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Baidu’s (BIDU) Apollo Go service strikes 1 million EV autonomous ride milestone in China

August 30, 2022
Chinese tech giant Baidu (BIDU) beat Wall Street’s Q2 earnings estimates on Tuesday despite several headwinds in China’s economy. Baidu’s Apollo Go, its robotaxi business, unveiled its next-gen autonomous EV, the Apollo RT6, as the service surpasses 1 million rides. Like Google in the US, Baidu dominates the search market in China with a market share of three-fourths (75.5%). Although…
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After climate bill passes, automakers race to make EV batteries in the US

August 30, 2022
Just two weeks after President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (also known as the climate bill) into law, we are already seeing the positive effects ripple through the US economy. Global automakers are racing to source and assemble EV components in the US as new tax incentives from the climate bill expect to drive significant demand for electric vehicles. The new tax credits stemming from…
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Susan Wojcicki held talks about Tesla COO job before becoming YouTube CEO

August 30, 2022
Susan Wojcicki became the CEO of YouTube in 2014 but held talks about a job as Tesla’s Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Elon Musk’s second-in-command before that. According to an upcoming book (“Like, Comment, Subscribe: Inside YouTube’s Chaotic Rise to World Domination” by Bloomberg‘s Mark Bergen) about the video service (via CNBC), Wojcicki “quietly held talks” about joining…
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Tesla shares stunning images of extreme heat and durability testing in Dubai

August 30, 2022
Tesla shared some rare and stunning images of its internal vehicle testing; this time, for extreme heat and durability testing in Dubai. Since it has dissolved its PR department, Tesla has only rarely shared images of its internal testing. The automaker has a proving-ground facility in Alaska for cold weather testing. Now we learn that for extreme heat and durability testing, Tesla is bringing…
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