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Take cars from China to Mexico. It sank with 3,000 vehicles on board after burning

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It was called Morning Midas. Sailed on May 26 From the Chinese port of Yantai with more than 3,000 vehicles on board and destination to the Mexican port of Lázaro Cárdenas. It never arrived. On June 23, after several weeks to drift for a fire on board, the freighter He sank into deep water From the North Pacific, more than 600 kilometers southwest of Adak, in Alaska. It disappeared in silenceleaving behind a trail of smoke, steel and cars that will never touch the mainland. The fire began on June 3. According to the United States Coast Guardthe smoke came from the roof where electric vehicles were. On board 22 crew members were traveling. Everyone managed to evacuate in time in a lifeboat and were rescued without injuries to the freighter Cosco Hellaswhich was in the area. A freighter that remained to the Mercer in the middle of the ocean For days, Morning Midas was drifting, still wrapped in smoke. Rescue teams worked alongside Zodiac Maritime – the British ship of the ship – to evaluate the situation and prepare a possible recovery. But he didn’t have time. The combination of structural damage, bad weather and water entry ended up sinking it more than 5,000 meters deep. The cargo was as valuable as revealing: 3,048 vehicles, including 70 electric and 681 hybrids, According to data updated by the Coast Guard After verifying the information with Zodiac Maritime. Each unit possibly already had an assigned destination: a dealer or a buyer. Now they rest at the bottom of the ocean, without any possibility of recovering them. Morning Midas The history of Morning Midas clearly illustrates the scope of maritime car transport, a global chain that we rarely see but holds the flow of millions of vehicles a year. It also remembers other recent episodes. In 2023, the Fremantle Highway freighter, with about 3,000 cars on board –including about 500 electric-,burned for days at the North Sea. A crew member died. The ship ended up being towed to a port after a week of uncontrolled fire. Morning Midas That case led to the Dutch authorities to demand urgent improvements in emergency protocols for this type of transport. Since then, the focus on the difficulty of containing fires into ships that transport cars has been made. Morning Midas Zodiac Maritime has deployed several ships equipped with Anticontamination systems To monitor the area. According to the Coast Guardno discharges have been detected to date, although the risk is still present: the ship He transported 1,530 tons of fuelulo of low sulfur content and another 350 marine diesel. Maritime car transport is a key piece of industrial gear. And while loading more than 3,000 units on the same ship may seem shocking, the truth is that today is almost common. Manufacturers such as ByD have begun to operate their own ships. One of them is already in service and can move up to 7,000 electric cars on a single trip. It has not yet been confirmed whether the fire aboard the Morning Midas is related to any of the electric vehicles he transported. What is clear is that this type of incidents occur in full electric car boom. Each route that is planned is part of a learning process. And even if we still have no answers, there is a question that resonates: are we safely transporting thousands of high voltage batteries per sea? Images | US Coast Guard (1, 2, 3, 4) In Xataka | The cars are getting bigger and the squares do not grow. There are those who have a solution: the parking ‘spine’

stabilize the network with electric cars

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The great blackout that affected millions in the Iberian Peninsula made it clear that the electrical system needs more than patches. In Utrecht, the Netherlands have decided to try a solution that sounds for science fiction but is already real: electric cars that help stabilize the network. Short. According to Reuters, Vehicle-To-Grid (V2G) technology allows electric cars not only to receive electricity, but also return it to the network at times of high demand. Thus, they become mobile storage units that help balance an electrical system increasingly fed by renewable energy, which are intermittent. Double meaning. Promoted by companies such as We Drive Solar And with the support of Renault, the project transforms electric vehicles into mobile energy storage units. At night, in the so -called “Valley Hours”, cars absorb energy (ideally renewable). During the day, especially at times of high demand, that same energy returns to the network through bidirectional loaders. All this has been possible thanks to the progress in more resistant batteries and intelligent loaders capable of managing this constant input and exit flow. As has pointed out Reuters, Utrecht has deployed 500 Renault R5 E-Tech vehicles compatible with V2G and at least 50 bidirectional recharge points throughout the city. The investment is around 100 million euros. Why Utrecht? The choice is not accidental: 35% of its roofs They have solar panels, and it is the country with greater solar density Per capita of Europe. This creates an energy paradox: sometimes there is too much solar energy that is not used. The storage distributed in shared electric cars not only takes advantage of that surplus, but returns to the network when it is most missing. In pilot phase. The rest of Europe countries are in a preliminary phase, the first major V2G ecosystem in operation, most projects in Europe remain pilots. For example, Volkswagen will launch one in Sweden this autumn with 200 ambibox chargers or, in the case of Spain, some electrroliners already operate with this system, although still limitedly. A new form of storage. Utrecht’s case is more than a local bet: it is an example of how electric mobility can be actively integrated into the energy system. While they are built Great industrial batteriesthousands of connected electric cars can do the same job in a distributed, silent and effective way. What today is an ambitious test in the Netherlands, could be a common infrastructure tomorrow in many cities in the world. Image | Pexels Xataka | In the eyes of the DGT, a Seat Ibiza contaminates more than a Lamborghini. The government wants to end it

