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Tesla recalling nearly 4,000 Cybertrucks because accelerator pedal can get stuck – ET Auto

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Musk addressed the difficulties of mass producing the vehicle, saying during the company’s third-quarter conference call in October that “we dug our own grave with Cybertruck.”

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Visiting Chinese trade official warns EU on greentech probe – ET Auto

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. “We fail to understand how the EU commission carries the banner of sustainable and green development and then takes protectionist actions, thereby in effect generating more and more risks,” Wang said during a trade and business conference in the northern Italian city of Verona.

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Tesla could start selling Optimus robots by the end of next year, Musk says – ET Auto

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Musk told investors on a conference call that he guessed the Tesla robot, called Optimus, would be able to perform tasks in the factory by the end of this year. Humanoid robots have been in development for several years by Japan’s Honda and Hyundai Motor ‘s Boston Dynamics.

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China’s battery storage capacity growth likely to slow in 2024 – ET Auto

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Some projects have to wait over six months for grid connections, said Wu Jiamao, senior deputy general manager of Sungrow Power, China’s biggest provider of energy storage systems, at the Energy Storage International Conference and Expo on Wednesday.

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Copper output at Chile’s Codelco set to rise this year, CESCO says – ET Auto

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Chile ‘s state-run copper miner Codelco is poised to improve production this year and begin to climb from its lowest dip in a quarter century, the head of Chilean copper studies center CESCO said ahead of a major industry conference that starts Monday.

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China’s battery storage capacity growth likely to slow in 2024 – ET Auto

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Some projects have to wait over six months for grid connections, said Wu Jiamao, senior deputy general manager of Sungrow Power, China’s biggest provider of energy storage systems, at the Energy Storage International Conference and Expo on Wednesday.

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XPeng CEO says its software, AI upgrades to enter ‘super fast cycle’ – ET Auto

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He Xiaopeng, founder and CEO of the automaker backed by Germany’s Volkswagen, said software will be refreshed with upgrades every two months, in comments made at a press conference on the opening day of the Beijing auto show.

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