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The American company is worth almost as much as Ford, which sold 5.4 million vehicles in 2019. It has a 'pick up' and a truck in its portfolio. The Badger is a hydrogen and electric 'pick up' with more than 900 km of autonomy When Tesla announced its Model 3 in 2016, and even knowing that the first cars would take well over a year to arrive, 400,000 fervent customers rushed to reserve a previous payment of $ 1,000. Yesterday, and after multiplying its listing by four in 12 months -the title exceeded $ 1,000-, the Elon Musk company fights from you to you with Toyota for being the first manufacturer in the world by market capitalization. Both fluctuate around the 160,000 million euros and to find the third manufacturer in this ranking, you have to go down to the 69,000 million in which the VW Group is valued. Nikola Motor, another American builder specializing in zero emission vehicles and who also takes his name from inventor and engineer Nikola Tesla, has just presented his credentials in this crazy race: he has been announcing the opening of orders for his Badger model, a pick-up of hydrogen battery and batteries, so that their shares double their price. The company is now worth $ 21.9 billion, just $ 2 billion less than Ford Motor. REALITY OR A SPECULATIVE BUBBLE? The difference is that while the latter has factories around the world and in 2019 sold 5.4 million cars, Nikola will not deliver its first vehicle until 2021 (although last year it said it had 13,000 orders) and expects to bill ... 1,000 million in 2023. Not to mention benefits. In fact, there are analysts who consider his case as a merely speculative bubble that will lead to a strong correction in value in a short time. And if at the beginning of this week their titles were sometimes exchanged at almost $ 93, Thursday closed at just over $ 60. However, there is also data to support the project, although it is still a long way from Tesla's. For example, in April the latter's shares - which were then around $ 710 - gave themselves a rise of more than 10%, after Credit Suisse predicted that it would come out of the crisis much better by being specialized in electric vehicles. A type of car still a minority among the big builders who, in addition, can see how world demand contracts 20% this year - to 70 million vehicles - if S&P forecasts are met. The Badger pickup that has sparked euphoria among investors was announced by Nikola President and Co-Founder Trevor Milton via Twiter, Musk's preferred formula for communicating with his 36 million followers. The model in question promises a power of 906 horsepower that will allow it to accelerate from 0 to 100 in just 2.9 seconds and its autonomy, added to that provided by the fuel cell and an additional battery, will be around 900 kilometers. It will start production in 2022 and will rival the Tesla Cybertruck and the 100% electric version of the Ford F-150, another pick-up that has been the best-selling car in the US for decades. "My goal is to take the throne off the Ford F-150," said Milton. The ordering reserves will open on June 29 to coincide with the Nikola World 2020. There, Milton assured that "you will see a unit of the real 'pick-up' in operation, not a fake truck." In addition, the event would serve for the Phoenix-based company to show its revolutionary battery that promises to double the range for electric vehicles. That is the technology of the Tre truck, with a range of 400 kilometers and that will be the model with which Nikola's industrial career begins. Its production will be carried out by Iveco, the manufacturer of trucks and buses of CNH Industrial, which decided to award it to its plant in Ulm (Germany), although it was also in the Madrid pools. Of course, the Tre is based on the S-Way tractor unit, launched last July and manufactured in the Madrid factory. By 2023 a hydrogen variant of the Tre should appear. As a result of this strategic alliance, CNH Industrial invested 250 million euros months ago to acquire 7.11% of Nikola Motor. A stake that is now worth nearly $ 1.6 billion. NOT EVERYTHING IS GOLD WHICH SHINES: DYSON'S FIASCO World famous and billionaire thanks to his vacuum cleaners, the British Sir James Dyson invested almost 600 million of his fortune in a project to make an electric SUV capable of traveling up to 950 kilometers with a single recharge. The story started in 2014 and the project has eaten € 2.8 billion before being closed after failing to find a partner to industrialize a car that was ready in mid-2019. Under these conditions, the profitability of the initiative was a pipe dream that threatened Dyson's other businesses, since each car would have had to have been sold for almost 170,000 euros to balance the cost of production.

This date means bringing the arrival of tourists forward a few days, scheduled in a standardized manner from July 1 Pedro Sánchez, at a press conference from La Moncloa Spain will open its borders with the end of the state of alarm on June 21. The chief executive, Pedro Sánchez, has announced this Sunday morning to the communities at the meeting with the regional presidents that he holds every week. This date means bringing the arrival of tourists forward a few days, scheduled in a standardized manner from July 1, the date on which our country had planned to allow free movement with the European Union. The European Commission this week recommended to member countries that this reopening of borders take place from tomorrow, June 15. Despite this indication, the Minister of Health, Salvador Illa, remained on the date of July 1. Now the president has advanced it a week. This will be the case, with the exception of Portugal, with whom the date of July 1 is maintained by mutual agreement, according to the sources consulted. Both the land border with Portugal and France remained closed to regular traffic since the state of alarm was declared. With third countries outside the EU's free movement Schengen area, with the exception of Portugal, the forecast continues to be July 1. With this return to a certain normality, Spain will eliminate from June 21 the quarantine obligation for people arriving in Spain, in force during the de-escalation process. The President of the Government explained in his speech that Portugal has expressly asked to wait until June 30 to lift control of the land border and that on July 1 an institutional act will be held in which the King will participate. And he assured that with respect to countries outside the Schengen area, Spain is waiting for the European Commission to draw up a list of restrictions on the movement of these third countries in the EU because, he explained, the evolution of the epidemic is going very well in Europe but in the rest of the world, such as the American continent or Russia, "it is going very badly." Sánchez has advanced to the regional leaders that this will be the last meeting of the Conference of Presidents before the good progress of health data and the culmination of the transition process towards what the Government has called New Normality and also its forecast that there will be a He already meets in person at the end of July, when he already hopes to have reached an agreement within the EU on the multi-annual budgetary framework and the economic recovery fund. This last telematic meeting has been attended, in addition to the vice president and minister for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Teresa Ribera; the Minister of Territorial Policy and Public Function, Carolina Darias; and the Minister of Health, Salvador Illa, the Minister of Education, Isabel Celáa. The presence of Celáa and Darías, more unusual, is due to the fact that today they were going to raise two issues that fundamentally affect their powers. One, the doubts of some presidents that the end of the state of alarm allows mobility between communities, regardless of the phase in which they are. And two, the discrepancies between the Executive and some autonomies regarding the return to classrooms in September, after the Ministry has eliminated the safety distance between younger students. Alberto Núñez Feijóo has been one of the first to raise the need to establish a legal framework for mobility, which prevents the free movement of citizens from places with the highest number of infections such as Madrid or Barcelona that may pose a risk of expansion to other territories. . Aware that this matter was going to be raised by the Chief Executive in his initial address, he assured that he knew this "concern" because that is what the Minister of Territorial Policy has transmitted to him, but that he considers that there are mechanisms to continue cooperation between the Government and the communities through the Interterritorial Council, which meets the Minister of Health with the Health advisers. The Executive has repeated that the state of alarm is the only legal figure that allows limiting the constitutional right of free movement. Therefore, once the last extension expires on the 21st, there is no legal way to prevent Spaniards from moving throughout the national territory. Yes, the confinement of part of some po[CENSORED]tion could be decreed in case of regrowth and with a judicial order, within the framework of the Public Health Law.

