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This is what he estimates that I take Spain to recover from an “extraordinary” blackout

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The press conference offered by Red Electrica (Ree) has allowed us to know the status of the situation after the general blackout that we have suffered in Spain. And above all, the time that the blackout is expected. “Between six and ten hours”. Those responsible have explained how the complete replacement of the system in all parts of the country could carry “between six and ten hours.” The estimate comes from simulations carried out above and also from the experience collected in blackouts that have occurred in other countries in the past. How Ree proceeds after the blackout. After the incident due to a collapse of tension in all the knots of the network, they explained in Ree, the essential thing is “Replace the different elements of generation and the transport network with tension so that when the stations obtain tension, it spreads through the different networks and start the propagation of tension.” Restitution has already begun. As indicated in Spanish Electricity, it has been possible to recover tension in areas near the borders with Portugal and Morocco, and both in the Catalonia area and the Basque Country is spreading tension to reach the transport stations. A gradual process. In the southern zone and center, tension has also been recovered at some points. This replacement process will be progressive in the different areas, they explain from Red Electrica and once it is possible to recover the tension in all transport regions, the supply to consumers can be replaced. An “exceptional and extraordinary” event. In Spanish Electric Electricity indicate that an incident of these characteristics had never happened and that “it is an exceptional and extraordinary incident.” They have insisted that they are focused on recovering the supply as soon as possible, and they have also highlighted that there are detailed prepared plans that indicate how to proceed and what steps continue to this type of problem. Unknown causes. In Spanish Electric Red have not given information about the causes of this general blackout. When asked about a potential cyber attack, government representatives have indicated that there is no record about the causes of the incident and “we cannot enter to speculate.” Image | Pere Jury In Xataka | The mass blackout is also affecting transport: Renfe informs of detainees and Aena of incidents

What to do in this situation and how to keep you informed

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The whole country is shock after Brugon that has taken place at the national leveland that has also affected other neighboring countries. Let’s tell you What can you do in this situationwith some practical tips on how to act at a general level and how to stay informed or informed. Nothing prepares us for this, but the advice can also apply them in other cases in which there is some type of massive electricity fall in your area. Because it is always good to have a small notion of preparation. First, keep calm It seems obvious, but the first advice must be Always keep calm. Do not get carried away by panic, and try to reassure other people. Being carried out by panic and fear can lead to bad decisions. It is best to go home and get calm or calm until it happens. You must understand that there are many people from electric operators working right now to solve everything, and that everything will return to normal soon. Even so, do not discard that it lasts several hours, so you should also be careful in other aspects. Save your mobile battery The computer of your house does not work without electricity, but your mobile and your laptop will. Even so, Try to use them as possible to save battery. We do not know how much a blackout can last, that is, it is best to prepare to stretch the autonomy of your devices as much as possible. For that, use it as little as possible, do not enter games or applications that are not necessary, and try not to always look at social networks or use WhatsApp to communicate. You may have to make a call to reassure or ask about how a relative is, but beyond that you do not use it. Check external batteries per house If you have external batteries in a house drawer, it is time to take them out and check how they are. Click on your ignition button to see in the indicator that they have the battery level and if they have something left. Choose a key devicesuch as your mobile, and focus everything you have batteries to keep it loaded. Do not try to keep all at once, do it only with the most essential. The closed fridge As for household appliances, little to say if the light has gone. Perhaps the most important thing is keep the fridge closed So that the cold does not leave and you can keep the food for as long as possible inside. Find information only in official sources In these cases, the normal thing is that there are all kinds of bulls and rumors. Do not create any speculation, and simply Look for official sources To keep you informed. Find information from the Government of Spain, and also of national electricity companies. When you read articles related to what is happening, always look at who you think and where the information comes from. Do not believe anything that no one says that is not within an electric company, in the government, or in an institution where they really know what happens. The normal thing in these cases is that the information does not abound, especially at the beginning, since administrations should avoid speculation and say only the things of those who have certainty. In Xataka | Spain is dark: a general blackout has left us all without light

