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Temu and Shein are already being overcome by the next Chinese trade giant: Tiktok

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Tiktok has achieved in just one year what seemed impossible: to overcome sales to Shein and Temu in the US market, consolidating itself as the new power of Chinese electronic commerce, according to reports Bloomberg Citing Second Measure data, its transactional analytical tool. Their sales fired 153% in January, compared to the modest compared 26% of Shein and 28% of Temu. Between the lines. Tiktok Shop is taking more market to Shein that a Temu. In purchases greater than 25 dollars it has earned 16 quota points, while in the lower only 7. That is, it is having more success by selling medium -price products than Chollitos. The threat. This ascent can be seen truncated by several fronts: The contrast. While Tiktok Shop accelerates, its Chinese competitors suffer: In perspective. With 170 million monthly active users in the US, Tiktok has shown that its ability to monetize its user base goes beyond advertising. He has managed to turn his domain into entertainment into a powerful sales machine that even threatens Amazon. → The really disruptive of Tiktok Shop is not its meteoric growth, but how it has completely blurred the line between entertainment and trade. → No sells products, sells instantaneous wishes packaged in viral videos. And that, in the face of consumer behavior, is more powerful than any discount. In Xataka | China has been cutting its technology for years. Xi Jiping has just opened the door for that to change Outstanding image | Solen Feyissa in Unspash

Deepseek is expanding silently through the Chinese bureaucracy. And he is giving us a lesson about the future of AI

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China is rapid Deepseekits open source AI model, in public administrations and strategic companies. At least Eight cities have already integrated this system into their government networksin addition to Chinese giants like byd – and not Chinese as Nissan– They are incorporating it into their electric cars. Why is it important. The speed with which Depseek is being adopted shows the two sides of the same currency: On the one hand, the ease with which an open source model can expand. On the other, the ability of the Chinese system to implement technological changes without the usual bureaucratic obstacles in Western democracies. Obviously, the second is subject to the unique party system. The facts. Guangzhou has been a pioneer by integrating Depseek into its government network: It has managed to reduce the waiting time in citizens by 43%. Has reached 97% precision in its consultation management. The system has made citizens more quickly access public policies information in addition to expediting official documents processing. For its part, Hohhot, capital of Interior Mongolia, has already completed the deployment of the model Deepseek R1 in its government extranet. Your management office Big Data Plan to expand the use of the system, from call attention to multimodal data analysis, including texts, images and videos to improve the shared use of public data. Six other Chinese municipal governments have already announced their integration with Deepseek. Zhengzhou has started training sessions about AI for its officials. In Dalian, more than 1,300 officials and representatives of 500 companies have received training on the system. The background. The rapid adoption of Deepseek by the Chinese administration contrasts with western caution and slowness before AI in the public sector. Europe is more focused on Set regulatory frameworks While China takes advantage of its centralized system to accelerate the transformation of its bureaucracy towards a more efficient format. The success – or not – of this implementation can demonstrate that the adoption rate can be so important or more than the innovation itself. China is able to convert a disadvantage (its unique party system) into a competitive advantage for AI. In Xataka | Deepseek exposed: how money earns and what role does the Chinese government have in this AI Outstanding image | Xataka with Mockuuuups Studio

