Enlarge Beer giant Anheuser-Busch InBev is pulling millions of dollars in funding from a controversial study overseen by the National Institutes of Health that aimed to assess the health effects of moderate alcohol consumption, according to a report by The New York Times. The 10-year, $ 100 million study had faced mounting criticism and was […]
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Anheuser-Busch just bought 800 fuel cell Nikola trucks
Enlarge / A mockup of a Nikola truck with the Anheuser-Busch logo. (credit: Anheuser-Busch) On a quarterly financial call Wednesday afternoon, Tesla CEO Elon Musk briefly spoke about a new lawsuit filed by Nikola Motor Company, a Salt Lake City-based hydrogen fuel cell truck startup. Musk said it was a “laughable lawsuit from some company […]
Anheuser-Busch orders up to 800 Nikola hydrogen-fueled big rigs
Budweiser beer maker Anheuser-Busch said on Thursday it reserved up to 800 hydrogen-fueled semi-trucks from Nikola Motor Company as part of plans to convert its dedicated long-haul fleet to renewable powered trucks by 2025. The order would be large when compared to pre-orders so far for Tesla Inc’s all-electric Semi and is further evidence that […]
Anheuser-Busch orders 40 Tesla electric semis
For a beer company that still employs 19th-century teams of draft horses driven by coachmen in striped pants, Anheuser-Busch is pretty keen on the latest technology, announcing it has ordered 40 Tesla electric semis as part of its push to gain efficiencies in its supply chain and reduce its carbon footprint 30 percent by 2025. […]
Craft beer’s argument for not selling out is totally flawed — and it’s great news for Anheuser-Busch and Heineken
REUTERS/Javier Galeano Despite craft brewing fans’ battles against industry giants, most Americans don’t really care who makes the beers that they drink. Forty-five percent of American drinkers believe that independence does not matter when picking a craft beer, according to UBS evidence lab’s third annual survey of roughly 1,200 US alcohol consumers. In other words, almost […]
People are furious that this craft brewer ‘sold out’ to Anheuser-Busch — here’s why the founders say they’re wrong
Wicked Weed It’s a tale as old as time — or at least as old as craft beer. Scrappy homebrewers start a craft beer company. The beer catches on, becomes a cult classic, and gets noticed by a multi-million dollar company, which then acquires the craft brewer. Customers grow furious, and vow never again to drink the […]