By Le Figaro Posted 3 hours ago, Update 3 hours ago Elon Musk highlights the increasing life expectancy in France. ANDREW KELLY/REUTERS “Macron is doing a difficult but fair thing,” the head of Twitter said on his social network. An unexpected supporter of the pension reform. Elon Musk supported the government and Emmanuel Macron on … Read more
WAE Technologies, a British subsidiary of Australian mining giant Fortescue, announced plans on Wednesday to open an electric vehicle battery factory in the UK, a day after a similar project collapsed, dealing a severe blow to car electrification in the country. The WAE Technologies factory is due to open in April in Kidlington, near Oxford, … Read more
SpaceX’s Starship has been selected by NASA as the lunar lander for its Artemis 3 mission, and an upgraded version has already been ordered for the future Artemis 4 mission. Press service DESCRIPTION – Elon Musk’s company, which plans 100 launches by 2023, dominates the orbital flight market thanks to the Falcon 9 rocket and … Read more
A modified Boeing 747 carries the LauncherOne rocket under its wings. Virgin Orbit The first launch of the “Start me up” mission, piloted by Virgin Orbit, will be carried out from the Newquay site. It opens perspectives for the commercial and military market. British humor continues to sweep the space industry. In February 2018, there … Read more
Industrial production rose slightly in Germany in November, easing earlier fears of a slowdown in the face of feared gas shortages, but the outlook for the start of the year remains grim, official figures showed on Monday. The manufacturing sector produced 0.2% more over the month in seasonally adjusted data after a weak start to … Read more
Gas consumption in Germany fell by 14% last year compared to the average of the previous four years, which thanks to mild weather and calls for sobriety helped ward off the specter of shortages. “Temperatures had a major influence on gas consumption“, said Friday in a press release Federal Network Agency, which publishes this annual … Read more
New car sales in the UK plunged to a 30-year low in 2022 due to parts shortages and supply chain problems, according to industry body SMMT. Some 1.61 million new cars were registered in Britain last year, 2% less than in 2021, according to preliminary figures released on Wednesday 4 January by the SMMT, the … Read more