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Europe may slap retroactive tariffs on Chinese EVs

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Possible “remedies” on the table include retroactive tariffs on Chinese EVs. Back in October 2023, Europe launched its formal investigation into the Chinese EV industry, as European companies are struggling to compete with the cheap, high-tech Chinese imports, made by low-cost labor, entering the European Union.

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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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On 12 August 1981, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in midtown Manhattan, IBM unveiled the company's entrant into the nascent personal computer market: the IBM PC. The personal computer vastly expanded the number of people and organizations that used computers. With that, the preeminent U.S. Press coverage of the announcement was lukewarm.

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Honda plots $65 billion investment to build seven new EVs as it looks for a comeback

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It also unveiled its new “Ye Series” EVs to take on Chinese automakers like BYD. This will include personal mini-EV models in 2025. In the second half of the decade, Honda plans to further expand its battery business by building a vertically-integrated supply chain. Will the new investments be enough?

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Tesla to build small new LFP battery cell factory with CATL machines, report says

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A new report states that Tesla is going to build a small new LFP battery cell factory with CATL machines in Nevada. According to a new report from Bloomberg report, Tesla plans to build a “small facility” using “idle equipment” from CATL. The new “small facility” will reportedly build LFP battery cells for Tesla’ Megapacks.

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Big Auto is begging governments to let them go bankrupt as Chinese EVs loom

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This is not in dispute by any serious person – and any alternative scenario, where humans continue to pollute as much as we do today, will result in worse and worse results for humanity the longer we pollute as climate change becomes progressively worse. Chinese EV sales have started taking off overseas , particularly in Europe.

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The world’s largest EV battery maker will build its own $1.83B offshore wind farm

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Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), the world’s largest EV battery maker, is going to build its own $1.83 Your personalized solar quotes are easy to compare online and you’ll get access to unbiased Energy Advisers to help you every step of the way. billion offshore wind farm. Get started here. –ad*

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Phone Keyboard Exploits Leave 1 Billion Users Exposed

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Digital Chinese-language keyboards that are vulnerable to spying and eavesdropping have been used by one billion smartphone users, according to a new report. Last year, the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab released a study of a proprietary Chinese keyboard system owned by the Shenzhen-based tech giant Tencent.

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