You can now enjoy surround sound while streaming YouTube TV content on your Apple TV and Fire TV devices. As The Verge reports, the streaming television service has expanded the list of devices supporting its shows and movies with 5.1 audio after rolling out the capability to Android TV, Google TV and Roku devices back… Continue reading Apple TV and Fire TV devices get surround sound support for YouTube TV
Category: Automotive
German Handelsblatt: Volkswagen: This is what the electric legacy of the Bullis can do – a first trip in the VW ID. Buzz005149
There are so many expectations of the all-electric heritage of the legendary T1 bus that the axles of the ID. Buzz would have to bend. After all, the T1 was a folk hero. Starting in 1950, he drove Germany through the economic boom, showed families the big wide world and helped to build up the… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Volkswagen: This is what the electric legacy of the Bullis can do – a first trip in the VW ID. Buzz005149
Plugsurfing EV charging platform acquired by FLEETCOR Technologies
Business payment service provider FLEETCOR Technologies has acquired Plugsurfing, the operator of an “EV charging ecosystem platform.” Plugsurfing, which has offices in Berlin, Stockholm and Helsinki, aims to enable “a seamless driver experience” by connecting drivers, charge point operators and carmakers. The company’s platform incorporates a network of over 390,000 charge points across Europe, as… Continue reading Plugsurfing EV charging platform acquired by FLEETCOR Technologies
Ford F-150 Lightning buyers get 250 kWh of free fast charging from Electrify America
Through the FordPass Rewards program, F-150 Lightning buyers will receive 250 kilowatt-hours of complimentary charging at Electrify America, which currently has around 800 charging stations with 3,500 individual chargers in the US. (Mustang Mach-E buyers receive the same deal—250 kWh of free electrons.) For Lightning owners with the standard-range battery, the 250 kWh is equal… Continue reading Ford F-150 Lightning buyers get 250 kWh of free fast charging from Electrify America
Chinese EV maker BYD buys land to set up plant in ThailandThe facility may roll out 150,000 passenger cars a year from 2024
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker BYD on Thursday announced it would set up a facility in Thailand to start producing 150,000 passenger cars a year from 2024. BYD announced in a joint statement with Thai industrial developer WHA Group that a purchase agreement had been signed for 96 hectares (237.22 acres) of land in the eastern province of Rayong for the plant. China’s biggest manufacturer… Continue reading Chinese EV maker BYD buys land to set up plant in ThailandThe facility may roll out 150,000 passenger cars a year from 2024
General Atlantic-backed Indian eye-care chain ASG readies plan to launch IPO
Jodhpur-headquartered ASG Eye Hospitals, which recently raised a whopping $188 million (Rs 1,500 crore) led by PE firms General Atlantic and Kedaara Capital, has initiated plans to prepare for a public market listing in India, its top executives told DealStreetAsia. As part of the exercise, it has set up an IPO office in Mumbai with… Continue reading General Atlantic-backed Indian eye-care chain ASG readies plan to launch IPO
Asia Digest: Sequoia launches startup expansion platform; ESR forms S Korea data centre JV
Tech investment firm Sequoia India & Southeast Asia has launched Pathfinders, a platform to help regional early-stage startups expand globally through its network of senior entrepreneurs. Meanwhile, real estate manager ESR has forged a joint venture with STACK Infrastructure to develop a data centre in South Korea. Sequoia launches expansion programme for startups in India,… Continue reading Asia Digest: Sequoia launches startup expansion platform; ESR forms S Korea data centre JV
People Digest: RealVantage names former ARA top exec as chairman; Temasek Trust appoints CEO
Singapore-based real estate investment platform RealVantage has appointed Ng Beng Tiong as chairman of the board of directors while Desmond Kuek, who is head of sustainable finance for Asia-Pacific at UBS, is reported to join Temasek Trust as its chief executive, effective January next year. RealVantage names chairman RealVantage has appointed Ng Beng Tiong as… Continue reading People Digest: RealVantage names former ARA top exec as chairman; Temasek Trust appoints CEO
On Carlos Ghosn and the Limits of Davos Man and the Globalized Neoliberal Order – Literary Hub
Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andrew is joined by Hans Greimel & William Sposato, authors of Collision Course: Carlos Ghosn and the Culture Wars That Upended… Continue reading On Carlos Ghosn and the Limits of Davos Man and the Globalized Neoliberal Order – Literary Hub
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Today the path leads us far north to Schleswig-Holstein, more precisely to the edge of Holstein Switzerland. Not far from the Baltic Sea resort of Hohwacht is the charming climatic health resort of Lütjenburg. The community with its historic old town, which is well worth seeing, has 5,300 inhabitants. We are here to visit an… Continue reading @Groupe PSA: OP “More family than business”000419