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This Mass. electric vehicle startup says the stock market is its next destination

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By Scott Kirsner Verified
| MassLive Verified
On a recent Friday afternoon, I hopped into the back of a persimmon-colored electric van and got taken for a ride. In the front, there was just one seat for the driver in the center of the vehicle, which created plenty of room for passengers in the second row to stretch out. There was lots of headroom, and the van’s roof was almost entirely glass. I didn’t go very far — just once around the parking lot — since the van isn’t yet street-legal in the United States.
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This Massachusetts EV startup doesn't make cars — and that's exactly the point

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By Scott Kirsner Verified
| Yahoo Finance Verified
On a recent Friday afternoon, I hopped into the back of a persimmon-colored electric van and got taken for a ride. In the front, there was just one seat for the driver in the center of the vehicle, which created plenty of room for passengers in the second row to stretch out. There was lots of headroom, and the van's roof was almost entirely glass. I didn't go very far — just once around the parking lot — since the van isn't yet street-legal in the United States.
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Kirsner on Innovation: These Mass. startups want to put you to sleep

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By Scott Kirsner Verified
| The Sun Chronicle Verified
On a Thursday afternoon last week, after eating a hearty lunch, I went to a Kendall Square office building to take a nap. You know, for research. I wanted to experience the electronics-embedded sleep mask being developed by Nocturnal, a Cambridge startup company founded by Abhi Jain, an MIT alum. Nocturnal is just one of at least four local companies that have raised tens of millions of dollars to upgrade the quality of an evening’s slumber — or an afternoon snooze.
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