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Investors braced for years of lower payouts by some of the most reliable dividend-paying stocks

Few investors went into this crisis with a portfolio they were entirely happy with

Countries in region issue debt at close to fastest rate in a decade due to pandemic

Private equity bid for Nichii Gakkan could set a template for future management buyouts

Row escalates between Elizabeth Warren, Blackstone and KKR after coronavirus crisis prompts cuts

German conglomerate hopes to offload lossmaking division to focus on steel

French group braced for revenue losses this quarter despite reopening most of its China factories

Chinese group writes to French government as it seeks to reassure over the future of Hayange plant

World’s largest auto group enjoys earnings boost and increases dividend

Herbert Diess wants to sell 26m emission-free vehicles in 9 years, overtaking rivals including Californian electric pioneer

Blume says industry faces supply constraints because of production ‘bottleneck’

US carmaker raises spending on EV and autonomous vehicles to $20bn by 2025

Early winners and losers emerge as carmakers scramble to hit tough new targets

Shortages of components likely to be far worse than expected, warn experts

Jingye to keep close contact with Paris as it completes takeover and saves 3,200 jobs

Battery maker Livent says industry is looking to diversify away from China

Past and present economic success offers base for manufacturing

PSA and Fiat Chrysler to shut factories as demand tumbles and supply chains disrupted

Two-thirds of machines to go to NHS following order from UK government

World’s biggest carmakers reveal costs of pandemic shutting down factories around world

Group faces large fines if it fails to sell enough battery-powered vehicles in 2020

Heavy toll on jobs through lay-offs and cuts in pay and hours as one of region’s key industries comes to ‘abrupt halt’

German supplier scraps outlook and warns smaller contractors could go out of business

Japanese conglomerate expects rebound in construction industry as cities end lockdowns

Ministers’ challenge to manufacturers sets basic specifications that are not suitable to task, say experts 

FTSE 100 plumbing supplier runs into opposition from shareholders over switch to US

Big carmakers say small companies must be protected from collapse or factories may remain shut

Soueast Motor and GAC take advantage of rules favouring locally made vehicles

Idan Ofer’s Kenon offloads shares to majority owner Baoneng in $237m deal

Race by machine tool makers to boost mask output underlines importance to economy

What if it was easier to eat salad than junk food? Most diet routines take a ton of time, whether you’re cooking from scratch, making a meal kit or seeking a nutritious restaurant. But on-demand prepared food delivery companies like Sprig that tried to eliminate that work have gone bankrupt from poor unit economics. Thistle […]

Tesla appears to be ramping up installations of its solar tile roofs in the San Francisco Bay area and will eventually roll out to Europe and China, according to CEO Elon Musk, who, in a series of tweets, provided the first substantial update since the company launched the third iteration of its product in October. […]

Tesla’s Model 3 is among the top 10 choices for car buyers in 2020, according to Consumer Reports. The nonprofit organization released its “Top Picks” of the year on Thursday, and it included Tesla’s most affordable vehicle alongside cars from automakers including Toyota, Subaru, Honda, Kia and Lexus. The Model 3 was chosen as one […]

Electriphi, a provider of charging management and fleet monitoring software for electric vehicles, has joined the scrum of startups looking to provide services to the growing number of electric vehicle fleets in the U.S. The San Francisco-based company has just raised $3.5 million in seed funding from investors, including Wireframe Ventures, the Urban Innovation Fund […]

Commercial aviation isn’t typically the place to look if you’re after carbon-light initiatives. Jet fuel isn’t generally very green, and airplanes burn a lot of it when traversing the skies. But supersonic flight startup Boom wants to change the perception of commercial aviation as an emissions-costly prospect, starting with their testing development program for the […]

Panasonic said it will stop producing solar cells and modules at Tesla’s factory in Buffalo, N.Y., ending a four-year joint venture with the electric automaker.  Nikkei Asian Review was the first to report that Panasonic planned to end its production agreement with Tesla . Panasonic has since issued an announcement to explain its decision. Tesla […]

The Citroën Ami is a new take on urban mobility. It’s electric, cheap and doesn’t require a license. In short, it’s less of a car and more of an electric scooter with two seats, doors and a heater. Jokes aside, the Citroën Ami could be a glimpse at the future of mobility. The innovation isn’t […]

Across the U.S., sustainable microgrids are emerging as a vital tool in the fight against climate change and increasingly common natural disasters.

The European Commission has set out a plan to move towards a ‘right to repair’ for electronics devices, such as mobile phones, tablets and laptops. More generally it wants to restrict single-use products, tackle “premature obsolescence” and ban the destruction of unsold durable goods — in order to make sustainable products the norm. The proposals […]

Before leaving SoftBank-backed Zume Pizza in November 2018, co-founder Julia Collins knew what her next move would be: climate-friendly food. Today, Collins is announcing Planet FWD’s $2.7 million seed round led by BBG Ventures with participation from Cleo Capital, Cowboy Ventures, Precursor Ventures, Kapor Capital and others. What’s unique about this round, Collins told TechCrunch, […]

Unfortunately, the world doesn’t have a constant quantity of problems, and while governments and most private businesses are focused on tackling the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, companies like Genecis Bioindustries are working on technologies to solve another major problem: climate change. For over a decade, sustainability advocates and entrepreneurs have been searching for a way to […]

Vericool, a Livermore, Calif.-based startup that’s replacing plastic coolers and packaging with plant-based products, has raised $19.1 million in a new round of financing. The company’s stated goal is to replace traditional packaging materials like polystyrene with plant-based insulating packaging materials. Its technology uses 100% recycled paper fibers and other plant-based materials, according to the […]

Microsoft is embarking on a new sustainability initiative as part of its overall approach to support environmental protection measures, with a project it calls the “Planetary Computer.” This will actually be a computing endeavor that uses aggregated global environmental data collected from a number of sources as its input, and that will seek to employ […]