A parking for 650 cars

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The world has embarked on the adventure of the transport electrification. We see it on the roads with the electric carbut also makes sense at sea with concrete ships: the ferris. There are already several countries presuming from their electric ships and, if a few weeks ago Argentina and Uruguay They took chest with their China Zorrillanow it is Finland that has presented the largest electric ferri in the world. A 200 meters to batteries. Helios. Sea electrification is nothing new. More than a decade ago already They began to take steps in the transformation of transport in Ferri. They are ships that make relatively short, but constant tours between two ports, accumulating thousands of kilometers a year, and the estimates They point out that, electrifying the 50 -meter length ferris to cover 100 -kilometer routes would save 50% fossil fuel in this segment. Viking Line It is a Finnish shipping company that has a Ferris fleet that operates between Finland, Sweden and Estonia islands. Its ships are a mixture between cruise and ferri, with huge dimensions and considerable load capacity. Also They have cruises as suchbut its new 100% electric ship will be a ferri called Helios that scares its dimensions. Enormous. He MS Viking Cinderella It is the largest ferri of the company, a 191 -meter monster with capacity for 2,560 passengers and 480 vehicles. Helios will overcome it almost everything. To begin with, it will have 195 meters of length and another 30 meters of manga and its capacity will be 2,000 passengers, but it will have ‘hole’ for a whopping 650 cars. China Zorrilla measures 130 meters long, 32 wide and has capacity for 2,100 passengers and 225 vehicles. The China Zorrilla Green corridor. To move such a monster, Viking Line will provide helios with batteries that will have a capacity of between 85 and 100 MWh, more than double the 40 MWh of China Zorrilla, and will make the journey between the capitals of Finland and Estonia in a time of about two hours. Its batteries allow to complete this journey between Helsinki and Tallin at a speed of about 42 kilometers per hour (23 knots) which is the speed that other ferris of the company have. And the 80 kilometers of journey can be done with a single load. This is a fundamental point at the time of electrification of maritime corridors and, for this, each port will have an infrastructure capable of supplying 30 MWh during the scale. Trend? And we talk all the time in the future because there are a few years left to see this electric titan in operation. Viking Line expects to have helios and load infrastructure ready for 2030. We will see if before that date other actors surprise us with an even greater electric ship Because the truth is that there are several countries interested in this transformation of maritime mobility thanks to Advances in the ability of batteries. Without going far, in Spain we have the ‘Barbarian Cap‘, a ferri who joins Ibiza with Formentera who was a pioneer, but does not stand out with his 1 MWh battery. However, Balearia is already shaping Two twin ferris With 39 MWh batteries to join Tarifa and Tangier. From Viking they are clear that these electric ships will be as significant as those of candle, steam and motor of their time, and although in the ferris it makes a lot of sense, we must wait to see if the solid state batteries They can colonize the sea aboard huge cruises And above all, Portenero. In Xataka | The largest ultra -grape load electroinera is found in Asturias. And that is its greatest virtue

