Climate
Elon Musk says Tesla may have to get into the lithium business because costs are so ‘insane’
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is pictured as he attends the start of the production at Tesla’s “Gigafactory” on March 22, 2022 in Gruenheide, southeast of Berlin. Patrick Pleul | AFP | Getty Images Elon Musk tweeted Tesla may get into the lithium mining and refining business directly and at scale because the cost of the […]
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Jeep says its new electric Wrangler SUV concept goes 0-60 in 2 seconds
Electric Jeep Wrangler Magneto 2.0 concept vehicle Jeep DETROIT — Jeep has redesigned an all-electric concept version of its flagship Wrangler, as the brand pivots from gas guzzlers to zero-emissions EVs. The Jeep Wrangler Magneto 2.0 concept vehicle comes a year after the Stellantis brand unveiled the first version of the all-electric SUV. Concept vehicles […]
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk hosts ‘Cyber Rodeo’ party to open Austin factory
On Thursday night, Tesla CEO Elon Musk spoke at a grand opening event for the electric vehicle maker’s new $1.1 billion factory near the Austin airport in Texas. At the event, he spoke about how massive the new factory is, and teased products that are still in development, including the Cybertruck, and a robotaxi that […]
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Asia faces growing threats from climate change. Here’s what can be done
A boy searches for remaining food in polythene packets at roadside in Allahabad, India, on May 11, 2018. In 2021, over 57 million people were affected by climate disasters in Asia, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies reported. Sanjay Kanojia | Afp | Getty Images Asia, one of the regions most […]
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Methane emissions surged by a record amount in 2021, NOAA says
A broken oil well pipeline gauge near Depew, Oklahoma J Pat Carter/Getty Images Global emissions of methane, the second-biggest contributor to human-caused climate change after carbon dioxide, surged by a record amount in 2021, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Thursday. Methane, a key component of natural gas, is 84 times more potent than […]
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Longtime Tesla bull Ron Baron plans to hold the stock at least another 8 years
Investor Ron Baron has been one of Tesla’s largest shareholders for years, and he has no plans to change that. Baron told CNBC on Thursday that he thinks the electric vehicle giant’s high-flying stock has much more room to run – and that he plans to continue holding the company’s stock for at least eight […]
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UK targets more nuclear, wind power — and fossil fuels — in bid for energy security
Alongside a ramp up in nuclear power, the British Energy Security Strategy envisages up to 50 GW of offshore wind and 10 GW of hydrogen – half of which would be so-called green hydrogen – by 2030. Christopher Furlong | Getty Images News | Getty Images The U.K. government has revealed details of its long […]
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Army Corps of Engineers withdraws SpaceX application to expand Starship facilities in Texas
Starship prototype 20 stacked on top of Super Heavy booster 4 at the company’s facility in Boca Chica, Texas. SpaceX The US Army Corps of Engineers has withdrawn SpaceX’s application to expand launch facilities in Boca Chica, Texas, after the company failed to provide environmental information the agency requested, according to documents obtained by CNBC. […]
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Porsche ups its investment in ‘e-fuels’ for the EV transition with a stake in a manufacturer in Chile
A Porsche 911 Carrera 4S stands in the evening light in a drive-in cinema on the circuit of the Leipzig Porsche factory. Jan Woitas | picture alliance via Getty Images DETROIT — Porsche is upping its investment in the development of climate-neutral “e-fuels” made to replace gasoline in traditional combustion engines. The German automaker, owned […]
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Aurora and Werner Enterprises are testing self-driving tractor-trailers on a lonely Texas highway
06 January 2022, US, Las Vegas: Robotic truck company Aurora shows off a self-driving semi-truck at the CES tech show in Las Vegas. In the Corona pandemic, interest in autonomous freight transport increased. Andrej Sokolow | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Self-driving startup Aurora Innovation has gone trucking in Texas. Aurora announced Wednesday that it […]
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