James MacSmith

Sydney

Real Estate Writer at News.com.au

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Articles

Car giant’s space fight with Musk

1 week ago | news.com.au | James MacSmith

One of the world’s biggest car makers has joined Elon Musk in the race to the stars. Honda has officially entered the space race alongside Musk’s Space X, after Japan’s second largest carmaker announced it had successfully launched a ‘resusable rocket prototype’. In the same week, a Space X rocket dramatically blew up while preparing to take flight, Honda showed it was serious about its space exploration ambitions, first mentioned four years ago.
Australia’s coldest locations revealed

1 week ago | realestate.com.au | James MacSmith |Matt Bell
$500m feeding frenzy as empire implodes

1 week ago | realcommercial.com.au | James MacSmith

The $500m collapse of a hospitality giant is set to spark a feeding frenzy among Australia’s richest pub barons. The collapse of Jon Adgemis’ Public Hospitality Group (PHG), has happened slowly, then suddenly with the former KPMG partner now facing the break up of his beloved empire. The Sunday Telegraph reports PHG has a whopping $500m in debts. A Notice of Application for Winding up Order has been lodged with ASIC.
Huge promise Hemsworths made about Byron Bay

2 weeks ago | realestate.com.au | James MacSmith |Matt Bell
Abandoned ship inferno ‘to burn for a week’

3 weeks ago | news.com.au | James MacSmith |David McCowen

A cargo ship abandoned in the Pacific Ocean, will continue to burn out of control for at least a week, as authorities struggle to rescue the stricken vessel. The Morning Midas was carrying around 3000 cars en route from China to Mexico when it caught fire about 450km southwest of Alaska’s Adak Island. The ship was ferrying 3.048 cars, 70 of which are fully electric and 861 are hybrid vehicles.
Crew abandons EV ship inferno

3 weeks ago | dailytelegraph.com.au | James MacSmith |David McCowen

Don't miss out on the headlines from Motoring. Followed categories will be added to My News. The Morning Midas was carrying around 800 electric vehicles from China en route to Mexico when it caught fire about 450km south of Alaska. The US Coast Guard Alaska Division was called to the scene of the unfolding disaster by a distress call at around 3.15pm on Tuesday (local time) and first witnessed smoke coming from the deck of the vessel, where the EVs were said to be stowed.
Crew abandons ship amid huge EV inferno

3 weeks ago | theaustralian.com.au | James MacSmith |David McCowen

A cargo ship carrying around 3000 cars has been abandoned in the Pacific Ocean and left to burn. The Morning Midas was carrying around 800 electric vehicles from China en route to Mexico when it caught fire about 450km south of Alaska. The US Coast Guard Alaska Division was called to the scene of the unfolding disaster by a distress call at around 3.15pm on Tuesday (local time) and first witnessed smoke coming from the deck of the vessel, where the EVs were said to be stowed.
China’s checkmate on Trump’s tariffs

3 weeks ago | dailytelegraph.com.au | James MacSmith

Don't miss out on the headlines from Motoring News. Followed categories will be added to My News. According to Reuters, three of the world’s major vehicle manufacturers in Toyota, General Motors and Hyundai have warned the Trump Administration that an impending shortage of rare-earth magnets from China, could lead to the shuttering of production lines by the end of June.
China’s checkmate on Trump’s tariffs

3 weeks ago | news.com.au | James MacSmith

Several of the world’s biggest car makers could be forced to shut down their factories ‘within weeks’, due to a critical supply issue, as uncertainty in the industry continues almost unabated. According to Reuters, three of the world’s major vehicle manufacturers in Toyota, General Motors and Hyundai have warned the Trump Administration that an impending shortage of rare-earth magnets from China, could lead to the shuttering of production lines by the end of June.
Banks go to war over Aussie homeowners

1 month ago | realestate.com.au | James MacSmith |Matt Bell