Coming to a street near you, the future of cars may be electric, but is the Technology Mainstream enough to become mass market yet . In the Programme Today we take a look at some of the issues surrounding the switch to electric vehicles, are they still too expensive to buy, and how practical are they for very long journeys . A few hours ago, ford unveiled its brand new electric car, called the mustang mach e. Ford hope theyre on to a winner, the mustang is the worlds best selling sports coupe, and the new car is the first vehicle in fords range to be built as an electric vehicle from the ground up. Its also fords response to teslas model y. Electric mobility is expanding. In 2018, the Global Electric car fleet exceeded 5. 1 million, up 2 million from the previous year. China remains the Worlds Largest electric car market, followed by europe and the united states. But this contrasts massively with sales of the internal combustion engine, recent research for the first half of this year o
The British Engineering firm cancels plans to make an electric car. Its the era of the influencer and not just celebs with massive followings. Well get the inside track on Influencer Marketing, which is attracting billions from brands. And as hmv today opens the worlds Biggest Record store the size of 12 Tennis Courts were asking can a record store survive in the digital age . When did you last buy a vinyl lp or cd . Let us know just use the hashtag bbcworklife. Hello and a warm welcome to worklife, our new business show, and we start with the gender pay 93p its no secret that a gulf remains in many parts of the world, between men and women on pay and career progression. Today marks the uns International Day of the girl which aims to highlight challenges faced by girls around the world and promote ways in which they can become more empowered. One area that clearly needs addressing is the imbalance between what men and women earn. Its estimated that the worlds gender pay gap last year w
Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The 39 people found dead, in a refrigerated lorry, in essex are believed to be chinese nationals. Police are yet to confirm that, and are still in the process of trying to identify them. Paramedics made the discovery shortly before 2am on wednesday, sparking one of the uk biggest murder inquiries. Police say the lorrys cabin came via holyhead. Officers, in Northern Ireland, have raided two houses and the National Crime agency said it was working to identify organised crime groups who may have played a part. The lorry driver, mo robinson, from county armagh, has been arrested on suspicion of murder by essex police. Prosecutors in belgium have, this morning, announced that the trailer arrived in zeebrugge, on wednesday afternoon. In zeebrugge, on tuesday afternoon. It then left, the same day, en route to the uk and arrived in purfleet, on the river thames, where it then left the port, shortly after 1am, on yesterday morning. A0 minutes later, p
On a conservative brexit deal sits in place, brightening up a or a no deal exit touch in Northern Ireland. It is set and labour should back remain a technique called gene silencing which doctors say touch in Northern Ireland. It is set to turn wetter across parts of the will be life changing is given the go ahead for use midlands. Tonight, we continue with that rain at times across the northern half of the uk. The winds are light as well. Humidity levels will creep up across the south and west, with not much air to stir that around. It could be a muggy night across the south. But with some clear conditions, there is the odd mist and fog patch. In Northern Ireland, temperatures will be sitting in the teens as we start tomorrow morning, fresher in lerwick with those clearer skies. On wednesday itself, we still have High Pressure close by to the south, but these were the fronts across the atla ntic these were the fronts across the atlantic are bringing cloud at times and showers too. They