Battery-powered electric vehicles sales double
In just the first quarter
Battery-powered electric vehicles (BEVs) almost doubled their market share in the European Union during the first quarter.
Expensive Teslas don’t even come with a charger
You have to push them
In a move which copies Apple, Tesla has stopped selling chargers for its electric cars meaning that users will have to spend even more money if they expect their expensive piles of junk to move.
Mercedes Benz runs out of chips
Puts 5,000 workers on vacation
Mercedes-Benz put more than 5000 workers on collective vacation in two plants in Brazil due to the shortage of semiconductor chips.
Start-ups plan to replace long haul trucks
Truckers to become an endangered species
Truckers might become an endangered species if several US start-ups get their way.
Airbus might take over Atos
Because everyone needs their own French software outfit
European aero and defence conglomerate Airbus is rumoured to be snuffling around French security software outfit Atos.