Following last week’s signing of the Inflation Reduction Act in the US, German legacy automakers Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz have sealed agreements with the Canadian government to acquire raw materials for EV battery manufacturing at their US facilities. This move could help EVs from both automakers qualify for US tax credits under the revised terms of
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In this article PSNYW A Candela boat photographed in Sweden in August 2021. Candela uses hydrofoils, which lift a vessel’s hull above the water’s surface when travelling. Mikael Sjoberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Luxury EV maker Polestar will provide battery and charging systems to electric boat firm Candela after the two Swedish companies signed
In this article AMZN Javonte Williams #33 of the Denver Broncos carries the ball against the Cincinnati Bengals at Empower Field At Mile High on December 19, 2021 in Denver, Colorado. Matthew Stockman | Getty Images Amazon‘s Prime Video reached a deal with DirecTV to air its “Thursday Night Football” games in more than 300,000
Aug 23, 2022 Quade Cooper is backing dumped playmaker James O’Connor to regain form and force his way back into the Wallabies’ ranks in time for next year’s Rugby World Cup. Cooper, who has been sidelined since rupturing an Achilles tendon in Australia’s Rugby Championship clash with Argentina earlier this month, has been joined on
UK private sector growth has moved closer to stagnation as it slowed to a new 18-month low, dragged down by a slump in factory output, latest data indicates. The closely watched S&P Global/CIPS Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) composite flash estimate dropped to 50.9 in August from 52.1 in July, its lowest since February 2021 and
The arrow of time is a concept that defines the unidirectional flow of time. In simple words, it dictates that time only flows in one direction, from the past to the future. Despite the idea being decades old, scientists are yet to make considerable progress in unravelling the mysteries behind the phenomenon. A new study has
The launch of the mission that aims to put humans back on the moon is on course for lift-off as planned, NASA bosses say. Artemis 1 was given the green light last week during a flight readiness review at Kennedy Space Center. It will blast off from Florida today – drawing hundreds of thousands of
It was a 3am rise for a dawn police raid in Surrey. But the home secretary – a regular at these kind of events – wanted to project a steady hand at the Home Office, getting on with business as usual when everything else is in a state of flux. On this occasion, the raid was a
Today marks six months since Russian troops crossed the border into Ukraine. The war’s half-year point coincides with Ukrainian Independence Day, which in normal circumstances would see citizens celebrating 31 years of independence from the former Soviet Union. Follow Ukraine war live updates But instead, curfews are in place in the cities of Kyiv or
Singer Tom Parker has been posthumously shortlisted for a National Television Award following his death from a brain tumour at the age of 33. The Wanted star made a documentary, Inside My Head, about living with the illness and organising a fundraising concert in aid of cancer charities in 2021, after being diagnosed with the
Putin ally Alexander Dugin has said his daughter told him she felt “like a warrior” and a “hero” before she died in a car bombing Russia has blamed on Ukraine. Darya Dugina, 29, attended a festival on Saturday night before a remotely-controlled explosive device planted in her 4×4 blew up as she was driving on
Police have described the moment a gunman shot into the house of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel, killing her and injuring her mother. Olivia was killed shortly after 10pm on Monday night after a 35-year-old man, being chased by another man with a gun, forced his way into her house. The gunman followed and put his hand
After weeks of blue-on-blue battles, Liz Truss looks set to see off her rival Rishi Sunak to win the Conservative leadership race and become prime minister. But how did the current foreign secretary, who will become only the third female PM if she beats the former chancellor, reach this point? Early life as the eldest
Scientists have, for the first time, identified a novel property in a compound that makes it stand apart from the rest. It has been discovered that a compound named vanadium dioxide (VO2) behaves like a human brain and can remember previous external stimuli. Scientists have recently proposed the idea to use VO2 as an alternative
Kim and Kourtney Kardashian, Sylvester Stallone and Kevin Hart are among hundreds of residents of an exclusive area of Los Angeles issued with warnings about water usage during a “severe” drought emergency period, according to the Los Angeles Times. The celebrities are among more than 2,000 customers in the San Fernando Valley enclaves of Calabasas
Kherson, in southern Ukraine, has been under Russian occupation for almost six months. Information about what is happening there is limited as Russian occupation forces continue to tighten their grip. Sky News spoke to people still inside and others who have recently escaped to understand what’s going on. All described a city, a region, living
At DEF CON in Las Vegas, hackers took apart voting machines to test vulnerabilities. They tell CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan conspiracy theories, not software, are the biggest threats to democracy. #donieosullivan #ac360 #CNNo
A murder investigation has been launched after a nine-year-old girl was fatally shot in Liverpool. Merseyside Police officers attended a house on Kingsheath Avenue, Knotty Ash, at 10pm on Monday following reports an unknown male had fired a gun inside the property, according to a statement from the force. The nine-year-old girl suffered a gunshot
Ooh la la! France will now pay you €4,000 (nearly US $4,000) to swap your old polluting car for a cleaner, more efficient, and more city-appropriate electric bicycle. That marks a major increase in the incentive designed to improve French cities. Pedal bicycles are also included in the generous incentive package, though e-bikes are contributing
Sustainable aviation fuel, commonly called SAF, has so far been expensive to produce, but new startups are now creating clean fuels out of carbon at a much cheaper cost. Now, new tax credits for clean fuel production from the recently signed Inflation Reduction Act could propel these companies further faster. Most SAF is made out