• Volvo may have switched to solely producing electric vehicles by 2030, said CEO Hakan Samuelsson at the FT Future of the Car Summit on Thursday. • The internal combustion engine is "a technology of the past", Samuelsson said. • Volvo forecasts that one in five of its sales will be electric vehicles this year, and half of all sales to be electric vehicles by 2025.

• Ethical lifestyle brand startup Someone Somewhere raised $1.7 million to launch in the US after its successful launch in Mexico and plans to raise between $5 million and $7 million in a Series A round within a year. • The website works with more than 200 Latin American artisans to produce clothing and accessories, helping lift them out of poverty. As it launches into the US, it will scale up to 300 artisans. • Here's an exclusive look at the pitch deck it's used to bring new investors on boar

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This year’s James Dyson Award has been awarded to an Imperial design-engineering student, Ryan Yasin, who is the first to design a collection of origami-inspired garments that fit growing kids. The Dyson Award is an annual international design competition, running in 23 countries. It is geared towards engineering, industrial design and product design university students, as well as former students who have graduated in the past 4 years. The award – £2,000 for the national competition, and £30,0

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