This is the first specific model of the Spanish sports brand and, according to its managers, it will only be sold under the Cupra label. Little by little, things return to normal. Also in the automotive world, where brands try to catch the pulse of their launch program. This is the case of Cupra, which has just carried out the release of its Formentor model. The event was scheduled to take place at the Geneva Motor Show, but the coronavirus prevented it. Now that its effects have been mitigated, Cupra has resumed that presentation bringing to Madrid a Formentor crossover unit, which we have been able to see and touch ... without keeping distances. Here you can see a gallery with more images of the car. The car is the first 100% of this sports car brand, since the Ateca Cupra was an adaptation (very beast, it must be said) on the Seat Ateca SUV and it is on the way between SUVs and passenger cars with elevated bodywork. According to those responsible for the brand, it will not have a more modest decline with the Seat emblem. Live (we tell you in more detail in the video that heads this news) the Cupra Formentor is as attractive as it looks in the images, with a mix of packaging and sportsmanship unusual to find in an SUV. Its proportions (4.45 meters long, 1.84 wide and 1.51 high) give it a good presence despite its size is not exaggerated (just eight centimeters more than an Ateca). SPORTS IMAGE, DETAILS IN COPPER COLOR Aesthetically it is not overloaded, and that the unit came with a very striking matt gray color and 19 "wheels (measure that will be standard) with copper details, a color that will be characteristic of Cupra since it adorns the logos, the calipers of the brakes and, inside, the seams of the leather seats and some decorative elements, such as the frames of the air conditioning vents. And since we are talking about the interior, it is important to note that the Formentor brings new elements, especially the main screen, larger than the views so far in a Seat with its 12-inch diagonal. Also the sports steering wheel, which incorporates the start button and the selector for driving modes. In the center console we already see a control for the selection of the DSG change (seven-speed in the 2.0 TSI and six in the plug-in hybrid) that mount all the new models of Volkswagen, Skoda and Seat. Also worth noting is the digital watch box, which will be standard on all Formentors. STARTING, WITH THE MOST POWERFUL ENGINES However, inside it is quite spacious and the trunk has a maximum capacity of 450 liters, although the all-wheel drive versions (as was the case with the Formentor 2.0 TSI that we had in front of us) penalize up to 420 ... and in the plug -in, with the presence of batteries, is further reduced. Cupra is going to bet to the maximum for the sportiness of the Formentor offering at launch the most powerful engines. The top in terms of performance will be set by the 2.0 TSI 310 horsepower associated with all-wheel drive and the seven-speed DSG transmission. And the initial alternative will be a 'plug-in' hybrid variant, where a 1.4 TSI of 150 CV and an electric one of 115 will be combined for a total combined power of 245 CV and a autonomy in clean mode of 50 kilometers. Unfortunately, the range for Spain is not yet structured, so we do not know the details of the different equipment and neither the prices. But, to situate ourselves, let's remember that the Cupra Ateca, with a 300 horsepower engine under the hood, costs in Spain more than 45,000 euros ...

