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Tesla launches upgraded Model 3 in Taiwan, shipped from U.S.

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Alongside the recent launch, however, Tesla has also made the new Model 3 available in Taiwan, as shipped from one of its U.S. The redesigned Model 3, dubbed “Highland” during development, has officially launched in Taiwan, as can be seen from the company’s order configurator. factory in Fremont, California.

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TSMC to Build Chip Fab in Japan

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After a week of media rumor, leaks and speculation, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. TSMC), the world's largest contract chip manufacturer, announced in an online earnings briefing Thursday that it would build a semiconductor plant in Japan. TSMC gains fundamental science knowledge to help it build more advanced chips.

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Ford launches Hsuehshan Tunnel Transformer Challenge in Taiwan; Mobility Challenge Series 2.0

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Building on the success of Ford’s Innovate Mobility Challenge Series (IMCS) 1.0 in 2014 ( earlier post ), Ford has launched the Hsuehshan Tunnel Transformer Challenge in Taiwan, which asks developers to submit traffic-busting solutions for the main highway artery between Taipei and popular tourist destination Yilan.

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Roskill: surge in electrodeposited copper foil projects to meet projected EV demand

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The primary factors determining the siting of new foil capacity include proximity to EV battery making customers; a site suitable for multiple expansion phases; locally available supplies of high-grade copper scrap (the primary raw material) and finally, a cheap and reliable electricity supply (the main manufacturing cost), Roskill said.

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Are Homemade CPUs Alibaba’s Bid For Independence?

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But, impressive as that feat is, an even more significant chip design development by the Chinese tech giant may be making available the source code to a RISC-V CPU core its own engineers designed. Around 80 percent of the world's semiconductor production capacity is in Asia, and nearly all the most advanced logic chip production is in Taiwan.

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Foxconn about to start Electric Vehicles.

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Taiwan tech company Foxconn about to start Electric Vehicles. The company also clarified the plan to build for automotive customers rather than selling to customers under its brand.” In August it brought a chip plant in Taiwan in a move to supply future demand for auto chips.

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China Steel Corporation making $46M investment in LanzaTech commercial waste-gas-to-ethanol project

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Globally, up to 150 million tonnes of CO 2 emissions could potentially be avoided by re-using available steel mill gas residues using LanzaTech’s process. China Steel Corporation (CSC), located at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, was founded in December 1971.