Youre pretty much up to date. Its about 3 30am. Now its time for click. Is 2019 the year petrol met its match . Is the italian stallion a pony . The lambo now lame . Are todays best cars electric . Is now the time for us all to switch . Hello, and welcome to a special edition of click. Not top gear, although there are shades of that, i have to say, but this week, were not talking petrol cars like these, were talking about electric cars like these. Not hybrid, not hydrogen or anything else. This week, it is pure electric. Sure, there are other ways to power your car which are good for the environment. Go check them out by all means but this is the year that all electric has really ta ken off. More people are thinking about evs than ever before so in this show, were asking, is now the right time to switch . This week well look at the cost of buying and running them, how far they can go and ask if theyre as clean and green as they might seem. Mark is going to be going for the ride of his
Expenses. Regulatory and privacy pressures mount. Dar p china spoke on alphabets ceo spoke about this. The momentum has been great. Ever since thomas has come in, he has continued to invest across the board. Focused a lot on operational teams. It is playing out well in this business. To be inortant for you as many situations as possible. Nejra joining us now is bloombergs opinion tech columnist and Marija Veitmane from state street is still with us. Before this release, alphabet shares had hit a record. How concerned are investors going to be about this latest news . People are fundamentally investing for growth. There was a bit of dip in aftermarket trading. The cloud is becoming a very contested space. We saw pretty much the same from amazon last week, that they are also investing to defend their market share. Investing tole is secure their market share. They do Something Like 8 billion per your revenue from the cloud. Amazon doesnt 9 billion per quarter. Doesan see that amazon 9 bil
And Central Banks are stepping up calls for help amid fears that they are running out of options. We are live at the imf meetings in washington. Sophie checking on the start of trade in sydney. Little change, after the drop of 200, halting a fiveday advance. Broadly speaking, we are setting up for a mix start in the agion, but looking to have second weekly gain. Chinese thirdquarter gdp numbers come, as corporate numbers on the mainland have shown little improvement after a bleak first half. Japanese inflation remains subdued, giving the boj food for thought at the policy meeting. Able back below 1. 29 on brexit deal hopes, pushing it to a sixmonth low to position for a negative outcome. Aussie bonds under pressure this morning as the rba governor said the economy is improving. Offshore yuan 7. 8 against the 7. 08 against the dollar after fixing. Jessica acting white house chief of staff Mick Mulvaney denies saying that President Trump withheld military aid to ukraine to persuade key h
Now on bbc news click. Is 2019 the year petrol met its match . Is the italian stallion, a pony, lambo now lame . Are todays best cars electric . Is now the time for us all to switch . Hello, and welcome to a special edition of click. Not top gear, although there are shades of that, i have to say, but this week, were not talking petrol cars like these, were talking about electric cars like these. Not hybrid, not hydrogen or anything else. This week, it is pure electric. Sure, there are other ways to power your car which are good for the environment. Go check them out by all means but this is the year that all electric has really ta ken off. More people are thinking about evs than ever before so in this show, were asking, is now the right time to switch . This week well look at the cost of buying and running them, how far they can go and ask if theyre as clean and green as they might seem. Mark is going to be going for the ride of his life and he is going to be help track down what happe
Hello, this is bbc news with ben brown. The headlines. The family of a teenage motorcyclist, killed in a collision involving the wife of an american diplomat, in northamptonshire, are on their way to the United States. More than 20 people have died after typhoon hagibis hit japan. Tens of thousands of troops have been deployed to help rescue efforts. After turkish air strikes in Northern Syria hundreds of Islamic State fighters family members are reported to have escaped. The leader of the commons, jacob rees mogg, has said the prospects of a deal with the eu are more positive than they were a week ago. Now on bbc news, click takes a closer look at electric cars and asks if they are now a credible replacement for petrol or diesel vehicles. Do the cars offer the environmental gains their manufacturers promise . Is 2019 the year petrol met its match . Is the italian stallion a pony . The lambo now lame . Are todays best cars electric . Is now the time for us all to switch . Hello, and we