The race for electric vehicle supremacy

FT News Briefing - A podcast by Financial Times

Two high-profile UK ministers resigned on Tuesday, oil prices had its biggest one-day drop since March, and a Chinese electric car company outsold Tesla in the first half of the year. Plus, Chinese electric vehicle battery companies are on a fundraising blitz. Subscribe to the FT News Briefing on Apple Podcasts or SpotifyMentioned in this podcast:Boris Johnson on the brink after chancellor and health secretary quit UK cabinetWarren Buffett-backed Chinese group BYD overtakes Tesla in global electric vehicle salesChina taps markets for $10bn to cement clean tech supremacyChurch of England taps debt markets with ‘Cranmer’ bondsThe FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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