Santiago Martín Barajas publishes 'Río Arriba': from the 'trench' of activism to the renaturation of riverbeds Santiago Martín Barajas, author of 'Río Arriba' Upstream, Santiago Martín Barajas (Teruel 1962) was feeding his love for nature at the dawn of environmentalism in Spain. As in so many colleagues of his generation, the programs of Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente put the musical and natural background to his childhood. His first explorations to "see birds" were in Morazarzal, although the call of the forest was felt in the Montejo beech forest ... From the Jarama basin to the Manzanares basin, river channels have marked their 40-year history at the forefront of Spanish environmentalism. His autobiographical book could not be titled otherwise: 'Río Arriba' (Books in Action). And his message at the end of the pandemic has no turning point: "The destruction of the environment directly affects people's health." Let's say that since the age of 17, Santiago Martín Barajas has been a militant "in the same environmental group with different names" (Apeden, Comaden, Coda). The last reincarnation was Ecologists in Action, the great river in which up to 300 groups from all over our geography converged, advancing on the path of a more social ecology. His weakness since childhood were birds, as evidenced by his bander's card number 332 of the Spanish Ornithological Society. His curiosity spread to the world of plants and, lately, to the study of the behavior of terrestrial carnivores thanks to photo-trapping (cameras that are activated by the movement of animals). As an agricultural engineer, he has his own company dedicated to environmental issues, but he himself has tried never to interfere with his predilection as an activist, which has always been water. The Cuenca Alta del Manzanares Regional Park - the largest protected natural area in the Community of Madrid - was one of its first workhorses in the mid-1980s. These were the years when environmentalists declared war on illegal urbanizations, and they were digging ditches in the Monte del Pardo so that people would not wash their cars, and the mayor Tierno Galván happily dropped the ducks on the Puente de los Franceses and said that of: "Get up and the parrot" ... No one would have told us then that more than 30 years later we would be chasing a kingfisher near the Segovia bridge with binoculars, not to mention the gray herons, the sandpiper, the nightingales, the chortilejos, the geese of the Nile and up to 60 species of birds. Or the white poplars, the black poplars or the five species of willows that grow on its banks. Or the barbels or the gobies that can now be seen in the surprisingly clean waters of this '92-river apprentice' that runs through the capital. "This is the gift that ecologists have wanted to make to Madrid," says Santiago Martín Barajas at the height of the Toledo bridge, at the start of one of his periodic forays into the "renaturation" of the Manzanares. "For decades we have dedicated ourselves to protecting the environment and denouncing the destruction of nature. With this project of Ecologists in Action we have given a positive turn to our mission and we have demonstrated that we have management alternatives to make things work better." ACTIVISM "FROM THE TRENCH" In 'Río Arriba', Santiado Martin Barajas dates back to the birth of his activism "from the trenches" in the 1980s to the forging of "ecological awareness" at the turn of the century ... "The debate is how we can adjust protection of the environment in the face of a problem such as climate change, which is having a great economic and social impact on the world. And also to do so in a society in crisis, where life is worse and priorities have been altered. " Santiago Martín Barajas took the devastating report of Ecologist in Action on water in Spain to the Paris climate summit, warning about what awaits us and urging mitigation measures: "The flows of Spanish rivers have fallen 20% in 25 years. We are moving towards a water collapse that is very likely to take place when the next multi-annual drought arrives, so typical of our climate. Our water resources are falling, and consumption continues to rise due to the increase in two irrigated crops. The situation is unsustainable. " But he continues to face "hydrological colonialism" in the Tagus basin and contribute to the 60 proposals for improving water management in the European Union. In his personal life, the story is applied minimizing his water consumption, gardening, composting waste and obtaining a large part of his energy with photovoltaic panels. From his family nest in Sevilla la Nueva, with the mountains in the background and the urban monster in the distance, Martín Barajas "has negotiated the non-negotiable with interlocutors of all types of fur" as his colleagues in Ecologistas en Acción write in the prologue of his book . Nothing to do with the activist in use, Santi is a guy who disarms with his smile, his perseverance and his frankness. "And why don't you convince the Madrid City Council to open the Manzanares dams and that the water runs freely?", His brother Luisvi suggested one day. And Santi stayed thinking about the idea, and the Ecologists Water Commission was launched, and even the Department of Environment came in 2016 with the project of "renaturation". "The Manzanares was dammed as it passed through Madrid since 1955," recalls Santi. "It was more like a succession of pools of dark water, with bad smells and mosquitoes in summer suffered by the residents and the walkers of the Madrid Río park. The first thing we did was open all the floodgates and see how the river worked. And how the The channel is very wide for the water it carries, the river itself created banks and islets, where native species grew with the seeds carried by the water.The intervention then lasted nine months and the City Council put in more than a million euros. The results were immediate and all the groups supported it. " The Manzanares is finally "a real river" that in four years has witnessed an explosion of life. "The channel is what there is, we are not facing the Seine or the Thames, but the water flows as in its best times and is so transparent that you can see the bottom," Santi boasts, in one of his educational walks. RENATURALIZATION OF THE RIVERS The po[CENSORED]r acceptance of the project has grown along with the vegetation and biodiversity. The success has been such that the EU has adopted it as a reference and Ecologists in Action has decided to promote similar projects: the Oro river (Melilla), the Genil river (Granada), the Castaños river (Barakaldo), the Besós river (Badalona). "The idea is to achieve the renaturation of all the sections of the rivers in the cities of our country", Santi warns. "That the urban po[CENSORED]tion can be linked with a vital element of the natural territory, normally buried under asphalt and concrete." In the midst of de-escalation, the author of 'Río Arriba' finally invites us to make a reflection: "The origin of this pandemic has in part its origin in the deterioration and destruction of nature. A healthy ecosystem acts as a barrier to the spread of these viruses. And not to mention the capture and trade of wild animals, so frequent in China and in other countries, that it substantially increases the risk of transmitting the virus to humans from other species. " Santiago Martín Barajas also stresses the contribution of air travel to the spread of the virus and the breeding ground for air pollution, which has led to the highest mortality in cities like Madrid ... "Hopefully what is happening is making us reflect and Let everyone assume, including those who govern, what is at stake. Protecting the environment is protecting ourselves. "

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According to the Japanese group, the attack affected 11 factories worldwide. Japanese Honda motorcycle factories are still closed in India and Brazil on Wednesday as a result of a cyberattack that disrupted their global production network last Monday. All of the group's factories in the United States have been restarted, as well as its production plant in Turkey since Wednesday, according to a Honda spokesperson. A total of 11 factories in the group were affected by the attack earlier this week, including five sites in the United States, according to Japanese media. The financial impact of these interruptions should be limited, said the aforementioned spokesperson. Like all other automakers, Honda has been hit hard by the coronavirus crisis, which has forced it to shut down much of its global production system in recent months. The group posted a drop of more than 25% of its net profit in its last fiscal year 2019/20 ending March 31, with a 6% decrease in global sales. It has not yet released the results forecast for 2020/21 at the moment, given the lack of visibility in the face of the evolution of the pandemic, simply acknowledging that the context was "very severe" for its operations.

One minor has died and another has been seriously injured when he was hit late yesterday afternoon by a train in Calahorra. Two young people died on Wednesday hit by a train in Cantabria One minor has died and another has been seriously injured when they were hit in the late afternoon of this Thursday by a freight train, direction Castejón, in the area known as Melero, in Calahorra (La Rioja). The minors were reportedly walking near the train track when they had been run over by the iron bridge over the Cidacos River, located on the outskirts of the city. At this time the train remains stopped in the accident area, while the investigation continues. This event occurs a day after two young people were killed by a train in Cantabria. The convoy circulated between Torrelavega and Barreda. The event occurred at an "unauthorized crossing point" near the Torrelavega station, according to Adif, after 10:50 p.m., when the first alert call to 112 was registered.

