Automotive Industry

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Maserati, Alfa Romeo reportedly consider using EV platform from China’s Chery · TechNode

I'm confused about the number. Every media seems to use a different number. "341k" is the largest one I saw.

According to recent data of 2022, direct government subsidies for some of the dominant Chinese manufacturers of green technology products had also increased significantly - the electric car manufacturer BYD alone received EUR 2.1 billion. [...] The authors recommend the EU to use its anti-subsidy proceeding against BEV imports from China to enter into negotiations with the Chinese government and persuade it to abolish public support measures that are particularly harmful to the EU.

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Biden urged to ban China-made electric vehicles from the US - BBC News

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Volkswagen to invest $2.7 billion in Chinese production site

Tesla has canceled the long-promised inexpensive car that investors have been counting on to drive its growth into a mass-market automaker, according to three sources familiar with the matter and company messages seen by Reuters.

The automaker will continue developing self-driving robotaxis on the same small-vehicle platform, the sources said.

The decision represents an abandonment of a longstanding goal that Tesla chief Elon Musk has often characterized as its primary mission: affordable electric cars for the masses. His first “master plan”, opens new tab for the company in 2006 called for manufacturing luxury models first, then using the profits to finance a “low cost family car.”

An estimated 2,000 employees were working on Apple's car project at the time it was canceled, and while many will have been redeployed elsewhere – possibly on Apple's generative AI projects – the notices are evidence that not all were retained.