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Mercedes-Benz announces strategic partnership and equity stake in Chinese battery cell manufacturer Farasis

Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2020

Mercedes-Benz has entered a far-reaching strategic partnership with the Chinese battery cell manufacturer Farasis Energy (Ganzhou) Co., In order to be able to meet increasing demand for German Mercedes-Benz plants in the future, Farasis is building a plant for battery cells in Bitterfeld-Wolfen; creating up to 2,000 new jobs.

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Volkswagen Group investing $700M in XPENG for 5% stake, VW EV development; Audi jointly developing EVs with SAIC

Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2023

The Volkswagen Group is strengthening its position on the Chinese automotive market with cooperations between the VW brand and XPENG and between Audi and SAIC. The initial stage of the cooperation will provide for the joint development of two VW-brand electric models for the mid-size segment in the Chinese market.

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Daimler and Bosch jointly premiere Automated Valet Parking in China

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

The infrastructure-supported driverless parking technology, which made its debut in the parking garage at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart in 2017 ( earlier post ), marks the first pilot of its kind in China. Daimler’s China R&D efforts began in 2005 with the first localized Mercedes-Benz E Class. strategy.

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Why New Production Sources of Tungsten Are Critical for Increased Global Supply

Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2021

China controls the market for nearly 35 precious minerals and metals that are important to the U.S. According to the USGS in its Mineral Commodity Summaries 2019 report [ 2 ] , “World tungsten supply was dominated by production in China and exports from China.”. Domesticating Raw Materials to Ease an Already Strained Demand.

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Morgan Stanley acknowledges Tesla’s tendency to attract exaggerated media coverage

Teslarati

JUNE 30, 2021

In a recent note about Tesla’s future in China, Morgan Stanley (MS) acknowledged the company’s tendency to attract exaggerated media coverage. The investment bank shared some insights from its China Autos and Auto-related team in a note about American EV company.

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Faraday Future promised $1.5 billion, says FF 91 will arrive by end of this year

Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Now struggling Faraday Future, the electric-car startup firm whose entrepreneurial Chinese backer is facing legal action in his home country, appears to have found a well-heeled savior. The new investor.

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BMW teams up with Baidu in autonomous driving project in China

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Now, BMW is embarking on a research project which will pave the way for highly automated driving in China. Over the next two years, the BMW Group will build prototype research vehicles for use in highly automated driving trials on Chinese roads. In addition to the safety aspect, the aim is to enhance comfort and efficiency as well.

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Media outlet apologizes to Tesla for “brake failure” reports with zero evidence

Teslarati

MAY 17, 2021

In a rather surprising turn of events, domestic auto media outlets in China have issued a public apology regarding their coverage of Tesla, particularly on the company’s alleged “brake failure” incidents, which were widely reported in recent weeks. It also pledged to stop spreading unfounded rumors in the future. .

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Volkswagen again reaffirms 20 new PEV models coming across the Group; MEB development

Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2016

This will focus on the major fields of future importance in the industry—such as digitalization, networking, e-mobility and new mobility services. Although Volkswagen is already addressing all of these fields, it will in the future do so “in a much more systematic and focused manner. million units in China (incl.

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Volkswagen Group launching major electro-mobility campaign in China; $25B on new vehicles, technologies and plants up to 2018

Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2014

The Volkswagen Group is launching a major electro-mobility campaign in China—the the biggest initiative for e-mobility in China’s automotive history, said Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, CEO of Volkswagen AG, on the eve of the Auto China motor show in Beijing. —Martin Winterkorn. billion (US$25.1 billion) up to 2018.