Renfe informs of stops and aen of incidents

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Its causes are still unknown, but the massive blackout that has left widespread areas of Spain and Portugal is also affecting public transport, including rail, air and even, in some areas, traffic lights. In his official X profile, Renfe details that at 12.30 there was an electricity supply cut throughout the national electricity network that has resulted in “detainees and without outputs at all stations”, without providing more data. Similar message He has moved Aenawhich acknowledges that due to the power cut there are “some incidents” in airports and has resorted to contingency structure, which remain active. Likewise, public transport of at least some cities has been affected, such as Madrid. The Metro responsible They report that the service is interrupted due to “lack of electricity supply.” (Information in development)

What is the “energy zero” and why the supply can go suddenly but it takes hours to recover

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The general blackout in Spain is causing many problems at the level of transport or trade, and in the meantime hospitals are going to their emergency generators. The situation has been caused after the so -called “energy zero”. Energy zero. This is called the situation in which the flow of electricity in an electrical system is interrupted or significantly reduced, reaching zero. The question, of course, is why this problem occurs. Diverse causes. This event can occur for various reasons such as infrastructure failures, climatic events or great imbalances between supply and demand. Consequences. We are living them: lack of supply in essential homes, businesses and services such as transport, communications or health, in addition to damage to teams and the consequent economic impact. It has already happened in the Canary Islands. In June 2020 there was an energy zero in the south of Tenerife, and in fact in the Canary Islands there have been several similar episodes In recent years. The Governing Council approved in September 2022 a sanction of eight million euros to Red Eléctrica de España for the problems derived from that fall. And in the world. There have been large electric blackouts in various parts of the world for decades. In Italy, in 2003, 57 million people They were affected by a high voltage line affected by a series of fallen trees during a storm. In India, in July 2012, 700 million people They were affected by an electricity overdex. Chile suffered a recent blackout last February A very serious infraction of the Law of the Electric Sector. The law of the electrical sector that regulates these situations establish that these types of problems represent a very serious infraction. In article 64.31 The following is specified: “The interruption or suspension of the supply without the legal or regulation requirements established or outside the assumptions provided legally or regulation.” The supply goes fast, but slowly returns. In this type of event, the electricity supply goes completely in an instant, but its recovery is much more gradual and can take hours. From Red Electrica Español they indicated half an hour after the blackout how the supply begins to recover in the north and southern peninsular, but it will take some time that the recovery is complete. It is not known how exactly, but in some parts of Spain the electricity supply is already being recovered, they indicate media such as being. Xataka | There are so many Australians with solar panels in their roofs that the electricity grid has been one step away from the abyss