What cars can circulate and which ones rest on June 21

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We are already on the weekend. Yes, that means that we have before us the Sabatino does not circulate. That is, we cannot move with total peace of mind if we have some specific cars. Or we can if we have other cars that can be moved calmly. Conclusion? That we must pay close attention to the program devised by the CDMX Ministry of Environment (Sedema), known as today does not circulate. A system that takes into account the hologram and plate number to tell us whether or not we can circulate with our car. And this measure forces us to leave some cars at home. Because a basic guideline is followed: if there are fewer cars on the road there is less pollution. A restriction that can lead us to a fine if we are not attentive. Restrictions, of course, that only apply in the 16 mayors in Mexico City and in the following conurbation municipalities of the State of Mexico: Atizapán de Zaragoza Coacalco de Berriozábal Cuautitlán Cuautitlán Izcalli Chalco Chicoloapan Chimalhuacán Ecatepec de Morelos Huixquilucan Ixtapaluca La Paz Naucalpan de Juárez Nezahualcóyotl Nicolás Romero Tecámac Tlalnepantla de Baz Tultitlán Chalco Valley What cars and plaques affect the Sabatino today Having all this very clear, what are those restrictions that apply? First of all, we have to be clear is that our cars will not be able to move if we are in any of the groups that we are going to specify below. To start, you have the daily restrictions in the superior image. You can find the restrictions that specify whether or not to rest a car. Keep in mind that the thing changes the weekend because on Saturdays there are specific rules. Thus, a day like today the following conditions can be applied. Cars that can circulate every Saturday Cars that have to rest every Saturday Cars that rest on a Saturday yes and another no+ These restrictions, however, do not apply all day. At night they do not take into account and, therefore, are active between 05:00 and 10:00 p.m.. That is, at night we can move freely and without being afraid of fines. Having all this clear, who can or may not circulate during today’s unattainable? As we said, we must look at the hologram, the plate number and, but the calendar. And, on Saturdays, cars with hologram 2 cannot circulate. You don’t have to think much, cars with hologram 2 cannot move. The opposite happens with those of Hologram 0 and 00, which can circulate with total freedom. It is clear that as they are less pollutants, they can move with total freedom. And the hologram 1? In that case, restrictions are limited to the calendar. This Saturday, June 21, 2025 We are facing the third Saturday of the month. That means that it is the cars with hologram 1 and plate finished in odd number those that rest. Next week, as is broken, they will be finished in torque. However, there are some exceptions that must be taken into account because those cars can move with total freedom: Those that work for electricity, natural gas or are hybrid Those who have disabled plate All those dedicated to urban transport services (includes funerals) Those who offer school or passenger transport Those destined for public safety and/or civil protection In case of breaching these restrictions, the fine will be 20 to 30 times the unit of measurement and update (Uma), which is equivalent to 1,924.40 pesos and even 2,886.60 pesos. Photo | Tim tra In Xataka | Contamination is not only making you live less and worse. You are also making you darker

The world’s largest cars laundry empire

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80 years ago, German businessman Joseph Enning set up a business he discovered after spending a year studying in the United States. A car laundry. That tunnel-car-wash that saw in New York had only a conveyor belt, a couple of groups of brushes and a blower to dry the cars. In 1964, he decided to inaugurate the first car wash under the name of MRW-Uuto-Service GmbH. And from there, the rest is history. At that time, Europe had nothing similar. The laundries were completely manual, scarce and expensive. It imported a concept that the United States had been using since the 1950s and, for practically 20 years operating in practically alone, it had hardly any competition. Since then, MR.Wash has opened more than 30 locations in Germany, and Clean more than 8 million cars a year. They are numbers that compete with the laundries installed in the gas stations of the main fuel distributors. The German group is currently considered as the largest automatic laundry operator by center volume (How many cars washed a single center per day), attending up to 5,000 cars per day, 300 every hour with about 100 workers per center. For more context it is convenient to know that in Spain, One of Norauto’s longest tunnels (50 meters)accompanied by a total of 24 boxes, manages to make about 30,000 washes per year. To achieve this volume of daily washes, the company needs unusual laundry. Some of them, Like the open in Bonn in 2021They have a total of three floors and carry a cost of 20 million euros at their opening. An area of ​​5,800 square meters in which plants construction is key to taking advantage of spaces. In Spain, one of Norauto’s longest tunnels (50 meters), accompanied by a total of 24 boxes, achieves about 30,000 washes per year. A volume of washing remarkably lower than that of a single MR.Wash center. There is also nothing similar in Europe or outside it: the maximum capacity usually is around 1,000 daily washes. This ends up translating into an annual turnover, with 2023 figures, 140 million euros only in washes. To which we must add the adjacent service stations of the group itself (110 million) and another 40 for its oil change services. The business and customer service model goes far beyond car washing. In the facilities there is cafeteria to wait while they wash in the car There is library service (in this case, free) In addition to automated washing services, facilities include manual washing boxes Basic maintenance services are offered, such as oil changes If you wonder how much it costs to wash the car in such a place, the answer is … it depends. The basic programs start from 12 euros, which include interior washing up to 40 euros, and the most premium washing rises to 75 euros including tires, shine and waxed. As a curiosity, in some of the MR.Wash centers, the manager himself manually ends the service if the client is not satisfied. Image | MR.Carwash

