# ‘It’s only when you see 49-ton trucks in China running on batteries that you realize how serious electrification is’: Octopus Energy CEO Greg Jackson on Europe’s incumbency problem

- Source: Fortune | FORTUNE
- Published: 2026-10-30T10:54:46+00:00
- Category: Business
- Original: https://fortune.com/2026/10/30/greg-jackson-octopus-energy-electrification-europe-incumbency/
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In his first Letter from London column for Fortune, Kamal Ahmed, new executive editorial director for Europe reports from a World Economic Forum fraught with tension.

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