Byd set out to win the electric car race. And then a TSMC factory went on sale

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Build your dreams. That is the message after the acronym for Byd (“Build Your Dreams”, in English), the electric car manufacturer that is becoming absolute leader of the market. Only in 2024 he distributed 4.27 million electric cars and plug -in hybrids, 2.5 times more than Tesla (1.7 million). Its market domain is currently imperial. It is remarkable that unlike other electric car manufacturers, ByD is responsible for manufacturing practically all the critical components of those vehicles. Not only batteries, but electric motors, chassis and, attention, semiconductors used in such vehicles. It does it through semiconductor byd, which As Nomad Semi points out It is one of its most important divisions after its subsidiary Findreams Battery, in charge of manufacturing the batteries. The company was founded in 1995 by Wang Chuanfu and initially focused on the development of rechargeable batteries. In 2003 he already sold more than anyone in that sector, and that was when it was introduced into the car industry when buying the Xi’an qinchhuan Automobile Company. But before something unique happened. When TSMC decided to sell one of its factories Just a year earlier, in 2002, a semiconductor Byd, a division was created Fables “Chips said, but delegated her manufacture in other companies (Foundries) – destined to develop integrated circuits for protects their batteries and thus avoid overheating or overloads. In 2004 TSMC made the decision to close Fab 1its first manufacturing plant, and in 2005 it ended up selling all the equipment and were used for a fable of six -inch silicon wafers (popular in the 1990s, but already somewhat obsolete) of the manufacturer semiconductor symptoms. This company licensed TSMC patents and also had engineers who had previously worked for that firm. Things did not just go well and Ningo Sinomos went through economic difficulties. Byd took the opportunity and bought this company for 29 million dollars. The company founded by Wang was already involved in the development of electric cars and made a remarkable leap here: to be able to develop its own chips, it went from being a company without its own production (Fables) to an IDM (integrated device manufacturer) that I had control of all phases of the development of its chips, from design to production. Chips everywhere Since then, Byd’s activity accelerated and expanded its product catalog. Thus, they developed chips to manage the management of the electricity supply (IGBTS, MOSFETS, DIODES, Integrated Current Circuits), but also microcontrollers (MCU), sensors (temperature, pressure, position, current) and optolectronic chips (photodetector, octoacopladores, etc.). Source: Nomad Semi Among them, The most outstanding are IGBTS (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor). These are specially important components for current investment systems, acting as electronic switches that help in the process of passing continuous current that batteries provide to the alternating current needed by electric motors. Byd Semiconductor began to develop its first IGBT chips in 2005, and since then it has been creating new and better versions. Its most recent IGBT 6.0 chips were launched in 2022 and are almost as good as the most advanced competitors such as Infineon. That has allowed Byd to become the most important IGBT provider for Chinese manufacturers. Their advances with the aforementioned IGBTS are an important example of the growth of the division: Semiconductor ByD already has various subsidiaries and factories that produce 8 and 12 inches wafers, much more modern and that have allowed to create increasingly advanced chips. New developments for autonomous driving and supervoid load In fact, in November 2024 They announced A collaboration with TSMC and Mediatek for the development of two new chips. One of them, For its autonomous driving systems/driving assistance, is the future substitute for those used so far in their vehicles (Nvidia Orin and Horizon Robotics J6E), and offers a Autonomous Level 3. Interior of the Byd Atto 2 The second is the Byd9000, a chip with 4 Nm photolithography based on the MediaTak Dimensity 9000 and is oriented to advanced infotainment systems. But there are more examples, and one of them is in the developments Silicon carbide -based that for years are increasingly important in electric cars. Byd has been working with this type of material for some time and in fact in March 2025 he presented his super and platform, a system that provides Superápida load in electric vehicles allowing loads of 100 kWh batteries in just 6 minutes. This achievement occurred thanks to the development of specialized chips of 1,500V by the semiconductor byd, which for the first time can apply them in the automotive industry. These chips are capable of managing a greater voltage, and in front of traditional electric vehicles that use 400 and 800 volts systems allow to reduce energy losses and make possible faster loads. Good news for byd, bad for the rest He Silent boom of semiconductor ByD as a supplier of this type of chips can generate a trend among other car manufacturers, which so far have delegated that part of the business in specialized companies such as Infineon, NXP, ONSEMI, Texas Instrumental or Renesas. All of them dominate the semiconductor market for the automotive industry, but things could change. Especially since electric cars use many more components of this type than combustion motor cars, and that makes the vertical integration through which Byd (almost everything in their cars they manufacture it) is especially interesting for manufacturers. Nomad Semi analysts believe that NXP, ONSEMI and INFINON are the ones at risk They are for that trend. According to their data, the car industry represents half of its sales, but also the income in China are especially important for the aforementioned and renesses. Are we therefore facing a new semiconductor giant? Of course, not in the broad sense of the word: Semiconductor ByD focuses completely on the chips and components destined for its vehicles, but of course that frantic growth of Byd growth in the electric car industry can put very difficult things to its rivals in this sector. Image | Byd | Wikimedia In Xataka … Read more

Chinese cars no longer compete against the West. Compete against the future itself

