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from five different continents through the magic of our video link, as well as a large audience here in the gallery for a programme that will be broadcast on bbc world service, on radio and television. the climate catastrophe and the sheer weight of traffic on our roads and the horrific rate of accidents that they cause has forced a revolution in the way we think about cars. with me today are three engineers who are at the forefront of that revolution. we have arjo van der ham from the netherlands who is the chief technical officer at a company called lightyear. he has developed the world s first family sized solar powered car. jamie shotton, an expert in al and in autonomous vehicles. he is the chief scientist at a company called wayve and he is here to tell us about autonomous driving vehicles and, last but not least we have linda zhang from the united states. she is the chief engineer for the f150 lightning and has managed somehow to electrify one of america s most i ....
that is double the number before the pandemic. so this is a mock up restaurant. you won t find a customer in here. the boss of this suffolk hotel chain shows me the training centre he started in march to help recruit and retain staff. you have to do something about it yourself because no one is going to give you these people, and if you want them to stay, you have got to give them the skills and the confidence to be with you. labour shortages now, but could that tide be about to turn? at the alex cafe, they are open all week three days only, though, upstairs. but the owner is in no rush, with rising energy costs for him and his customers. i ve done the job for over a0 years and it has never been like this. you know, you have always been able to see a path, however steep that path is, or how difficult. at the moment, it is almost like an abyss. we could be looking at £100,000 per year extra extra on energy. you know, that s £2,000 per week. he is trying to keep i ....
She is the chief engineer for the f150 lightning and has managed somehow to electrify one of america s most iconic and brilliant cars. pleasejoin me in welcoming them today. applause linda, let s start with you. people outside the united states probably will not know what an icon the f150 is. yes, it is. f series is such an iconic brand and it s responsible for $112 billion of revenue so that is 17 million units on the road pretty much at any given time since 2020. and it s a bit of a gas guzzler, you get, i think, eight kilometres a litre out of it and your role in electrifying this vehicle has made you woman of the year according to usa today and put you on the cover of time magazine. were you expecting all the fuss? for myself, personally, definitely not. ....