How to earn money and what role does the Chinese government have in this AI

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Deepseek is the artificial intelligence (AI) of the moment. There is no doubt about that. It has been occupying the center of attention for almost three weeks, and it is not for less if we do not overlook that The debate about hardware used by this Chinese company to train your AI model Keep on the table. And also the cost of this process. After Depseek other models of AI have arrived that are presumably even cheaper, as S1but this is not the most relevant. The reason why Deepseek has shaken the foundations of the AI ​​industry is that a model with a quality similar to that of Openai or Google IA or Google is given free of charge. What is not at all clear for the moment is that The cost derived from your training It has been as moderate as those responsible for this emerging Chinese company say. Whatever the purpose of this article is to investigate two very interesting questions about Deepseek: how it earns money and if it has the support of the Chinese government. Deepseek is already the Chinese symbol Just three days ago Zhou Xin, Josephine Ma and Matt Haldane, three editors of SCMPparticipated in a web seminar dedicated to the technological future of China. A priori he would not have had too much importance, but its content is not going unnoticed by one reason: they have shed light about some of the most relevant questions that flutter around Depseek. And, in addition, they have done it with solid arguments. Otherwise we would have overlooked it and we would not dedicate this article. High-Flyer uses advanced mathematical models and computational algorithms to make investment decisions According to Xin, Ma and Haldane at the time Depseek has not received any financing from the Chinese government. Your parent company is called high-flyer and is a quantitative coverage fund specialized in trading algorithmic. This simply means that this company uses Advanced mathematical models and computational algorithms to address investment decisions with the greatest possible success guarantees. Deepseek was born as a high-flyer secondary project to take advantage of its computer resources and “put one foot” in the AI ​​industry. At the moment there is no indication that reflects that it has received money from the Chinese administration, but the relevance it has achieved and the fact that it has raised as the most visible symbol of China in the AI ​​sphere invites us to accept that It is possible that in the future it does receive some type of support from the Xi Jinping government. The other great question in which we are worth investigating almost answered. As we have seen, Depseek is a free AI model. High-Flyer at the moment does not receive direct income derived from the use of its AI, so it supports the bulk of its operations with the money it enters Thanks to your quantitative trade business. However, like many other AI companies, it does charge for access to their models through its own API (application programming interface), which shows that Deepseek in the medium term can be erected as a very important source of income for Your parent company. Image | Dávid Drucskó More information | SCMP In Xataka | Samsung is preparing to give TSMC a bars where it hurts most: the manufacture of the chips for ia

The Chinese are traveling in mass to Japan and not just for tourism. Many of them arrive so as not to return