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Tesla China sales rise 30% in May, definitively debunks reports of weak demand

Teslarati

JUNE 8, 2021

Tesla’s May numbers from China are in, and they hint at a sustained demand for the company’s mass-market vehicles. Last month, Tesla China sold a total of 33,463 vehicles comprised of 21,936 units for the local market and 11,527 that were exported to foreign territories. TSLA May MIC CPCA: – Total 33.5K

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Tom Wigley, and Christopher Green questioned the relevance of the reference emissions scenarios that the IPCC used in the Fourth Assessment Report to underpin estimates of future warming trends. Given that China’s economy is still growing, such a strategy is unlikely to result in year-to-year emissions reductions for several decades.

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Proposed Changes to Federal EV Tax Credit – Part 4: Chinese-Assembled Vehicles Will Not Be Eligible for Tax Credit

EV Adoption

AUGUST 23, 2021

Effective January 1, 2022, electric vehicles with final assembly* (see definition at the end) in China would no longer qualify for IRC 30D (federal EV tax credit). And the company recently announced plans to raise $9 billion in a private placement for future expansion. NIO ec6 – Source: NIO.

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

Cars That Think

JULY 21, 2021

And in 2005, the Chinese computer maker Lenovo Group purchased IBM's PC business. But it took more than a year and scores of meetings for IBM's contract and legal teams to authorize the terms. Some 4,000 IBMers already working in China would switch to Lenovo, along with 6,000 in the United States.

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Finding The Wisest Ways To Global AI Regulation

Cars That Think

AUGUST 23, 2023

Welcome to Fixing the Future , an IEEE Spectrum podcast. Today on Fixing the Future , I’m talking with Russell Wald, managing director for policy and society at Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. Russell, thank you so much for joining me today. Wald: Absolutely. Wald: Yeah. Absolutely.

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‘Dismayed’ U.S. Lawmakers pen letter to Tesla’s Musk questioning Xinjiang Showroom

Teslarati

JANUARY 20, 2022

Two “dismayed” United States Lawmakers have penned a letter to Tesla CEO Elon Musk questioning the company’s recent opening of a showroom in the Xinjiang region of China. and Blumenauer have asked Musk questions regarding Tesla’s future in China. Now, Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ and Blumenauer wrote.

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

The two key issues were: Reductions in Emissions—agreeing how much CO 2 and GHGs each developed country should be allowed to produce and how much major developing countries, such as China and India, should aim at reducing the growth in their emissions; and. China recently surpassed the US as the world’s biggest producer of GHGs.

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Why Cyberwarfare Is Overhyped

Cars That Think

JULY 26, 2023

David Schneider: Hi, I’m David Schneider for IEEE Spectrum ‘s Fixing the Future podcast. My primary appointment is at the law school where I teach legal philosophy. So it was from 1600 to 2014, about whether you’re allowed legally to go to war. And how does it relate to legal and ethical questions we have?

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Mercedes-Benz announces strategic partnership and equity stake in Chinese battery cell manufacturer Farasis

Volkswagen Group investing $700M in XPENG for 5% stake, VW EV development; Audi jointly developing EVs with SAIC

Daimler and Bosch jointly premiere Automated Valet Parking in China

Why New Production Sources of Tungsten Are Critical for Increased Global Supply

Morgan Stanley acknowledges Tesla’s tendency to attract exaggerated media coverage

Faraday Future promised $1.5 billion, says FF 91 will arrive by end of this year

BMW teams up with Baidu in autonomous driving project in China

Media outlet apologizes to Tesla for “brake failure” reports with zero evidence

Volkswagen again reaffirms 20 new PEV models coming across the Group; MEB development

Volkswagen Group launching major electro-mobility campaign in China; $25B on new vehicles, technologies and plants up to 2018

Tesla China sales rise 30% in May, definitively debunks reports of weak demand

Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

Proposed Changes to Federal EV Tax Credit – Part 4: Chinese-Assembled Vehicles Will Not Be Eligible for Tax Credit

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

Finding The Wisest Ways To Global AI Regulation

‘Dismayed’ U.S. Lawmakers pen letter to Tesla’s Musk questioning Xinjiang Showroom

Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

Why Cyberwarfare Is Overhyped

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