First Bloomberg Businessweek cover story. Great honor to work with ⁦Matthew Campbell⁩ ⁦David Stringer⁩ ⁦Emma OBrien⁩ and Haze and pleasure to see how the story develops in the past months and finally out there. bloomberg.com/news/features/…

SCOOP:

China’s $87 billion electric-car giant hasn’t sold a vehicle yet bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Chunying Zhang Emma Dong

Done a quick explainer of how battery swapping works, and whether it has a future outside of China. Discussion welcomed.bloomberg.com/news/articles/… 来自 Bloomberg Technology

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At least one piece of the Boeing 737-800 that crashed in China appears to have broken loose well before impact, a finding that adds mystery to the plane’s fatal dive trib.al/TRmIR3C

Tesla has re-started production at its Shanghai factory Monday and laid out stringent measures for staff operating in the so-called closed-loop system, sources say bloomberg.com/news/articles/… 来自 Bloomberg Markets

Tesla and Coke. Musk can take over Shanghai now.

Tesla is isolating thousands of workers in disused factories and an old military camp in China to ensure they’re Covid-19 free, part of a large-scale plan by the electric-car maker to ramp up production at its plant trib.al/BKu3RM4

Ex-President Jiang Zemin on his way back from a US state visit, November 1993.

🟢SCOOP🟢: Tesla Set to Cut Shanghai Output in Sign of Sluggish Demand via ⁦Bloomberg⁩ @hyper_drive⁩ by ⁦Chunying Zhang⁩ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Tesla will shorten production shifts at its Shanghai factory as soon as Monday and has delayed the on-boarding of some new hires, sources say trib.al/z3l4SdG

The swansong of our Covid coverage. Ordinary Chinese, from the rural doctor to the “Big White,” speak about the whiplash that came with the end of the lockdowns, and how it hit their faith in Xi. Sadly typical for China now, our reporters were followed, interviewees intimidated.

There's a price war going in China's auto space, and the domino that triggered this started with Tesla. Thanks to Jochen Siebert, Yang Jing and Sino Auto Insights for sharing their thoughts. W/ Danny Lee & Chunying Zhang bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Really interesting city adventure to dig into abandoned tram lines and dilapidated temple in Hangzhou’s heat wave. FINDING THE LOST TREASURES

CATL founder and chair sits with Bloomberg: CATL Working With Tesla on Fast-Charging Cells, Supplying Nevada by ⁦Chunying Zhang⁩, ⁦Linda Lew 刘凌达⁩ & ⁦Danny Lee⁩ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

IN-DEPTH: CATL to Keep Expanding in the Face of Slower EV Growth, Chairman tells Bloomberg News via ⁦Bloomberg⁩ by ⁦Chunying Zhang⁩, ⁦Linda Lew 刘凌达⁩ & ⁦Danny Lee⁩ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

SCOOP: General Motors has been laying off staff in China and will soon meet with its local partner to plan a larger overhaul bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg by David Welch & Chunying Zhang

Volkswagen and its oldest Chinese partner plan to shutter one plant in China and possibly more in response to slowing demand for combustion-engine cars, in a further pullback after the venture’s first factory ceased output bloomberg.com/news/articles/… 来自 Bloomberg

Volkswagen has begun to trim corporate jobs in China as it works to reduce costs bloomberg.com/news/articles/… 来自 Bloomberg