With several new major players like Tesla Semi and eCascadia coming to electrify trucks, US electric truck sales are now expected to increase to over 54,000 units by 2025, according to Wood Mackenzie. Passenger vehicles are being slowly electrified and some might be thinking that the same thing will happen to commercial trucks. But it
Month: September 2020
wallix | iStock Editorial | Getty Images Siemens has revealed more details of the spin-off its energy business later this month, as it aims to create a firm which CEO Joe Kaeser has previously described as encompassing “the entire scope of the energy market like no other company.” At its capital market day Tuesday, Siemens
When I asked Jacob Blake’s mother about Donald Trump last week, a woman by her side answered: “Donald Trump can kiss my a**.” Julia Jackson, Jacob’s mother, waved a disapproving finger and said: “Scratch that.” It was two days after her son had been shot by police. The world had watched the mobile phone footage
Eric Yuan, CEO of Zoom Video Communications poses for a photo after he took part in a bell ringing ceremony at the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York, April 18, 2019. Carlo Allegri | Reuters Zoom shares soared 41% on Tuesday, lifting the video-conferencing software company’s market cap to $129 billion after revenue and earnings blew
Boris Johnson has been branded “heartless” by families of coronavirus victims after failing to honour a pledge to meet them. He has been accused of a U-turn less than a week after he said “of course” he would meet representatives of relatives of COVID-19 victims. Mr Johnson has dismayed campaigners by telling them in a
DJ Erick Morillo – famous for his hit 1993 song I Like To Move It – has been found dead in Florida. The body of the 49-year-old musician was discovered at a property in Miami Beach this morning, according to police. His 1993 classic. released under the name Reel 2 Real, has stood the test
The first week of September is when many Britons traditionally swap the holidays for hard grind. Not this year. While many of us are back at work after the holidays most of us are not going back to work. For those fortunate enough to be able to work from home – around 40% of the
Donald Trump has accused protesters of carrying out acts of “domestic terror” after a white police officer was filmed shooting a black man in the back in Wisconsin. The US president made the remarks on a visit to the city of Kenosha, where Jacob Blake, 29, was left paralysed from the waist down following the
Travellers arriving in Scotland from Greece will have to quarantine for two weeks following a “significant” spike in coronavirus cases. The rule will come into force from 4am on Thursday due to “evidence of virus importation”. In Wales, people coming back from Zante will be asked to self-isolate for two weeks, after seven infections were
A Tesla Model Y prototype has been spotted on a flat-bed truck in China – hinting at pre-production of the electric SUV. As we previously reported, Tesla has taken a new vehicle introduction strategy for Model Y. Unlike previous vehicle programs, which were launched in different markets with vehicles imported from Tesla’s Fremont factory in
India’s economy has suffered its worst slump in 24 years as the country continues to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic. Official data shows the economy shrunk by 23.9% in the quarter from April to June – its worst performance since the government began releasing quarterly data in 1996. And economists say the impact on GDP
Oliver Samwer, CEO and founder Rocket Internet, on the floor of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in October 2014. Arne Dedert | picture alliance via Getty Images German tech investment firm Rocket Internet is set to delist, the company announced Tuesday, around six years after it went public on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The Berlin-based firm — which
Ed Sheeran has said he is “on cloud nine” after announcing the birth of his first child. Revealing the happy news on Instagram in his first social media post since December, the star said his wife, Cherry Seaborn, gave birth to a baby girl last week. The couple have named their daughter Lyra Antarctica Seaborn
Advisers to Debenhams have asked prospective bidders to table offers for the business on Tuesday as they seek to salvage a future for the 242 year-old department store chain. Sky News understands that Lazard, the investment bank running the sale process, wants interested parties to submit bids by 5pm. The deadline comes as Debenhams’ administrator,
Ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are melting at a rate which matches the worst-case scenario for sea level rises, according to a new study. The vast majority of the planet’s ice mass is contained in the Antarctic ice sheet, which would cause sea levels to rise by 58 metres if it melted completely. The
Schools could be given extra funding to cover the cost of making them ready to reopen during the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking on the day pupils in England and Wales returned to the classroom, schools minister Nick Gibb told Sky News’s Kay Burley programme that the matter is being kept “under review”. :: Follow live coverage