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For years, the West was the goal. The mirror where Chinese brands were looked at. The standard that had to be achieved. Today, that mirror is broken. Byd, Xiaomi, Zeekr, Nio or Jaecoo and omoda —The new heads of the Chery group in Europe – no longer mimic Tesla, Mercedes, BMW or Jeep. They play on another board. One that did not even exist five years ago. A land where The car is no longer just engine, or prestige, or inheritance: it is a digital platform, it is integrated emotion, It is services fluidity. While in Europe it is still discussed if the electric car can be profitable and in the United States automotive has become a political fight, In China the car has mutated something different: a living, sensitive, evolutionary object. A product in perpetual beta, as a software that learns, feels and redefines. Each new model launched by Chinese brands is less one car and more a manifesto, a declaration of intentions. Plus a commitment to the future than an answer to the present. He Xiaomi Su7 Ultra It is not an improved alternative to Model 3. It is a complete reinvention of the Premium car idea: 800 km of autonomy, ultra -grape load of 370 kilometers in 10 minutes, indoor level, native digital ecosystem, emotional assistants. The car not only drives: he lives, he feels, he talks. Byd, with all its brands, carries this transformation even further: models such as the Yangwang U8 or the denza Z do not offer luxury by themselves, but luxury as an emotional extension of technology, with an absolute domain of the software and an obsession with the user’s sensory experience. Each gesture, every texture, each lighting has an emotional purpose, not just functional. Yangwang U8L. Image: Xataka. Denza Z. Image: Xataka. Nio and Zeekr, meanwhile, explore the car as extension of the vital ecosystem: interchangeable batteries in minutes, voice assistants that learn from you, environmental screens that transform the cabin into an intimate space. They do not sell cars. They sell life experiences. And this phenomenon no longer remains in China. We are seeing it in Europe with omoda and jaecootwo brands that the Chery group has brought to Spain with a clear proposal: expressive design, advanced digital interfaces, full connectivity technology at a price that makes it difficult to ignore them. Omoda 3. Image: omoda. He Omoda 5 and the Jaecoo 7 They do not simply seek to replicate a German or Japanese SUV. They seek to build another car idea: more sensory, more digital, more emotional. He Omoda 3 He has consolidated that idea: it’s not just a car, it’s something else. And in their presentation they were insistent with the emotional aspect. In the interview we have published in XatakaCharlie Zhang, vice president of Chery, told us in Wuhu: “The stereotype has deflated at the speed of our sales.” A phrase that summarizes how China no longer needs to imitate anyone: now define its own rules. Because it is no longer just about electrification. Not even autonomy.It’s about redefining what it means to possess and live a car. China no longer seeks to live up to it, but directly design the next level. In Shanghai it was clear: the future of the car is no longer decided in Munich or Detroit. He is incubating in Beijing, in Shenzhen, in Wuhu. And the West, this time, no longer carries the lead. Outstanding image | Xataka In Xataka | I have driven the Jaecoo 5 EV in China: the electric SUV that no longer asks for permission

Aemet has just published its prognosis

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The “May bridge” looks at us from the end of the week and, while Media Spain compulsively update the AEMET applicationthe models begin to clear the uncertainties of recent days. Although, unfortunately, this is not to say too much. All eyes looking at a single storm. One that “moves slowly west of the peninsula reinforced by cold air in the highest layers of the atmosphere.” And that is the problem: that is moving exasperatingly slowbut at any time you can paste an acceleration. In fact, even if it does not, it is very likely to leave rains at least in the west of the peninsula. The question at this point of the week is where it will rain exactly. What we don’t know. Part of the problem is that everything seems to indicate that most of these rainfall They can be stormy. The bad news is that this makes its prediction even more complex; The good is that we are not talking about continuous rains, but of something (rather) of a timely nature. What we do know. Luckily, Amet He has just taken his weekly prediction. We know that Borrasca will approach the Peninsula on Wednesday and the first rains make an appearance in Galicia and Portugal. For Friday, we hope that different rainfall bands begin to admit for the northwest. With them the rays, lightning, wind and hail will come. And if I struck her follow your planned behavioron Saturday the rains will be more widespread (selling from the northern end of the peninsula). So will it rain or not? As I say, the answer is complicated: As Martín León explainsBorrasca will bring “unstable time both for the west (we are) and sunny and stable time the more the east (we are).” It rains or does not rain. What we can expect are spring temperatures throughout the week. All this will bring South wind and the thermometers could shoot up to 27 degrees in places like Bilbao. In the south, the 30 can give them for discount. So we expect a very typical of the spring: pleasant temperatures and much uncertainty. Let’s enjoy it, just summer. Image | ECMWF In Xataka | “One of the most extreme phenomena in history”: meteorologists are dismayed before the heat wave of Africa and Asia

