Russia attacks Ukrainian electrical power facilities, including major hydroelectric plant

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia attacked electrical power facilities in much of Ukraine, including the country’s largest hydroelectric plant, causing widespread outages and killing at least three people, officials said Friday. Energy Minister German Galushchenko said the nighttime drone and rocket attacks were “the largest attack on the Ukrainian energy sector in recent times. The goal … Read more

Germany investigating possible arson attack on Tesla plant

BERLIN — Production at Elon Musk’s European Tesla production plant ground to a halt Tuesday after a burning transmission tower knocked out power at the factory near Berlin in what police suspect was arson. Police have launched an investigation to determine the cause of the fire, which also cut power in several nearby villages in … Read more

Tesla’s Berlin plant halts production after suspected arson attack

Tesla’ logo is seen on the Tesla factory building in Berlin, Germany on February 22, 2024. In the southeastern outskirts of Berlin, within the Grunheide district, local residents are expressing opposition to the expansion plans of the first automobile factory of US electric car manufacturer, Tesla in Europe.  Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images A … Read more

TSMC opens new plant in Japan as it diversifies away from Taiwan

A general view shows the new semiconductor plant by Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (JASM), a subsidiary of Taiwan’s chip giant TSMC. Philip Fong | Afp | Getty Images Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company opened its first chip plant in Japan on Saturday as it diversifies supply chains away from Taiwan amid intensifying U.S.-China trade tensions. … Read more

UAW threatens to strike Ford Kentucky Truck Plant over local demands

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain during an online broadcast updating union members on negotiations with the Detroit automakers on Oct. 6, 2023. Screenshot DETROIT — The United Auto Workers is threatening a labor strike at Ford Motor’s largest U.S. plant if local union demands aren’t resolved by next week. The Detroit union on Friday … Read more

A Big Tech-backed campaign to plant trees might have taken a wrong turn

Roughly half of the land targeted by a major tech-backed forest restoration campaign in Africa was never meant to be forest, according to a new analysis. Planting trees in the identified area could actually harm grasslands and savannas that may have been inadvertently mislabeled as “forests” in need of help, the report concludes. The paper, … Read more

UN nuclear chief says security is still fragile at Ukraine’s Russian-occupied nuclear power plant

KYIV, Ukraine — Security at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant remains fragile amid worrying recent staff cuts enacted by Russian authorities occupying the facility, which is one of the 10 biggest atomic power plants in the world, the United Nations nuclear watchdog chief said Tuesday. International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi, who is in … Read more

Toyota group plant raided in test cheating probe as automaker says it sold 11.2M vehicles in 2023

TOKYO — Japanese transport officials raided the plant of a Toyota group company on Tuesday to investigate cheating on engine testing, as the company reported it kept its status as the world’s top automaker in 2023, selling 11.2 million vehicles. Hours after the probe began at Toyota Industries Corp.’s plant in Hekinan, Aichi Prefecture, central … Read more

Vietnam’s VinFast to build a $2 billion EV plant in India as part of its global expansion

HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnamese automaker VinFast says it plans to spend up to $2 billion to build an electric vehicle factory in India, the world’s third-largest auto market by sales. The factory in southern India’s Tamil Nadu state will be the company’s first foray into India and follows VinFast’s launch of sales in the United … Read more