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Polestar’s incoming Phone spotted on Google Play’s list of supported devices

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A few months after sharing initial details and images, Polestar’s flagship smartphone, developed by Meizu in China, has been spotted on Google’s API website as a device compatible with the Play Store. Meizu will manufacture the phones for Polestar, and at this point, they are expected to arrive in the Chinese market only.

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What is Tesla’s Full Self Driving and why its China rollout matters – ET Auto

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Chinese state media reported that he met Premier Li Qiang in Beijing but did not say what they discussed. automaker won a key endorsement that coincided with his trip – from a top Chinese auto association which said Tesla’s Model 3 and Y cars were among models found to be compliant with China’s data security requirements.

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Tesla battery supplier CATL makes Time’s ‘100 Most Influential Companies 2023’

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Ltd (CATL) made it to Time’s list of 100 Most Influential Companies 2023. In April, it unveiled new technology for a semi-solid-state lithium battery it says will store nearly twice as much energy as the best ones on the market today, further expanding EV range and bringing electric passenger planes closer.

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Elon Musk visits China as Tesla seeks self-driving technology rollout – ET Auto

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Chinese state media reported that he met Premier Li Qiang in Beijing, during which Li told Musk that Tesla’s development in China could be regarded as a successful example of U.S. Tesla reached an accord with Chinese authorities for a plant in Shanghai, its first outside the United States, in 2018.

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IBM releases fifth annual Next Five in Five list of near-term significant innovations; personalized routing for commuting/transportation makes the cut

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IBM unveiled the fifth annual “Next Five in Five”—a list of innovations that have the potential to change the way people work, live and play over the next five years. Also on the list of five is the arrival of advanced batteries, including air batteries (e.g., Lithium air), but targeted initially at small devices.

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China auto price war: BMW dealers offer discounts of up to $14,360 for i3

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A rare price stampede is taking place in the Chinese auto market. BMW officially made the BMW i3 available in China on March 31, 2022, when only one version, the BMW i3 eDrive35L, was offered, and only for the Chinese market. The rumors and the dealers' moves come as the Chinese auto industry is staging a rare price war.

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Best EVs of 2022: Our verdict on the new electric cars of the year

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Tesla briefly entered the list of top sellers, with the Model Y also topping the SUV sales charts in September. To continue the earlier theme, I’m looking forward to driving three new Chinese EV entries to the Australian market, all of them potentially offering outstanding value for money. It was also a year of EV milestones.