Huawei wants cars to drive alone in the future. So he is already devising how to hide the steering wheel

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China wants Lead the car race of the futureand for this he will need to win in Battery developmentimplementation of own semiconductorsvehicle software and … Autonomous driving. The country led by Xi Jinping is doing Check In several of these pillars, and Huawei assumes a good part of these victories. The company has been working for years to lead technologies associated with electric cars, and autonomous driving is one of the keys that characterize it. Related to it (and related to how Huawei understands luxury in cars that have their technology), we have clues about what their future proposals will be like. A steering wheel that hides. On June 6, Shenzhen Yinwang Intelligent Technology Co., LTD (subsidiary mostly participated by Huawei) registered a design patent before the National Office of Intellectual Property of China. This application refers to a retractable steering wheel, capable of being hidden in the command post. Once hidden. The patent does not refer to the exact operation, but shows a key related to its purpose: how the seat moves back when the steering wheel folds. The possible uses. Huawei has not detailed the scenarios of use, but there is a quite clear one: that when entering and leaving the vehicle, the steering wheel folds. Although the first thing that comes to mind has to do with Autonomous driving, The objective of the patent would also be related to the gain of space in the cabin. Relaxing the autonomous driving steering wheel is possible, but reserved for a very specific group of vehicles: those that have capabilities Autonomous conduction of type L4 and L5. Currently, there is not a single car in the world with these capabilities that we can buy as private users. In China, it is reserved for robotaxis like Baidu Apollo Goor the Waymo Alphabet in the United States. Vehicles with very restricted circulation and closed fleets. What is Yinwang and what does it do. Founded in January 2024, Shenzhen Yinwang Intelligent Technology Co., LTD is a subsidiary of Huawei under its majority participation. The remaining 20% ​​is in the hands of Avat (An independent manufacturer that is sold in Huawei’s own stores in China and has Huawei Harmonyos and Technologies) and Group beings. Born to transform the Huawei Intelligent Automotive Solution (Hias) division into one of the main technology providers for electric and autonomous cars. Yinwang is responsible for manufacturing and supplying smart systems for vehicles: algorithms, sensors, integration of harmonyos adapted to automotive, control of car elements such as thermal management, suspension or braking, etc. Among his clients are brands such as Aito, Luxeed or Avat, who enjoy Huawei technologies. How house with Huawei’s strategy. Huawei’s role in the world of electric car is different from rivals such as Xiaomi. Huawei does not make electric carsdevelops the necessary technologies for China to lead them. Ren Zhengfei, founder of the company, showed his rejection of commercial terms such as “Huawei Aito”, and made it clear that his plan is to associate with different companies to provide them with their automotive solutions. At the moment, he has managed to associate with giants like Chery to provide the Luxeed S7 of autonomous parkingfight to win the career of faster electric car loaderand collaborate with Aito To provide him with his software. Patents, patents are. It is important to clarify that the registration of a patent does not have to translate into an exact materialization of the idea collected. Image | Luxeed In Xataka | China has traced another technological field in three years where a sidereal front: the robotaxis

Toyota is behind in the development of cars software. So he has resorted to the referent in the field: China

