Renault plans to build a network of fast charging stations for electric cars along motorways across Europe, as the automotive industry accelerates its shift away from combustion engine vehicles. The French carmaker’s e-mobility services unit, Mobilize, said on Monday it would open 200 fast charging stations by mid-2024 across France, Belgium, Italy, and Spain.”Eventually, drivers of electric vehicles will be able to travel from Hamburg to Seville with complete peace of mind,” Mobilize said in a statement.Rolling out an adequate charging infrastructure is one of the main challenges faced by producers of EVs, as batteries generally offer less driving radius than fuel tanks and…
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Move over ‘vanlife’, there’s a new trend in town. ‘Hutlife’ delivers the off-grid experience of holidaying on the road – without the stress. It immerses you in nature without the lack of mod cons. And it lets you try out tiny house life, without the commitment.Huts and cabins are nothing new, but the pandemic spurred demand for self-contained getaways in the great outdoors. Seasonal cabins sprang up in the Alps, shepherd’s huts appeared on English farmland, and Berlin-based startupRaus planted angular bunkers on city outskirts.But it isn’t just innovative newcomers on the scene.Inspired by Germany’s introduction of youth hostels, the…
What will Chinese trade data tell us about the health of the economy?Trade data slated for release on Wednesday will give markets a better read on how domestic and foreign demand have held up for the world’s second-largest economy.Economists polled by Bloomberg have forecast a year-on-year drop of 7 per cent in the dollar value of China’s imports in November and a 4.4 per cent dip in imports, both of which would mark substantially sharper falls than in October.Overshadowing the data is China’s approach to managing the coronavirus. Chinese authorities have stopped short of any explicit changes to President Xi…
A hot potato: As Elon Musk reduces Twitter’s content moderation to make the platform a bastion of free speech while also cutting its workforce, one of the European Union’s top officials has warned the billionaire could be inadvertently helping Vladimir Putin by not removing Russian propaganda relating to the war in Ukraine. European Commission Vice President Vera Jourova told Bloomberg that failing to tackle online disinformation could “lead to the very quick abuse” of Twitter. “By not acting actively against the propaganda, which means to remove the pieces of propaganda, the disinformation, then you are actively supporting the war,” she…
Olivia Wilde has left her worries behind. Shortly after splitting with boyfriend Harry Styles, the Don’t Worry Darling director jetted off to a tropical location for some much needed fun in the sun. On Dec. 3, Olivia shared a bikini pic of herself laughing in a hammock with friend Babs Burchfield on Instagram. The Tron: Legacy star captioned her post, her first in nearly two months, with the word, “Best.” On her Instagram Stories, Olivia also posted In a photo of herself posing in a swimsuit, with her arms above her head, on a rocky beach as the rays nearly shadow her…
PRIME VIDEO For the feature documentary about NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Exploration Rover Opportunity, Industrial Light & Magic created the extensive Mars sequences in CG, and supervising sound editor/designer Mark Mangini was tasked with creating the sound of the rover. “We wanted to make Oppy somewhat anthropomorphic,” he says. “The engineers themselves set the head of the mast-cam at the height of an average human and the cameras to capture images stereoscopically, like human eyes. However, we didn’t want Oppy to sound whimsical or ‘chatty,’ like many traditional sci-fi robots.” He decided to rely solely on sounds that the rover…
The European Union is stepping up work to confiscate the Russian-owned assets that have been frozen under EU sanctions and use them to finance the costly reconstruction of Ukraine.The plans, which include re-investing the international reserves of the Russian Central Bank, represent a challenge without precedent for the bloc and are ridden with legal risks and obstacles.”Russia must also pay financially for the devastation that it caused,” said European Commission Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday morning.”Russia and its oligarchs have to compensate Ukraine for the damage and cover the costs for rebuilding the country.”The World Bank initially estimated the…
Several obligations take precedence over working out today. First, time is precious, so don’t waste a second on a bad workout. It’s hard enough to plan for the good ones. Your time in the gym can feel wasted if you are straining your muscles, lacking energy, completing incomplete sets, working out longer than you intended, and getting shoddy results. You can improve your efficiency, strength, and even your time at the gym today, tomorrow, and beyond by doing a few simple things before and after you go. So if you plan to schedule your day around the gym, ensure you’re…
Amazon plans to invest more than €1 billion over the next five years to roll out thousands more electric vans, trucks and cargo bikes across Europe as part of efforts to slash its carbon emissions.The online retail giant said the investment would help its electric van fleet in Europe more than triple from 3,000 vehicles to more than 10,000 by 2025.Amazon also aims to double the number of cities where it has so-called “micromobility hubs” enabling parcel deliveries on cargo bikes and on foot. It currently has such hubs in 20 European cities including London.Amazon aims to reach net zero carbon…
Entering the European Union is about to get more complicated for non-EU nationals from next year.A new Entry Exit System (EES) is set to come into effect from May 2023.This is part of the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) that will be implemented later next year.It will require visitors from outside the EU to apply and pay for a visa waiver before entering a country in the Schengen zone.Here’s how European countries are preparing for the changes and how you might be able to avoid visa fees.What are the EES and ETIAS?The EU’s new EES will register additional…