The Inflation Reduction Act, the major climate bill, was signed today, changing the availability of electric vehicle tax credits. Now, only EVs assembled in North America qualify for the credits. Today the US government released a preliminary list of which vehicles currently qualify for the $7,500 EV tax credit. There are a number of provisions
In this article BLK EQNR Wind turbines in Australia. Earlier this year, a report from Australia’s Clean Energy Council said renewables were responsible for 32.5% of the country’s electricity generation in 2021. Josh Hawley | Moment | Getty Images A fund under the management of BlackRock Real Assets is set to acquire Akaysha Energy, an
Sky News has been told by a senior Ukrainian official that Ukrainian Special Forces carried out an operation on a Russian airbase in Crimea. One person was killed in a series of blasts at the air base close to seaside resorts on the annexed peninsula on Tuesday – some 200km inside Russian-held territory. Russia annexed
A high school football coach invited a homeless player to live with him and his family and changed his life forever. CNN’s Dianne Gallagher reports. Appeal from high school football coach prevented from praying after games reaches Supreme Court https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/14/politics/high-school-coach-knee-supreme-court/index.html
Republican Liz Cheney has lost her Wyoming seat in Congress to a Trump-backed candidate from her own party. She conceded defeat to Harriet Hageman, whose candidacy has been endorsed by the former president in the Republican primary. Ms Cheney, 56, has been one of the most outspoken Trump critics in the Republican Party and was
Elon Musk has said he is buying football club Manchester United. The Tesla boss, who has a history of making irreverent tweets, tweeted on Wednesday: “I’m buying Manchester United ur welcome.” Although it was not immediately clear whether he planned to pursue a deal, Musk’s tweet has shocked Twitter users. Manchester United fans have protested
German director Wolfgang Petersen, known for the World War Two submarine epic Das Boot and Air Force One, has died aged 81. The filmmaker died on Friday at his home in the Los Angeles neighbourhood of Brentwood after a battle with pancreatic cancer, said representative Michelle Bega. His 1982 breakthrough, Das Boot, chronicled the intense
In this article AAPL Meta Apple and Facebook parent Meta are expected to release mixed reality headsets in the coming year that could finally fulfill the industry’s promise to turn head-worn devices into the next big shift in personal computing. But there’s one major potential snag: sticker shock. The best-selling virtual reality headset, the Meta
A leaked audio recording has revealed Liz Truss said British workers needed “more graft” and lacked the “skill and application” of foreign rivals. The Tory leadership frontrunner was chief secretary to the Treasury when the conversation with officials was recorded five years ago. In the clip, leaked to The Guardian, Ms Truss said those outside
Stars from the world of music and TV have paid tribute to the “terrific” Darius Campbell Danesh following his death at the age of 41. The former Pop Idol contestant was found dead in his apartment in Minnesota on 11 August, his family announced on Tuesday. While his cause of death is not yet known,
Former Pop Idol contestant and theatre star Darius Campbell Danesh has died at the age of 41, his family has announced. The singer was found unresponsive in bed in his US apartment on 11 August. However, his cause of death in Rochester, Minnesota, is not yet known. “It is with great sadness that we announce
Britain’s rate of inflation has surged to a fresh 40-year high, heaping yet more pain on cash-strapped households as the cost of living crisis deepens. The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose to 10.1% in the 12 months to July, up from 9.4% in June and remaining at the highest level since February 1982, the Office
Automakers Ford, GM, and BMW are announcing a new managed EV charging pilot program with SMUD, the sixth-largest not-for-profit electric service provider. Ford, GM, and BMW are partnering with SMUD on a managed electric vehicle (EV) charging pilot. The new charging pilot will help EV customers save money on utility costs to promote a balanced
Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal appears on screen during a presentation in August 15, 2021. The company’s EV-arm, Ola Electric, plans to launch an electric car in 2024. Samyukta Lakshmi | Bloomberg | Getty Images The CEO of Ola Electric said Monday his firm would launch an all-electric vehicle that can go from 0 to 100
A British man alleged to be the fourth member of an ISIS terror cell known as ‘The Beatles’ has been remanded in custody after appearing in court charged with terror offences. Aine Leslie Davis was arrested after being deported to England by Turkish authorities. Davis has always denied any involvement with the terror cell. He
Former Nixon White House counsel John Dean joined CNN’s Wolf Blitzer to discuss Attorney General Merrick Garland’s press conference and the Justice Department’s move to unseal the FBI warrant authorizing a search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home. #CNN #News