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Japan is living a boom of “foreigners” arrivals As you never remember. That, as we have explained above, is not always easy, especially at the time of fight between tourism and the life of the premises. This year, in addition, it is special. We are lunar new year, and the volume of travelers has shot a flag above others: China. The funny thing is that many of these visitors are not returning to the nation. Japan: main destination. Nikkei had a few days ago that China’s travel agencies found him: Japan has established itself as the most popular international destination for Chinese tourists During the recent eight -day holiday period, registering twice the reservations compared to the previous year. This growing preference responds to multiple factors, including geographical proximity, cultural attraction and Relaxation of visa restrictions implemented by the Japanese government in 2024. The impact of this opening in the Japanese tourism sector is significant, with an increase in the arrival of Chinese visitors who, if the trend is maintained, could generate substantial growth in the economy of the sector. On the other sidewalk, the decision to facilitate the obtaining of visas has been subject to controversy within the Democratic Liberal Party (PLD)where some conservative sectors consider that the measure was hurried in a context of geopolitical tensions between both countries. What is the new approach to tourism. Japan announced a few weeks ago the implementation of a new visa of multiple tickets with a duration of 10 yearsaddressed to Chinese citizens with high income and significant assets. This measure is part of a set of reforms designed to attract wealthy tourists and stimulate consumption in the nation, in a context of Low internal demand and population aging. In addition to the extended visa, The maximum stay of stay for Chinese tourists traveling in groups will double for 30 dayswith the objective of foster visits to rural destinations and not only to big cities. Other flexibility include the elimination of the employment test requirement for travelers over 65 and the abolition of the rule that forced to use a three -year tourist visa within the first three months after its broadcast. All measures that seek to consolidate Japan as the favorite destination of Chinese tourists, who represented the highest proportion of the 33 million foreign visitors that the country received last year. Live in Japan. But as we said at the beginning, the arrivals of Chinese visitors to Japan are not only temporary. Beyond tourism, a key aspect of the growing link between China and Japan is The increase in the number of Chinese citizens seeking permanent residence in the archipelago. A recent Nikkei report stood out that, at a time of uncertainty about the economic future from China, A growing number of Chinese is choosing to settle in Japan. This phenomenon raises questions about its expectations in a country where the economy has been marked by decades of deflation and salary stagnation. Japan’s appeal as a migratory destination for Chinese not only lies in economic factors, but also in the perception of stability and quality of life. However, this migratory flow also points to Challenges for both Chinese residents and Japanese societywhich has historically maintained a restrictive immigration policy. Art as a gateway. A particularly striking phenomenon is growing amount of young Chinese who see in Japanese art universities a viable path to obtain residence permanent. The recent immigration reform has facilitated access to this status for graduates of these institutions, encouraging a flow of students looking for a future in Japan after finishing their studies. So much, Admission in these universities remains a highly competitive processeven for Japanese students themselves. Getting a place in these higher education centers not only requires academic excellence, but also Advanced artistic skillswhich makes this immigration route accessible only for a select minority. Osaka and China. It is possibly the best example of this exodus. In the last decade, the Chinese community in Osaka has experienced unprecedented growth, duplicating its size and reaching approximately 50,000 residents in 2024according to municipal data. At the moment, The Chinese represent the second largest foreign community in the cityjust behind the Koreans. This increase is driven by that new immigration wave of wealthy people who have acquired homes in the region since the pandemic. Neighborhoods like Nishinari and Naniwa have seen a rapid growth of predominantly Chinese communities, With some areas where up to 90% of residents are of Chinese origin. In these areas, it is common to find schools aimed at the Chinese diaspora, three -story homes with traditional decoration and the presence of businesses that serve the growing community. Connectivity with Kansai International Airport, which allows Shanghai to be reached in just two hours, has been another key factor for this residential choice. The Chinese resident. A study by Professor Toshio Mizuuchi (Osaka Metropolitan University) and the associated professor Lu Lijun (Fukuoka Prefectural University) between 2022 and 2023 analyzed 172 Chinese households in Osaka. The results revealed key trends over this community. In essence, the data reflected that, unlike previous generations of Chinese migrants in Japan, this new wave does not follow the traditional pattern of international students entering the Japanese labor market before settling. On the other hand, from the pandemic, accommodated families have begun to move directly from China without speaking Japanese. Thus, the increase in Chinese tourism and migration in Japan seems to reflect structural changes in the relationship between the two countries, changes marked by both economic opportunities and by the political and social challenges themselves. While Japan looking capitalize The rise of Chinese tourism, long -term migration could redefine work and cultural dynamics within Japanese society. Image | Pedro Szekely In Xataka | China has been claiming as its islands from Japan 130 years. So he has made a decision: surround them with buoys In Xataka | At 4,500 meters high there is a “sexual” fungus for which people die. In China they pay for fortunes for aphrodisiac

What is it, how does this Chinese artificial intelligence of open source do for the creation of videos

