According to Polaris CEO Scott Wine, the company may be returning to the electric motorcycle space. And the new Polaris/Zero Motorcycles partnership announced earlier this week would be the way they do it. The exclusive partnership between Zero Motorcycles and Polaris would see the latter draw on the former’s electric drivetrain expertise. The stated goal
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Elon Musk guest appearance on CBS sitcom “The Big Bang Theory.” The renewable energy credit market has created a trade in which Tesla competitors have been compelled to buy zero emissions compliance from Musk’s company, or as one renewable energy expert put it, “The last thing a company wants to do is pay their competitor
October 3rd, 2020 by Steve Hanley After analyzing the most recent data from two of America’s largest electricity markets — ERCOT in Texas and PJM in the Northeast — the Rocky Mountain Institute has come to a startling conclusion. Renewables are muscling in on natural gas as the preferred choice for new electricity generation. In
Deliveroo has appointed investment bankers to oversee a long-awaited flotation as it unveils a blizzard of innovative features that it hopes will provide a compelling growth story for public market investors. Sky News has learnt that the food delivery app, which last week said it was preparing to add 15,000 riders to its fleet by
Some of the largest wildfires ever recorded are raging across the west. Millions of acres have burned in California, Oregon and Washington. Smoke has reached as far as Europe. Firefighters like Michael Seaton, who lost his home in the deadly 2018 Camp Fire, have worked more than a month straight. “So you’re out on the
New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at a news conference on September 08, 2020 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Six months after it was announced, the tech that Apple and Google built for sending Covid-19 exposure alerts to smartphones is finally gaining momentum in the United States. New York and
Confusion has emerged over when Donald Trump was diagnosed with coronavirus after it emerges the president’s vital signs were “very concerning” before he was admitted to hospital. A person “familiar with the president’s condition” told Associated Press that he was given supplemental oxygen at the White House before he was flown to hospital on Friday.
“Significant gaps remain” between the UK and the EU as Brexit negotiations continue, the European Commission’s president said, but talks will continue in an attempt to strike a deal. On Twitter, Ursula von der Leyen said she has had a “good phone call” with Boris Johnson, during which they discussed how negotiations have been progressing
The Chinese conglomerate which took control of British Steel earlier this year has set its sights on an even bigger UK deal by lodging an interest in Tata Steel UK, the owner of the vast Port Talbot plant in south Wales. Sky News has learnt that Jingye Group told Tata’s parent company and the government
Donald Trump is said to be doing well as he is treated in hospital for coronavirus – but what happens if his condition worsens and he becomes seriously ill? The 25th Amendment of the US Constitution can be invoked whenever a president is, for any reason, unable to carry out their duties, including being incapacitated.
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Getty Images Oil prices are expected to rise just slightly in the final quarter of the year, held back from further gains by a deep chill in global travel and a still healing economy. Analysts forecast the prices of Brent and West Texas Intermediate should rise to the low to mid-$40s per barrel, but they
1:42 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR promised radical changes to the 2021 schedule and delivered Wednesday with six road courses, the first dirt race for the Cup Series since 1970 and new stops in Nashville, Tennessee, and Austin, Texas. Dropped from the lineup were Kentucky Speedway and Chicagoland Speedway, two “cookie-cutter” intermediate
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg speaks at Georgetown University in a ‘Conversation on Free Expression” in Washington, DC on October 17, 2019. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Facebook on Friday offered a rebuttal to the hit Netflix documentary-drama, “The Social Dilemma.” The movie revealed, perhaps for the first time to some viewers, how social
Liverpool, Warrington, Hartlepool and Middlesbrough have become the latest regions to enter local lockdowns, resulting in more than a third of the UK population living under heightened restrictions. The new restrictions on northwest England, similar to those imposed in the North East earlier this week, took effect from 12.01am on Saturday. During his announcement Health Secretary
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law during a hearing on “Online Platforms and Market Power”, in the Rayburn House office Building on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C., July 29, 2020. Mandel Ngan | Pool via Reuters The CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter have agreed