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BYD Co. is negotiating with Stellantis NV and other European carmakers about taking over underutilized factories in the region, according to the Chinese company’s top international executive. The world’s largest seller of electric vehicles is discussing potential deals to take on plants in countries like Italy, Executive Vice President Stella Li said in an interview Wednesday. “We are talking to n...
BYD Co. is negotiating with Stellantis NV and other European carmakers about taking over underutilized factories in the region, according to the Chinese company’s top international executive. The world’s largest seller of electric vehicles is discussing potential deals to take on plants in countries like Italy, Executive Vice President Stella Li said in an interview Wednesday. “We are talking to not only Stellantis, we’re talking to other companies too,” Li said on the sidelines of the Financial Times Future of the Car conference in London. “We are looking for any available plant in Europe because we do want to utilize this kind of spare capacity.” Li’s comments follow a plan unveiled by Stellantis earlier this month to work more closely with Leapmotor in Europe, with two of the Fiat and Peugeot maker’s Spanish factories producing electric vehicles for the Chinese company. Other European carmakers are also dealing with high costs and intense competition, and are open to similar Chinese deals. BYD would prefer to operate the plants on its own rather than joint ventures, Li said. Under pressure from a price war in China, BYD has been aggressively expanding abroad, with sales soaring in Europe. The brand, whose international expansion is being led by Li, is benefiting from renewed interest in EVs since fuel prices spiked in the wake of the Middle East conflict. Read More: BYD Exports Jump as Soaring Fuel Prices Spur EV Demand BYD has been stepping up hiring from rivals to bolster its Denza line in Europe, Bloomberg News reported last month . The upmarket brand will go on sale in the UK later this year.
Centred around the Wigan Casino and its amphetamine-fuelled all-nighters, this is a passionate portrait of a unique cultural moment and its obsessive high-kicking fans Alan Byron’s film is an absorbing docu-celebration of the northern soul scene that flourished from the late 1960s to the end of the 1970s. It was a fascinating, vernacular youth movement and a kind of regional open secret: a club cu...
Centred around the Wigan Casino and its amphetamine-fuelled all-nighters, this is a passionate portrait of a unique cultural moment and its obsessive high-kicking fans Alan Byron’s film is an absorbing docu-celebration of the northern soul scene that flourished from the late 1960s to the end of the 1970s. It was a fascinating, vernacular youth movement and a kind of regional open secret: a club culture, a zine culture, a music-and-fashion culture which uncynically invented and sustained itself without the need for any svengali figure from London to keep the show on the road. Northern soul fans were passionate about thumpingly sensual mid-60s American soul, a musical style which they kept alive on the all-night dancefloor by doing spectacular spins and drops, while the official voice of the music business decreed that disco or MOR rock or glam or heavy metal was where it was at. DJs would travel to the US to sort through the boxes and mounds of 7-inch vinyl which had been discarded by Motown and the radio stations – basically prospecting for gold – and bring it back to northern English clubs. The principal clearing house was the mighty Wigan Casino which mounted legendary all-nighters from 2am to 8am, attracting soul fans from miles around who knew that this was the only place where certain tracks could be heard. (No Spotify or Apple Music in those days.) Continue reading...
Exclusive: Where parties fielded multiple candidates in last week’s vote, those at top of list were more likely to be picked Fancy your chances in politics? Then perhaps you should change your name to Aaron Aaronson or Aaliyah Aardvark, figures from last week’s local elections in England suggest. A Guardian analysis of election results compiled by the website Democracy Club points to a striking al...
Exclusive: Where parties fielded multiple candidates in last week’s vote, those at top of list were more likely to be picked Fancy your chances in politics? Then perhaps you should change your name to Aaron Aaronson or Aaliyah Aardvark, figures from last week’s local elections in England suggest. A Guardian analysis of election results compiled by the website Democracy Club points to a striking alphabet effect. In wards where a party fielded three candidates, those listed nearer the top of the ballot paper – with a surname nearer the start of the alphabet – finished ahead of their party colleagues in 2,200 cases, or 65% of the time. Continue reading...
Captain Alex Greenwood said ‘nothing comes close’ to club’s £10m facility built specifically for women’s team Whether it is the chopsticks in the canteen with individually engraved names on for Manchester City’s Japanese players, the bespoke pineapple and mango recovery shakes made for Khadija “Bunny” Shaw to satisfy her taste buds or the underwater treadmill allowing players to watch Sky Sports N...
