Scott Kirsner

1 week ago | masslive.com | Scott Kirsner

WiTricity, one of the highest-profile startups in the electric vehicle charging business, quietly closed what had been its main office in Watertown earlier this year. WiTricity’s new headquarters is in Midway, Georgia, on the outskirts of Savannah. That’s where the company’s new CEO, Joe Benz, resides — but he says there were other reasons for the relocation.

1 week ago | masslive.com | Scott Kirsner

At the annual MassChallenge award ceremony for startups, held in Boston Thursday night, Gov. Maura Healey might’ve been wearing a foam “We’re #1″ finger. She was playing her role as the state’s cheerleader-in-chief. “Massachusetts is ranked number one for innovation,“ she told the audience at Boston’s State Room. ”We’re also number one in education and health care.

2 weeks ago | masslive.com | Scott Kirsner

I dropped by the spanking new headquarters of CarGurus in Boston on Monday for coffee with the CEO, Jason Trevisan. CarGurus calls itself the internet’s most-visited car sales site; Carfax technically gets more traffic, but a chunk of that is related to vehicle history reports and not sales. CarGurus has already seen the new wave of import tariffs drive more people to buy cars before they took effect at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday.

2 weeks ago | masslive.com | Scott Kirsner

If you’re confused about how the new tariffs being slapped on imports and exports will affect things, you’re not alone. So are many CEOs who design and manufacture things here. Since President Trump’s self-described “Liberation Day” last Wednesday, I’ve been talking with execs who run Massachusetts-based companies that make things such as sunglasses, 3D printers, electric vehicles and leather jackets. Here are the five big things that have emerged from those conversations.

3 weeks ago | masslive.com | Scott Kirsner

What will the next four years look like for Massachusetts’ climate tech sector? Climate tech is an umbrella term used to describe all kinds of startups with new technologies related to energy production, sustainability or carbon capture — things that may help slow climate change. And President Donald Trump, from the moment he started his second term, has made it clear he is not a fan. “We’re not going to do the wind thing,” he said at a rally on inauguration day.