During the dark days of travel restrictions, European airlines provided a neat demonstration of the limits of virtual meetings. It was more engaging than many conferences, but also proved a point: predictions of the demise of business travel following the rise of video conferencing platforms such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams were off the mark. Microsoft founder Bill Gates predicted that more than 50 per cent of business travel would disappear, and even some senior airline industry bosses thought a significant chunk was gone forever. Read More...
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Toyota to launch 10 new battery EV models by 2026
Toyota Motor Corp will introduce 10 new battery-powered models and target sales of 1.5 million EVs a year by 2026, aiming for steep growth in a market where it has long been lapped by rivals. Toyota, including its Lexus luxury brand, now has just three battery models on the market and last year sold fewer than 25,000 of those worldwide. Investors and environmental groups have criticised Toyota for being slow to embrace battery-powered cars, saying it has lost ground to Tesla Inc and others that have more nimbly captured fast-growing demand.