Captain Alex Greenwood said ‘nothing comes close’ to club’s £10m facility built specifically for women’s team Whether it is the chopsticks in the canteen with individually engraved names on for Manchester City’s Japanese players, the bespoke pineapple and mango recovery shakes made for Khadija “Bunny” Shaw to satisfy her taste buds or the underwater treadmill allowing players to watch Sky Sports News while in the recovery pool, it is not difficult to understand why the squad say they love their new women’s team headquarters. The £10m state-of-the-art building, designed for the first team at the City Football Academy adjacent to their Joie Stadium home ground, has everything from hamstring strength testing kit in the gym to a barista-style coffee machine in the canteen, all aimed at maximising performance for female athletes. Along one corridor is printed: “We will find a way to win …” – a mantra repeated by the head coach, Andrée Jeglertz, regularly this season. They hope this facility will help make winning a habit. Continue reading...
Tours of the Forbidden City, state dinners and theatrical handshakes. We a look back at previous visits ahead of Donald Trump’s trip Continue reading...
Tours of the Forbidden City, state dinners and theatrical handshakes. We a look back at previous visits ahead of Donald Trump’s trip Continue reading...
Matter Industries founder Adam Root has developed a filter to trap microfibres at home and on an industrial scale. But is it just a drop in the ocean? The dinky device slots seamlessly into the modest space above my washing machine. A pipe snakes down from it, drawing in wastewater from my clothes washes. At the end of each wash cycle, the machine makes a polite whirring noise: that’s the sound of...
Matter Industries founder Adam Root has developed a filter to trap microfibres at home and on an industrial scale. But is it just a drop in the ocean? The dinky device slots seamlessly into the modest space above my washing machine. A pipe snakes down from it, drawing in wastewater from my clothes washes. At the end of each wash cycle, the machine makes a polite whirring noise: that’s the sound of the groundbreaking bit of technology working, according to its inventor, Adam Root. That invention is a microplastics filter. “The most common thing we hear [from customers] is: ‘I cannot believe how much material is coming out of the washing machine,’” says Root. “Somebody sent me [photos of] dinner-platefuls.” Continue reading...
From Édith Piaf to Charli xcx, a moving study of the ways women express themselves – and the obstacles they face When Lauren Elkin was a child, she took lessons with a voice teacher in Northport, Long Island, who would get her to perform in front of a mirror. Singing songs from the Italian classical repertoire, Elkin – who was a soprano – was required to smile and lift up her eyebrows as she sang ...
From Édith Piaf to Charli xcx, a moving study of the ways women express themselves – and the obstacles they face When Lauren Elkin was a child, she took lessons with a voice teacher in Northport, Long Island, who would get her to perform in front of a mirror. Singing songs from the Italian classical repertoire, Elkin – who was a soprano – was required to smile and lift up her eyebrows as she sang since “it helps with placement”. She was told her breathing should come not from the chest but the diaphragm, and that she must smooth over the vocal break, which is where the chest voice changes into the head voice. Elkin practised hard to make her voice “nearly featureless”, even though she secretly wanted to rebel. Looking back, she wishes she’d understood that she could “work with, not against the imperfections in my voice … with its different colours and resonances, its scratches and cracks like skips on a record, its atmospheric flaws … Embracing the flaws can strengthen the work; through vulnerability can come power.” Continue reading...
Listen to Odd Lots on Apple Podcasts Listen to Odd Lots on Spotify Watch Odd Lots on YouTube Subscribe to the newsletter In 2006, then-Senator Ted Stevens coined an infamous term for how to understand the internet: It's a \ The Web Beneath the Waves: The Fragile Cables That Connect Our World , a book that explains , in detail, that the internet is not, and has never been, truly weightless or wirel...
Listen to Odd Lots on Apple Podcasts Listen to Odd Lots on Spotify Watch Odd Lots on YouTube Subscribe to the newsletter In 2006, then-Senator Ted Stevens coined an infamous term for how to understand the internet: It's a \ The Web Beneath the Waves: The Fragile Cables That Connect Our World , a book that explains , in detail, that the internet is not, and has never been, truly weightless or wireless. In fact, the system in place right now is pretty old school and resembles the telegraph cable network of yore. We talk to Subramanian about the strange contradictions of the undersea cable system, how much basic marine geography — like the Strait of Hormuz or the Suez Canal — informs where cables are laid, and how hard it is protect this vulnerable and vital infrastructure.
Nuclear power is attempting a comeback, but producing the necessary fuel is complex. From mining to enrichment, can new technologies and supply chains scale to power the next generation of reactors? (Source: Bloomberg)
Nuclear power is attempting a comeback, but producing the necessary fuel is complex. From mining to enrichment, can new technologies and supply chains scale to power the next generation of reactors? (Source: Bloomberg)
In 2006, then-Senator Ted Stevens coined an infamous term for how to understand the internet: It’s a “series of tubes.” The funny thing is, that’s a fairly accurate description. Underneath the world’s oceans, miles and miles of fiber-optic cables send packets of information from one location to the next, serving as the backbone of the internet as know it. This infrastructure is delicate, too: Memo...
