Now on bbc news, its time for click. This week, we are back on the road in our electric motors. Im digging up the truth around battery tech. Laura has the lowdown on charging them up stop and chris is using all of the power to take some fabulous photos. Welcome to click. I know, im not on the sofa dont panic, though. I brought it with me. No, i have not made a dash for it. I am in an electric car on a 300 mile trip across the uk. This is a lockdown mission to find out if an electric vehicle revolution is about to happen. Across the world, governments are pulling up world, governments are pulling up ambitious targets for environmentally friendly transport. The eu aims to reduce its Greenhouse Gases by 80 in the next 30 years and electric vehicles are a big pa rt electric vehicles are a big part of that plan. The uk this week announced its ambition to stop selling cars that are wholly powered by petrol and diesel by the year 2030. So many more of us, it seems, will be buying electric car
Bart, that commute may take you a little longer. Thats because bart has now slowed down their service after temperatures rose over 100 degrees to try to prevent and avoid a potential heatrelated derailment. Now meantime, climate experts say we need to start expecting more frequent heatwaves as the planet continues to heat up. Were sweltering for sure. Reporter sweltering sun and tripledigit temperatures. Thats the trend we need to start expecting here in the bay area. Ive been playing tennis since the age of 6. And i got to say, this is one of the hottest summers that ive been facing. Reps the rt hit the brakes on some of its east bay lines, slowing trains to 44 Miles Per Hour or less to prevent potential problems in the heat. All part of the agencys new policy after tracks warped in tripledigit heat in june, triggering a minor derailment. Stanford professor noah divenbock says we should expect the frequent heatwave shows the up more frequently. Not only is the globe warming, but calif
Joining us now to discuss, liz macdonald, scott martin and mark madsen of madsen money. Thanks to all of you for joining us. It is staggering to me, if you werent in stocks you really lost out. Scott, what do you make of peoples perceptions out there. Their perceptions are usually wrong, melissa. That is the sad part. Look at some of the surveys, said the best time to invest in real estate was . 06, 07, and 08. We know how that story ended. Real estate provides great value and fund to own. Typically not a leveraged transaction. Youre typically on the hook for a lot more than you have to put down. What i dont like as advisor is liquidity trap. Real estate you have hard time to get out of. Real stocks, bonds, you can get out at certain time. You have to watch the lockup with real estate. Melissa emac, interesting people got burned by real estate and stock market at the same time. Thats right. Melissa yet they have lingering feel about stocks. If you got out of your 401 k or not in the ma
Will talk more about that in a moment. Another tough overnight session for global losses in tokyo and india. The road map begins with the retailers rallying best buy, home depot, urban, and they all beat handily expectations, but slightly different than penny. Missing expectations, but trading up as the investors conclude that it could have been worse and appears to be better for eli musk and tesla. After the retailer posts better than stronger earnings and mobile phones and appliances were the strong components of the quarter while gaming is weak. This stock is at a 2 1 2year high today, jim. It is up 2x for the year and a lot of discussion about huber joe l jolie, and if they have found the answer to amazon. Well, that is very good and the gaming is the going to be good in the Fourth Quarter and we have new iterations, and i like gme. This is a remarkable turn, and sometimes you have to say remarkable. Some people have gotten it right. Joey has gotten it right, and shows you how poor
Pete got the pink memo. Pete well bring in everyones share of love of their mother which everyone has today. Griff pete, were subservient to our lovely wives and mothers and cherish them. There is also news out there. Happy mothers day to everybody, but lets get to this. Top White House Coronavirus members testifying in a Senate Hearing on tuesday. Emily comes amid increasing concerns over white house staffers testing positive for the virus. Pete Mark Merideth is live. Mark, good morning. Pete pete, top government officials are keeping physical distance from the white house as they found to be in contact with someone who tested positive for the coronavirus. Among them dr. Anthony fauci. The good news he tested negative for the coronavirus but were told he will get his temperature taken daily to be on the safe side. In a statement the National Institute offing a lettergy and Infectious Diseases said quote he is considered relatively low risk based on the degree of his exposure. He is ta