The battery manufacturer Varta, which is struggling with high costs and order delays, has announced a savings program with short-time work and an investment freeze. Due to falling demand for button cells for headphones, around 500 employees at the Nördlingen site went on short-time work for 80 percent of their working hours from December to… Continue reading German Manager Magazin: Varta boss Markus Hackstein announces austerity course: New battery cell factory on hold and employees on short-time work002142
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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 15 (Reuters) – In 2018, Elon Musk was working through the night and sleeping at Tesla Inc’s (TSLA.O) factories in California and Nevada as the company struggled to ramp up production of the Model 3. On Monday, Musk said he had worked through the night at Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters and would… Continue reading Untitled
Shell moves into fleet charging segment—fleet owners say they want to go green, but need support
Oil giant Shell seems serious about moving into EV charging—it isn’t just adding a few chargers to its gas stations, it’s targeting the rapidly-growing market for fleet infrastructure solutions. The company is no stranger to the fleet industry—it has fleet customers in 46 markets, and there are 8.5 million active Shell Cards out there. Now… Continue reading Shell moves into fleet charging segment—fleet owners say they want to go green, but need support
@Toyota: Mobility 54 SAS Invests in BasiGo, an Electric Bus Sales and Battery Leasing Business in Kenya- Building an Electric Mobility Ecosytem in Africa to Achieve Carbon Neutrality –
Mobility 54 Investment SAS (“Mobility 54”) – the corporate venture capital subsidiary of Toyota Tsusho Corporation (“Toyota Tsusho”) and CFAO SAS (“CFAO”) has decided to invest 1 million USD in BasiGo, Inc. (“BasiGo”), a startup in the electric bus business in Kenya. Go to Source
@Toyota: Enabling Fleet Electrification Through Pay-As-You Drive Financing: Our Investment in Zeti
By Lisa Coca, Partner, Climate Fund Commercial fleets are going electric. According to a 2020 survey by Wakefield Research, 90% of fleet management companies believe electric vehicles (EVs) are the inevitable future of commercial fleets. Leading delivery and logistics companies are making headlines with announcements of EV purchases numbering in the hundreds of thousands. From… Continue reading @Toyota: Enabling Fleet Electrification Through Pay-As-You Drive Financing: Our Investment in Zeti
@Toyota: Trucking World Endorses Toyota’s Hydrogen-Powered Fuel Cells as a Step Toward a Cleaner Planet
The recently completed ‘Shore to Store’ ZANZEFF project at the Port of Los Angeles showed hydrogen-powered trucks performing well in a punishing environment Trucking customers and drivers appear ready for Toyota’s fuel-cell modules, to start in 2023 in Georgetown, Kentucky Toyota’s recently completed pilot project at the Port of Los Angeles provides a playbook for… Continue reading @Toyota: Trucking World Endorses Toyota’s Hydrogen-Powered Fuel Cells as a Step Toward a Cleaner Planet
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DETROIT, Nov 15 (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co (F.N) Chief Executive Jim Farley said on Tuesday the automaker will need to build more components for electric vehicles in its own factories so “everyone has a role” in the future. Electric vehicles will require 40% less labor to build than current combustion vehicles, Farley told a… Continue reading Untitled
Elon Musk Is Mass-Firing Employees Who Dared Criticize Him in Slack
SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk calls himself a “free speech absolutist,” but he’s been systematically firing anyone who disagrees with him. Musk, now the boss at Twitter, is reportedly sacking anybody who has criticized him on the social giant’s Slack channels, Platformer‘s Casey Newton reports. “We regret to inform you that your employment is terminated… Continue reading Elon Musk Is Mass-Firing Employees Who Dared Criticize Him in Slack
Long-Distance General Freight Trucking Global Market Report 2022: By Activities, Application, Size and Region
DUBLIN, Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The “Long-Distance General Freight Trucking Global Market Report 2022: By Activities, By Application, By Size” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. This report provides strategists, marketers and senior management with the critical information they need to assess the global long-distance general freight trucking market as it emerges from… Continue reading Long-Distance General Freight Trucking Global Market Report 2022: By Activities, Application, Size and Region
Vietnam’s EV push fails to bring automakers aboard as sales falter
HANOI — Despite Vietnam’s ambitious plans to expand its electric vehicle market with tax incentives, overseas automakers remain reluctant to make forays in light of the struggles by domestic peer VinFast. At late October’s Vietnam Motor Show in Ho Chi Minh City, only German automakers Mercedes-Benz and Audi unveiled plans to offer electric cars in… Continue reading Vietnam’s EV push fails to bring automakers aboard as sales falter