World Jun 10, 2021
Airbus tells EU hydrogen won't be widely used in planes before 2050
Airbus officials say the research will, in any event, seed disruptive technology likely to play a role in the next generation of airplanes.
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Business | ANALYSIS Mar 20, 2021
Europe's COVID-19 setbacks risk another summer travel washout
Europe's airlines and travel sector are bracing for a second lost summer, with rebound hopes increasingly challenged by a hobbled COVID-19 vaccine rollout, resurgent infections and new lockdowns. Airline and travel stocks fell on Friday after Paris and much of northern France shut down for ...
Business Oct 20, 2020
'Bad math': Leading expert challenges airlines' COVID-19 safety claims
Airlines and plane-makers are anxious to restart international travel, even as a second wave of infections and restrictions takes hold in many countries.
Business / Corporate Jan 11, 2019
Documents show Ghosn's Renault lieutenant drew extra salary via holding; board unaware of payment
One of Renault boss Carlos Ghosn's senior executives received an additional six-figure salary unknown to the carmaker's board via the Dutch joint venture overseeing its alliance with Nissan, according to sources and documents seen by Reuters. Ghosn and Nissan senior director Greg Kelly, who are ...
Business Sep 12, 2017
Carmakers face electric reality as combustion engine outlook dims
European car bosses gathering for the Frankfurt auto show are beginning to address the realities of mass vehicle electrification, and its consequences for jobs and profit, their minds focused by government pledges to outlaw the combustion engine. As the latest such announcement by China added ...
Business Sep 30, 2016
Nissan issues compensation ultimatum as condition to proceed with U.K. investment
Nissan wants Britain to pledge compensation for any tax barriers resulting from its decision to leave the European Union or the automaker could scrap a potential new investment in the country's biggest car plant, its CEO said Thursday. Carlos Ghosn's remarks indicate growing concern among ...
Business Mar 15, 2011
Renault spy fiasco threatens Nissan plan
Renault SA's mishandling of an espionage investigation has weakened Chief Executive Officer Carlos Ghosn in a tussle with the French state, its largest shareholder, over the carmaker's future, several sources said. Fallout from the spying affair, in which Renault says it may have been hoaxed ...