Indholdsfortegnelse for April 14, 2023 i Newsweek

UNTIL LAST MONTH, LARYSA Atamas did not know where she and her 9-year-old son would go once their time in the U.S. was up in April. What she did know was that going back to the city they once called home—Kharkiv, Ukraine—was not an option. It’s been nearly 14 months since Russia first invaded Ukraine, sparking a refugee crisis and one of the largest mass migrations of the past century. Out of more than 8 million Ukrainians who have fled the country since the war broke out, over 270,000 came to the U.S. For roughly 20,000 of them who, like Atamas, entered the country under the federal government’s humanitarian parole program, their time in America is ticking as the one-year limit on their stays nears. “April is approaching, and we…

2024 Toyota Tacoma TOYOTA WILL INTRODUCE the next generation of its Tacoma midsize pickup truck soon. The fourth generation 2024 Toyota Tacoma is a complete redesign of the model. Its current U.S. sales are more than double those of the next competitor and now Toyota is expected to be the first to offer a hybrid powertrain in a midsize pickup. The truck’s squared off rear corners link the new Tacoma’s design to the body styling of the latest Tundra full-size truck. The automaker has confirmed that it will come with Toyota’s i-Force Max engine. In the Tundra, the twin-turbocharged 3.5-liter power plant produces 437 horsepower and 583 pound-feet of torque and is paired with a 10-speed automatic transmission. 2025 Lucid Gravity LUCID WILL REVEAL ITS NEW Gravity all-electric SUV in…

FORD MOTOR COMPANY’S TRUCKS AND vans are getting more intelligent thanks to Ford Pro’s technological tools. The software has been in existence for more than a year, but it has begun to make a major impact this year as more E-Transit electric vans reach customers, the launch of the revised Super Duty truck line and a ramp up in deliveries of the F-150 Lightning. Ford Pro offers an all-in-one solution for businesses, transforming the way companies do their work and more cohesively linking data to vehicle ownership and corporate management. The Ford Pro brand encompasses five areas: software, service, charging, financing and vehicles. FORD PRO’S BEST FEATURE IS THAT ITS TECHNOLOGY IS SCALABLE.” Ford Pro Intelligence software is a digital suite of solutions designed to help make businesses run more…

AT ITS HEADQUARTERS IN SANT’AGATA Bolognese, Italy, Lamborghini has implemented a multi-pronged strategy to work more cleanly and support environmental research. The company’s “Direzione Cor Tauri” plan is driven by the largest investment in Lamborghini history, €1.5 billion over four years. Under fields next to Lamborghini’s certified carbon-neutral manufacturing base is a pipeline that pushes biomethane gas to the facility. This year the pipeline will supply 50 percent of the power for Lamborghini’s manufacturing operations, replacing natural gas. Two biomethane trigeneration plants produce electricity, heat and cooling that will reduce the company’s carbon footprint by up to 80 percent or 11,400 tons per year. Other sustainability efforts are underway at the manufacturing site. Solar panels absorb energy and provide shade for holding areas. Ninety-five percent of the paint used inside…

TORSTEN MÜLLER-ÖTVÖS HAS SPENT almost 30 years at BMW Group and during much of that time he has led the charge revitalizing not one, but two heralded brands, MINI and Rolls-Royce. He was the director of MINI when it was re-launched globally in 2001. Most recently, Müller-Ötvös has been at the helm of Rolls-Royce, elevating it from an afterthought with a storied history to a choice of the world’s elite. That progress has been measured and all-encompassing, resulting in a 500-percent sales jump during his tenure. “We’ve succeeded because we listen and consistently evolve our products in line with our clients’ tastes and requirements, consciously rejuvenating our brand while retaining our innate exclusivity and rarity,” Müller-Ötvös tells Newsweek. “I believe perfection is an ever-moving target. It is not finite or…

In Focus THE NEWS IN PICTURES NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE Girls embrace in front of a makeshift memorial for victims of the fatal shooting at the Covenant School on March 28. The day before, a heavily armed former student killed three third-grade children and three school staff. The 28-year-old shooter, who surveilled the campus and planned the attack with a detailed map, was shot dead by police. Occurring during the 13th week of the year, the tragedy was at least the 130th mass shooting in the U.S. this year according to the Gun Violence Archive, more than at this point in any year since 2013.…