In 2006, then-Senator Ted Stevens coined an infamous term for how to understand the internet: It’s a “series of tubes.” The funny thing is, that’s a fairly accurate description. Underneath the world’s oceans, miles and miles of fiber-optic cables send packets of information from one location to the next, serving as the backbone of the internet as know it. This infrastructure is delicate, too: Memorably, a 2022 volcanic eruption cut off the island of Tonga from web access for an extended period o
Oil inventories are falling around the world at a record pace and will continue to drop for months as the disruption to Middle East supplies from the Iran war intensifies, according to the International Energy Agency . Global observed oil inventories declined at a rate of about 4 million barrels a day in March and April, according to a monthly report from the agency, which is co-ordinating the rel...
Oil inventories are falling around the world at a record pace and will continue to drop for months as the disruption to Middle East supplies from the Iran war intensifies, according to the International Energy Agency . Global observed oil inventories declined at a rate of about 4 million barrels a day in March and April, according to a monthly report from the agency, which is co-ordinating the release of emergency fuel stocks by major economies like the US, Japan and Germany. The market will remain “severely undersupplied” until October even if the conflict ends next month, it said. The hit to exports is deepening as the conflict continues to effectively shutter the Strait of Hormuz, which connects the Persian Gulf to international markets. Global supplies slumped by a further 1.8 million barrels a day last month, taking total losses since February to 12.8 million barrels a day, according to the report. “Even if there is a solution to the conflict, we do think it will take time — weeks and months — to resume flows through the Strait of Hormuz to a normal pace,” Toril Bosoni , head of the IEA’s oil markets and industry division, told Bloomberg TV an interview. “The longer the disruptions remain in place, and the faster inventories decline, we are going to see increased pressure on prices.” READ: Iran War Is Draining World’s Oil Buffer at an Unprecedented Pace The crisis is also taking a deeper toll on demand, prompting the agency to slash projections for a third month since the conflict began. World oil consumption is set to plunge by 2.45 million barrels a day this quarter, the steepest drop since the 2020 Covid pandemic, as product flows are cut off and prices soar. There are some signs that the inventory drawdown may have slowed slightly in recent days, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc., which pointed to weaker demand from China. “The steepest losses are seen in the petrochemical sector where feedstock availability is becoming increasingly constrained,” accord...
Nissan Motor Co. forecast an operating profit well above consensus estimates, an early indication that cost-cutting measures are helping to alleviate the carmaker’s cash-strapped financial position. The company on Wednesday issued an outlook for ¥200 billion ($1.3 billion) profit for the fiscal year ending March 2027, exceeding than analysts’ average projection for ¥119 billion and the ¥58 billion...
Nissan Motor Co. forecast an operating profit well above consensus estimates, an early indication that cost-cutting measures are helping to alleviate the carmaker’s cash-strapped financial position. The company on Wednesday issued an outlook for ¥200 billion ($1.3 billion) profit for the fiscal year ending March 2027, exceeding than analysts’ average projection for ¥119 billion and the ¥58 billion it posted for the latest fiscal year. The carmaker also booked a ¥240 billion in impairment charges for the latest year. Nissan’s outdated products and revolving-door leadership have done little to chip away at a towering debt load or to bolster weak sales. Chief Executive Officer Ivan Espinosa , now a year into his tenure, has announced thousands of job cuts alongside plans to shutter factories as part of a turnaround effort for a carmaker suffering from overcapacity and an aging vehicle lineup. Espinosa pledged in April to streamline Nissan’s vehicle lineup by cutting 20% of available models, while setting ambitious targets to raise annual sales volumes in the US and China to more than 1 million cars each by 2030. To do that, Nissan will need to reboot its lackluster brand image and stay competitive with peers as the industry spends billions of dollars on electric vehicles with advanced software features. Read More: Nissan Is Betting on ‘China Speed’ to Get Back on Its Feet Nissan shares are down 6.6% this year, after losing about a third of their value over the prior two years. Revenue is projected to climb to ¥13 trillion for the current fiscal year, improving from ¥12 trillion in the just-ended period. Despite its status as one of the pioneers for technologies such as gas-electric hybrids and battery-electric vehicles, Nissan is struggling to compete in both areas in its two largest markets. In the US, it’s hoping to regain a competitive edge by introducing hybrid versions of its best-selling Rogue compact crossover and revamped Xterra sport utility vehicle. The absen...