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Chinese Joint Venture Will Begin Mass-Producing an Autonomous Electric Car

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In October, a startup called Jidu Automotive , backed by Chinese AI giant Baidu and Chinese carmaker Geely , officially released an autonomous electric car, the Robo-01 Lunar Edition. And what features will Robo-01 use to keep drivers’ hands on the wheel, as required under current Chinese law? In 2023, the car will go on sale.

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NEVS and Phantom Auto collaborating on autonomous vehicles

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NEVS (formerly Saab Automobile) and Phantom Auto, the leading provider of teleoperation safety technology for autonomous vehicles (AVs), are collaborating to ensure the optimally safe and efficient deployment of NEVS’ electric AVs throughout the world. —Stefan Tilk, CEO of NEVS.

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NEVS and DiDi partner up for future mobility; EV optimized for DiDi services

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NEVS was founded in 2012 and acquired the main assets of the Saab Automobile bankruptcy estates. In January 2017, the Chinese government approved NEVS’ application to start production of electric vehicles in its manufacturing plant in Tianjin. In March 2017, DiDi launched DiDi Labs in Mountain View, California.

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Geely raises $400M via Green Bonds sale to develop and produce TX5 range-extended electric London taxis

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China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (ZGH) has raised $400 million through the first Green Bond sale on the offshore market from a Chinese automobile company to support the design, development and production of range-extended electric vehicles by its UK subsidiary, the LondonTaxi Company (LTC), manufacturer of the iconic London Black Cab.

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Why Cyberwarfare Is Overhyped

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And a lot of people were asking when the book came out in 2017, “What about cyber war? There’s very, very little regulation on the automobile because the power of the United States was as an industrial behemoth, and the idea is like, “We don’t want to stop that.” What about cyber war?” And so I got interested in, “What about cyber war?”

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