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Let’s explain What is Goku Aia new artificial intelligence model of video generation. When we were still recovering from the irruption of Deepseek In the sector, the Chinese technology company Bytedance has launched a totally revolutionary model fear. We are going to start this article telling you what exactly Goku AI is, and the two reasons why this model is so revolutionary. Then we will try to explain how it works inside, and we will end up telling you the possibilities offered This new model. What is Goku ai Goku ai is a new artificial intelligence model trained to be able to Generate video from the text. It becomes something like the AIs that generate images, you tell him what you want it to appear in the video, and this will generate one from scratch. This model is completely revolutionary for two things. The first is by The incredible quality of its results. The IA of videos creation has not yet reached the general public, and we have been seeing how realistic mediocre results pass. This AI is positioned among the most realistic in what can be generated with it. But the most disruptive is that it is again An open source model Available for everyone in GITHUB. As with others such as Deepseek, this means that anyone can access it and replicate it, and you can also use your code to settle for free on devices. Of course, there is currently no distilled models of Goku that can be used in normal computers, and the complete model needs very powerful GPUs and technical knowledge to settle. Even so, we should soon see the arrival of distilled models that you can use with Some of the free tools To install an AI on your computer. But come on, for you to get the idea, so far the most popular artificial intelligence models were closed and could only be used paying. Meanwhile, Goku arrives in this new wave of China with open source models that can be used for free. How Goku AI works This artificial intelligence model works as a video generation model based on flow and fed by a rectified flow transformer (RTF), which helps Improve your quality and efficacy. With this technology you can refine the images and each frame of the video progressively, making movements transitions soft and have a high visual fidelity. The video creation process begins when a user writes in text format what he wants to see, or even when he shares images. Then, the model understands what you are asking for with your natural language and converts these elements into structured representations. Then use a rectified flow dynamic to improve photograms interpolation, reduce noise, and try to guarantee good continuity. As a final step, Goku synthesizes coherent video sequences with fluid transitions. As for its technologies, the RFT allows you to maintain a good quality minimizing the computational load of the process. The process also uses A neural rendering with which to guarantee that the generated video has realistic movements and fluid transitions, and that there are no grotesque results. An architecture based on transformers is also used to model temporary units in video sequences. With all this, the resulting videos should be very realistic, and even static images can be encouraged. What can this AI do The main function that can be expected of this AI is the possibility of Generate videos from text. You write what you want the video to have, and generate an animated video with natural movements and realistic environments from nothing. It can also be used to convert images into animated clips. You can give you an image that will analyze and understand, and then you will describe what you want me to generate from it and make you an animation. This can be a real revolution in many areas, because the resulting people are realistic, the effects of clothing and textures are also, and objects move normally. Everything you can think of you can ask for it, and as it will be open source it is logical to think that it will have fewer restrictions. In Xataka Basics | Deepseek guide: 36 functions and things you can do for free with this artificial intelligence

Apple Intelligence needed a Chinese partner and has already found it, according to ‘The Information’. The key is qwen

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Apple needs a local partner to offer Apple Intelligence in China, where regulations demand that AI services pass through national companies. We knew that Apple had been looking for the ideal partner for some time, according to The Informationhe has found it in Alibaba. Why is it important. The absence of Apple Intelligence in China has weighed iPhone sales in the largest smartphones market in the world. The agreement could reverse this trend just when Apple plans to launch its AI in simplified Chinese in April, the same month in which It will arrive in Spanish. In Xataka Apple’s metamorphosis: from the minimalist catalog to calculated maximalism What has happened. Apple and Alibaba have jointly presented their AI functions for approval by the Chinese regulator. The alliance comes after Apple will rule out collaborating with Baidu for not reaching the required standards. Between bambalins. Apple was also probing possible alliances with Bytedance, Tencent and Deepseek Before opting for Alibaba. The choice was based on the robustness of the model Qwen from Alibaba and its ability to process personalized data thanks to its experience in electronic commerce. Also, Ahem, in Your alignment with socialist values required by the Beijing government. The latest. Alibaba’s actions They have triggered 3.5% After the publication of the news and accumulates 8% in two days. The market trusts the fruit of this operation between both companies. Alibaba’s Qwen model has gained reputation in recent months. Its potential was demonstrated when Stanford scientists managed to train a new reasoning model for less than $ 50 using Qwen as a base. S1 marked a before and after for the model. Outstanding image | Xataka with Midjourney In Xataka | Choose between security and survival: the dilemma that terrifies the CEO of Anthropic in the US and China AI war

