Transcript: What does the future of the car look like?

Receive free Automobiles updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Automobiles news every morning. Jim Rowan, chief executive of Volvo Cars, spoke to Peter Campbell, FT global motor industry correspondent, at FT Live’s Future of the Car conference in London last month. This is an edited transcript of his… Continue reading Transcript: What does the future of the car look like?

Carmakers navigate a rocky road towards zero emissions

For years, Toyota revealed little about its plans for electric vehicles (EVs). But, as more and more carmakers went all-in on battery-powered cars, the Japanese group put aside its traditional reticence late last year — and showed off a long list of zero-emission models that it aimed to make in the future. “Typically, the tradition… Continue reading Carmakers navigate a rocky road towards zero emissions

In charts: e-transport momentum slows in tandem with Covid

Receive free Sustainability updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Sustainability news every morning. A spate of infrastructure projects in cities over the past two years — undertaken while fewer people were on the roads due to Covid restrictions — has improved micromobility take-up in some countries. But despite… Continue reading In charts: e-transport momentum slows in tandem with Covid