December 9th, 2020 by Jo Borrás Porsche has been working with companies like Siemens and ENAP to develop synthetic, carbon-neutral fuels for its internal combustion engines for a while now. Those plans have recently taken a big step forward, however, as Porsche and Siemens have announced plans to build a pilot plant in Chile that
Month: December 2020
As COVID-19 cases in London rise, people in the capital have been warned to follow the rules to avoid being moved into Tier 3. Mayor Sadiq Khan said: “If we don’t all work together now, we may face tougher restrictions across the capital.” London was placed in Tier 2 when England came out of its
Canada has become the latest country to approve Pfizer and BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine – describing it as “safe, effective and of good quality”. In a statement, Health Canada said the authorisation was a “critical milestone” in the fight against COVID-19 – and stressed that the review process had been “rigorous”. The country is set to
9:00 AM ET Considering the way the 2020-21 NHL season has gone — or more accurately hasn’t gone — we have to look at all prospects and young players like we’re grading on a curve. Many of these players have never gone this long between games in their entire playing careers. Some are closing in
A Nissan Leaf being charged in Dortmund, Germany. Unkel | ullstein bild | Getty Images A “turning point” has been reached when it comes to the electrification of vehicles, according to the chief operating officer of Nissan, with the Japanese automotive giant “ready to address that opportunity everywhere in the world.” Speaking to CNBC’s “Squawk
7:52 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com After a year like no other, we’ve made it to the tennis offseason. With the coronavirus pandemic shutting down the ATP and WTA tours for months — including the cancellation of Wimbledon — and dramatically altering the schedule and conditions at the events that did take place, it is hard
7:00 AM ET MLB InsidersESPN In a normal year, baseball’s winter meetings are a gathering of team executives of all stripes, player agents and journalists where the hot stove starts gaining steam and the trade and free-agent markets start buzzing. This, of course, is not a normal year. Instead of crowding into the lobby of
Boris Johnson has said “a good deal is there to be done” with the EU on trade – but says the bloc is currently insisting on terms which no prime minister could accept. Mr Johnson spoke at Prime Minister’s Questions before travelling to Brussels for final talks with EU President Ursula von der Leyen, just
Shane Mays has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 25 years for the “brutal” murder of 16-year-old Louise Smith. Mays was convicted at Winchester Crown Court on Tuesday over the killing in Havant, Hampshire, on 8 May. The “predatory” 30-year-old is believed to have lured the teenager to a secluded woodland spot
Comic book fans’ spidey-senses have been tingling following reports that previous Spider-Man actors have joined the cast of the franchise’s next instalment. British star Tom Holland has played the Marvel superhero on the big screen since 2016, following in the footsteps of Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield. Both are now reportedly set to reprise their
The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine has become the second coronavirus jab to be approved for UK use. It has been given the go-ahead by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). The vaccine, codenamed AZD1222 or ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, was developed at Oxford University with support from the British-Swedish pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca. Image: The Oxford vaccine is
Elon Musk confirmed that he personally moved to Texas full time and revealed that the reason is to focus on Tesla Gigafactory Texas in Austin and SpaceX’s Starship development in south Texas. As for the future of the electric automaker and rocket company in California, it is still unclear. Back in May, when Tesla was
Pete Buttigieg, an early candidate for the 2020 US election, is reportedly being tapped to head to Beijing as the country’s ambassador to China. Mr Buttigieg, who saw early successes in the US presidential race during the Democratic primaries, is considered a rising star in US politics and the high profile move is seen as
Honda has suspended production at its UK car plant after transport-related delays to parts. The Japanese car maker told workers that it would have to pause work on Wednesday but would re-start as soon as possible. Honda’s factory in Swindon, where it makes the Civic model, operates on a “just in time” basis designed to
There is now a “smoother glidepath” towards a post-Brexit trade deal with the EU after the government ditched plans that could have seen the UK breach international law, Michael Gove has told Sky News. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is heading to Brussels this afternoon in a last-ditch bid to make a breakthrough in trade negotiations
There are fears that poorer countries could be left behind as richer nations “hoard” more doses of coronvirus vaccine than they need. Wealthy countries have amassed a big enough stock of vaccine doses to immunise their people nearly three times over by the end of next year, assuming the vaccines in clinical trials are all
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