Climate
Self-driving truck startup TuSimple fires its CEO over improper ties to a Chinese firm
TuSimple, partly owned by UPS, makes self-driving trucks, a technology that may be among the innovations to help lower longer-run inflation in the transport sector. Source: TuSimple Self-driving truck startup TuSimple has fired its CEO, Xiaodi Hou, after an internal investigation found improper dealings and possible tech transfer to a Chinese firm led by TuSimple’s […]
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Oil is all that Putin has left, U.S. presidential advisor Amos Hochstein says
Amos Hochstein photographed in Beirut, Lebanon, on October 27, 2022. Hussam Shbaro | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Oil is all Russia’s economy has left following its invasion of Ukraine earlier this year, according to Amos Hochstein, special presidential coordinator for President Joe Biden. “Oil is the only thing they have left in that economy […]
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How United Airlines expects electric planes to change the way passengers make travel decisions
United Airlines, the nation’s No. 3 carrier, has a contract to buy electric 30-seat planes from startup Heart Aerospace, which Heart said it plans to introduce in 2028. Heart Aerospace One of the hardest things to figure out about cutting greenhouse gas emissions has been what to do about aviation, since most commercial jets are […]
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EU strikes deal to ban the sale of new diesel and gasoline cars from 2035
An electric car being charged in Germany. The European Union is moving forward with plans to ramp up the number of EVs on its roads. Tomekbudujedomek | Moment | Getty Images The EU’s plans to phase out the sale of new diesel and gasoline cars and vans took a big step forward this week after […]
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Inside the world’s first affordable solar-powered electric vehicle: The $25,000 Sono Motors Sion
Germany company Sono Motors says it will bring a solar-powered electric vehicle to market in Europe in mid-2023. Sono has brought the car, called the Sion, on a tour throughout the U.S., in anticipation of its eventual domestic release. Priced at $25,000, the car is more affordable than most EVs on the U.S. market. It […]
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IEA says clean strength expense may perhaps exceed $2 trillion a 12 months by 2030 — but it truly is not adequate
Wind turbines photographed off the coast of Wales. Thoroughly clean vitality investment decision could be on system to exceed $2 trillion for every 12 months by 2030, according to the Global Electricity Company. Ben Birchall | PA Photos | Getty Photos Cleanse vitality investment could be on program to exceed $2 trillion for each calendar […]
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Providers are earning local climate pledges they you should not have the capacity to hold, Microsoft President Brad Smith says
Brad Smith, president of Microsoft Corp., speaks throughout a local weather initiative occasion at the Microsoft Corp. campus in Redmond, Washington, U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images SEATTLE — Providers are on the sizzling seat to respond to weather modify like under no circumstances right before, but most corporate […]
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This application will warn you in advance of an earthquake hits the West Coastline
Thousands of California residents ended up alerted ahead of Tuesday’s magnitude 5.1 earthquake in the Bay Place, many thanks to the MyShake app. The application, which was designed by the Berkeley Seismology Lab, alerted 95,000 gadgets of the earthquake up to 18 seconds ahead of the quake, advising buyers to “fall, cover and keep on,” […]
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Emissions reductions pledges ‘nowhere near’ what is necessary, UN suggests
A boat photographed in Turkey. This year’s COP27 local weather transform summit will glimpse to make on the do the job carried out at COP26 in Glasgow. Temizyurek | E+ | Getty Illustrations or photos Nations are not accomplishing adequate to restrict the planet’s temperature rise to 1.5 levels Celsius by the finish of this […]
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UK trial will inject hydrogen into a gas-fired, grid-connected power station
An Iberdrola facility photographed in Spain. Europe is looking to develop a number of hydrogen projects over the coming years. Angel Garcia | Bloomberg | Getty Images Hydrogen will be injected into a gas-fired, grid-connected power station during a trial project set to last 12 months, in the latest example of how major companies are […]
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