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Toyota is the largest car manufacturer in the world. The accounts say that last year he put on the market Almost 11 million vehicles. But their 2024 sales have two readings. The optimistic is that, despite advocating the arrival of the electric car, Toyota continues to bet on hybrids And that allows him to be the manufacturer with the highest sales in the world. The presence of Toyota in that technology is minimal but the goal is to arrive at the exact moment or, to be late, to arrive better than the rivals. The pessimistic is that Toyota is losing bellows. The fall in global sales was 3.7% and although in the United States it advances with a firm step thanks to hybrids, In China an important 6.9%was left. Not only that, the market is so competitive that it threatens to expel some brands and lose ease in the world’s largest national market It can be a difficult Ramora to overcome in the future. 2024 was the third consecutive year in which Toyota left sales in China. The country is the place of the world where more electric cars are bought. There, the presence of Toyota has been almost testimonial until this year. Until this 2025, barely sold the Toyota Bz3 in China. Now he has confirmed that he will put the TOYOTA BZ3X (more assembled SUV market) and the Toyota Bz7both in collaboration with the GAC local. However, three electrical models is clearly insufficient compared to giants like Byd either All Geely’s potential With its innumerable brands. And to this it is added that the Chinese market is not only rewarding those who put a good car on the market in relation to their autonomy. China has taken an important step in the qualities of its habitats and, above all, customers are rewarding the software used inside, with multiple offers ranging from classic information to converting the interior of the car into a karaoke. The latter has put western manufacturers against the ropes that do not finish finding the key of what is carried there. Toyota’s solution: ally with those who know the most. Toyota, by the hand of Xiaomi and Huawei Given this last situation, Toyota has opted for the fast track but, perhaps, extremely intelligent. An alliance with Xiaomi and Huawei allows you to position the product as another part of the digital ecosystem of those who have an arsenal of products from that same family. Since the Xiaomi Su7 was presented, the company has placed special emphasis on the conversation between the mobile and car, turning it into one more extension of a family of products that is already omnipresent at home. His trick is Hyperos. My partner told Ricardo Aguilar in Xataka That the integration between the system and the mobile phone is much deeper than Apple Carplay or Android Auto. The operating system replicates in up to five screens the relevant information for each of them, has its own applications and allows you to display the information of the phone in mirror mode. Even the system allows Apple Carplay to combine with the base operating system and well show the latter on the central screen and the rear (while Hyperos works below in the instrument box or the head-up display) or send content to it by means of AirPlay. The same goes for Android Auto. The same goes for Harmonyosthe vehicle software used Huawei in cars that launches the market in collaboration with vehicle manufacturers such as Aito, Chery either Jac. In this case, he even has more crumb because They use their own chips with the aim of becoming independent of American companies. In 2021, Huawei already taught the leg with the Presentation of Harmonyos. That multiplatform software had the clear vocation to integrate all products into the same family. That is, who had a phone Huawei will be launched directly to a car that allows him to live the full user experience. Like Xioami, Huawei repeats formula presenting itself as an attractive option to attract customers in high -end or luxury vehicles, such as the one that We can see in this video. The approximation of both Chinese companies is radically different from that of Toyota whose investment in the software is being minimal so far. And although a few months ago they confirmed that They were investing greater resources In their own operating system, they are aware that quina competitiveness can pass them over. The solution is to ally with both Chinese technology. Thus, the Toyota BZ7 can be used with Both operating systems. Each will work with their own artificial intelligence developments and, for example, Toyota promises that with Huawei they are working on a personal identification of individuals so that, with a simple voice command, we can activate the desired profile at the moment. In addition to Xiaomi and Huawei, Toyota has also associated with Momenta. The Chinese company will allow you to delve into autonomous driving systems, a highly desired market in China. In fact, the own Government has had to give a touch of attention to manufacturers so that they do not overestimate their capabilities for the user. Photo | Toyota In Xataka | Family and friends keep asking me if “it is worth buying a Chinese car.” This is my answer

