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Tech Newsround – TikTok & Tesla

TikTok: The ball is in China’s court. The chances of a ban on TikTok have increased substantially meaning that Beijing will now have to choose between the global expansion of...

Robotaxis – Nasty endgame

The industry is inching towards a bloodbath.    All of the larger players who intend to offer robotaxis services are inching towards commerciality but when they finally get there, they...

Autonomous Driving – Back in business?

Cruise makes a cautious return.  It looks like Cruise is about to resume testing its robotaxis service which makes sense because the penalties that it incurred were more a result...

Xiaomi – Silver lining

Xiaomi’s love of low margins makes an EV viable. Xiaomi can succeed where Apple failed because its hardware is already very unprofitable meaning that adding an EV into the product...

Electric Vehicles – Unready for Reality

EVs have run out of well-heeled early adopters. While the long-term proposition of electrical vehicles remains unchanged, the realities of delivering on that proposition are really starting to tell as...

Electric Vehicles – Last man Standing

Lucid likely to be the survivor. The combination of economic pressure on consumers and brutal competition from China makes it very clear that the EV shakeout will continue, and I...

China vs. USA – Tit for Tat pt. III.

Tit for tat battle spreads to automotive. A switch by Chinese OEMs to Chinese semiconductor suppliers in the Chinese automotive industry is unlikely to have much impact beyond media headlines...

Apple Automotive – A Titanic End

Infotainment is now the only option. Apple has finally admitted what has been obvious for many years and closed down its efforts to build a vehicle, refocusing the resources on...

MWC 2024 Day 2 – Qualcomm & Jolla

Qualcomm – Nvidia at the edge There is very little that can touch Nvidia at the moment and Qualcomm has wisely decided that if you can’t beat them, you join...

Apple CarPlay – Small stones

Small stones can set off an avalanche. The latest upgrade for Apple CarPlay may seem to be small, but I suspect that it is merely the first change in a...