It’s official: Dyson is planning an electric car which will be launched by 2020 September 26, 2017 Forget vacuums and hairdryers: British engineering giant Dyson is planning its own electric car which will be launched in the next three years, it revealed today. The company, which has invested millions in a new Apple-style campus at a former RAF base in the Westcountry, has already built up a 400-strong team, and committed to [...]
A life off-grid with no energy bills is closer than you think. Here’s what the future has in store for sustainable homes September 26, 2017 "Right," says eco-developer Sam Budhdeo, rubbing his hands together. “We think we have the solution to climate change.” As openers go, it’s a bold one, but not quite as outlandish as it sounds. The housebuilder who successfully cracks the code to building sustainably – and affordably – would be solving a large part of the [...]
Mapped: Here are the 10 shortlisted Hyperloop One routes including Edinburgh to London and Glasgow to Liverpool September 14, 2017 Hyperloop One has announced 10 winners of the global challenge it set back in May last year, to identify the strongest potential routes in the world. It has carried out a close assessment of the proposals with a panel of infrastructure, tech, and transport experts scrutinising the details, and now 10 teams from five countries [...]
Solar, bitcoin, tech, Tesla and tea: seven important investment charts from August September 5, 2017 Each month, writers at Schroders pull together the most intriguing charts of the month. Solar production eclipsed (briefly) The US came to a standstill on 21 August as people looked skyward to witness a remarkable solar eclipse. But as the moon blocked the sun it also temporarily blocked solar energy production. California aims to generate [...]
Apple’s driverless car project Titan has morphed into a staff shuttle bus as reports suggest a scaling back of ambitions August 23, 2017 Apple’s driverless car project, long-rumoured and only recently confirmed by boss Tim Cook, looks like it might be taking a back seat at the company. Its ambitions have been scaled back from a fully autonomous Apple car, to a shuttle bus for staff. Read more: “Hey Siri”: Now you can transfer money with just your [...]
George Soros’s investment firm Soros Fund Management is betting on Trump to fail as it takes on new holdings which could benefit from a downturn August 15, 2017 Soros Fund Management, the investment management firm founded by prominent Democratic Party donor George Soros, appears from its latest filings to be betting on US President Trump to fail. The firm has recently taken up put options on PowerShares QQQ Trust, SPDR S&P 500 ETF and iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund, it was revealed in [...]
Revealed: The most-traded investments in July reflect a commodities recovery August 2, 2017 Investment and trading platform Interactive Investor has revealed its top most-traded for the month of July. The rankings reflected a recovery in commodities price, the ever-present poplarity of tech stocks, and strong demand for Lloyds. Top by a mile Most traded large cap shares Lloyds AstraZeneca Glaxosmithkline BP BT Despite missing analyst expectations in its [...]
UK taxi turnover falls for the first time in five years as Uber drives up its network expansion July 24, 2017 The rise of Uber has driven taxi firms’ turnover off course, according to research out today from accountancy firm Moore Stephens. An analysis of the UK’s top 100 largest taxi and minicab firms noted that turnover had dipped three per cent from £495m in 2014/15 to £479m in 2015/16. There had been consistent growth in [...]
Rapid vehicle-charging business Engenie aims to fire up its engines with £1m investment opportunity through SyndicateRoom July 20, 2017 The electric car market appears to be slowly revving up, as vehicle-charging business Engenie has announced it is raising £1m to expand across the UK. The four-year-old business is aiming to capitalise on recent moves from the likes of Volvo, which said all new models would be electric by 2019, and Emmanuel Macron’s government in [...]
Ford chief executive Mark Fields leaves in management shake-up as boss of driverless car unit Jim Hackett replaces him May 22, 2017 The chief executive of Ford is being replaced by another Ford executive, Jim Hackett. Mark Fields has chosen to retire after 28 years with the firm. Read more: Ford to cut 10 per cent of salaried jobs across the pond Hackett oversaw the Ford subsidiary that works on driverless cars, Ford Smart Mobility. The US [...]