Volvo still badly hit by chip shortage
Will continue until next year
Volvo Cars warned that the sector-wide semiconductor shortage would continue into next year, as its first quarterly report since listing on the stock market a month ago confirmed a dip in revenue and profit.
Boeing's dreamliner seems to be a flying turkey
Not the sort of dreams anyone would want
Boeing's manufacturing woes appear to be getting worse after engineers investigating a litany of manufacturing defects on the 787 Dreamliner found even more problems than they expected.
Rolls-Royce electric plane breaks speed record
Fastest battery powered aircraft in the skies
Rolls-Royce has announced that its all-electric plane, dubbed the "Spirit of Innovation," is the fastest of its kind in the world after it reached a maximum speed of 387.4 mph (623 k/h) in recent flight tests. Rolls-Royce, which is not the car company owned by BMW, claimed that the Spirit of Innovation set three new world records earlier this week.
Tame Apple Press claims electric car is coming
This is not a repeat of the story written every month since 2014
While Apple has not managed to get the motor industry to take its electric car proposal seriously, that is not stopped the Tame Apple Press from peddling claims about what amounts to vapourware for years.
VW wants to take on Tesla
Triumph of the will
Vollkswagen is planning to take on Tesla in a key electric vehicle (EV) battleground – power infrastructure.