Mike Flewitt, chief executive officer of McLaren Automotive Ltd., gestures while speaking on the opening day of the 89th Geneva International Motor Show in Geneva, Switzerland, on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. The show near Lake Leman, which opens to the public from March 7 to 17, will be the first gilded showcase of the year
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks outdoors at the company’s 2020 “drive-in” shareholder’s meeting and battery day on Sept. 22. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said, at the company’s 2020 annual shareholder meeting and battery day presentation that he expects vehicle deliveries to increase by 30 to 40 percent over last year, when the company reported deliveries
September 22nd, 2020 by Press Release McDonald’s just introduced a flagship restaurant located west of Disney on Buena Vista Drive, Orlando, Florida. The opening of this restaurant demonstrates the company’s steadfast commitment to sustainability and energy efficiency as it will become a Zero Energy Building, its first Zero Emissions restaurant in the US. McDonald’s wanted to
Massive queues of up to 7,000 lorries could be seen outside Dover if hauliers fail to prepare for changes to customs rules after the Brexit transition period ends, according to the government. The transition period, which kept the UK aligned to the EU’s single market and customs union rules to allow trade to flow smoothly
The US has the highest number of coronavirus deaths in the world as it passes a grim 200,000 milestone, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. More than 6.8 million cases have been reported across the US since the outbreak began. The Maryland-based university recorded 200,005 deaths and 6,861,211 cases as of Tuesday – more
September 22nd, 2020 by Brad Rouse For those deeply interested in our future energy system and how it will evolve, I highly recommend two in-depth papers published in the last year. The 2035 Report, a product of a team led by UCAL Berkeley and GridLab, explores a 2035 US energy system that is 90% carbon
September 22nd, 2020 by Zachary Shahan At Tesla’s 2020 Annual Shareholder Meeting today, Tesla CEO Elon Musk discussed several matters we’ve written about in recent weeks and months. I will revisit a few of those highlights in a moment. First, though, there was one comment that the Tesla-oriented writers on our team here at CleanTechnica
Boris Johnson is facing demands from Labour to explain his proposal to use the Army to help support police amid the new coronavirus lockdown rules. He faces Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister’s Questions just hours after his TV broadcast in which he warned of a tough crackdown if people continue to break the rules.
China, the world’s worst polluter, has pledged to become carbon neutral by 2060. President Xi Jinping, in a virtual speech at the United Nations General Assembly, made the announcement after insisting it would hit a peak in carbon dioxide emissions before 2030. It marks the first time China has said it will end its net
September 22nd, 2020 by Tina Casey A team of researchers at the University of Newcastle has come up with a way to keep the lights on at thousands of coal power plants across the globe. Wait, it’s not what you think! They mean keeping the lights on at retired coal power plants. Those old power
Tesla has announced a significant expansion of its Supercharger network in the Los Angeles area with over 200 Supercharger V3 stalls coming to the important market. Over the last few years, Tesla has made several grand promises about expanding the Supercharger network, but it has been falling short. The delay appeared to be at least
Jeff Kowalsky | Bloomberg | Getty Images GE said Monday that it intended to “exit the new build coal power market,” in a move that will see the industrial powerhouse place a renewed emphasis on renewable energy. Over the years, GE has been deeply involved with the coal industry. Its website states it has 100
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, stands on the construction site of the Tesla Gigafactory in Grünheide near Berlin, September 3, 2020. Patrick Pleul | picture alliance | Getty Images Tesla shares sank 4% in premarket trading Tuesday, after CEO Elon Musk sought to manage expectations ahead of the electric carmaker’s “battery day” presentation. Musk’s firm
It is possible to detect growing dismay and anger among business leaders at how Boris Johnson’s government is handling the pandemic. Some have been consistently critical of the government throughout the crisis, particularly those in aviation, which has been battered by the lockdown and subsequent imposition of quarantine rules on travellers returning to Britain. Watch
7:00 AM ET For nearly two months, the National Hockey League has kept the teams in its postseason tournament inside “bubbles” that it helped construct with the NHL Players’ Association in an effort to safely finish the 2019-20 season after it was paused because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Initially there were two: The 12 teams
Johnny Depp has lost his libel claim against the publishers of The Sun over an article calling him a “wife beater”. Three months after the high profile three-week trial, Judge Justice Nicol has now ruled that the tabloid was justified in reporting that Depp was violent towards ex-wife Amber Heard on at least one occasion