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Tencent wants to be foreign automakers’ go-to company for tech in China’s electric car market
BMW’s iX electric SUV in China was the first global car brand to include the automobile version of Tencent’s WeChat messaging app, according to the Chinese tech company. Tencent BEIJING — Chinese internet giant Tencent wants to sell technology which the company says will help foreign automakers that want to sell cars in China’s massive electric vehicle market. BMW and some […]
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Toyota issues recall for its flagship electric SUV following concerns about wheels coming off
Toyota’s bZ4X electric sport utility vehicle photographed in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, on Feb. 24, 2022. The Japanese automotive giant has issued a safety recall related to the bZ4X’s wheels. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images Japanese automotive giant Toyota issued a safety recall for more than 2,000 of its all-electric SUV, the bZ4X. Announced […]
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BYD is selling so many electric cars it’s become one of the top three automakers in China
One of BYD’s bestselling electric car models, the Han, is on display during an auto show in Shenzhen on June 5, 2022. Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese electric car maker BYD saw sales more than double in May, solidifying the company’s climb into the ranks of the top three […]
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Latest Shanghai quarantines add more pressure to global supply chain
Staff members of China Post unload parcels of daily necessities for residents quarantined at home from a minivan on May 14, 2022 in Shanghai, China. Tian Yuhao | China News Service | Getty Images The mass quarantine measures imposed this past weekend in Shanghai, including highway closures, severely affected trucks carrying exports bound for the […]
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QuantumScape promised a revolutionary EV battery. Here’s why investors are still waiting
A solid-state battery development lab for QuantumScape. QuantumScape The electric vehicle space has seen a handful of impressive stock market debuts in recent years, but battery start-up QuantumScape’s first few weeks of trading were remarkable even by EV stock standards. QuantumScape, which was founded in 2010, went public via a merger with a special-purpose […]
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Croatian EV supercar maker Rimac raised 500 million euros to make parts for Big Auto rivals
Rimac Group, the Croatian company best known for its 1,900 horsepower Nevera electric sports car, said it has raised 500 million euros (about $537 million) from investors including Goldman Sachs, Porsche and a technology fund advised by Japan’s SoftBank. The new funding round values Rimac at over 2 billion euros. Rimac made headlines last year […]
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Jeep maker Stellantis to build $2.5 billion EV battery plant in Indiana
Stellantis logo displayed on a phone screen is seen with some of the company brands logos displayed in the background in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on December 7, 2021. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | Getty Images Automaker Stellantis plans to invest more than $2.5 billion in partnership with Samsung SDI to build […]
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Volkswagen chief says German car giant will overtake Tesla on electric vehicle sales by 2025
Diess said he expects Germany’s auto giant to create some momentum over the coming months. Jens Schlueter | Afp | Getty Images The chief executive of Volkswagen believes Europe’s biggest carmaker can overtake Tesla to become the world’s largest seller of electric vehicles by 2025. Speaking to CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe” at the World Economic […]
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Why China will likely recover more slowly from the latest Covid shock
As Shanghai tries to reopen businesses, one downtown district over the weekend banned residents from leaving their apartment complexes again for mass virus testing. Pictured here, in another district on May 21, 2022, is a line outside a shopping mall. Xu Kaikia | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s economy won’t be […]
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Watch IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva and Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser discuss the global economy
[The stream is slated to start at 11:30 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Spiraling food and energy prices are squeezing households around the world, while central banks are tightening monetary policy to rein in inflation, exerting further pressure on indebted nations, companies and […]
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