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...India is seeking foreign investment to bolster its economy and compete in sectors such as electric vehicles and semiconductors....
...His reputation as an indefatigable tech maverick helped to make emission-free vehicles desirable, first for the Silicon Valley crowd then the world....
...Elon Musk is developing plans to launch a new artificial intelligence start-up to compete with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, as the billionaire seeks to join Silicon Valley’s race to build generative AI systems....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on April 19 2024. ©2024 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...Li’s company, which has offices in Hefei, near Shanghai, as well as in Silicon Valley, designs and sells EV chassis — known as skateboards....
...In the X poll, 87.1 per cent of 1.1mn voters said the electric-car maker should change its state of incorporation....
...It has been met with deep concern in Silicon Valley, where it is seen as a government attempt to override years of design and technical decisions made by product managers and engineers....
...Son’s mansion loan SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son has used a Silicon Valley mansion that he bought for a record sum as security for a multimillion-dollar loan....
...Google co-founder Sergey Brin’s secretive project to build huge electric airships is scaling up rapidly, as Lighter Than Air (LTA) Research prepares its first major test flights later this year....
...About 20 years later, I was in Silicon Valley as a Nikkei reporter and globalisation was advancing at a breathtaking pace....
...The class action lawsuit was brought by investors who allege Musk artificially boosted Tesla’s stock price when he wrote on Twitter in August 2018 that he was considering taking the electric-car maker private...
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on September 29. ©2023 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...Bulky and angular, the electric pick-up truck looked weird and impractical. Watching the live event in late 2019, I assumed this was strictly one for the superfans....
...Other listed witnesses, who may or may not be called, include members of Tesla’s board, its chief financial officer and head of investor relations; and Silicon Valley figures such as Silver Lake managing...
...Among the potential witnesses are Musk; members of Tesla’s board, its chief financial officer and head of investor relations; and Silicon Valley figures such as Silver Lake managing partner Egon Durban,...
...Tesla’s share of the US electric vehicle market has dropped below 65 per cent from 79 per cent five years ago....
...At the end of last year, one rash fool in the Financial Times predicted that shares in Tesla, the electric car company run by Musk, would keep going up in 2022....
...After raising private capital from blue-chip Silicon Valley funds including Sequoia Capital, Index Ventures and Accel, Bird merged with blank-cheque company Switchback II in November last year at an initial...
...Denizens of Silicon Valley have long hailed microdoses of psychedelic drugs as a means of unlocking creativity. Where tech leads, the US follows....
...She was previously president of home furnishing group Restoration Hardware and is the audit committee chair of electric truck group Rivian and speaker company Sonos....
...Changing fortunes for ‘Silicon Valley Iron Man’ Beijing’s cyber regulators are sharpening their focus on Tesla just as competition from Chinese electric vehicle rivals intensifies....
...In the words of one fan, Tesla’s powerful, sleekly designed cars have turned electric vehicles from vegetables you should eat into a dessert you desire....
...Ford boosts electric plansFord announced plans to increase electric sales targets on Wednesday, adding that it would split its battery vehicle arm and engine businesses into separate units....
...It is a modestly useful consumer innovation, and in April raised $12mn in a funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz, the Silicon Valley venture capital group....
...These include “deep tech” such as AI and robotics, and “hard tech” like electric vehicle batteries and semiconductors....
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