What cars can circulate and which ones rest on June 14

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Saturday and you can’t say that you have caught you by surprise. Because as every week the Sabatino does not circulate today. Restrictions that, as you know, are specific to the Saturday in which there are some master lines but that vary. This happens because, as you sure know, today does not circulate designed by the CDMX Ministry of Environment (Sedema) To reduce the pollutant emissions we breathe takes into account the type of car we use and what contaminates. For that, it takes into account the hologram and plate number. But, above all, the hologram as we will see very soon. Those restrictions, if we don’t take them into account, can cost us a good fine. Of course, remember that these restrictions that only apply in the 16 mayors in Mexico City and in the following conurbation municipalities of the State of Mexico: Atizapán de Zaragoza Coacalco de Berriozábal Cuautitlán Cuautitlán Izcalli Chalco Chicoloapan Chimalhuacán Ecatepec de Morelos Huixquilucan Ixtapaluca La Paz Naucalpan de Juárez Nezahualcóyotl Nicolás Romero Tecámac Tlalnepantla de Baz Tultitlán Chalco Valley What cars and plaques affect the Sabatino today Once we have all this clear, how do these restrictions apply? Well, we have to be clear that our cars can move as long as they are inside one of the following groups that we are going to specify below. First because the basics, the day to day, you have it in the superior image. As you can see, it specifies the prohibitions for each car, taking into account the hologram and the plate number. There they define what are the cars that have to rest. Because the thing changes on Saturdays. A day like today the following conditions can be applied. Cars that can circulate every Saturday Cars that have to rest every Saturday Cars that rest on a Saturday yes and another no+ These restrictions, however, do not apply all day. At night they do not take into account and, therefore, are active between 05:00 and 10:00 p.m.. That is, at night we can move freely and without being afraid of fines. Taking all this into account, what do you have to know yes or yes today does not circulate sabbatino? The first, that the hologram number defines the first restrictions but then there is a second layer in which we have to take an eye on the plate number and, above all, the calendar. And it is that on Saturdays, cars with hologram 2 cannot circulate in any case but those of Hologram 0 and 00 have a free way to move whenever they want and wherever they want. As are less pollutants, they can move with total freedom. And those of Hologram 1? Here you have to take an eye on the specific restrictions of the calendar. This Saturday, June 14, 2025 We must be very clear at what point we are. As it is the second Saturday of the month, it is the cars with hologram 1 and plaque finished in even number that rest. Next week will be the cars with hologram 1 and plaque finished in odd number those who will have to stay at home. However, there are some exceptions that must be taken into account because those cars can move with total freedom: Those that work for electricity, natural gas or are hybrid Those who have disabled plate All those dedicated to urban transport services (includes funerals) Those who offer school or passenger transport Those destined for public safety and/or civil protection In case of breaching these restrictions, the fine will be 20 to 30 times the unit of measurement and update (Uma), which is equivalent to 1,924.40 pesos and even 2,886.60 pesos. Photo | David Emrich In Xataka | Contamination is not only making you live less and worse. You are also making you darker

Xiaomi is not alone in his plan to sweep American technology of his electric cars. Xpeng is stepping on his heels

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2025 is being a Year of challenges for Chinese companies. The country is accelerating in its effort by reduce American dependenceand the semiconductor industry is the main key to achieve it. Who dominates knowledge in chips will dominate the world. Xiaomi knows it and the design of his own chip, the Xring 01It is proof of this. It is a very different approach to that of Huawei, vetoed of American technology, since He has achieved this milestone with the help of TSMC. The company claimed to be working on its own chips for electric cars, in an exercise to reduce dependence on companies such as Qualcomm or Nvidia. They are not alone in this battle: Xpeng A SUV has just launched in China with a processor signed by the company. The XPEng G7. Before understanding the chip, it is convenient to understand who its bearer is. The company launched the G7 yesterday in Chinaan electric SUV that points directly to Tesla Model Y. Double battery, autonomy of 702 kilometers according to the Chinese homologation cycle and 292 hp of power and … three Turing chips designed by Xpeng. One of the XPEng pillars is in the assisted driving, so far vitaminated by Nvidia chips. The manufacturer remains small compared to Gigantes such as Byd or Geely, but their message is clear: they want to be leaders in autonomous driving technologies. THE THREE TURING CHIPS. In honor of the computer legend, Alan Turing, the three chips that this electric car incorporates their name. According to Xpeng, each of its chips triples the processing capacity of a conventional chip: its three Turing chips are equivalent to Nine Nvidia Drive On chipsone of the most used platforms by manufacturers that are committed to the autonomous vehicle. Platform, by the way, with more than three years of life. Xpeng took five years to develop Turing. “There are so many different chips in a car that, when we decided to make internal chips, we decided to go for the most challenging, and that is the chip of AI,” we also think if we should take over during the trip, since the cost is too high. “ The joint capacity of these chips, according to Xpeng, is more than 2,000 tops (more than 700 tops per chip), a capacity that triples the 250 tops of the Nvidia Drive Orin chips launched in 2022. This capacity makes it a vehicle capable of running autonomous level 3 driving functions of level 3, although they are not active. Why is it important. The XPEng movement settles a clear trend of Chinese electric vehicle manufacturers: commitment to national chips to avoid dependence with NVIDIA and other US manufacturers. They have not transcended details about the external function that manufactures the chips for Xpeng, but it is known Both Nvidia and Xpeng have had an engineers in recent years. Xpeng has been working on an own software platformwhich works together on an integrated platform with the most advanced hardware in Some of its vehicles: Lidar sensorshigh resolution cameras, millimeter wave radars. Interior of the XPEng G7. They are not alone. Xiaomi has claimed to be working on his own chips, the Chinese giant Nio announced last year his first internal intelligent driving chip, the SHENJI NX9031built with an architecture of 5 nanometers, and Huawei develops its own chips to nurture brands such as Aito, Luxeed and Maextro. The key is that both Xiaomi and Nio do not seem to close alliances with US partners. The Shenji Nx9031 and its 5NM process chiva that It has not been manufactured by SMIC or within China. This mixed exercise allows, while the United States continues to provide access to its technology, not to depend for the design and implementation of the chip, although for its manufacture. Spain rubs its hands. Xpeng recently brought its XPEng G6, G9 and P7 to Spain, so nothing prevents G7 from landing in our territory. The company is looking for factories in Europe To avoid tariff pressure, and intends to expand by markets beyond your native country. Image | Xpeng In Xataka | Xpeng P7, the new “Chinese Tesla” promises 706 km of autonomy and level 3 of autonomous driving

