company and basically to please shareholders going ahead, but of course with toyota they will be on the defensive, particularly because of the so called scandal involving not just toyota but toyota, honda, mazda, suzuki, yamaha motor, whole number of companies there. so imagine this will be there. so imagine this will be the main topic of the meeting. there may be some questions about keeping costs under control, the effect of the weekend, perhaps the decline in demand for electric vehicles, but really they are going to be tackling this problem head on. ijust tackling this problem head on. i just wanted to say on that point how do you feel that controversy is likely to impact the company, short and long term. i the company, short and long term. ~ , ., term. i think the short term, we can t term. i think the short term, we can t deny term. i think the short term, we can t deny the term. i think the short term, we can t deny the news - term. i think the short term, we ca
because of the so called scandal involving notjust scandal involving not just toyota scandal involving notjust toyota but honda, mazda, suzuki, yamaha, a whole load of companies there. this will be a sensitive topic of the meeting. there may be some questions about keeping costs under control, the effect of the week and perhaps the decline in demand for a period where really they will be tackling this problem head on stop i to say on that point how do you feel that controversy is likely to impact the company short and long term? short term we cannot deny the news of what has happened here, buti deny the news of what has happened here, but i think it needs to be put into context. we don t actually have any cheating going on here. this is really it, it s somewhere between the bureaucratic way that the japanese test cars and actually being driven by one of the ministries, excuse the pun, and the way we reported this. what we are talking about here is actually just a what we are
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0ur north america business correspondent michelle fleury is in new york. a couple of things going on, one about keeping costs down and getting people back into the cabs after the pandemic? if people back into the cabs after the andemic? , ., ., ., ~ people back into the cabs after the andemic? , ., ., pandemic? if you look at the ridershi- pandemic? if you look at the ridership numbers, - pandemic? if you look at the ridership numbers, they - pandemic? if you look at the ridership numbers, they are | pandemic? if you look at the i ridership numbers, they are up pandemic? if you look at the - ridership numbers, they are up 2696 ridership numbers, they are up 26% from a year ago and you also have the number of drivers are up 33% from a year ago, that is significant because one of the stories people were getting used to the pandemic and emerging from that, was that there was not enough drivers and it led to longer waiting times and higherfares and there led to longer waiting times and hi
30,000 people are already working on the project, which is meant to cutjourney times and increase capacity. the stretch linking 0ld 0ak common and birmingham is scheduled to open by the end of 2033, with euston station in central london opening later. the line s due to reach crewe by 2034, and get to manchester by 2041. an eastern leg would follow to the east midlands. plans to build this all the way to leeds were scrapped. hs2 has long been marked by rising costs and delays. so, birmingham s to the north. high inflation has forced a fresh focus on keeping costs down to avoid busting the current budget. we are looking at the timing of the project, the phasing of the project, looking at where we can use our supply chain to secure a lot of those things that are costing us more through inflation. are there smarter ways of buying our energy, for example? how can we engineer the job in a different way? and would delaying some parts of the project help to save money, and is that something be