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2025 is being a relief for the sale of electric cars in Europe. For everyone, except for Tesla

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Although the electric vehicle park in Europe is still very much from what the European Union He plans For the next few years, the truth is that the European market for electric vehicles lives its best stage to date. And is that its growth It has been 26% In the first eight months of the year. In contrast to this, it is also worth focusing on Tesla, a brand that leads the electric vehicle segment on the continent with its Model and and that, however, Its sales have decreased significantly. Tesla still does not lift heads. Tesla keeps Model and as the electric most selling from Europebut their figures tell a different story. Between January and August, sales have been 83,314 units for Model Y. If we compare the figures with the same period of the previous year, we see that it is a brutal decrease of 34%. He Model 3which occupies third place in sales, does not escape the trend with a drop of 29% and 50,237 units sold. The company now faces a radically different context than that of only a few years ago, since there is greater diversity of electric vehicles and competition. If we look at concrete markets, the firm fell significantly in August in France, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands and Italy, as points Reuters In France they fell 47.3% in August, and in Sweden 84%. However, it should be noted that in Spain (1,435 cars sold in August) and Norway (rebound of 21.3%) their sales have grown, although the percentage is much lower than the performance of ByD in these regions. In Germany, which is where the brand has greater competition, between January and August They sold 11,441 cars. The American manufacturer is located in Germany in thirteenth position, behind Opel, with 13,000 electric cars sold in the same period. There was a year in which Tesla maintained the first position in this country, back in 2022, when the firm sold almost 70,000 cars Only that year. Now, with much more competition and expansion of the rest of the manufacturers, the context is very different. Volkswagen takes control. While Tesla goes back, traditional European manufacturers take advantage of the wave. Volkswagen has been crowned as The largest electric seller in August With 16,105 units, a spectacular jump of 45% year -on -year thanks to its ID.3, ID.4 and ID.7 models. Tesla was second with 14,245 cars sold during that same month, but with a general fall of 23%. BMW completed the podium with 12,546 electric vehicles, growing 7%. More adoption, but it still remains. Between 2024 and 2025, Europe has lived constant growth in the adoption of electric vehicles, the result of the largest variety of vehicles that are available for purchase, and the growing evolution in infrastructure and incentives. The 154,582 electric vehicles sold In August they represented 20% of the total new cars sold that month. Several manufacturers They point That a 20-25% quota is sufficient to meet EU emission objectives by 2025-2027, although there is still a cloth to cut, especially for The objectives that the agency is scheduled for 2030 and 2035. The conquest of China. Chinese manufacturers, especially bydthey have broken into European territory. According to data From Jato Dynamics, Byd came to overcome Tesla in April in some regions, tripling his enrollments in certain periods. Chinese competition combines competitive prices with a diverse range that includes plug -in hybrids, gaining ground despite EU tariffs. Then it is that Byd is the one that resonates the most, but there is everything A flood of Chinese brands settling in Europe, as is the case of MG, Xpeng or Nio, among many others. In Xataka | Hyundai has tired of the autonomy of its electric cars. Your solution: copy China and stuff them a combustion engine