In the first country, the bonus can reach 12,000 euros, for 9,000 in the second. In our case, the maximum will be 5,500 euros In addition to the already known program for electric companies, there will be grants for the purchase of gasoline, diesel, gas and hybrid cars, always focused on the most efficient. The Government has admitted this. It remains to be seen the emissions limit established by the plan, the bonus it will offer, the funds - about 300 million - and how long it will be in force. Regarding the latter, it seems obvious that it will be a conjunctural tool to get out of the crisis. And then goodbye. Because the original idea of the Government was to exclusively subsidize 100% electric and, in fact, there is talk of continuing to do so until 2025. By then, they calculate that their prices will have been equal to those of conventional cars. In France and Germany, this comparison may be almost immediate in the cheapest models, at least while the plans they have approved last: they promise subsidies that will double the Spanish ones. PRICES LIKE LITTLE, 40% HIGHER Because an electric has great advantages and, still, great disadvantages. The price is at least 40% higher than that of an equivalent combustion model. For example, a battery-powered Opel Corsa with 340 kilometers of autonomy is around 30,000 euros; one thermal of similar power and equipment, is at 19,000 euros. And if we talk about average models such as the Hyundai Kona or Kia e-Niro with batteries, versions with a 440 kilometer range, they go over 40,000 euros. As provided in the Moves II Plan, parked until the full sectoral program is approved, these amounts may be reduced by a maximum of 5,500 euros if, in return, a vehicle with more than 10 years is scrapped. If not done, the aid falls to 4,000 euros. The Moves II will also subsidize electrical infrastructures and is endowed with 65 million euros, in principle until they are exhausted. As a maximum of 70% of that amount can be allocated to vehicles, 11,375 cars would result in the best case scenario. TWO PLANS IN THE CASE OF FRANCE The figures are far from the French case. There, from June to the end of the year, two complementary programs are in force. On the one hand, the already existing ecological bond that rewards the acquisition of a new battery-powered model and will now offer 7,000 euros. If, in addition, the buyer discards a gasoline vehicle prior to 2006 or diesel until 2010, he can add 5,000 euros thanks to the conversion program. That is also the (only) bonus if we change it for an electric or a plug-in hybrid with more than 50 kilometers of autonomy, zero emissions, but second-hand. For ecological bonds, France has endowed 535 million euros (they would give for 76,428 electric cars). The second package, which also offers aid of 3,000 euros for a new thermal car, is even more generous: 800 million, but limited to only 200,000 units. CONTRIBUTION OF BRANDS IN GERMANY As for Germany, the direct bonus to diesel and gasoline cars was finally ruled out, which will benefit from a 19% to 16% discount on the VAT they pay. At the expense of adding plug-in hybrids - which has not been ruled out - the Merkel government has bet everything on electricity: 2.2 billion euros that, during 2020 and 2021, will allow doubling aid for battery-powered cars. From 3,000 euros they go to 6,000. In addition, the brands agree to contribute another 3,000 euros, as they have been doing until now. In Spain, this contribution from the industry was part of the old Renove and Pive. Not so in the first edition of the Moves nor, as far as is known, in the second.

The microgravity of the International Space Station allows scientists to explore a form of exotic matter known as the Bose-Einstein condensate. Ground tests of the Cold Atom Lab, with which the experiment was carried out in space It is estimated that around 68% of the universe is made up of dark energy and that another 27% corresponds to dark matter. That means that the nature of most of the mass of the cosmos remains a mystery. Clearing these unknowns requires progress in the development of physics models and improving the precision of the instruments with which some of the fundamental phenomena are observed. That is why NASA scientists have tested their Cold Atoms Laboratory (CAL) aboard the International Space Station (ISS), with which they have managed to generate the fifth state of matter, called Bose-Einstein condensate. The details of the experiment are described this Thursday in the journal Nature. The Bose-Einstein condensate is halfway between the microscopic world, where the rules of quantum mechanics rule, and the macroscopic world, where those of classical physics apply. This state of matter is formed when a gas of bosons (in this case, rubidium atoms) is cooled to bring it to near 0º Kelvin (-273ºC, or absolute zero), the lowest possible temperature. "This state is only obtained at the lowest temperatures and at the highest densities," explains Jim Kohel, one of the paper's co-authors. "So the set of atoms, which can be seen with a camera, behaves like an individual particle. It could be described as atoms acting collectively, like a wave." Experiments of this type provide scientists with a unique opportunity to study fundamental properties of quantum mechanics. The problem is that, on Earth, any precision analysis of this state of matter is hampered by the planet's own gravitational pull. To overcome this limitation, the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) team decided to ship their instruments on the ISS. "The goal is to provide humanity with one of the most sensitive instruments ever built," explains Robert Shortwell, project manager. FREEFALL Because in the station's microgravity (which is in a perpetual free fall state) the laboratory is able to generate a Bose-Einstein condensate, confine it in a shallow atom trap, and observe it for much longer periods than on land before. to scatter. The Cold Atom Lab, about to be packaged for space travel According to the authors, the advantages provided by these conditions will also allow the creation of much colder condensates than have been achieved until now, since the expansion of atoms outside their container causes lower temperatures, in which the quantum effects Exotics are becoming more prominent. "One of the things that allows us to cool atoms beyond the point where Bose-Einstein condensation occurs is that we can weaken the trap," explains Robert Thompson, one of the project's researchers. "That allows the atomic cloud to expand and, as it expands, it cools. It's kind of like what happens when you use an aerosol can, because by spraying the gas inside it expands, cooling the can " At the moment, a temperature of one ten millionth of a degree above absolute zero has been achieved, making it the coldest object known in space (the record was set by MIT on Earth). Possible applications range from the search for dark energy and gravitational waves to space navigation or prospecting for underground minerals of planetary bodies, in addition to verifications in the Theory of General Relativity. "But one of the most important implications is that maybe we have a new paradigm for how physics is done," says Thompson. "So far our understanding of the inner workings of nature has come from particle accelerators and astronomical observatories, but in the future I think precision measurements with cold atoms are going to play an increasingly important role." A CENTURY OF INVESTIGATION In 1924 the young Indian physicist Satyendranath Bose wrote a letter to Albert Einstein. "Dear Sir, I have dared to send you the attached article. I am eager to know what you think of it." The article in question, which had already been rejected by a scientific journal, maintained that any object emits a certain light and that this luminosity depends on its temperature. It also described certain rules for determining whether two photons should be considered identical or different. Einstein immediately understood its importance, personally translated it into German, and recommended its publication to the Zeitschrift für Physik magazine The Cold Atom Lab, about to be loaded onto a Cygnus ship.NASA / JPL-Caltech / Tyler Winn One of the implications was that, below a certain temperature, these types of particles, which will be called bosons in memory of the Indian scientist, tend to adopt the same microscopic state: the Bose-Einstein condensate. This fifth state of matter passed from theory to reality 70 years later, when Carl Wieman and Eric Cornell managed to generate it in the laboratory of the University of Colorado at Boulder, a milestone that earned them the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2001. Cooling down the clouds of atoms at such low temperatures requires suspending them using magnets or lasers, but once they are turned off for observations, the condensates fall and dissipate. "We want to study the atoms and observe them for longer periods of time," says Thompson, "and that is only possible in microgravity." To be able to board the ISS, its creators have had to adapt the instruments to the station's strict requirements for mass, volume and power consumption, while achieving a design robust enough to function for years without need for maintenance. "Typically, experiments with Bose-Einstein condensate involve enough equipment to fill a room and require almost constant monitoring by scientists," Shotwell says. "While CAL is about the size of a small fridge and can be remotely operated from Earth."

