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Tencent buys 5% stake in Tesla for $1.8 billion

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In 2015, Taiwan-based Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd., Tencent and China Harmony Auto Holding began a partnership to develop connected, electric cars. Carsten Breitfeld, formerly the VP of Engineering and Head of the i8 vehicle program at BMW. Harmony Futeng subsequently established Future Mobility Corp.

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What is the Combined Charging System (CCS) Standard?

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SAE International (Society of Automotive Engineers) and the European Automobile Manufacturing Association (ACEA) proposed the Combined Charging System (CCS) standard in 2011. CCS combines the existing J1772 standard connection for Level 1 or Level 2 AC-powered EV charging with a two-pin connector for up to 350MW of DC-powered fast charging.

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The Chip Shortage, Giant Chips, and the Future of Moore’s Law

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Chipmakers worked flat out to meet demand and have unleashed a blitz of expansion, though most of that is aimed at higher-margin chips than those that clogged the engine of the automotive sector. GlobalFoundries has already inked agreements with both Ford and BMW. A mark never before reached. trillion additional transistors.

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