Brett Kruse will attempt to become the eighth person to swim around Hong Kong Island on Friday, and is aiming to raise HK$100,000 for a local charity that teaches the city’s migrant domestic workers and refugees to swim. The city resident wants to tackle the 45-kilometre challenge in about 13 hours, despite having never swum…
TAPACHULA, Mexico — Mexican immigration authorities have broken up two small migrant caravans headed to the U.S. border, activists said Saturday. What You Need To Know Mexican immigration authorities have broken up two small migrant caravans headed to the U.S. border, activists said Saturday The action comes a week after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to slap 25% tariffs on…
Cucumbers shipped to 13 U.S. states and five Canadian provinces and organic eggs sold in 25 Costco stores in five southern U.S. states were recalled this week for potential salmonella contamination. What You Need To Know Cucumbers shipped to 13 U.S. states and five Canadian provinces and organic eggs sold in 25 Costco stores in five…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! California just passed a major milestone. In the third quarter, it reached 2 million cumulative electric vehicle sales. By the end of the quarter, it had gotten to 2,113,135 EV sales. That’s also 39% of USA’s 5,466,139…
While Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk don’t need much more cash, the two multibillionaires could hugely benefit off a recent discovery in California. Bezos and Musk have a combined net worth of around $549 billion, so the pair are far struggling to make ends meet. But, after a study revealed astonishing quantities of ‘white gold’…
LOS ANGELES — The sound of a click has replaced the sound of cellphone notification pings at Animo Pat Brown Charter High School. What You Need To Know Animo Pat Brown Charter High School students have to place their phones into green and grey pouches Students can’t access their phones until school lets out Principal…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! This past year’s EV sales slump was a slowdown in the pace of acceleration, not an indication that the driving public is souring on electric mobility. Exhibit A comes from the automotive data firm AutoMotive, which has…
Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to revive California’s EV rebate if Trump ends the federal tax credit. But Tesla, the largest maker of EVs, would be excluded under the proposal. Elon Musk criticized Tesla’s potential exclusion from the rebate. California Gov. Gavin Newsom is preparing to step in if President-elect Donald Trump fulfills his promise to…
Topline California’s plan to offer electric car tax credits if President-elect Donald Trump cuts off federal incentives has a catch: It may not include rebates for customers of Tesla, the most popular EV brand, eliciting a strongly worded response from the company’s Trump-friendly CEO Elon Musk. Tesla CEO Elon Musk, left, looks on as an…
The head of US chipmaker Nvidia has pledged to maintain the company’s presence in mainland China despite rising geopolitical tensions, while also highlighting the country’s unique strengths in capitalising on artificial intelligence (AI) and trends that have upended industries from medicine to robotics. Jensen Huang on Saturday also encouraged Hong Kong’s university students to pursue…