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Sony and Honda plan to launch new joint firm for electric vehicles
Sony is teaming up with automaker Honda to start a new company that will develop and sell electric vehicles, the electronics giant said Friday, its latest step into the rapidly growing sector.
read more... 04/03/2022
Daily (01.08.2022): Brent spiked above $100 a barrel for the first time since 2014 on news sanctions against Russia
Oil prices finished sharply higher on Monday amid the latest round of restrictions from the West put in place against Russia – in particular the removal of some Russian banks from Swift. Hence, Brent crude soared by $3.06, or 3.1%, to settle at $100.99 a barrel. U.S. WTI crude surged by $4.13, or 4.5%, to end at $95.72 a barrel.
read more... 01/03/2022
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France's Chinon 3 reactor offline for tests after pipe corrosion detected
The 900-megawatt Chinon 3 nuclear reactor in western France has been taken offline for tests after "stress corrosion" was found on a bend in four pipes comprising a backup safety coolant system, power group EDF said.
read more... 22/02/2022
European Union to toughen emissions test for hybrid cars
The European Union plans to toughen its method for measuring carbon dioxide emissions from plug-in hybrid cars, two sources familiar with the matter said, after criticism that current tests yield results up to four times below real-world emissions.
read more... 07/02/2022
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EDF announces new delay and higher costs for Flamanville 3 reactor
France's Flamanville 3 reactor will cost 300 million euros more than forecast and fuel loading is being pushed back by up to six months, EDF said on Wednesday, in the latest setback for a project already running more than a decade late.
read more... 13/01/2022