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Hyundai, Kia join China’s Baidu to develop connected cars – ET Auto

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The South Korean companies will seek to find new business models harnessing artificial intelligence technologies with the Chinese counterpart as well. The South Korean companies will seek to find new business models harnessing artificial intelligence technologies with the Chinese counterpart as well, they added.

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EV Connect announces certification of LG chargers for operation on its platform – Charged EVs

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California-headquartered EV Connect , a provider of EV charging management software, has certified the Level 2 AC charging stations manufactured by South Korea-based LG Electronics to operate on its end-to-end EV Connect Platform and within its charging ecosystem.

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Autonomous driving tech faces geopolitical ‘winter’ on road to mainstream – ET Auto

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Late last month, the US auto safety regulators started investigating if Tesla’s biggest-ever recall of over 2 million vehicles to upgrade their ‘Autopilot’ feature is enough as there have been reports of multiple crashes, according to a Reuters report. It’s believed that geo-political issues may also be posing a challenge.

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Phone switchboxes could power EV charging, claims UK telecom firm

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Porsche Taycan charging To be considered for EV charging, BT Group requires a cabinet to have a 100-amp power connection and be located within 80 meters (262 feet) of a parking sport designated for EV charging. by 2025, and the city of Seoul, South Korea, which is pushing for more than 200,000 public EV chargers by 2026.

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How and When the Chip Shortage Will End, in 4 Charts

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Meanwhile, the mid-2022 passage of the CHIPS Act in the United States yielded a multi-billion-dollar investment pool, some of which dedicated to ramping up American manufacturing of the mature-generation chips upon which many industries—auto and otherwise—are so dependent. In March of 2023, the U.S.

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Genesis reveals Mint Concept electric city car

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Genesis revealed the Mint Concept ahead of the opening of the 2019 New York International Auto Show. The Mint Concept represents a holistic collaboration among Genesis design studios located around the world, led by Genesis Global Advanced Design in Germany, Genesis Design Team in the US, and the Namyang Design Center in South Korea.

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Kia slashes EV6, EV9 prices by up to $10K in Korea to boost demand

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In what Kia is calling “EV Festa,” the automaker is slashing prices on its all-electric models, including the EV6, EV9, and Niro EV in Korea, by up to $10,000 (KRW 13.56 Kia cuts EV prices in South Korea Kia revealed it will hold what it’s calling “EV Festa” to boost electric vehicle output and give additional benefits to shoppers.

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