Elon Musk announced that Tesla would build its first European production plant in Grünheide, a small town south-east of Berlin, near its new international airport, prompted Peter Altmaier, economics minister to say “further proof of how attractive Germany is as a place to make cars”, and was a “milestone” on Germany’s path towards electro-mobility. The…
The Species Tragulus Versicolor was first described in 1910 based on several animals found near Nha Trange, about 280 miles north-east of Ho Chi Minh City. An Nguyen, a Vietnamese biologist who works with Global Wildlife Conservation and is a PhD student at the Leibnitze Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, has been wondering for…
Climate Change spoiled the production of onions, one of India’s most important vegetables, causing shortages and raised wholesale price rises up almost 500 per cent. Ever changing erratic weather with extreme heat followed by heavy excess rainfall from the annual monsoon season has led to a sharp fall in production in India’s rural key…
The Italian city Venice, a UNESCO world heritage site was engulfed in by 1.87m (6 feet) high water levels flooding its historic basilica and cutting power to homes. Italy’s prime minister Giuseppe Conte described the flooding as “ a blow to the heart of our country. It hurts to see the city so damaged its…
According to Hillary Clinton’s latest book “Margaret Thatcher did not deserve a place in the book about history’s gutsiest women because she failed to make a positive difference for others” The former first Lady is touring the UK promoting “ “The Book of Gutsy Women: Favourite Stories of Courage and Resilience” , which she co-wrote with…
VL the Aspark OWL manufactured by Japanese auto company Aspark is the fastest fully electric hyper car in the world which delivers 2012 horsepower with top speed of 249mph, each car costing $3.2m. The car has four electric motors two rear and two in front with an electric range of 90 miles ( 150Km),…
Directed by James Mangold with a budget of $97.6m, American Automotive designer Carroll Shelby and British race car driver Ken Miles battle corporate interference, the laws of physic to build a revolutionary vehicle for the Ford Motor Co, and they plan to compete against the race cars of Enzo Ferrari. Matt Damon is Carroll Shelby,…
Travis Kalanick, Uber’s ousted co-founder, sold more than $500m of stock last week immediately after restrictions were lifted on early investors selling their shares. The Lock up prevents insiders from selling shares for six months after Uber’s initial public offering expired on Wednesday. Mr Kalanick who was forced out of Uber in 2017 after a…
Jingye, the Chinese industrial conglomerate has bought British Steel for £50m which could save up to 4000 jobs and end months of uncertainty at the second largest UK steelmaker, which collapsed in May 2019. It is an irony that ultimately it was upto a Chinese firm to rescue British Steel, given the fact that they…