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

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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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Polestar delivers brand’s first EVs not made in China

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In addition to more stringent sourcing requirements, new “foreign entity of concern” language disqualifies subsidiary companies if a “parent entity” in China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea holds more than 50% in the company. does at least avoid recently-hiked tariffs on Chinese EVs.

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

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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. It will start additional production in St Petersburg later this year at Toyota’s former factory.

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2025 Polestar 3 starts at $74,800 and 315 miles, US deliveries in Q2

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market but for export to some markets. market but for export to some markets. is also considering hiking tariffs on Chinese EVs. They’re due to be part of “additional production,” as Polestar put it, that’s due to start at a Volvo plant in South Carolina in “the middle of 2024.” Polestar has said that U.S.

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From Scooters to High Speed Rail, China is Electrifying

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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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How the Huawei Fight is Changing the Face of 5G

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US sanctions targeting China's telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies have crippled the company, effectively forcing it out of the global smartphone market and now threatening its domestic phone business as well. They have also shrunk Huawei's market for fifth-generation wireless network infrastructure around the world.

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

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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.

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