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Plug-in hybrid cars should be banned from using chargepoints to make way for electrics, says RACThe latest battery-only cars need only five minutes at the quickest ‘Rapid’ chargepoints to take on enough electricity to add about 15 miles of range. However, because of the limitations of their on-board control units, it will take almost all […]

Huawei and ZTE shut out from Japanese 5G infrastructureLast week, Reuters reported that Japan was considering banning public purchases of telecommunications equipment by Chinese telecommunications giants Huawei and ZTE, in order to avoid weakening its defences against cyber attacks and espionage. Now, following discussions between the cyber-security officials representing relevant Japanese ministries, the Japanese government […]

Top Nissan figures charged by Japanese prosecutors over financial irregularitiesThe criminal charges were filed today against Ghosn, Japan-based Nissan, and Nissan representative director Greg Kelly by the Securities and Exchange Commission. According to an official representing the commission, they are suspected of having falsified reports of Ghosn’s income by five billion yen (£34m) over five […]

View from Vitalia: Of piers, ‘brogrammers’ and waste disposalA long-time critic (and a long-suffering victim) of the British rail network, I am happy to report one recent positive development: inauguration of the relatively fast and – again relatively – punctual Thameslink train service between Cambridge and Brighton.  The rolling stock is nice and new, the open-plan […]

Thames Water launches leak offensive following year of extreme weatherSpeaking to the Press Association, the company’s chief executive Steve Robertson said that hundreds of staff had been deployed to patrol the streets at night and listen for leaks. Thames Water recently said in its half year results that the extreme cold temperatures experienced in February […]

View from India: Movers & Shakers of the YearCome, join me on this journey. Google Doodle for Sir MV Google honoured Engineering legend Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya (Sir MV) with its special ‘Doodle’ on September 15 to mark the 157th birth anniversary of Sir MV. This reiterates the fact that Sir MV remains relevant and his […]

Introducing the startups and agenda for Startup Battlefield AfricaAt 9:30 AM local time, we kick off TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa, where 15 companies will take the stage, along with panels from industry investors, Main One, and speakers from Facebook (our partner on the event through the FB Start program). If you can’t be here with us […]