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Quick Charge Daily Pod: Polestar 3 variants, new EV Caddy, more

Baua Electric

Stories we discuss in this episode (with links): First Stellantis EV in the US draws strong interest from dealers Cadillac teases new Opulent Velocity performance EV concept, is it too little too late? Add Electrek to your Google News feed. Stay up to date with the latest content by subscribing to Electrek on Google News.

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Daimler opens new MB R&D center in Beijing, presents G-Code hydrogen-electric plug-in hybrid all-wheel drive concept

Green Car Congress

As a key element for our sustainable growth strategy in China, our new R&D Center will help us to fully tap our potential here and give our Chinese customers’ voice even more weight in our global network and future product development. With these collaborations, Mercedes-Benz engineering teams get also access to a vast Chinese talent pool.

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The Tesla of vans? Renault and Volvo create Flexis to revolutionise electric light commercial vehicles

EV Central

Within the new van, Renault-Volvo bosses describe the new Flexis as a Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) with an operating system based on Google’s Android OS that allows fleet operators to integrate their own software into the van via the Google Cloud.

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Volvo XC40 Recharge and Polestar 2: EV cousins offer different takes on “premium”

Charged EVs

You might not know it to look at them, but these two cars—one Swedish, one Chinese—share underpinnings and a parent company. Volvo and its Chinese parent Geely are very serious about selling cars that plug in. They are likely a good deal younger, and perhaps rather more Chinese, than I am.

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Road Test: 2021 Polestar 2

Clean Fleet Report

The secret is that Polestar is an electric performance brand from Volvo and its Chinese owner, Geely Holding. As the setup was done already, all I did was say, “Hey, Google, play Bluegrass,” and the friendly female voice said, “I’m choosing Indie Bluegrass from Spotify,” and that was that. Google in the car. Competitors.

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Is the Chinese Jiyue 07 the most beautiful electric sedan in the world? The Germans say ‘Ja’

EV Central

Rattling its more established rivals from European, American, Japanese and Korean car brands, the Jiyue is the work of a collaboration between Geely and China’s Google-rivalling tech giant Baidu. The post Is the Chinese Jiyue 07 the most beautiful electric sedan in the world? Jiyue 07 electric sedan. Jiyue 07 electric sedan.

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IEEE Spectrum’s Top Telecom Stories of 2023

Cars That Think

Google Develops Quantum-Safe Security Keys GK Images/Alamy The looming advent of quantum computing has had cybersecurity researchers hunting for ways to make cryptographic systems that can withstand the new capabilities of such computers. A time interface that can naturally reverse signals would be much faster and less complex.

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