Volvo dropped several cars from a height of 30 meters for crash tests.
According to the automaker, such tests are very important for training rescue services. Volvo lifted the cars to a height of 30 meters with a crane, and then smashed them several times.
Such a test allowed to simulate damage to cars at high speeds, as well as during a collision with trucks.
The main purpose of the crash test was to practice the skills of emergency rescuers, who had to detect damaged vehicles with tools and quickly evacuate possible victims.
In September 2020, the Italian company Lamborghini sold 738 cars worldwide. This is a new record for the company, according to its website. At the same time, in the third quarter of 2020, 2,083 Lamborghini cars were sold worldwide. In the spring of this year Lamborghini was forced to close all its plants for two […]
Production and supplies of the American manufacturer of the electric vehicles Tesla grew in the third quarter of 2020 by almost 1.5 times a year, the company said in the release. Therefore, Tesla’s deliveries in the third quarter amounted to 139.3 thousand against 97 thousand in 2019, and the production – 145.036 thousand compared with […]
Tesla has agreed with a number of banks to cooperate in the sale of shares in the company totaling up to $ 5 billion, according to the US corporation. “We have entered into a share distribution agreement … under which we may from time to time offer and sell our ordinary shares with a total […]
Shares of Tesla closed on Monday with a fall of 1.44%, continuing to decline on Tuesday, their price is now below $ 2000. This situation was preceded by a Bloomberg publication on reducing the number of registrations of Tesla, electric cars made in China. Tesla did not confirm the information; in its reports the company […]
Zaporizhzhya NPP connected Unit №2 to the power system of Ukraine. This was reported by the press service of NNEGC Energoatom. “On November 22 at 9:07 pm, after the completion of the average planned and preventive repairs, Unit №2 of Zaporizhzhya NPP is connected to the power system. Power is being set. There are no […]
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The National Commission for the State Regulation of Communication and Informatization has reduced the inter-operator tariff. The NCCIR press service reports. From July 1, 2021, market participants will pay 7 kopecks per minute of outgoing call for a local call and 10 kopecks for long distance. Moreover, from January 1, 2022, rates will reduce to […]
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The “Interhim” pharmaceutical company has completed the construction of laboratory and manufacturing facility in Odessa. Besides, the company has invested in increasing of production capacities. This step will allow the company to increase 4 times its production. At the beginning of May 2016 the total investment is 42 million euros. The number of new jobs […]
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The manufacturer of electric cars Tesla has allowed its customers to pay for the purchase with bitcoins. This was announced on Wednesday on Twitter by the founder of the automaker, billionaire Elon Musk F. The official Tesla website states that payment is made from the customer’s bitcoin wallet: he can scan a special QR code […]
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The commercial court of Kiev had arrested UAH 380,712 million of Creative PJSC, which is one of the largest domestic producers of oil and fat products and part of the Creative industrial group as security in the case of VTB Bank. According to the report, in January 2016, VTB Bank appealed to the court to […]
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The American company Rivian Automotive purchased the plant, formerly owned by the Japanese carmaker, and intends to use it for the production of electric cars. The reason for the suspension of production by the former owner at the Illinois plant was the fact that the model, which was produced there (light SUV Outlander Sport / […]
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According to Bloomberg, a source familiar with the situation, German manufacturer of sportswear and accessories Adidas AG is considering the possibility of selling its brand Reebok. “In the coming months, the company will decide whether to start the sale process,” the source said. According to the interlocutor of the agency, the internal assessment of sales […]
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Chinese companies continue to actively increase their presence in the business world. Recently it became known that the company Dalian Wanda Group, which specializes in the construction of residential and commercial property, acquires the major USA cinema-company Legendary Entertainment for $ 4 billion. After the implementation of the agreement, most of the shares will pass […]
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The Ukrainian “KVV group” put in dead storage its Liepajas KVV metalurgs plant in Latvia because of the crisis in the steel industry and the failure of the negotiations with the Latvian government. “The management of the ” KVV group” forced to take this decision in view of the continuing long-term negative factors, that impede […]
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During the times of Kyivan Rus people which came from Scandinavia, the Vikings, were often called Varangians. In the 19th century, according to the chronicle, they had not only strong trade but also political relations with Russia (it is worth mentioning that the wife of Yaroslav the Wise, princess Ingigerda, was the daughter of Swedish […]
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On January 9, 2017 IFC’s international financial institution, which is a part of the World Bank, has approved the allocation of funds in the amount of $ 37 million for the construction of a grain terminal in the merchant sea port “Yuzhnyi” in Odessa region. At the moment, the parties are waiting for the signing […]
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The Stockholm arbitration prohibited the “Odessa Portside Plant”, PJSC to alienate non-current assets, according to the press-service of Group DF. “March 31, 2016 the Stockholm arbitration satisfied the request of the Ostchem Holding Ltd (included in Group DF) and ordered the OPP till August 31, 2016 to refrain from alienation or encumbrance in any way […]
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The Antimonopoly Committee drew the line under the proceedings between the Ukrainian “daughter” of the German firm Rehau and its namesake – the Kyiv production company Rehau. Both work in the window market under the Rehau brand. By the decision of the AMCU the Rehau production company is obliged within a month to abandon from […]
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BUSINESS TALKS, START-UP ALLEY AT #SUBF19 MAY 23 2019, KYIV TIME: 14:30-16:30 VENUE: PARKOVY CONGRESS AND EXHIBITION CENTER, KYIV, PARKOVA DOROGA 16A MODERATOR: BOHDAN SENCHUK, President of Swedish Business Association in Ukraine TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION: 1. ITC business partnership between Sweden and Ukraine; 2. Business climate in Ukraine: pros and cons to start, develop and […]
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A metallurgical complex Arcelor Mittal (Kryvyi Rih) will be forced to pay a fine of 72 million UAH. It was decided by the Dnipropetrovsk Commercial Court of Appeal to satisfy the claim against the industrial complex in the case of exceeding the level of pollutant emissions into the atmosphere. The case was opened on the […]
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On Thursday, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has introduced the long-awaited line of four next-generation Ryzen 5000 series CPUs for the desktop PCs, based on the new Zen 3 architecture. Ryzen 5000 series products are based on the 7-nm manufacturing process of the Taiwan Semiconductor and designed for the computer gamers and the content creators. AMD […]
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