Tesla plans to expand the German factory was opposed by local residents
Tesla’s plans to expand its Grünheide plant in Germany have been widely rejected by local residents in a non-binding referendum, the local government said on Tuesday. According to media coverage, 1,882 people voted for the expansion, while 3,499 residents voted against it.
In December last year, about 250 people from Blandenburg and Berlin took part in Saturday’s protest at the Fang schleuse fire station. Refugee and climate advocate Carola Rackete also attended the rally at the Fanschleuse fire station, the association said. Racott is the leading independent candidate of the left in June’s European elections.
Tesla hopes to double production at Glenhead from its target of 500 thousand cars a year to 1 million a year. The company submitted an application for an environmental permit for the expansion of the plant to the state of Brandenburg. Based on its own information, the company does not intend to use any additional water in the expansion and does not anticipate any danger to groundwater. Development plans for the expansion are still to be determined.
In addition, the Fangschleuse train station should be moved closer to Tesla. Trees have been cut down for the laying work.
Geely Announces New Patent to Detect Drunk Drivers
February 21 news, recently, Geely’s application for a “driver drinking control method, device, equipment and storage medium” patent has been announced. According to the summary, the present patent is an electronic device including a processor and a memory. The first alcohol concentration data and the image data of the first driver can be detected.
The purpose is to determine whether the invention can be started. This not only ensures the accuracy and reliability of the judgment results, but also improves the safety of the driver driving the vehicle.
According to the introduction, when the vehicle is powered on, the first alcohol concentration data and the image data of the first driver inside the vehicle can be obtained through the invention. When the two kinds of data meet the starting conditions of the present invention, the first detection result is automatically generated, and the vehicle is started based on the detection result.
Huawei’s first win over apple’s domestic tablet shipments single quarter first
On February 21, the latest China Panel PC report released by International Data Corporation (IDC) showed that In the fourth quarter of 2023, China’s tablet PC market shipped about 8.17 million units, a year-on-year decline of about 5.7%, of which the consumer market fell 7.3%, the commercial market grew 13.8%.
It is noteworthy that Huawei surpassed apple for the first time to take the first place in China’s tablet PC market by shipments, with a market share of 30.8%, while apple’s was 30.5%. This is the first time since 2010 that the replacement of the Top1 brand has occurred in China’s flat panel computer quarter.
Zero Running Cars: Discussions are ongoing with the Stellantis Group in various business areas
On February 21st, regarding the news that Stellantis Group is considering to produce battery electric vehicles in Europe, Stellantis Motors today responded that “discussions on various kinds of business cooperation between the two sides are ongoing, and the latest progress will be kept in step with you in time.” Another insider said that the above information is not true. Previously, there are media reports, Stellantis Group considered in Italy Mirafiori (Mirafiori) plant for zero run car production pure electric vehicles, is expected to annual production of up to 150 thousand vehicles, may be in 2026 or 2027 at the earliest.
Byte beat beat to launch the Chinese version of Soa: it is not yet able to land as a perfect product
On February 20, before Sora set off the video track, the domestic byte beat also launched a subversive video model – Boxi ator. Unlike models such as Gn-2 and Pink 1.0, Boxiator can accurately control the movements of people or objects in videos through text. In this regard, byte beat relevant people responded that Boxiator is a technical method research project for controlling object movement in the field of video generation. At present, it can not be used as a perfect product, and there is still a big gap between the leading video generation models abroad in terms of picture quality, fidelity, and video length.
EU Official Launch Investigation into Tiktok
The European Commission’s filings show that the regulator has formally opened investigation proceedings against TikTok under the Digital Services Act (DSA) to find out whether the social media platform has taken sufficient steps to protect children. “Protecting young people is the DSA’s top enforcement priority,” Thierry Briton, the EU commissioner, said in the document.
Brereton said on X that the EU investigation will focus on the Tiktok’s addiction design, screen time limits, privacy settings and the social media platform’s age verification program. This is the second time the EU has launched a DSA investigation after Mr Musker’s X platform. If found to be in violation of the DSA, Tiktok could face a fine of up to 6 percent of its annual business volume. A spokesman for the company said it will “continue to work with experts and industry to ensure the safety of young people on the company and looks forward to the opportunity to explain this work in detail to the EU Commission now.”
Taobao gradually opened WeChat payment, set up a separate e-commerce company
On February 20, some users found WeChat Pay in the Taobao payment option.
Taobao official customer service said, “WeChat Pay is launched by Taobao and gradually open through WeChat Pay Taobao order service (whether to use WeChat Pay, please refer to the payment page display).” Customer service also mentioned that WeChat Pay is currently only gradually open for some users, and only supports the choice of purchasing some goods.
On the same day, Taobao established a live electricity supplier management company, causing market concern. It is reported that Taobao for interested in Amoy broadcast of the “novice anchorman” as well as stars, KOL, MCN organizations to provide “Po-style” full-managed operation services.
Musk said the first subject of the brain-computer interface may have fully recovered and can control the mouse solely by thinking.
In a live event on the social media platform X on February 20, Mr Masker revealed that the first human subjects of the brain computer interface company Neralink “Appears to have made a full recovery, with no adverse reactions to our knowledge. Subjects could move their mouse around a computer screen by just thinking” 。
Soft package leader SK On into the large battery industry
Recently, SKOn, one of the world’s leading soft battery manufacturers, announced that it intends to raise about 2 trillion won (about 10.7 billion yuan) of funds to strengthen the battery capacity investment. According to reports, the funds will be mainly used for new business such as large cylindrical batteries.
Sources said SK On is recruiting experts in the field of 46mm cylindrical batteries and experts in the field of square batteries. “The company has not limited the number and duration of recruitment, and intends to attract relevant talents through the industry’s top salary.”
SK On is currently the world’s fifth largest electric vehicle battery manufacturer, according to statistics released by South Korean research institute SNE Research, the company’s power battery load last year was 34.4 GWh, global market share of 4.9%. It is understood that the current SKOn battery form is mainly soft pack battery.
Post time: Feb-27-2024