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Comment on Nio's William Li calls for cooperation in more divided world in Harvard speech (full text) by Glenn Bartusch

CN EV Post

Is he even aware that, in order to even sell cars in China, the communists force the foreign company to form a 50:50 joint venture with a Chinese, state owned company? In fact it will be in short order that China eliminates Tesla from the Chinese markets. It will be much needed karma against?

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Karma plans US-built all-electric pickup and SUV

Green Car Reports

Monday, news broke of another electric truck potentially in the works—this one from California-based, Chinese-funded Karma Automotive. According to a Bloomberg report, directly citing Karma’s COO.

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Karma gets farther from FIsker with 2020 Revero GT, electric car concept

Green Car Reports

Chinese-owned, California-based Karma Automotive made clear several years ago that its aspirations go well beyond merely resurrecting production of the car originally known as the Fisker Karma.

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Pininfarina's Italian design may be good Karma for plug-in carmaker

Green Car Reports

Now that venture, renamed Karma after is primary product, following the company's revival at the hands of Chinese investors, has hired a new design firm. Fisker, the luxury plug-in hybrid car company that went bankrupt in 2013, was founded by a car designer.

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Tesla Model 3 dishes out instant karma to driver mocking “brake failure” in China

Teslarati

It is said that karma can be a pretty vengeful thing. But if a recent Tesla crash in China is any indication, karma can be pretty darn ironic and funny too. Images posted on Chinese social media sites showed the now-totaled MG6 flipped over, with its Tesla “Brake failure” sticker bared for everyone to see.

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Karma gets approval to build electric cars in China

Green Car Reports

The original production run of the Fisker Karma luxury sedan was contracted to Valmet Automotive in Finland. But as the Karma Revero, the car will be built at a new facility in California.

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Karma Revero gets more power, BMW 3-cylinder

Green Car Reports

The Karma Revero is getting a long-needed update later this year, and the company has just revealed a few details. You'll recall that the Revero is the continuation of the original Fisker Karma, which went on sale in 2011. The company and its manufacturing facilities for the Karma were bought out by a Chinese company.

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