Margins, FAANMGs, and Batteries

Check out the accompanying pdf and chart collection. (1) Margin pressure is on. (2) Companies boost sales and raise prices to fight back. (3) Technology helps reduce costs and boost productivity. (4) Meet Flippy, a chicken-wings-cooking robot. (5) Many robots and four humans pick, pack, and ship 200,000 packages a day in one warehouse. (6) FAANMG’s gains slow. (7) Facebook, Amazon, and Apple hold back the gang. (8) Panasonic moves forward with bigger, better Tesla battery. (9) Honeywell utility-scale battery provides power for 12 hours and doesn’t use lithium. (10) Form Energy offers up a 100-hour battery. (11) Bill Gates’ firm invests in ESS. (12) FleetZero wants cargo ships to use batteries, too.