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Tencent buys 5% stake in Tesla for $1.8 billion

Green Car Congress

In 2015, Taiwan-based Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd., In January 2016, they formed a joint venture company, Harmony Futeng Internet & Intelligent Electric Vehicle New Energy Company Limited, led by Dr. Carsten Breitfeld, formerly the VP of Engineering and Head of the i8 vehicle program at BMW.

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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. CCS1 is also available in Central America, Korea, and Taiwan. and Canada). For countries where no standard has been selected, CharIN is recommending CCS2.

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

Cars That Think

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. The result?

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