Thermal relief is already here but with a hand warning

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The heat, undisputed protagonist of the first half of summer, seems to give us A truce. This time it is not a two or three day truce in which storms lower the temperature for a couple of days before the return of temperatures even more extreme than the previous ones. More fresh. Meteorological models foresee a week closer to normal as far as temperatures are concerned. Moreover: during the next few days We can see negative thermal anomalies In much of the Iberian Peninsula, that is, cooler temperatures than would correspond to these dates. Looking at the polar jet. How have we gone from a record heat to this “normality”? The answer to this question seems to be, mainly, in the Polar jet. More specifically, in the undulations that this current draws over its course. The polar jet is a barrier that separates cold air masses from the warmer air pole from subrtical latitudes. When winding can make polar air masses reach lower latitudes, bringing instability to these areas, which is what is expected to occur this week. We continue in summer. Of course from the State Meteorology Agency (Aemet) Remember that we continue in summer, and near the cannula, so fresh temperatures do not imply that heat will be completely. The forecasts Aemet talk about temperatures that could continue to exceed 34º in areas of the south during much of the week. In fact the Keep several notices For high temperatures for the next few days, in some areas of Andalusia, Murcia and Alicante. These notices will live on Wednesday with storms and rain warnings in some areas of the Pyrenees. Thermal relief will not imply a somewhat revolt situation. A new trough. And it is that thermal relief will not imply a less revolt situation. A trough driven by the polar jet will bring storms that can be intense in areas of the north and west. It is expected that the worst of this episode will begin to be noticed on Wednesday north of the Mediterranean aspect, extending during the following days to Levante and Balearic Islands. According to Describe Geographer Samuel Biener In Meteored, “it is not an episode of generalized rains, but of torments of a very irregular nature and capable of generating adverse phenomena, something that is common at this time.” On Friday the trough will lose its influence on our territory. Back to heat? By the weekend the situation could change again, which seems to indicate the return of heat for next week. Although There is still uncertaintysome models indicate the return of the heat at altitude, which would advance the arrival of new warm episodes such as those we saw the month of June. It may be more if we take into account its proximity to the days of cannula. In Xataka | The hydrological bonanza could not be eternal: drought is a real threat after an extremely warm, and also dry June Image | ECMWF

The US already has the first salmon cultivated in the laboratory. It is a relief for wipes who ask for the time

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The world is hungry for fish, but goes through areas. In Spain, Consumption is downhillso much that fishmongers want to reinvent themselves to serve our pets Before us. In other countries, such as China, That hunger is voraciousto the point that your folders They have been small And they are Going for those of Latin America. To avoid folding, there are those who investigate “alternative proteins”, And in the United States they have already developed the first salmon cultivated in the laboratory that is served in a restaurant. And with a series of advantages that does not really have salmon. Fish hunger. The forecasts They point out that the global aquatic food consumption will double by 2050 compared to the 2015 levels. That will imply that it will go from about 80 million tons annually to almost 155 million tons. The problem is that production must follow the rhythm. It is something promoted by population growth, the improvement of quality of life in certain countries and the development of aquaculture. As we say, China has a role in this story because it is not only the largest world consumer of fish, but it is also creating huge ships to raise new fish. And in Africa also An increase in demand is being seen. According to the FAOto maintain consumption until 2050, total production should increase by 22%, and is a capital challenge. That’s where the laboratory alternative becomes interesting. Cultivating salmon. Wildtype It is a company that has attracted to investors Like Jeff Bezos, Mandamás de Amazon, but also actors such as Leonardo DiCaprio or Robert Downey JR. Currently, they operate a factory in San Francisco and have just launched the ‘Saku’. This is cultivated salmon that is designed to eat when Sashimi stylewith a texture, flavor and ‘freshness’ comparable to really salmon. Here the key is to know how this salmon has been cultivated (it becomes weird to speak in those terms of a fish). The researchers extracted real salmon cells, specifically from salmon coho in their fry stage. In BIORREACTORS And using a patented “nutrient mixture”, cultivate those cells, combining the resulting cell mass with vegetable ingredients to replicate both the texture and the taste of traditional salmon. As they expose in The Washington Posta salmon can take about two years to mature, but in two weeks a 220 grams “fish” block can be created with the Wildtype method. And claim that it has a nutritional and omega-3 profile similar to that of wild salmon. One from Saku “NO OBJECTION”. And what do agencies that decide what enters, and what not, in circulation in the United States think? Well, they have no objections. ” Each country or region has a health entity that is the one that establishes a regulation that allows certain substances and products to be present in what we eat. They do not always agree, but if a product wants to enter a market, it must pass under the magnifying glass of that body. In the case of the United States, it is the FDA (Food and Medicines Administration of the United States) that, at the end of May, He gave permission to Wilkdtype so that your cultivated salmon is marketed. With that success, the cultivated salmon has already debuted in Kanna famous Haitian restaurant located in Portland, but it is expected that little by little it will arrive at more restaurants and shops in the form of ‘false’ packaging. Looking at the advantages. As with the coffee without coffeesalmon without salmon will allow maintaining the production of a very consumed food, but without continuing to measure in some wipes that agonize. But as important as sustainability, reduction of overfishing and habitat destruction which implies, is the issue of food security. This ‘Saku’ occurs in a production environment controlling, which minimizes exposure to pollutants, parasites and something that, unfortunately, is present in practically everything we eat, but above all the food from the sea: The microplastics. And another from Saku And the fishermen? When something that replaces something already established, the first question that comes to mind is what will happen to what moves to give way to the new. We have seen it from the Industrial Revolution, with AI and to Wimbledon with the Line judges being replaced by a computer. And, in this case, the question is whether something like this seeks to replace fishermen. Justin Kolceck is the co -founder of Wildtype and, in this article of the Washington Post, he comments that they do not seek to put fishermen outside the business or “eliminate the need for aquaculture. The amount of fish consumed is booming and the projections are so high that we will really need all the production we are doingin addition to the traditional and some more help in the world of plants to meet demand. For my part, I only have to add that in some Spanish supermarkets there is already salmon based on plants and oil and, although it reminds the taste of the animal, the texture does not look like. Maybe that Saku is the answer … Image | Lou Stejskal In Xataka | Until the 90s nobody in Japan ate sushi with raw salmon. Until a marketing campaign changed everything