After mobiles, cars and chips, China is launching its biotechnological offensive. And the West will not be able to block it with tariffs

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China has just achieved something historical: that an American pharmacist pay 5,000 million dollars for a Chinese drug against cancer. It is the highest figure ever paid by a Chinese medical innovation. Why is it important. This news It is the perfect example of how, in the middle of a war for semiconductors, chips and rare earths, China is beginning to lead an even more strategic industry: biotechnological. Medicines do not know borders or tariffs. The context. In 2011, China approved the first oncological drug developed at home: an improved copy of a western medication. Fourteen years later, a Chinese biespecific antibody threatens best -selling medication in the world, Keytruda, of Merck, which invoice 29.5 billion dollars annually. What has happened. Chinese transformation into biotechnology follows a recognizable pattern. First arrived Betta Pharmaceuticals Pume: A “I” version of Western therapies. It worked equally well, it cost less, but never left China. Then came Beigene Brukinsa: The jump to “I better.” It became the first Chinese oncological drug approved by the US FDA. Today it is sold in 65 countries and generates 2.6 billion dollars a year. The third step was Carvykti by Legend Biotech: A cell therapy that genetically modifies patient cells to attack cancer. Johnson & Johnson associated to take her worldwide. In the foreground. The fourth act is underway with ‘Ivonescimab’ by Akeso Biopharma. This biespecific antibody simultaneously attacks two targets of cancer. Summit Therapeutics He opted 5,000 million dollars for himmaking it the greatest operation of Chinese pharmaceutical license in history. The bet is huge: Ivonescimab intends to dethrone Keytruda as world oncological standard. Global clinical trials will decide if China can create next Blockbuster medicinal. In figures. The numbers show the speed of Chinese advance: 2011: First approved Chinese oncological drug. 2019: First FDA approval for a Chinese drug. 2024: Chinese pharmaceutical licenses grew from 35,000 to 46,000 million dollars. Only five Chinese drugs have achieved FDA approval. Between the lines. Biotechnology implies unique geopolitical advantages against semiconductors. The medications are not blocked with sanctions: they save lives regardless of their origin. Western governments cannot prohibit Chinese oncological drugs without enraging patients, doctors and society in general. China understands and is attracting global pharmaceutical talent with mass financing and flexible regulations. The result: Chinese laboratories developing therapies that Western multinationals buy for a lot of money. Yes, but. Success is not guaranteed. 90% experimental drugs fail in clinical trials. Ivonescimab must demonstrate superiority against Keytruda In non -Chinese patients, something we should not give for granted. In addition, geopolitics can complicate things. Legend Biotech broke links with its matrix for American pressures. And the weather does not help. What is happening now. China has replicated in biotechnology its classic manual in technology: Attract expatriate talent. Generously finance startups. Create national champions Climb globally. The difference: medicines generate less political resistance than chips. It is possible that a striking scenario may occur: Western patients depending on Chinese medical innovations. Irony is perfect: China dominates an industry where its success directly benefits Western citizens. But of course, who captures the economic value is her. Deepen. Akeso’s case is especially emblematic. Its founder, Michelle XiaI felt frustration seeing how the best treatments took decades to reach Chinese patients. And decided to invest the equation: create in China therapies that the rest of the world would need. In Xataka | China is already a power greater than Europe in one of its key industries: the development of medicines Outstanding image | Akeso

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