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In the spring of 2020, as Covid-19 was spreading across the world, General Motors chief executive Mary Barra unveiled a $20bn plan to roll out millions of affordable electric vehicles using battery supply chains sourced in North America. Five years on, GM’s new vice-president of batteries Kurt Kelty has an even bolder ambition: for North … Read more
‘Another Way: Building Companies That Last And Last And Last’, by Dave Whorton with Bo Burlingham Another Way appears, serendipitously, just days after Warren Buffett announced he would step down from Berkshire Hathaway. The legendary US investor is credited here as one inspiration for author Dave Whorton’s interest in “evergreen”, purpose-driven companies that are built … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Tata Consultancy Services is internally investigating whether it was the gateway for a cyber attack against Marks and Spencer that wreaked havoc at the retailer and led to the theft of customer data. The Indian … Read more
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Electric vehicles myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. With a strong rise in electric vehicle sales in Europe so far this year, consumers appear finally to be ready to make their switch away from the internal combustion engine. But car executives say a … Read more
Chinese carmakers have shocked the world’s auto brands with their rapid adoption of electric vehicles. Now the battleground is shifting to autonomous vehicles and many experts believe China is again claiming an early advantage. The battle sees US groups such as Tesla and Waymo, Google’s self-driving project, pitched against BYD, China’s biggest EV group, as … Read more
Republicans in the US House of Representatives narrowly passed President Donald Trump’s major budget bill on Thursday, and BYD has sold more electric vehicles in Europe than Tesla for the first time. Plus, Nvidia builds a buffer to the global trade war, and the US is starting to take the penny out of circulation. Mentioned … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Lies are not the greatest enemy of the truth, according to the philosopher Harry Frankfurt. Bullshit is worse. As he explained in his classic essay On Bullshit (1986), a liar and a truth teller are … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is John Snow Professor of Epidemiology and director of the Center for Infection and Immunity at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health Would you step off the kerb at a busy intersection without scanning for … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Cyber attacks, such as that carried out on Marks and Spencer (M&S), are not uncommon. They are events that are increasing in number and sophistication, making them a big challenge for businesses — and what’s … Read more