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From Scooters to High Speed Rail, China is Electrifying

Plugs and Cars

When I was studying China and Mandarin Chinese 35 years ago, “Red” China was unrecognized by the US, literally, and dark in a way difficult to imagine now. Just as today we can look at a nighttime satellite image and see the black void that is recalcitrant, unelectrified North Korea, once that was China. China is electrifying.

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Automakers win extension on use of Chinese graphite in EV tax credits – ET Auto

Baua Electric

1 restricting Chinese content in batteries eligible for EV tax credits of up to USD 7,500, which sharply cut the number of eligible vehicles. New rules took effect on Jan. Automakers have since made changes to supply chains and won restored eligibility for many vehicles.

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Aurus Senat limo that Putin gifted to Kim uses South Korean parts, data shows

Baua Electric

The two leaders took turns driving the armoured limousine during Putin’s pomp-filled visit, his first in nearly a quarter of a century to North Korea, in a demonstration of the two nuclear powers’ increasingly close ties. Customers include Turkmenistan President Serdar Berdymukhamedov.

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How the Huawei Fight is Changing the Face of 5G

Cars That Think

But it may also signal a de-escalation of the pressure Washington has brought to bear on the Chinese company now that Huawei is on its heels. Huawei has long been regarded as a rogue player in the international telecoms market with deep ties to the Chinese Communist Party. Huawei is slow in fixing their vulnerabilities.

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Chilean lithium to be eligible for U.S. tax break – ET Auto

Baua Electric

President Joe Biden’s administration had proposed a tough threshold on firms controlled by China, Russia, North Korea and Iran. In Chile, local firm SQM’s second-largest shareholder is Tianqi Lithium, a Chinese player with a sprawling grip on the lithium market. As Chile has a free trade agreement with the U.S.,

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Why Cyberwarfare Is Overhyped

Cars That Think

So the rules that I follow, my personal ethics, social norms, legal norms, all those types of things, industrial standards, terms of service, these are all the norms that regulate our action and give us different incentives to behave in certain ways. So I think that Russia, North Korea, Iran, they’re the geopolitical peasants, so to speak.

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