Charged EVs | Zapgo receives £26 million to install EV chargers in the UK

Newly launched UK-based EV charge point operator Zapgo has commenced operations after a £25 million investment by Toronto-based OPTrust and additional funding from Zapgo’s management team and founders, Kingsley Capital Partners. The company’s target is to install a total of 4,000 rapid (50-99 kW) and high-power (>100 kW) chargers in underserved UK locations. “We look forward…

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Man Accused of Stabbing Teen Girls at Grand Central Had History of Arrests

The man accused of stabbing two teenage girls at Grand Central Station on Christmas Day after shouting anti-white comments had a history of arrests and erratic behavior, according to media reports.  Steven Hutcherson, 36, has been charged with two counts of second-degree attempted murder, first-degree assault, second-degree assault, and first-degree attempted assault, all as hate…

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Scout Trademarks Lineup of Historic Nameplates

The Volkswagen Group’s new Scout Motors brand is getting ready for its market launch by trademarking a long list of potential nameplates for electric off-roaders. First spotted by Autoblog, Scout has applied for trademarks on at least 29 vehicle names with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Many of these are historic nameplates such as…

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The Politics of Viola Davis’s Oscars Comment About “the Only Profession That Celebrates What It Means to Live a Life”

Yesterday I praised Viola Davis’s Oscars speech for being memorable without being explicitly political—for simply talking about her job in a moving and well-written way. Twitter quickly let me know I missed something. On social media and conservative-leaning news sites, Davis’s speech had in fact sparked outrage. After explaining that she felt her mission was…

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Trump 2024: What a Collapse Could Look Like

December 30, 2023, 7 AM ET Editor’s Note: Washington Week With The Atlantic is a partnership between NewsHour Productions, WETA, and The Atlantic airing every Friday on PBS stations nationwide. Check your local listings or watch full episodes here. In this year-end episode, some of the contributors to the The Atlantic’s January/February issue forecast what…

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