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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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This marks the first investment by a non-Chinese automotive company in a Chinese OEM. The official closing of the transaction followed a short time after the signing of the investment agreement between the two companies in Stuttgart earlier this year and a smooth approval by the relevant Chinese authorities. Daimler in China.

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How the AI Boom is a Windfall for Tiny Anguilla

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Vince Cate Vince Cate is a software developer and the founder of DataHaven.Net , which handles sales of the.ai 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. They thought they could market it to [Chinese websites].

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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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JATO: Global car sales up by 2.8% in Q1 2016 due to SUV boost in China and Europe

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increase (558,700 more units) on the same period in 2015—largely driven by growth in the Chinese and European markets. The popularity of SUVs in China has been an ongoing source of growth, and the trend continued last quarter, with the country accounting for 36% of total sales in Q1 2016. JATO Dynamics reports that 20.44

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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. The Chinese government is funding a lot of startups that are designing a variety of chips. parts or technology.

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Taiwanese smartphone giant Foxconn reveals electric ute, global sales planned

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Taiwan’s Yulon Motors Co will start volume production of the Model C next year under the Luxgen n7 name. But Hon Hai says there are already plans in place for all three models to be built in Taiwan, Thailand and the USA. All up Hon Hai has now shown off five EVs, including the Model E luxury sedan and Model T bus seen in 2021.

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Pike forecasts sales of electric two-wheelers in Asia Pacific to reach more than 65M units in 2018; China dominates

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Electric two-wheel vehicle sales by country, Asia Pacific: 2012-2018. Pike Research forecasts that annual sales of electric two-wheel vehicles (e-scooters, e-motorcycles, and e-bicycles) will show robust growth and reach more than 65 million units in 2018. On a cumulative basis, forecasts Pike, sales in. Source: Pike Research.

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