THOUGH THE PANIC OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IS FIRMLY in the rearview mirror for most of the world, the effects of the virus on the automotive industry remain. Overcoming those challenges while continuing to evolve both practices and products are the themes of 2023. This year’s Auto Disruptors are moving full speed ahead on innovation, finding solutions to longstanding problems, using cutting-edge technology and pushing the limits of propulsion. They’re also focusing on reducing, reusing and recycling to make their businesses more sustainable. And they are seeing the fruits of over a decade of planning in technology, sustainability and product innovation. “The auto industry has shown its resiliency and willingness to evolve as it navigates out of the pandemic and continues toward electrification rollout amidst a looming recession,” Paul Waatti,…

BEING A VISIONARY MEANS TAKING the yellow brick road in a world of gravel, asphalt and cement, and setting the course for others to find the pathway ahead. Seeing beyond the confines of the world as it exists today, to imagine the possibilities for the future of the auto industry in terms of technology, fuels, product and sustainability, is why Oliver Zipse, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG, is Newsweek’s Auto Disruptors Visionary of the Year. Zipse has spent his entire 30-plus-year career at BMW AG, rising from his first job as a technical planning trainee to become chairman of the board in 2019. Spending his professional lifetime at the same company, however, doesn’t mean that Zipse has spent his four-year tenure as chairman working to maintain…

GENESIS HOUSE, A 46,000-SQUARE-FOOT space, in New York City’s Meatpacking District is not just an auto showroom. It’s also a place to experience Korean culture and food or take in a fashion show. The three-floor location features a restaurant, tea pavilion, showroom, stage, library and garden, all of which can be enjoyed whether you are a Genesis owner or not. And it is the reason Genesis is the winner of this year’s Marketing Strategy of the Year honors. Fashion is often featured at Genesis House. Last August, the company partnered with New York City-based label MONSE for the “Make Your Mark” event featuring the new Genesis G90. Vogue featured Genesis House in its September and October issues. During New York Fashion Week in September, designer Peter Do debuted his “Foundation”…

“DOING MORE WITH LESS” IS A KEY GOAL across the auto industry, but nowhere is it more important than in electric vehicle powertrains. Every gram that can be removed means more range and less charging time. The electric motors in Lucid’s Air sedan can deliver up to 1,200 horsepower. A single 67-pound motor provides up to 670 horsepower. The sedan’s stator, the part of the motor that stays stationary, produces a denser magnetic field than competitors’ using a new type of square-bar winding. That allows for smaller permanent magnets and more power than a Tesla Model 3 motor in a package that is 30 percent smaller. It can be assembled robotically while many competitors need to string their windings by hand. Lucid also found a new way to add more…

PeriscopeNEWS, OPINION + ANALYSIS POLITICS AS THE 2024 ELECTION SEASON DRAWS NEAR, immigration policy on the southern border has emerged as a make-or-break issue for both parties. For Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, who recently switched her affiliation from Democrat to independent, it also represents an opportunity—a chance to leave behind a reputation as an obstructionist among some members of her former party and build her image as a bipartisan dealmaker who can get things done in a divided congress. A deal can come none too soon. Last month, in what’s become an all-too-familiar occurrence, hundreds of migrants tried to rush across the bridge from Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, to El Paso, Texas, shouting “we want to get through!” On the other side, outnumbered border agents sat behind temporary barriers, ready…

THE BEST EXECUTIVES DON’T JUST ZIG WHEN everyone else zags, they know exactly the right time to zig. That’s how the winner of Newsweek’s Auto Disruptor Executive of the Year Akio Toyoda earned this honor. During his 13-year tenure as Toyota Motor Corporation’s president, Toyoda didn’t always go with the auto-industry flow, instead plotting a separate course for the company that his grandfather founded—one that has enabled Toyota, in a fast-changing, challenging business environment, to retain its spot as one of the world’s largest automakers. While most of the world’s auto market is rushing to electric vehicles, Toyoda, a car racer himself, put his company’s mission forward as “no more boring cars,” rather than battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) first. He utilized the Toyota Racing Development wing of the company to bring…

Culture MUSIC THE MEMBERS OF BOYGENIUS—Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus—seem less like a supergroup and more like best friends who happen to be gifted musicians. Sitting together for an interview with Newsweek, there is a lot of joking and laughing between the three Their chemistry is evident on their just-released the record (Interscope Records), boygenius’ first full-length studio album since their 2018 self-titled debut EP. After touring together in 2018, the band members went back to their own busy solo careers: Bridgers released her 2020 album Punisher and in 2021, Baker put out her album Little Oblivions and Dacus released hers, Home Video. “I think saying goodbye to each other felt like ‘until next time’ to me,” Bridgers says. “Did you guys feel that? Did you really feel…