The electric vehicle company sold 205% more cars in May than in April after the revival of the Asian giant Various Tesla models ready for sale Wall Street cares little if Elon Musk says Tesla stocks are too expensive, as he noted a month ago in a gesture that left investors speechless. On Monday they set a record for the closing in the midst of a bullish current due to the gradual reopening of the economy in the United States. Its $ 949.92 - 7.62% higher - is a product of the prevailing climate and its promising numbers in China in May. The return to normality after the covid-19 crisis seems closer for the leading brand of electric vehicles worldwide. According to the China Passenger Vehicle Association, Tesla last month sold 11,095 of its Model 3s, the brand's most po[CENSORED]r vehicle, compared to less than 4,000 it shipped in April, even with the coronavirus wreaking havoc on the Asian giant economy. All those vehicles left their factory in Shanghai, released in late 2019. In total, the improvement has been 205% between April and May, with the goal of producing around 200,000 Model 3s a year and starting deliveries of the brand's Model Y, a compact SUV, in early 2021. According to the report by Wedbush Securities, a Los Angeles-based financial firm, Tesla's market penetration in China equals $ 300 a share, "with significant progress over the next 12 to 18 months in a standardized environment." They believe that in a bullish climate the action can go up to $ 1,350. That would help propel Musk onto the list of the world's richest men. Right now it is ranked number 31, according to Forbes, with more than $ 24 billion under its belt. Tesla confirmed in late May that Musk earned the right to receive a compensation package - valued at more than $ 770 million - for meeting certain goals, including maintaining the company's value above $ 100 billion. by market capitalization. At the close of today, the total exceeds 176,000 million. China is one of Musk's great ambitions. It is its main market outside the United States and number one worldwide in the field of electric vehicles. "Our goal is to make all vehicles electric," Musk said on one of his visits to Shanghai. "And still, even in China, a very small percentage of all cars are electric, which represents a very significant opportunity for all companies." Despite the direct competition it means for Chinese companies like BAIC Motor and BYD, the authorities of the Asian power have welcomed Tesla with open arms. Shanghai has done everything possible to accelerate the plant's opening after the pandemic, including donations and equipment to protect workers from the virus.

In an hypersensitive and burdened Argentina before the economic crisis aggravated by the coronavirus, opponents of the Alberto Fernández government raised a slogan: "Venezuelización" Alberto Fernández, at the inauguration of a diesel refining plant in Buenos Aires The inexhaustible ability of Kirchnerism to change the agenda and surprise its political rivals comes back to the fore in Argentina: with the announcement of the intervention of a powerful agro-export firm and its almost certain expropriation, President Alberto Fernández opened a Pandora's box politico-economic and enabled the question. Is Vicentín the new YPF? Vicentín, with 7,000 employees, is the main Argentine oilseed milling company, and that is saying a lot in one of the largest soybean producers worldwide. It is also the largest biodiesel producer in the country, something that partly explains why the oil company YPF takes control of the company. Kirchnerism (and Peronism in general) has a long history of expropriations, also of privatizations and re-nationalizations. This is the case of YPF and Aerolineas Argentinas, privatized by the Peronist Carlos Menem in the 90s and nationalized by the Peronist Cristina Kirchner a little over a decade later. In an hypersensitive and burdened Argentina before an economic crisis that could reach unknown levels in the midst of the covid-19 pandemic, opponents of the Fernández government raised a slogan: "Venezuelization". Fernández, who was exhausted, irritated and hesitant on Monday when making the announcement, spent part of this Tuesday morning explaining in a radio interview that the decisions are made by him and not by Cristina, his vice president: "I say this publicly to finish fanning this black story that Cristina challenges me and gives me two screams to do what I don't want to do. That does not exist and I would not allow that to exist. " The phrase is dangerous in a country historically addicted to presidential authority, especially if the ruler is from Peronism. But beyond the political intrigues of the Casa Rosada, the question now in Argentina is why the government dares to expropriate a company that is large, but not monopolistic or essential, at a time when it is maintaining a delicate negotiation for the external debt with private creditors, to whom he says he does not have money to pay what was agreed. And the memory of the "YPF case" is unavoidable: Repsol expropriated in 2012, the then Minister of Economy, Axel Kicillof, who today governs the always turbulent province of Buenos Aires, assured that staying with the oil company would not cost Argentina anything. "What's more, they are going to have to pay us for environmental liabilities," he ventured. None of that: Argentina paid Repsol $ 5.6 billion, but it did so in bonds that imply $ 9 billion for the State today. As long as you don't reprogram them. And there is a pending trial in New York that could cost Argentina between 3,000 and 12,000 million dollars. That was a ruinous operation, recalled analyst Carlos Pagni, who warned that Fernández is requesting functions that correspond to the justice system by appointing an auditor in Vicentín. It could be "big business" for Sergio Nardelli, owner of Vicentín, "who will surely already be consulting lawyers to start a trial against the State." The government's idea is another: to keep Vicentín at zero cost, enforcing the debts that the company has with state banks and the Treasury.

