope that all EVs in time have a solar component. Which means no charging cables, even if the car probably wouldn’t get you too far without other forms of electrical input. The idea is that the car can suck in enough juice from the sky to power a commute. Sun power: I don’t know how well this will work in the wild, but Sono Group just went public on the back of its solar-powered car idea. But with more folks living in cities over time, and more of us expecting goods to be delivered to our homes, perhaps the time of the tuk tuk is nigh in the U.S. They are popular in a number of global markets, if not the United States. Tuk tuks are three-wheeled, open-cab vehicles that are something akin to a cross between a delivery van and a moped. market: That’s the play that Biliti thinks is going to be big. Spotify finally rolls out live lyrics globally: If you, like myself, live on Spotify but are tired of using your web browser to look up song lyrics, good news! Now you don’t have to! Lyrics are live in the music service and they look like this:Įlectric tuk tuks for the U.S. The SoftBank- and Alibaba-backed unicorn raised $2.5 billion in its public-market debut, so it at least locked in the funds before seeing its valuation fall. Paytm’s IPO doesn’t: But while Sweetgreen is rolling in clover, Indian fintech giant Paytm had a pretty awful first day as a public company, with its shares falling around 27% in regular trading. Sure, you could argue that the company underpriced its public debut, but I doubt that the company is crying. After pricing at $28 per share, above its target range, the company’s share price shot higher today to nearly double its starting value. Sweetgreen’s IPO turns out pretty sweet: Whatever you thought of Sweetgreen’s financial performance, it is having a pretty great public debut.