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EV News Round-up Spring 2020

By RICHARD THOMAS APART from range anxiety, the main reservation about electric vehicles (EVs) has been the question of whether they are actually "greener" than...
Volvo XC60

Swede Electric Dreams

Is Volvo’s bid to become all-electric the shrewdest business move of the year, or a cynical ploy to capitalise on the world’s mounting affection...
E-Fan X hybrid aircraft — 3D render

Up, up and away (very soon) with the hybrid aircraft

Rolls-Royce, Airbus and Siemens say electric propulsion plans are clear for take-off, though the reality may take a little longer EMAIL, the e-cig, e-commerce, e-filing…...
Asteroid mining

There’s platinum in them there stars

Goldman Sachs Group predicts a new top-earner will soon be in our midst By HAL WILLIAMS THE American multinational investment bank and financial services company Goldman...
AI regulation

AI and the legal profession: Where do we stand?

By PEARL MOSES AI AFFECTS — and will continue to affect — law firms’ traditional methods of working. It’s a good fit for the industry, which...
Electric car (EV) charging station

EV Summit sees charging sites as major block to global uptake

BV’s electric vehicle specialist RICHARD THOMAS reports from the first day of the EV Summit 2021, being held at the Said Business School of...
Hands, robot and human. Frontier AI Taskforce illustration

AI safety comes under further scrutiny in UK

THE UK’s Frontier AI Taskforce is establishing a safety research team to evaluate the emerging technology’s risks. It will work with tech organisations to work out...
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VW Sticking to its Smoking Guns

Electric dreams are no threat to the diesel engine, according to the boss of Volkswagen. Has Matthias Mueller got a cunning long-term plan, or...
Drone

Autonomous drone tech ‘could add billions to UK economy’

THE UK government is considering a landmark national strategy for drone technology that could spawn jobs and drive economic growth. A White Paper, A National...
Banxe unites crypto and cash

Good reasons cryptocurrency is likely to become ‘the future of commerce’

Analyst BRIAN G. SEWELL speculates that Bitcoin et al, although flawed, will change the way the world does business I WOULD rather see the SEC...