It is a relief for the world economy

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The United States and China have announced Monday that they have reached an agreement to temporarily reduce the import tariffs that had been announced previously. The Escalada in the Commercial War Between both countries I was having a huge impact on the economy, but now both sign a truce that can be the beginning of a new commercial balance. What happened. In a joint advertisement, both countries have indicated that they reduce their tariffs over the next 90 days, which will continue the negotiations initiated this weekend. As indicated In The New York TimesUnited States will reduce Chinese import tariffs 145% to 30%, while China will apply 10% tariffs to US imports, when that figure It was 125% before this truce. Source: The New York Times. “Shared interest”. Scott Besent, US Treasury Secretary, indicated at the press conference in Geneva that both countries have concluded that “we have a shared interest. The consensus by both delegations is that none of the parties wanted a decoupling (commercial).” China again export rare earths. Another decisions in this agreement is that China will suspend the Rare exports restrictions. This measure had been taken as retaliation Before the ads of the tariffs by the US, but now the North American country will have access to these critical materials for industries such as car, aerospace or semiconductors. A break for the world economy. This reduction in tariffs is a hopeful pause for a worrying situation. The consequences of tariffs are already being noticed in the industry and of course in the technology prices we buy. There are many companies that have tried to react in the most appropriate way to mitigate the impact of tariffs on their business and customers. The Big Tech Like Apple “With a lot of movement.” surrounding iPhone– They were being clear examples of those impacts, which also noticed Google goal. More steps back. The truce in the imposition of tariff Like that of semiconductors. It was the first sign that Donald Trump was realizing that these measures were a foot shot for the US. A Way for the Descale. Both decisions point to a renewed intention for renegotiating the terms of trade agreements between the two major world powers. Mark Williams, Capital Economics analyst, explained that this agreement is “another substantial withdrawal of the aggressive Trump administration position.” The 90 days that will allow both parties to try to reach a new agreement in the application and dimension of tariffs. Battle won from China? Analysts like Zhiwei Zhang, from Pinpoint Asset Management, explained that “from the perspective of China, the result of this meeting is a success, since China took a determined position in front of the US threat of high tariffs and ended up getting the reduction of tariffs without making significant concessions.” Uncertainty. Responsible for the European Chamber of Commerce in China indicated feeling “encouraged” for the announcement, although they made it clear that uncertainty persists Because this decision is only temporary. The Hong Kong stock index has grown by 3% after the announcement, and practically the same has happened in the case of the S&P 500 futures index. Image | Cage Skidmore | Paul Kagame In Xataka | Chinese companies have found a “shortcut” to dodge US tariffs: re -estate in South Korea

Hunting has been printed in the National ID of Spain for centuries. Now you have a problem: there is no relief