The 34-year-old millionaire, who shows himself daily with cars that exceed one million euros, neither confirms nor denies being a relative of the late Al-Qaeda ideologist. Faisal Bin Laden and a couple of friends in his McLaren F1. It must be difficult to go unnoticed when one is called Bin Laden and is seen daily with cars that exceed one million euros in length. Of course, he is not short on exhibiting them either, especially the more than 50,000 followers he has on Instagram (he has his account until the blue check, that of the famous). Born in Saudi Arabia 34 years ago, although residing in Dubai, his family's money allowed him to study in the best schools and pursue a career in architecture in London. Faisal Bin Laden has had every opportunity in the world, belonging as he belongs to a family that owns a construction and asset management conglomerate and makes over $ 5 billion a year. But he is not lazy either and years ago he created two companies: WSF Creative, a communication agency and producer that works for brands like Red Bull, Emirates and Pagani; and Veloce Life, which brings the world of maximum collectible luxury (cars, watches, etc.) closer to those who can enjoy it. But we are not talking about him for being a millionaire, but for the voracity he shows in collecting the most exclusive cars on the planet for his own enjoyment. The list of occupants of his garage includes two Bugatti: a Type 35 of the 20s and a Chiron (we suppose that for that of comparing the old with the latest). Of course, with them it is not exhibited as much as with the Pagani, of which it has a Zonda F, a Huayra and a Huayra Roadster. They also have to talk about his images with a green Koenigsegg Regera he calls the Hulk, and those of any of the components of his Ferrari legion, which includes a 288 GTO, an F40, an F50, an FF and a LaFerrari. And, of course, having so much Ferrari, it can also be seen with Porsche models, specifically with the mythical 959, with a 911 GT2 RS and with a beautiful golden 911 prepared by Singer. There are brands that it seems that with one unit it has already satiated its appetite (Lexus, with the LFA, or Aston Martin, with the Valkyrie), but the firm with which it lavishes the most is McLaren: it has two McLaren F1 (one of them previously belonged to Mr. Bean), three P1 and one BP23. We have not talked about the prices of these collectibles because we would be repetitive telling you that most of them are well over a million euros (whether they are for sale now or if you have to look for them in classic or pre-classic auctions). And Faisal not only likes to enjoy the shapes and sound of a powerful engine, but he also lavishes himself as a driver in the Saudi GT championship, where he has raced with both Porsche and BMW. You will ask yourself at this point what we have asked ourselves since we heard of him. Since it is confirmed that he is not one of Osama Bin Laden's children, is he perhaps one of his nephews? He, so given to talk about his life, regarding that he neither confirms nor denies.

sabel Díaz Ayuso, J. L. Martínez Almeida and Clemente González, president of Ifema, today. Ifema today presented the expansion of the fairgrounds in Valdebebas in which it will invest 180 million euros until 2024 "after the painful parenthesis" of the CoVid-19, which has not diminished the self-confidence of one of the leading fairgrounds in Europe , which closed 2019 as the best year in its history, with a turnover of 187.2 million euros, and a profit of 22.5 million, doubling the previous year. The event, held outdoors in the place where the works will begin, very close to the Ciudad Deportiva del Real Madrid, was attended by the president of Ifema, Clemente González Soler; the general director, Eduardo López-Puertas; the president of the Community, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, and the mayor of the capital, José Luis Martínez-Almeida. "The ability to generate resources has allowed us to have muscle to face this expansion," said Clemente González. The Ifema expansion works will be undertaken in various phases on a plot that has a total area of 500,662 square meters and a maximum buildable area of 250,000 m2, which is already linked to the current premises with a large connection tunnel under the M -eleven. The mayor of Madrid indicated in his speech that Ifema "is going to be the symbol of the future of Madrid" for the next few years thanks to public-private collaboration and the unconditional support of the institutions. During his speech, the mayor recalled that in January the 40th anniversary of Ifema was celebrated, some years that, in the words of the mayor, "represented the best of the social, economic and cultural evolution of the region and the city", so "Ifema had become the symbol precisely of said transformation of the region and the city." Almeida stressed that he had achieved it with fundamental principles, such as public-private and inter-institutional collaboration without prejudice to the political color that governed at any time in the capital or in the Community. In this sense, the Madrid councilor valued the significant contribution of economic activity that Ifema makes to both the Community and the city of Madrid, since it represents 3.8% of GDP and 2.2%, respectively. Both the mayor and the president of the Community have fired the president of Ifema, Clemente González Soler, who is finishing his term at the head of Feria de Madrid, and whom they have given as an example of "irreproachable businessman". The regional president has thanked him "for all the effort he has always made without ever caring about his personal interests" and welcomed the "new stage" of the institution, which presents challenges such as the digitization and internationalization of Business. "Thank Clemente for all his work and the entire Ifema team, a symbol of Madrid," he remarked. For his part, the mayor stressed that if Ifema and Madrid have grown, it is thanks to González Soler, his "solidarity" and "the vision of a person from civil society who at one point decided to take a step forward" , believing that "public service was one of the most honorable ways of serving the country."

British registrations have fallen 89% in May and the fall also affects luxury brands The Covid-19 coronavirus crisis is hurting the British car industry and not just that of ordinary cars. Luxury manufacturers, such as Bentley, Aston Martin and McLaren have already announced job reduction measures for around 25% of their workforce due to the drop in activity in these pandemic months. New car sales fell 89% in May, the worst record since 1952 in the UK. The latest company to decide layoffs has been Bentley, which is preparing to cut 1,000 jobs out of the 4,200 available at its factory in the English town of Crewe. The company, which belongs to the Volkswagen Group, is already offering voluntary layoffs to its workers. Bentley CEO Adrian Hallmark, noting that the coronavirus has "derailed" all of the brand's ongoing projects, also said that the pandemic "has not been the cause" of the situation, but that it "has accelerated Bentley made an operating profit of 300 million euros in 2019 and recorded a record result between January and March of this year. Now that business forecasts have sunk, he is cutting production and spending. For its part, Aston Martin announced Thursday that it will cut 500 jobs, representing a fifth of its payroll. This manufacturer does consider that the decision is a direct effect of the crisis caused by the Covid-19 infection. NISSAN WARNING Another major UK automotive agent, dealer Lookers, announced the closure of a dozen distribution centers and a cut in the employment of 1,500 workers. McLaren announced last week a restructuring plan that involves the elimination of 1,200 jobs, representing 25% of its workforce due to the slowdown in demand due to the health crisis. The size of the crisis at British plants could accelerate if the Brexit deal between the United Kingdom and the European Union does not satisfy Nissan. The Japanese manufacturer has said it could shut down the Sunderland plant if the break is abrupt.

