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Daimler takes 12% stake in Chinese parter BAIC Motor; first non-Chinese automotive company to acquire an interest in a Chinese OEM

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Daimler AG is taking a major step forward in its China strategy with the closing of the company’s 12% investment in long-standing partner BAIC Motor, the passenger car unit of Beijing Automotive Group (BAIC Group), one of the top automotive companies in China. BDNT); as well as sales companies in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

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TM4 JV Prestolite Electric Propulsion Systems launches production at its Chinese facility

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In 2015, the company will increase its capacity to 500 units per month to meet demand. Several Chinese manufacturers are already using PEPS products and buses equipped with these technologies have been exported to countries such as Germany and Taiwan. PEPS has also set up facilities to test, validate and optimize its products.

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CATL Pushes Back American Battery Plant News Amid Pelosi's Taiwan Visit

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The Chinese company is planning to build factories in the US or Mexico to produce EV batteries for Tesla and Ford.

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How the AI Boom is a Windfall for Tiny Anguilla

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Anguilla received.ai, a luck of the draw that is now paying dividends as the country registers website domains for AI companies. Somebody else saw that and convinced the government to give it to them, so it went to this company in Taiwan. They had this idea, that in Chinese “ài” means love. And we got it back.

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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. This means other companies can use it in their own processor designs—and escape architecture license fees. parts or technology.

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The U.S.-China Chip Ban, Explained

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Commerce Department issued new rules that clamped down on the export of certain advanced chips—which have military or AI applications—to Chinese customers. has blocked chip sales to individual Chinese customers. along with several other countries, including South Korea and Taiwan) placed Russia under a chip embargo.

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Visedo introducing new SRPM motor design for buses; 10% increase in power, better cooling

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The new design is also optimized for high volume manufacture using Visedo’s facilities in both Finland and Taiwan. This will allow the company to meet growing customer demand in Europe and Asia. Earlier this year, Visedo signed a production and cooperation agreement with TECO, Asia’s largest electric motor producer. Earlier post.).

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