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Don’t even think it: No, China is not caving in to Tesla
Customs checkpoint at the Xiamen Free Trade Zone. Picture courtesy brics2017.org When you read this, you probably have heard that China is doing away with its requirement that foreign automakers need a...
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Portrait of the Con Artist as a Stung Man
Rolling Stone’s recent profile of Elon Musk revealed Mr. Musk’s plans to shape the world. But much more than this it revealed how the world has shaped Mr. Musk. The panegyric to this man of genius...
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China NEV Weekly, Episode 4: Pickup Your BingGo
Welcome to Episode 3 of the China NEV Weekly, where we look at the latest New Energy Vehicles from China. This week with pickup trucks, a Hozon, and we are going to play bingo! Kawei EV7 The Kawei EV7...
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China NEV Weekly Episode 5: Bangle and the World Cup
Welcome to another episode of China NEV Weekly, with the latest New Energy Vehicles from China. This week with Chris Bangle, the World Cup, and a fake Picasso. Weltmeister AG2020 Weltmeister is a new...
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China NEV Weekly Episode 7: Las Vegas, Lifan, and LvChi
Happy New Year! No time to waste: we continue with a new episode of China NEV Weekly, bringing you the latest New Energy Vehicles from China. This week, we start in Las Vegas: Byton Concept Byton...
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‘Fool cell’ Toyota Mirai trounces ‘S-curve’ Tesla Model 3
Hand made Mirai. (c) Bertel Schmitt Last October, we raised the possibility that Tesla’s alleged mass market car, the Model 3, could be out-sold by Toyota’s not-at-all-mass-market car, the fuel-cell...
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Will China hold our electric future at ransom? Not if Toyota can help it
Toyota’s Akira Kato demonstrates lean neodymium. (c) Bertel Schmitt If the supply of electric vehicles is to grow as predicted, the demand for strategic materials will increase along with it. The...
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Toyota: News of the death of the ICE have been greatly exaggerated
It’s not Elvis. It’s a new ICE engine by Toyota. There will be more. (c) Bertel Schmitt I came home tonight, and Frau Schmitto-san, ever the caring wife, asked: “How was your day?” “I was at Toyota,...
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Your car will eat shit. And that’s a good thing
This is where shit happens: Part of the sewage-to-hydrogen plant (c) Bertel Schmitt Want to turn a staunch supporter of electric vehicles into a fire and invective belching monster? Easy. All you have...
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What If The Koch Brothers Were Running Tesla (Into The Ground)?
The Koch bros. Picture courtesy Time.com We are proud and pleased to have Matthew Klippenstein as a new DailyKanban writer. Matthew is an extremely rare combination between a hardcore fuel-cell...
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