The search for the bodies lengthens after screening just 10% of the mass of 1.7 million cubic meters of discharges A woman places flowers in front of the consistory of Eibar (Guipúzcoa), in memory of the two disappeared in Zalbibar. On February 6 at 4:40 p.m. the technical director of Verter Recycling telephoned a technician from the Basque Government's Department of the Environment to report that the Zaldibar landfill (Vizcaya) had collapsed. Four months later, the huge 1.7 cubic meter tongue of industrial waste - including asbestos - keeps the bodies of worker Alberto Solaluze and subcontracted technician Joaquín Beltrán trapped. A human and environmental catastrophe that is prolonged because the excavators have only managed to screen 8% of the total collapse and the causes of the tragedy are postponed by the judicial investigation, while the Basque Government points to the company and is angered by the unforeseen irruption of the European Union. The Iñigo Urkullu government faces the electoral campaign with the ballast of the Zaldibar landfill as a Damocles sword that questions its public management. The collapse of the private facility located on a hill next to Ermua undressed an elephant in the hall, which generated tax revenues of half a million euros per year and facilitated the cheap management of 511,000 tons of steel and waste from paper mills, including 4,253 tons of material. of construction with asbestos. Almost 2.8 million tons stored by a family clan company - headed by José Ignacio Barinaga - with only six workers on staff and who had subcontracted Joaquín Beltrán to manage the continuous arrival of industrial waste. According to the latest data from the Basque Government, the corpse search device has screened 137,755 cubic meters of rubble - out of a stored total of 1.7 million cubic meters - without locating either of the two workers. 60,000 NEIGHBORS MOBILIZED The autonomic Executive assumed from the afternoon of February 6 the emergency work, first, and the search and stabilization of the collapse, later, before the magnitude of an environmental catastrophe that has mobilized a large part of the 60,000 residents residing in municipalities such as Ermua, Eibar, Elgeta, Zalla, Markina and Zaldibar. Grouped on the Zaldibar Argitu platform -Clear Zaldibar, in Euskera-, hundreds of residents of these towns demonstrated this Saturday demanding not only the location of the buried workers, but demanding political responsibilities from the Basque Government for the lack of control of the landfill. The request for "responsibilities" in the shouts of the marches held in half a dozen municipalities in the area goes beyond the intense search work in which up to 100 people participate, among the technicians of several subcontracted companies, the workers of a dozen of heavy machines -excavators and trucks- and of emergency personnel and ertzainas with search dogs. A slow screening of tons of waste - on June 3, 2,192 cubic meters were screened - with results well below social expectations. The discovery of Alberto Sololuze's car turned into a jumble of irons on April 5 gave rise to the hope of a nearby discovery of the bodies, but the buckets of the excavators on the point of screening the entrance area to the landfill without finding a trace or Alberto or Joaquín Beltrán. The Basque Government has already budgeted an expenditure of nine million euros (with VAT) to meet the expenses made in these four months and on June 5, a first invoice of 3.4 million euros was issued to the company that is now studying the responsible for Verter Reciclyng. THE JUDICIAL INVESTIGATION Sources of the company assured that they have insurance policies and that they deposited a deposit of 1.1 million euros in 2012 when it began its activity. José Ignacio Barinaga's company faces two alleged crimes in the courts and three administrative files opened by the Basque Government and the Vizcaya Provincial Council as a result of a collapse that occurred two days after its workers detected cracks in the mass of spill. The judicial investigation opened in the Investigating Court number 1 of Bilbao has stopped the political and social debate on the causes of the tragedy and its responsibilities. The counselor Iñaki Arriola (PSE-EE) has stressed in his public appearances that the company was responsible for fulfilling the conditions established in the authorization to start the activity, granted in 2011, which were later modified allowing other materials such as asbestos to be stored. Arriola, pointed out by the opposition, explained in Parliament that, in both 2017 and 2018, settlement reports minimized the effect of "significant horizontal movements" on the landfill slope. And it showed a report from the Gipuzkoan company Lurtek, delivered by the Basque Government on January 21, 2020, which assured that the landfill was "stable". Just two weeks later the landfill collapsed along a 300-meter slope, 150 meters wide, until it stopped on the three lanes of the highway that connects Bilbao with San Sebastián. THE EUROPEAN INVESTIGATION The Basque Government must maintain before the European Union that it fulfilled its inspection and control obligations after the decision communicated last May 13 by the Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevicius, to intervene after detecting the "serious deficiencies" in landfill and lack of administrative control. An answer to questions asked by MEPs from the PP and Citizens, which places Zaldibar on the EU's agenda in the face of the unrest of Lehendakari Urkullu. The also PNV candidate to be re-elected on July 12 knows that Zaldibar will be one of the pillars of the opposition to question his leadership. Carlos Iturgaiz, aspiring lehendakari for the Basque PP, denounced this Saturday next to the Zaldibar landfill "the thunderous silence" installed in the Basque Country to "hide the shame of the PNV". An argument with which Iturgaiz links Zaldibar with the patronage network of nationalists, especially with family companies that exploit public concessions such as quarries and landfills. Precisely, the PP, through its MEP Dolors Montserrat, is pressing in Brussels for the EU to analyze whether or not the management of Basque landfills meets European guidelines, and has already registered requests for information about the presence of asbestos in Zaldibar when This residue was not foreseen in an authorization granted in 2007 with Juan José Ibarretxe as lehendakari. The truth, demanded by the relatives of Sololuze and Beltrán, will also have to wait.

