I’m in Utah this morning, in transit from Brainstorm Tech and the brilliant blue skies of the Rockies, back to Hong Kong, where summer swelter is in full swingand the government has just issued an ominous air pollution warning. RBC Capital Markets’ Mark Maha…
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Month: July 2019
Clean Energy Acquisitions Pick Up
Deals, Mergers & Acquisitions • US shale player Carrizo Oil & Gas is selling over to Callon Petroleum for a total of $3.2 billion, which includes $1.2 billion in stock and the rest in debt. This is a merger deal for Texas shale, specifically for the …
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50 years since the moon landing: brands blast off
Campaign throws on its thrusters, mixes its metaphors and points its telescope at some brands celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. It was 50 years ago this Saturday (20 July) that Neil Armstrong, followed closely by Buzz Aldrin, to…
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How autonomous vehicles and hyperloop are scooting along
More posts by this contributor Two years ago, Lime was a great addition to guacamole, rather than a sidewalk. The market wasn’t sure about car sharing and whether it had long-term viability. Now, with the acquisition of Drivy, Getaround is the largest car-sh…
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Tesla’s auto-pilot painted in good light in own safety report, but it isn’t that simple
Tesla points out that NHTSA’s data at the end of Q1 and Q2 was one crash per 436,000 miles and 498,000 miles, respectively. However, while the numbers look good, Autopilot is most often used on highways so Autopilot-on and Autopilot-off miles cant be directly…
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