Clean Technica: Tour Of Oldtimer EV Conversions At eDub Services — Check Out That Golf Mk2!000943

After 1 year in its new premises, Kit Lacey of eDub Services gives a tour of his latest projects. In the video Kit talks about the 1973 VW T2 “Indie” that we followed in its making earlier, which unfortunately has had a bad scratch. He shows us the super cool Tesla-powered 1991 VW Golf Mk2… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tour Of Oldtimer EV Conversions At eDub Services — Check Out That Golf Mk2!000943

Clean Technica: Ford Maverick Signals That The Industry Is Changing For The Better (& There’s An Opening For Tesla)000942

Trucks have done a weird thing in the United States and many other countries. The full-sized pickup trucks (1/2 ton and up) grew immensely, dwarfing the trucks of the ’90s and earlier. Then the compact trucks like the Chevrolet Colorado and Ford Ranger grew to be almost as big as the full-sized trucks used to… Continue reading Clean Technica: Ford Maverick Signals That The Industry Is Changing For The Better (& There’s An Opening For Tesla)000942

Clean Technica: UK At 14.7% Plugin EV Share In May — Tesla And VW Most Popular Brands000941

The UK auto market saw plugin electric vehicles take 14.7% share in May 2021, the highest share seen so far this year. Tesla and Volkswagen competed for the most popular full electric brand. The overall auto market, at 157,000 units, was still down in volume some 13% from seasonal norms. May’s 14.7% combined plugin result… Continue reading Clean Technica: UK At 14.7% Plugin EV Share In May — Tesla And VW Most Popular Brands000941

Clean Technica: Tracking Tesla’s Job Postings — Tesla’s 2021 Focus Seems To Be On China (Charts & Graphs)000940

Snow Bull Capital, a Boston-based hedge fund that invests in the green tech space, has developed a massive database that tracks the job postings of different companies. One of those companies is Tesla. Normally, Snow Bull keeps this information proprietary, but due to the fact that Tesla’s hiring sprees are already tracked a bit, the… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tracking Tesla’s Job Postings — Tesla’s 2021 Focus Seems To Be On China (Charts & Graphs)000940

Square will invest $5 million to build solar-powered bitcoin mining facility

Financial services firm Square Inc. will partner with blockchain technology provider Blockstream Mining to build an open-source, solar-powered bitcoin mining facility, Blockstream announced in a press release Saturday. Square confirmed the news in a tweet, saying it was “committed to driving further adoption and efficiency of renewables within the bitcoin ecosystem.” According to the release,… Continue reading Square will invest $5 million to build solar-powered bitcoin mining facility

Why a silicon chip shortage has left carmakers in the slow lane | John Naughton

Here’s a tale of two industries – cars and computers. In February, major car manufacturers such as Nissan and Honda began to warn shareholders that revenues were likely to fall significantly below expectations. And the reason wasn’t Covid-19 – well, not directly anyway: the pandemic had already significantly depressed sales in 2020. No, the problem… Continue reading Why a silicon chip shortage has left carmakers in the slow lane | John Naughton

A 29-year-old crypto billionaire shares how investors can use Tesla or Apple stock as collateral to buy bitcoin or ether

Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX allows investors to invest in equities that trade on the US stock market. Traders can use stocks like Apple or Tesla to buy cryptocurrency, he said in a RealVision interview. The tokenized equity trading service is not available in the US or other restricted jurisdictions. Sign up here for our daily newsletter,… Continue reading A 29-year-old crypto billionaire shares how investors can use Tesla or Apple stock as collateral to buy bitcoin or ether

Jeremy Grantham said US stocks are heroically overpriced, copper should shoot higher, and that he had an ‘overprivileged’ lockdown in a recent interview. Here are the 14 best quotes.

Jeremy Grantham cofounded the asset management firm GMO. Boston Globe/Getty Images Legendary investor Jeremy Grantham said US stocks are hugely overpriced, predicted copper prices should shoot higher in the coming years, and that he had an “overprivileged” lockdown in an interview at the Morningstar Investment Conference Australia this week. The cofounder of asset management firm… Continue reading Jeremy Grantham said US stocks are heroically overpriced, copper should shoot higher, and that he had an ‘overprivileged’ lockdown in a recent interview. Here are the 14 best quotes.

@niche: Tesla bounces back, Musk spooks Bitcoin, Facebook suspends Trump
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Reuters FOREX-Dollar falls after U.S. jobs data dims hopes for Fed tightening The dollar fell on Friday after U.S. nonfarm payrolls data showed hiring increased in May as the pandemic eased, but not as much as expected, tempering expectations the Federal Reserve will tighten monetary policy sooner, rather than later. Nonfarm payrolls increased by a… Continue reading @niche: Tesla bounces back, Musk spooks Bitcoin, Facebook suspends Trump
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