Robot threat to drivers’ jobs in China heralds wider shift

Five minutes after being ordered on an app, a taxi arrives outside a small McDonald’s on the edge of Shanghai. There is no welcome from a driver, because there is no driver. After entering a pin code into a panel on the rear door and jumping into the back seat, a disembodied voice from a… Continue reading Robot threat to drivers’ jobs in China heralds wider shift

US electric vehicle sales slow as Trump champions petrol

Four years ago, General Motors became the first of the world’s biggest carmakers to set a 2035 target to stop selling passenger vehicles powered by the internal combustion engine. Since then, sales of electric vehicles have grown steadily even in the US, which has lagged far behind China and Europe in the transition away from… Continue reading US electric vehicle sales slow as Trump champions petrol