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September 21, 2024 Manufacturing

I Think This Is What’s Gone On Behind The Scenes At Tesla In Past Year

Some of this article is stuff that’s been widely discussed for months, but I think it goes a little deeper into how I think we got here. Maybe I’m wrong, but after covering Tesla and Elon Musk very closely for 12 years and having my assumptions and a...

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September 20, 2024 Sustainability

No mention of fossil fuel phase-out in Azerbaijan’s COP29 informal agenda

Mukhtar Babayev, COP29 president and an oil industry veteran, detailed how he would prioritise a voluntary fund that should see fossil fuel producers contributing to it. Azerbaijan has not taken a hard stance on carbon-emitting dirty fuels.

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September 20, 2024 Sustainability

Is ‘loss and damage’ fund at risk as COP29 approaches?

Securing finance for the “loss and damage” fund to help climate-vulnerable nations is now in question after rich countries refused to put it within the scope of a new climate finance goal at a technical briefing ahead of the climate talks...

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September 20, 2024 Sustainability

MAS sustainability deputy director Pongsiri Vorapongse joins Thai fintech group SCBX

Vorapongse joins the parent group of Bangkok-based Siam Commercial Bank with an ambition to decarbonise its lending and investment portfolio by 2050. He previously helped develop a net zero action plan for Singapore’s central bank.

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September 20, 2024 Sustainability

Prudential hires Standard Chartered veteran to lead sustainability governance and risk management

Zhi Ling Wong, who spent over a decade developing ESG risk frameworks for the British lender in response to global regulations, is one of the key APAC appointments the life insurer has made after its sustainability revamp in 2023.

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September 20, 2024 Manufacturing

Waymo May Use Hyundai IONIQ 5 Next

We’ve been waiting for Waymo’s Zeekr next-gen robotaxis for a while now. And it’s a beautiful combo. I use images of Zeekr Waymo robotaxis every chance I get. Here’s another pair: The problem is that Zeekr is a Chinese EV company, and Chinese EV comp...

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September 20, 2024 Manufacturing

A New Era in Transportation — Part 1

I believe we are at the dawn of a new era in transportation due to recent advances in self-driving vehicles from several manufacturers, including Waymo and Tesla. The implications of this technology on the transportation sector, and on our lives, has...

Read More 2023-was-another-big-year-for-newly-installed-&-proposed-hybrid-power-plants,-even-with-ppa-price-increases
September 20, 2024 Manufacturing

2023 Was Another Big Year for Newly Installed & Proposed Hybrid Power Plants, Even with PPA Price Increases

Newly released data compilation from Berkeley Lab tracks operational and proposed plants Improving battery technology and the growth of variable renewable generation are driving a surge of interest in “hybrid” power plants that combine, for example, ...

Read More how-consumer-fears-about-evs-are-less-prominent-than-ever-before
September 20, 2024 Manufacturing

How Consumer Fears About EVs Are Less Prominent Than Ever Before

It makes sense that consumers become much more calm once they have a chance to get up-close-and-personal with a plug-in electric vehicle. Consumer fears about EVs seem to nearly evaporate, in fact, once a driver has owned or leased an electric vehicl...