A general blackout has left us all without light

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The reasons are still unknown, but Media Spain is now without light. A cut or an interruption in the electricity grid has left the Peninsula in the dark and without the capacity to work. Nor do street elements work such as traffic lights, although telephony and transformer antennas do seem to be operational. Falls are also reported in Portugal and part of France. From Xataka we can also confirm that in the Canary Islands there do not seem to cuts and everything works normally, at least for the moment. In development…

Xiaomi needs a new face

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There was a time when Xiaomi could afford to be a sympathetic logo, almost toy. A funny nickname (“mi”), a simple aesthetic not to say Ramplona, ​​a spirit of accessibility and carefree. Okay. He was born as the brand that democratized the smartphone, The brand that competed in pricebut not in prestige. That time is over. In the Shanghai Motor Show it has been clear to us that Xiaomi no longer plays that game. With the Su7 ultraits first electric car in the upper version, Xiaomi changes its screws: it no longer competes by volume, competes by status. It does not seek to be the cheap alternative to Tesla. He wants to be the direct alternative. He even wants to overcome. The problem is that their brand, its visual architecture, their story, have not followed that jump of ambition. Today, Xiaomi sells mobiles of more than 1,500 euros. And it does it more and more often. It goes up to the podium of computational photography, of the design of noble materials, of functional luxury. And now he launches a car that, in finishes, technology and presence, rivals you with Porsche or Lucid. But continues to carry the same logo as when he did 200 euros phones that at three years ended in a drawer. It is not enough to change the product. You also have to change what the world sees, feels and projects about you. A brand is not just a name or an emblem. It is a silent promise, an unconscious expectation, a frame of reference. Today, the orange logo and the nice “Mi” continue to refer to the old Xiaomi. To that of shelves at ground in Medamarkt. No to the xiaomi that builds 500 horsepower, or Pulido Titanium Mobile. Not to the Xiaomi who wants to be a cultural and not just technological reference. That dissonance between what Xiaomi is and what seems to be is its greatest risk right now. Because brand coherence – that invisible red thread that joins product, perception and aspiration— It is essential when you want to play in the leagues where each nuance matterswhere each gesture counts. Apple was never just a logo. It was an aesthetic. A narrative. A visual discipline. A coherent language between hardware, software, packagingstores and communication. Xiaomi is reaching a product level capable of playing in that league. But the language of its beginnings continues. Keep asking respect with a teenager voice. And if it does not correct that lag, His ambition will collide with skepticism. Against a friction that is barely intuited today, but that can crystallize in a subtle but lethal distrust: that of those who admire the object, but does not finish believing the brand. The moment is now. Image: Xataka. It was not so important that the flagship on the hood of the ultra was gold and carbon fiber how to change its image. A superficial redesign is not enough. Xiaomi needs a new brand architecture: more sober, more refined, more deliberate. A brand capable of sustaining ultra -premium mobiles, electric shots, and whatever comes later without anyone blinking. Perhaps a double architecture – an accessible base xiaomi and a different submarine for the aspirational. Or perhaps a deep and unique evolution. But not remain the same. He already encouraged to transcend his original brand, but consolidating chaos instead of building clarity. The Ultra has not only shown that Xiaomi knows how to make extraordinary cars. Has demonstrated, above all, that It no longer makes sense to continue looking at Xiaomi as the usual brand. Now that Xiaomi also understands. And act accordingly. Outstanding image | Xiaomi In Xataka | In full protectionist withdrawal, Xiaomi wants to be the new huawei and knows where to start: with its own chips

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