Aug 16, 2022 There are only two events left in the PGA Tour regular season, with $15 million up for grabs at this week’s BMW Championship in Wilmington, Delaware, and another $18 million for the winner of the season-ending Tour Championship in Atlanta on Aug. 25-28. There’s also plenty of hardware at stake, besides the
3:30 AM ET The 2022-23 LaLiga season arrived on Friday (Stream LIVE games and replays on ESPN+ in the U.S.), so what better time to see how the players are feeling about soccer in Spain and much, much more? Having done five editions of Major League Soccer Confidential at ESPN, we decided to use the
Chinese scientists have generated the strongest steady magnetic field, breaking all previous records. The world’s most powerful, steady magnetic field was achieved using a hybrid magnet that produced a magnetic field of 45.22 tesla (T), which is a million times stronger than our planet’s own magnetic field. The record was set at the Steady High Magnetic Field Facility
Russia’s space agency on Monday unveiled for the first time a physical model of what a planned new Russian-built space station will look like, suggesting Moscow is serious about abandoning the International Space Station (ISS) and going it alone. Russia, in the throes of what some Kremlin hardliners believe is an historic rupture with the
While naturally most attention with today’s jobs figures will focus on the biggest decline in wages in real terms, in other words when inflation is factored in, the numbers also point to a lot of interesting things going on beneath the surface. First of all, look at the way the growth in wages including bonuses
Ukrainian special forces operating inside Russian-occupied Crimea were behind an attack on a military base there, Sky News understands. Russia’s defence ministry said that a fire broke out after several explosions at a temporary ammunition storage facility in the Dzhankoi area of north Crimea at around 4.15am BST (6.15am local time). Pictures show fire and
Tom Holland stars as Peter Parker in “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” Sony Spider-Man, the Na’vi and a ragtag group of galactic rebels are making their way back to theaters at the end of the summer. Disney is releasing Star Wars prequel “Rogue One” and “Avatar” in domestic theaters in the coming weeks, while Sony will
A total of 11 government whips have announced they are backing Liz Truss’s campaign to become the next Conservative leader in the latest blow for rival Rishi Sunak. Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey, herself a supporter of the foreign secretary, revealed the move in a graphic posted on social media on Tuesday morning. The
Johnny Depp “might” return to the Fantastic Beasts film franchise after his legal victory against his ex-wife Amber Heard, the actor who replaced him has said. Mikkelsen replaced Depp as Gellert Grindelwald in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore in 2020 after Depp was forced to quit when he lost an earlier High Court libel
Workers have suffered a record real-term pay slump in the face of soaring prices, official data reveals. Regular wages, excluding bonuses, plunged an average of 4.1% on the year in the three months to June when inflation is taken into account, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). It is the highest fall since
6:02 AM BST It’s one win apiece after two rounds in the 2022 Rugby Championship, which may yet prove to be the most keenly fought edition of the tournament to date. The Pumas and All Blacks flipped the script on the Wallabies and Springboks respectively, their victories coming in contrasting fashion in San Juan and
Three Britons have pleaded not guilty to mercenary charges at a Russian-backed separatist court in Ukraine. John Harding, Andrew Hill and Dylan Healy are among a group of five European men on trial in a court administered by Kremlin-backed separatists in the city of Donetsk. Mr Harding, Vjekoslav Prebeg, who is Croatian, and Mathias Gustafsson,
Faraday Future, the California-based EV startup, reported Q2 earnings today with some exciting announcements and key financial updates. Since being founded in 2014, Faraday Future has had a vision of disrupting the auto industry. Yet so far, we have not seen much from Faraday as the company has pushed back the launch of its flagship
In this article VYGR Voyager said it has roughly $1.3 billion of crypto on its platform and holds over $350 million in cash on behalf of customers at New York’s Metropolitan Commercial Bank. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images During a five-hour Chapter 11 bankruptcy hearing earlier this month for crypto firm Voyager Digital, a customer
Across Europe, countries are seeing extreme temperature and severe drought. In France, both animals and humans are being affected by the heat crisis. Sky’s Europe Correspondent Siobhan Robbins?reports from the South of France. #drought #Weather #SkyNews SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews
Some top Republicans are claiming that the FBI planted incriminating information in the Mar-a-Lago home of former President Donald Trump after their search. Conservative political activist George Conway reacts to these claims. #CNN #News
EastEnders actress Rose Ayling-Ellis has unveiled the first Barbie doll with behind-the-ear hearing aids. The Strictly Come Dancing 2021 winner features in the new Rose, Barbie and Friends campaign, which includes a number of other diverse dolls. She is photographed alongside a cast of models who reflect the latest collection, which includes the first Ken