Una lluvia de aviones privados ha marcado el arranque la COP26 de Glasgow y ha provocado las acusaciones de "hipocresía verde" hacia los líderes y empresarios. Hasta 400 jets, encabezados por el Gulf Stream del hombre más rico de la Tierra, Jeff Bezos, han aterrizado en los últimos días en los aeropuertos de Glasgow y Edimburgo, según estimaciones de The Daily Mail. Se calcula que los viajes en avión pueden suponer hasta el 85% de la mancha de carbono de la cumbre del clima.
La industria manufacturera se encuentra en estado crítico. Las materias primas y productos semielaborados que necesita para su proceso productivo escasean y las pocas que hay disponibles se venden al precio más alto desde el año 1977.
Pese a que hacer acopio de insumos -los materiales que necesitan para producir- les resulta ahora más caro que nunca, las fábricas del país han aprovechado el mes de octubre para comprar todo lo que han podido y llenar sus almacenes.
It is true that the graphs shown in newspapers and climate reports are correct. But they are taken out of context, biased.
Truly, taking only the last few thousand years, they are correct and it can be said that the temperature is increasing a lot compared to "near" pre-industrial times.
But what happens if we take all the available data, which go back many millions of years?
Les dirigeants du monde ont du pain sur la planche. Réunis en grande pompe à Glasgow pour la COP26 à partir de ce dimanche, charge à eux de s'entendre sur la réduction de leurs émissions, dans l'espoir de parvenir à contenir le réchauffement climatique en dessous de 1,5 °C par rapport à l'ère préindustrielle, seuil ambitieux fixé en 2015 par les accords de Paris.
Chongqing Changan Automobile Co. and BAIC Motor Corp., China's fourth- and fifth-largest automakers, announced in October and this month that they'll end deliveries of petroleum-powered cars by 2025. A target for hybrids and electric vehicles to be 90 percent of Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd.'s sales by 2020 is still on track, according to a company presentation last week, despite making up about 1.5 percent of the total in the first half.
Tesla has captivated the world, but consumer demand for electric vehicles is actually still quite low. The problem is batteries. The technology has a long way to go in order to be long-range as well as affordable.
French carmaker Renault said on Friday its production losses in 2021 because of a global semiconductor chip shortage would be far larger than previously forecast, but maintained its profit outlook thanks to high car pricing and cost cuts.
The shortage of chips, used in everything from brake sensors to power steering to entertainment systems, has led automakers around the world to cut or even suspend production, pushing up vehicle prices.
Like its peers, Renault has focused production on more profitable models.
Opel has announced that operations at its Eisenach plant in Germany would be halted until the "start of 2022" as a global microchip shortage holds back production, a spokesman for the carmaker has said.
It has suspended construction of the Grandland SUV and told employees they will be shifted to part-time work.
Workers have been voicing their frustration amid reports Opel will continue the manufacturing of the SUV at another plant in France.
Continental has secured the Innovation Award for safety from the European Association of Automotive Suppliers (CLEPA), for the second consecutive time.
In the ‘Safety’ category, Continental’s solution for protecting vulnerable road users was placed first.
The company’s warning system, developed in cooperation with Ride Vision, protects the lives of motorcyclists by combining two cameras and artificial intelligence .
Gestamp has recorded 2021 nine-month net income of EUR101m (US$118m), compared to -EUR92n last year.
Revenue rose 19.5% to EUR5.9bn, while EBITDA reached EUR701m.
Net income during 9M, 2021, was driven by lower financial expenses, higher control of foreign exchange variations but impacted by EBITDA margin evolution in a more volatile market environment.
Gestamp noted its results were despite the high volatility in production volumes due to the shortages of semiconductors, which is expected to reduce global output in 2021 by 9m vehicles.