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Hunting ages in Spain. A lot. Fast. And in a way that invites you to think that in a matter of decades the collective, which until not so long ago He presumed That only federated soccer and basketball surpassed him in the number of federated, he will see his even smaller weight. This is reflected at least A study Posted in People and Nature in which it is analyzed how the practice of hunting in the Iberian Peninsula has evolved throughout the last half century and what are the forecasts for the next decades. The scenario they paint is not precisely flattering and leaves several questions, such as their impact on the mountains. Hunting in Spain, under examination. That is what a group of researchers has done, among which there are several members of the Pyrenean Institute of Ecology (IPE-CSIC), In a broad article Posted in the magazine People and Nature. The title already leaves little margin for interpretations: “The demographic collapse of hunting in the Iberian Peninsula”. For analysis, experts have analyzed six Spanish regions (Navarra, Madrid, Aragon, Castilla-La Mancha, Murcia and Andalucía) and Portugal, covering a population of hunters that in 2020 reached 583,575. Work graph published by Mario Gaspar and the rest of the authors in “People and Nature”. A percentage: 45%. One of the first conclusions reached by researchers is that the population of hunters has been reduced notably during the last half century. And if the trend is maintained, it will continue to do so in the coming years. The study It shows that in the last and a half decade the number of hunters fell in the area analyzed by 26%, a percentage that rises to 45% if we expand the focus to 50 years. In practice that translates into moving from about 1.06 million in 1970 to just under 800,000 in 2005 and lowering the 600,000 in 2020. And the researchers already warn that the future does not paint better. “By 2050, if the average trends observed during the last five decades are followed, hunters throughout the study area are expected to decrease by 70%,” They point The authors of the study. As a reference, they remember that in 2007 Spain added 980,000 hunters, the second largest registration in Europe, only surpassed by France. Its calculations point out that in 2050 in the area studied, which does not cover the entire country but much of the territory will remain 176,815. The key: the generational relief. One of the great challenges with which hunting is the lack of wise new. The aging of the population, the rural exodus and social and cultural changes have taken its toll to the collective and that is clearly reflected in Your figures. Researchers talk about the fact that, at least in the regions they have analyzed, “recruitment” has decreased more than 89% in just 50 years. From 44,000 new hunters between 1970 and 1979, it went to less than 5,000 in the 2010 to 2020. And the descents were even greater in regions with a strong tradition, such as Castilla-La Mancha or Portugal, both with falls that exceed 90%. The result is that the participation of young people in hunting has dropped to “Historical minimum”further complicating the future of the activity. The largest proportion of young hunters is found in the smallest municipalities, of less than 100 inhabitants, where it reaches 14%. In the localities with more than 10,000 neighbors that incidence collapses below 1%. Work graph published by Mario Gaspar and the rest of the authors in “People and Nature”. ​ One more aged group. The result is obvious. It is increasingly easy to meet in Spain with major hunters, which have passed 60 years. And more difficult to see twenty -year -old or thirties by the mountain with the shotgun hanging on the shoulder. If the trend does not vary over the next few years the researchers already They warn that in the middle of this century the proportion of hunters who have already blown the 60 candles will go from 40 to 61%, thus becoming a comfortable majority. “The hunting population studied, with about 600,000 hunters, is strongly aged, being the most abundant cohort that between 61 and 70 years, and its prevalence is eight times higher in smaller populations than in large cities,” They reflect The authors of the study. The figures are again revealing: the strip of hunters from 61 to 70 years was the most abundant, with 23%, despite the fact that experts detected that the abandonment of hunting is accelerated from 65 years. The age cohort below 20 years is testimonial, with only 0.92%. Question of changes. Change hunting, but also changes society and the Spanish population itself. In fact your Paulatino Aging It coincides with that of the whole of society and the abandonment of the rural one, another key that seems to affect the practice of hunting. Researchers have proven that the average participation rate is much higher in small municipalities than in the large ones: in the villages of less than 100 neighbors it reaches 8%, compared to 1% in those of more than 100,000 inhabitants. With all the population weight of the latter, he explains that most hunters reside in large locations, especially those between 10,000 and 100,000 censored. The global photo can be even worse for the collective, since, like They recognize The authors themselves, the investigation does not cover the whole of the Spanish territory. “The real decrease rates throughout the Iberian Peninsula are probably higher, since the regions not included in our study, located mainly in the northwest of Spain, are the most aging and where the hunting is likely to have decreased more,” they assume. A fact, several questions. The study of People and Nature It is interesting because it reflects, with concrete figures and percentages, the “demographic collapse” that hunting in the peninsula is suffering. However, those same data leave some important questions, one of them outlined In the report itself: … Read more

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