China launches first AI news anchor on state media that mimics a real human

China’s official state media, Xinhua News Agency, has added artificial intelligence anchors to its news team through a partnership with Chinese search engine Sogou. The AI anchors are created using machine learning to program speech and facial movements which accurately imitate real humans, and they are programmed to read out anything entered into their system. […]

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Will Chinese Electric Cars Become Real Competition For Tesla?

ARE CHINA’S ELECTRIC CARS A THREAT TO TESLA? Electric vehicles are gaining traction in China. Daniel Ren (via South China Morning Post) writes, “While US maker Tesla often grabs the headlines… BYD and peers like Beijing Auto and Roewe are quietly selling enough electric vehicles (EVs) to make China the world’s largest market for both electric and conventional vehicles. […]

Tesla Model 3 to begin China rollout in March 2019

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Tesla has informed first customers in China, that they can expect their Model 3 to be delivered in March 2019. This is limited to the long range model so far, which are still being imported, as the Tesla factory in Shanghai has not launched operation yet. The configurator for the Model will be launched in […]

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Watch As China’s First Electric, Fully Self-Driving Taxis Hit the Road

Electric autonomous taxis are being tested in Guangzhou. Guangzhou Public Transportation Group and state-backed carmaker Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC) launched trials of the first three autonomous all-electric taxis in Guangzhou in Guangdong province, China. The vehicles drive as shuttles between the university and the station, which to us means that there is fixed, programmed route and […]

Tesla Model 3 Deliveries In China To Begin In March 2019

First Model 3 Long Range to enter the Chinese market in March of next year. The first customers in China who ordered a Model 3 are reporting a delivery notice from Tesla. The expected time for delivery is March 2019. The first units are to be Long Range versions (configuration should be available within weeks). Of course, […]

Tesla planning multi-billion investments in Gigafactories

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After recording a profit in Q3 of this year, Tesla has filed a follow-up report to the SEC. Their Q10 filing concentrates on further growth, particularly in the areas of production and service infrastructure and Tesla is ready to spend billions. Things as Tesla are going back to normal it appears. With investors satisfied with […]

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China, Japan Support Unified CEC-CHAdeMO Ultra-Fast Charge Standard

CHAdeMO and Chinese GB/T will be harmonized into a single standard China and Japan strongly support its DC fast charging standards (respectively GB/T and CHAdeMO) and gives the green light to the joint development of a next-gen ultra-fast charging standard by China Electricity Council (CEC) and CHAdeMO Association. The idea to develop a new global […]

Musk Spills A Bunch Of China Battery Gigafactory Details

Several manufacturers will supply cells for the Tesla Gigafactory 3 in China Elon Musk sent a couple of tweets out about battery production, appreciating the extremely hard work of Panasonic at the Tesla Gigafactory in Nevada and additionally revealed some new info on the upcoming Tesla Gigafactory 3 in China. Tesla and Panasonic currently produce about 60% of […]

Buick’s Velite 6 EV Will Have Under 300km Range in China

The all electric Buick Velite 6 EV is scheduled to launch sometime in 2019 Earlier this year, Buick announced the Velite 6 for the Chinese market. Similar to the Honda Clairty or BMW i3, the Velite 6 will hit the streets with multiple electric power train options. The first model to reach dealers should be […]