china is the world s largest car market, and whilst tesla generates most of its money from its electric car business, boss elon musk has committed to grow its solar energy and battery business to roughly the same size. here s mariko with the details from singapore. it is quite a big deal because of course, tesla already has that huge plant in shanghai to make electric cars, so it is basically increasing its investment in china. the fact that this announcement came when tensions between washington and beijing are quite high, that is quite interesting. as you said, this is a mega factory, to produce mega packs. they are basically very large batteries that can store energy, so that they can help stabilise the power grid and also prevent outages. now, of course, many of our viewers associate tesla with those electric cars and that is where the company generates most of its money from. but the company s boss, elon musk, is very keen to also grow its solar energy and battery busine
the electric car giant tesla has announced plans to build a new huge factory in shanghai. it will make thousands of lithium battery packs every year. china is the world s largest car market, and whilst tesla generates most of its money from its electric car business, boss elon musk has committed to growing its solar energy and battery business to roughly the same size. here s mariko with the details from singapore. it is quite a big deal because of course, tesla already has that huge plant in shanghai to make electric cars, so it is basically increasing its investment in china. the fact that this announcement came when tensions between washington and beijing are quite high, that is quite interesting. as you said, this is a mega factory, to produce mega packs. they are basically very large batteries that can store energy, so that they can help stabilise the power grid and also prevent outages. now, of course, many of our viewers associate tesla with those electric cars and tha
from the bbc sport centre. we ll start with golf where jon rahm dedicated his maiden masters title to seve ballesteros, a0 years after the spaniard last won the famous green jacket. rahm s four shot victory at augusta came after a composed final round that saw him overtake brooks koepka. it also marked what would have been ballesteros 66th birthday. when i hit that first shot on the green, the crowds reaction. a wave of emotion, of so many things overtook me. i never thought i would cry about winning a golf tournament, but i got very close on the 18th hole. in a lot of ways, because of what it means to me, and to spanish golf. this is spain s tenth major, my second win, my second major win. it is pretty incredible, and to play the way that i did today, and sunday, on difficult conditions, coming in with a margin, i have a lot of pride and am very proud of myself for what i did. it still has not really sunk in, i am looking at the course, thinking i still have a couple more h
partly because the world is of course using to use more renewable energy. tesla already has a mega factory in california that can produce 10,000 mega packs units each year. and according to elon musk s tweet, this new plant in china will supplement output from the factory in california but of course, it will also allow tesla to take advantage of china s battery supply chain at lower costs as well. the company plans to start building the factory, as you said, later this year. they hope it will be up and running by early next year but what we cannot figure out is whether elon musk was in china to sign this deal because there were reports that he would be in china from saturday but we have not seen any actual pictures of him being in china, so that is something we cannot figure out just yet but of course, this announcement still a very big dealfor him and his company. now, as business gets back on track after the pandemic, some industries are still
being in china, so that is something we cannot figure out just yet. but of course, this announcement still a very big dealfor him and his company. tackling climate change and its effects might be growing in importance for countries around the world but for those where the issue is most pressing, new research says they can least afford it. actionaid figures suggest 93% of countries most vulnerable to climate disasters are either in or at significant risk of debt distress. countries including saomalia, malawi and mozambique are already it says in debt distress. let s speak now to david archer, actionaid international s head of programmes and influencing. 93% of countries most vulnerable to climate disasters are either in or at significant risk of debt distress.