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Singapore Warms to Electric Cars Two Years After Tesla’s Rebuke
(Bloomberg) — After years of not doing much to foster the uptake of electric cars, Singapore has started to embrace…
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World’s Largest E-Scooter Factory Aims to Make EV Each 2 Seconds
(Bloomberg) — Bhavish Aggarwal surveys the empty 500-acre expanse encircled by neon-painted homes, tiny shrines and mango groves. The high-profile…
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Volkswagen and ViacomCBS Are Reinventing Themselves. Why That’s Good for Their Stocks.
My 1980 Volkswagen Rabbit died a hero’s death in the mall parking lot, a quarter of a million miles on…
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Forget GameStop. If You Want Real Risk, Invest in Supercars
(Bloomberg Businessweek) — Everyone notices the doors, but few pay much attention to the sills. In 1954, Mercedes-Benz unveiled its…
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South Korea and Taiwan’s Chip Power Rattles the U.S. and China
(Bloomberg Businessweek) — There’s nothing like a supply shock to illuminate the tectonic shifts in an industry, laying bare the…
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Where the ‘15-Minute City’ Falls Short
Street changes such as bike lanes have been a central part of advancing the urban planning idea known as the…
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China Investors Await Policy Signals to Boost Faltering Stocks
(Bloomberg) — China’s renewable energy, defense and technology sectors are poised for a boost from the nation’s top political meeting…
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S&P 500 scores best day gain in about 9 months, as March kicks off with brighter economic outlook
U.S. stock-market benchmarks surged Monday, with the S&P 500 booking its best day of gains since June, as a gauge…
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China’s Nio Misses Profit Forecast Even as Vehicles Sales Grow
(Bloomberg) — Chinese electric-vehicle upstart Nio Inc. posted a wider-than-expected loss in the fourth quarter, a year after a government…
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Escape Artists Accused of Freeing Carlos Ghosn Can’t Evade Reckoning in Japan
(Bloomberg) — Fifteen months after security contractor Michael Taylor smuggled the former Nissan Motor Co. chairman Carlos Ghosn out of…
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Deal for Key Metal in EV Revolution Brought Bonanza for Newcomer
A transfer of lucrative cobalt and copper assets by the Democratic Republic of Congo’s state mining company enabled a little-known…
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Biden Team Pressing Taiwan, Allies on Auto Chip Shortfall
(Bloomberg) — President Joe Biden’s top economic adviser, Brian Deese, has sought the Taiwanese government’s help resolving a global semiconductor…
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Tesla stock’s drop likely related to bitcoin bet
Tesla Inc. stock entered a bear market on Tuesday and a few analysts pinned that on the Silicon Valley electric-car…
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For the Posh, Bentley’s New Flying Spur Is Practically Pious
(Bloomberg) — Bentley isn’t the first brand that springs to mind when it comes to green driving. Tesla and Toyota…
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When the Fantasy of Better Battery Science Doesn’t Match Reality
They may be waiting a while: The technical challenges of making better batteries (and therefore, electric vehicles) are enormous and…
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Elon Musk Loses $15 Billion in a Day After Bitcoin Warning
(Bloomberg) — Elon Musk is no longer the world’s richest person after Tesla Inc. shares slid 8.6% on Monday, wiping…
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U.S. death toll atop 500,433 as Biden calls for unity, face masks and vaccination ‘when it’s your turn’
Just one day after the U.S. recorded half a million deaths from the coronavirus-borne illness COVID-19, the death toll hit…
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Tesla’s $1.5bn crypto bet triggers companies to explore bitcoin
Companies are starting to express interest in bitcoin as a long-term investment, following in the footsteps of listed giants such…
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Mexico Shifts Into Reverse on Electric Vehicles
(Bloomberg Opinion) — The combustible engine’s end date is firming up: General Motors Co., the largest of the Detroit big…
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Cars, Crime, and Startup Culture in HBO’s The Lady and the Dale
(Bloomberg) — Elizabeth Carmichael is a difficult character to love. She conned thousands of people out of their hard-earned money. She…
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