The robust and austere Romanian SUV of the Dacia Duster is 10 years old and its Limited Anniversary Series is already adopting a new version powered by liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), less polluting and more economical. Also more practical, since the car is awarded the ECO label of the DGT that allows to overcome some restrictions of entry to the center of the main cities. Dacia already offers versions of this type of fuel in its entire range of passenger cars. The Dacia Duster TCe 100 ECO-G GLP is sold in Spain for 16,700 euros. Underlines the brand's philosophy of affordable prices, robust and spacious vehicles with appreciable standard quality. The Dusters manage to overcome the 1,000 kilometer barrier without refueling thanks to their two tanks: the petrol tank, with a capacity of 50 liters, and the LPG tank, with 42. The data collected by the Renault Group company from the Spanish Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Operators (AOGLP) is remarkable: LPG fuel emits 68% less nitrogen dioxide and 12% less compared to gasoline CO2. It is also noted that the annual savings that can be generated by filling the tank can be 37%. A common stumbling block to accessing this more sustainable technology has been the shortage of service stations with availability of LPG, but it is already being rectified throughout the Spanish territory, where this fuel can be found in 600 gas stations that cover all regions. LPG increases the life of the gasoline engine, since its combustion is cleaner and stops the deterioration of mechanical components. LPG is not the only news from the Dusters, who have already sold 100,000 units in Spain. The version with the turbocharged three-cylinder Turbo Control Efficiency engine reaches the range with 100 HP of power and a maximum torque of 160 Nm accessible in low ranges, according to Dacia. It complies with the Euro6Dtemp standard and must not exceed the emission of 100 grams of CO2 per kilometer. The price of the Dacia Duster Prestige TCe 100 is 16,000 euros and is available at the brand's dealers in Spain.

The Malaga actor faces the main promotional campaign for Andalusian Tourism, with a very emotional message focused on Andalusians and the national visitor The vice president of the Board, Juan Marín, along with Javier Banderas, brother of actor Antonio Banderas. EFE After years beating visitor and income records, Turismo Andaluz faces an uncertain summer, marked by the coronavirus pandemic, and which the tourism sector is trying to save by seducing the national market and transmitting confidence abroad. A hope that the Andalusian Government has wanted to embody in the face of the actor Antonio Banderas, who once again becomes the image of a promotional campaign. The vice president of the Board and counselor for Tourism, Regeneration, Justice and Local Administration, Juan Marín, has appeared this Friday in Malaga to present the promotional action for the Andalusia destination and which is gaining momentum after the first data on hotel reservations -60 and 75 per One hundred in July and August, respectively-, the announcement of a fifteen airlines to start operating with the Costa del Sol within a month and a move to phase 3 of the de-escalation that will allow inter-provincial transfers. Marín has made a play on words with the surname of the interpreter from Malaga to state that "today we are giving the 'starting signal' to this summer campaign." "It will not be the same as others" because "we will not break last year's records again, but we will begin the path of growth, because the forecasts for this year and for 2021 are again magnificent", assured the counselor, who has predicted that This summer period "will be better than many said." "We have to give the best version of ourselves," the leader of Ciudadanos has stressed to underscore a message of optimism that he believes Antonio Banderas perfectly embodies. He is someone "motivated by love for this land" and who, after the heart attack suffered a few years ago, "invites you to bring out the best in yourself, even in the worst moments." The actor, who could not be present at the event, wanted to express himself through a full video in which he defends the Andalusian spirit "to get ahead": "We have been victims, like the rest of humanity, of a pandemic which has left not only a very important health crisis but very serious collateral damage. But we are Andalusian, we are going to continue, we believe in hope, we have courage, courage, strength and I believe that we are going to know how to unite so that, together, we can move towards forward our economy, our workers, the people who are suffering, supporting them [...] Surely we have all learned something from what has happened to us. And we have to put it into practice now. Go ahead, Andalusia ". STRATEGY The campaign has a cost of 400,000 euros, to which must be added the 300,000 invested in two other advertising initiatives that revolve around the distinctive 'Safe Andalusia'. One of them, which will start next Monday, June 8, will be held through social networks and aims to inform companies how they can get the seal. ADVERTISING Ads by Teads The second will begin on the 22nd of this month and will be aimed at the general public, so that they know that those places and businesses where the badge appears comply with all the regulations of the World Health Organization (WHO), the Government of Spain and of the Junta de Andalucía. Juan Marín has assured that even the Minister of Tourism, Reyes Maroto, has given this stamp as an example for other autonomous communities to replicate. In this first week, as detailed, more than 15,000 businesses have already been interested in this label, and more than 170 have already obtained it. Andalusian Tourism has revealed that at the same time another series of promotional actions will be developed under the idea of "the desire we all have to travel and receive those who want to visit Andalusia". In this way, travel agencies will be supported "for being one of the key players in the tourism sector, for connecting the traveler with many tourism professionals and for being essential in helping travelers improve their experience." Taking into account that 20 of the 32 million visitors who chose Andalusia as their vacation destination were national tourists, a campaign specifically aimed at Andalusians with the message "Andalusia wants you" will be launched. In addition to being present in the main communication media of the community, it will serve to publicize the first virtual fair organized by the Ministry of Tourism -an event that will put professionals and consumers in contact with the aim of capturing the first reservations a Once there are no mobility restrictions. The strategy will be completed with various initiatives aimed at visitors from other regions of the country, encompassed under the slogan "I want you to come" and which will be present in a special way in the bordering communities -Castilla-La Mancha, Extremadura and Murcia- with insertions advertising on media websites. The counselor, who regretted the deterrent effect that the 14-day quarantine approved by the Central Executive can have for foreign visitors, points out that, when international tourism is reactivated, they will affect the German, French, Portuguese, Italian and Belgian markets. , Dutch and Luxembourgish. Although it has been considered to include the United Kingdom, the main issuing country, the health circumstances for the time being discourage a specific campaign. As the "green corridors" between countries are opened, new advertising actions will be activated. This initiative, "full of feelings and hope", will "go around the world and help the sector to face this tough stage, but we are going to continue to be very strengthened", said the counselor, who stated that, after the reformulation of the Action Plan, the Ministry of Tourism invests 22.5 million euros in communication and promotion of the destination.

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