joins me now, head of autos and infrastructure at fitch solutions. good morning to you. so, this has literallyjust come out, hasn t it? what do you make of this plan? it hasn t it? what do you make of this plan? this plan? it really appears to be future this plan? it really appears to be future proofing this plan? it really appears to be future proofing the - this plan? it really appears to | be future proofing the industry for this shift to evs which is already the fastest growing segment in the market, and that brings with it big changes to the manufacturing side of the industry. we have been looking at something similar ourselves and what will be the megatrends in the industry to 2050 and one of those is automation because evs are particularly well suited by manner of having fewer parts to more automated manufacturing and it has an impact on the skill sets that are required for manufacturing. but notjust are required for manufacturing. but not just the are required fo
our business correspondent erin delmore reports from new york. after a panel blew off a boeing 737 max ninejet operated by alaska airlines mid flight on friday, the faa grounded more than 170 other max mines. upon inspection, united airlines found problems with more doors, loose bolts on at least five panels in otherjets of that model. the news was reported by the industry publication air current. united said in a statement that the company, quote, found instances that appear to relate to installation issues in the door plug, for example, bolts that needed additional tightening . that s since saturday when preliminary inspections began. the company also said that these findings will be remedied by our tech ops team to safely return the aircraft to service. boeing shares fell 8% on monday and the incident returned scrutiny to the company after the 2019 grounding of 737 max jets. united and alaska airlines are the two largest operators of the model that s been grounded. inspec
aircraft spell out the initials of charles rex as part of the trooping the colour birthday celebrations in london. now on bbc news karishma vaswani sits down with the head of foxconn in asia s tech titans. this is the man in charge of one of the world s most powerful tech firms. young liu runs foxconn, headquartered in taiwan. its reach is global, it makes almost half of the consumer electronics products on the planet. it is best known for our imacs, ipads and the ubiquitous iphone. now, the company is at a criticaljunction. the united states and china at the moment are engaged in what we see a strategic competition. in a competition when two sides are competing there has to be only one winner. foxconn wants to do business with both and they want to be with both winners, but there can only be one winner. in his first interview with international media, young liu, foxconn s chairman, charts the company s survival. we hope peace and stability will be something the leader of t
and hot on the heels of antony blinken s visit to china. beijing will seek to improve its ties with europe. however, europe has also started to pull away from china to ensure it is not too reliant on their exports. still, there are strong economic ties between germany and china for the last seven years germany has been china s biggest trading partner in europe. so, what is at stake? i m joined by gregor sebastian economics analyst at the mercator institute for china studies based out of berlin. 0ne welcome to the programme. first of all, for the two leaders what do they want to achieve in the next few days? good morning. i mean, the first thing isjust that good morning. i mean, the first thing is just that the meeting is taking place, right? we have a radically different relationship between the two leaders now than we had in devious years. under angela merkel s meant the cabinets on the chinese and german sides had really constant and close relations and this is the firs
max in the spotlight it s the second major safety scandal to put the 737 max in the spotlight the first involved the deaths of 346 people in two crashes in indonesia in 2018 and ethiopia in 2019. addressing employees at its factory in washington state where the planes are assembled chief executive dave calhoun said boeing would approach the issue with complete transparency. when i got that picture, and i hope all of you, in some way, i hope most of you have seen it, and those of you who haven t do look at it, all i could think about was i did not know what happened to whoever was supposed to be in the seat next to that hole in the airplane. i ve got kids, grandkids, and so do you. this stuff matters. earlier i spoke to professor graham braithwaite, director of transport systems at cranfield university and asked him whether customers and investors were reassured by the boeing boss s words. i think we ve seen a big difference in the way that boeing has reacted to this