Shanghai and Hong Kong stock market in green while other Asian index tanked.

NEWS: Tesla has officially begun selling its cars in Saudi Arabia today. The country plans to scale from 100 to 5,000 charging stations by 2030.

Asian market pops, Japan in lead. China also up but lagging others.

Chinese Foreign Ministry Office in Hong Kong: “We must solemnly tell the US that a tariff-wielding barbarian who attempts to force countries to call and beg for mercy can never expect that call from China.” The call is not coming.

I still don’t agree with trade war but if we pause to think replacing income with tariffs, is it similar to replacing income tax with “consumption tax”, with exemptions given to consuming domestically made goods? The more you consume the more tax you pay.

when would BYD cost less in EU? They artificially too high as of now

Tim Cook on why Apple manufactures in China: labor skills.

IMHO Tesla need to launch a special version with bullet proof and super luxurious interior. It’s not a good look for Elon to climb into Cadillac every time. For reference CN ambassadors used to be in Mercedes but they replaced with Hongqi in recent years.

NIO might be in trouble. Too heavily invested in the battery swap tech route.

Had an chat with one of mid level production lead in Nio. Interestingly, he thought that EV race is becoming like competition among legacy manufacturing industry and already thinking of next career movement.

In the last two, three weeks I test drives quite a few models from most Chinese EV makers. Some more established, some emerging players. While I appreciate the innovation each brand brings, increasing the competition with Tesla feels like the iPhone vs “others phones”

Peter Retardo complete non sense. Even wonder why Chinese EV are selling in EU despite 40% tariffs, compared with 10% on US cars? Not to say I support EU (can’t support same car costing 60% more just due to tax) but if your products fail you got to own it before you can improve

The EV features you won't see in the U.S. youtube.com/shorts/gsFot-Q… 来自 YouTube

what happens with all the talks that Chinese EV will swam in and wipe out every other auto maker?

latest test by KOL on autonomous driving/driving assist system in China.

Chinese car rental app Shenzhou now allows rental of autonomous vehicle without requiring a driver license within certain geofence area.

Unfortunately the EVs from chinese makers are becoming legacy cars they replaced Evolution has its dead end

UATX will never charge tuition. And we will never take government money. Here's why. Graduates spend decades shouldering debt for hollow credentials. This debt influences every decision they make: What job to take. Where to live. When to marry. When to have children. Some will

The little girl proposes a race with the Dutch officer, he accepts the offer and loses the race and the world becomes beautiful for a few minutes. 🥰

China now generates 33.2% of the world’s electricity, over 2× the USA (~14.2%). That’s 1/3 of global capacity—alone. Rest of world combined: 52.6%. Insane scale.