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Southeast Asia market will become a competitive place for Chinese and Japanese car companies

Setec Powerr

Europe, the birthplace of the automobile industry, to North America across the Pacific Ocean, has always been the top stage that Chinese car companies hope to step on. Figures released by the ASEAN Automotive Federation (AAF) show that total vehicle sales in Southeast Asia will be about 2.79 What is the mystery behind it?.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

In 2000, at a trade fair in Germany, an obscure Singapore company called Trek 2000 unveiled a solid-state memory chip encased in plastic and attached to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. Even in his home of Singapore, few people know of Tan or Trek. Today it is familiar worldwide. But Trek 2000 hardly became a household name.

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Tesla Model Y & Model 3 orders in Thailand skyrocket a few days after reservations open

Teslarati

Chinese automakers Great Wall Motor and BYD also have plans to make EVs in Thailand within the next three years. Tesla is starting off strong, entering the Thai market during a peak season for auto sales. Thailand is the second Southeast Asian market Tesla has entered, the first being Singapore. I’d like to hear from you.

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NIO hits new milestone with 300,000 production vehicles

Teslarati

Chinese electric vehicle maker NIO, one of the country’s most promising new names in the domestic EV segment, recently achieved a new milestone. In 2022, it became the first automaker to be listed on the US, Hong Kong, and Singapore stock exchanges. Credit: NIO.

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BYD eyes lithium giant takeover as it expands its EV battery business

Baua Electric

After topping Tesla in EV sales in the final three months of 2023, BYD is not slowing down. The Chinese EV maker is now eyeing expanding its EV battery business. According to FT , Sigma’s board is reviewing an action plan that could involve selling the business or listing its Brazilian unit on the Nasdaq (or Singapore) stock exchange.

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China’s military and government acquire Nvidia chips despite US ban – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Chinese military bodies, state-run artificial intelligence research institutes and universities have over the past year purchased small batches of Nvidia semiconductors banned by the U.S. Chinese vendors have previously said they snatch up excess stock that finds its way to the market after Nvidia ships large quantities to big U.S.

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Oil companies “break the circle”! Total Energy to build tens of thousands of charging piles in China

Setec Powerr

In addition to deploying the Chinese market, Total Energy’s charging pile business also involves important cities in many countries such as the Netherlands, Belgium, France, the United Kingdom and Singapore. But in recent years, banning the sale of fuel vehicles has been put on the agenda.

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