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The five hand-picked stories in today鈥檚 edition cover personal lessons from Watergate, how Netanyahu reshaped Israeli politics, Big Tech鈥檚 push to better banking, an homage to holiday workers, and navigating the gender divide at Thanksgiving.

First, if you鈥檝e seen the movie 鈥淔ord v Ferrari,鈥� you鈥檒l recognize the historical echoes with the car industry today. More than five decades ago, Ford was trying to regain its status as an automaker for a younger generation. The debut of the Mustang in 1964 was the embodiment of that goal.聽

Last week, Ford unveiled the Mustang Mach-E, an electric vehicle. 鈥淭his is a Mustang for a new generation,鈥� said Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford. It would be hard to overstate the significance of Ford鈥檚 move. It signals a profound shift. A leading American maker of combustion-engine cars is so confident of the future of electric, it put its signature pony emblem on a vehicle powered by electrons.聽

If there were any doubt about today鈥檚 epic battle, Elon Musk made it explicit last Thursday with the debut of the Tesla Cybertruck, which looks more like a post-apocalyptic DeLorean on steroids than a pickup truck. Mr. Musk claims that there are already 200,000 preorders for the $39,900 e-truck.聽

To rub it in, Mr. Musk posted a 16-second video showing a . The video has been viewed more than 12 million times.

Ford was not amused. For 37 years, the . The Detroit automaker wants a rematch as soon as next week.

Ford versus Tesla: The battle for the future of fossil fuel-free transportation is on.