Chinese motorcycles are sweeping in Spain

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There are many Chinese brands, both in cars and motorcycles. But Chinese brands that manufacture for European brands and that, in addition, improve the original product, there are not so many. In the world of motorcycles there are two Chinese companies making a tremendous noise: CF Moto and Voge. If you are inside the world, surely they sound to you. And, if not, you will have heard of BMW and KTM. They have a lot, a lot to do. The Voge case. Voge is a premium motorcycle brand created by Loncin, one of the largest Chinese manufacturers not only motorcycles, but also engines. Loncin Industries was founded in 1983, and is a Chinese industrial giant in its native country. This giant He has been collaborating with BMW since 2005year in which they closed an agreement to manufacture components and engines for the company. If you have some years on the back you will know the BMW F650 fs. His engine, from the 2007 model, was manufactured by Loncin in China. Always under the guides and standards of BMW, but in China and outside the German and Austrian factories (Rotax). Voge | BMW. With the passage of time, this agreement was renewed and resulted in that Loncin not only made for BMW, it could also benefit using technology and development of these engines developed together. The most popular example has been that of the VOGE 900 DSX, a motorcycle that shares engine and technology with the BMW F800 and F900S, both with the company’s bicylinder 859cc. These motorcycles are separated a few thousand euros, and more if we configure the GS with the VOGE equipment. The strategy of European manufacturers is to sell them the “peeled” motorcycle, the Chinese usually sell with the maximum equipment. Voge’s plans for 2026 are ambitious, they seek to expand in Europe, and their trail is already among the best selling in Spain. In other words: they have gone from manufacturing motors for BMW to compete with the Germans selling motorcycles with the same engine. The CF Moto case. With CF Moto, something relatively similar happens. This Chinese manufacturer was born in 1989 as a motorcycle producer, engines and other recreational vehicles. As of 2011, CF Moto began as an importer of KTM in some parts of the world, to later assemble some of its vehicles for the Chinese Meracdo. With the passage of time, in 2017, KTM and CF Moto established a joint venture. Interestingly, CF Moto has 51% of KTM shares, and KTM “only” 49%. Technically, KTM is more than CF Moto than KTM. Thanks to this alliance, both companies share technology, engineering and production lines. This has resulted in the best Moto Motos motorcycles use the same KTM engines, in even more refined versions to solve the classic endemic ills that dragged in the past. KTM benefits from the agreement by increasing its production capacity (basic models, such as the Duke of low displacement, are produced by CF Moto), and CF Moto benefits from KTM technology. The numbers in Spain. The 2024 registration top They are still taking companies like Honda, Yamaha and Kymco, although there begins to be hole for Chinese brands. Voge and Zontes have been the first to sneak into the Top 10, and will see what happens to CF Moto after the launch of its 450mt and its future 800 MT-X, direct rival of the KTM 790 Adventure. Image | CF Moto

Deepseek is not a passenger fashion. It is the future of AI for Chinese mobiles

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Apple has been the first company to ally with OpenAi for introduce chatgpt as a complement to your own assistantSiri. Samsung has done the same with Gemini, which He works in the pair with Bixby at his ultra galaxy s25and manufacturers as honor have also op Magic7 Pro Honor. In Europe, we seem to be clear that Chatgpt and Gemini will be the two key solutions to enhance phones through AI. But in China they have a new ally. One that we have known for just a few weeks and that already has integration plans with some of the main Chinese manufacturers. Yes, we talk about Deepseek. Honor will open the ban. Honor has officially announced Deepseek’s integration into its assistant yoyo. Although this function, at least in Spain, is not too popular, is important for the company. Yoyo is the smart wizard in the honor ROM, and users in China will be able to use Deepseek within it. What will be able to do? Improve Yoyo capabilities when processing natural language, as well as its logical reasoning and contextual compression. It is already available on all honor phones with Magicos 8.0 or posterior, and just update to version 80.0.1.503 to be able to use it. At the moment, only in China. Nubia climbs into the car. Nor Fei, president of Nubia, has also announced Through Weibo The future integration of Deepseek into its phones. The company is already testing it in its Nubia Z70 Ultrawith plans to integrate it into the system deeply. They clarify that they do not want to create a mere access to direct to the chatbot, but adapt it within the system and get it completely in the operating system. In this case, there is no announced date. A much faster integration. Deepseek has been accessible to the public for less than a month. Chatgpt has been with us for more than two years. It impacts the speed with which Chinese manufacturers are hugging Deepseek, a national alternative to OpenAi AI, and whose data control “remains at home.” While Chatgpt raised as the reference AI, Android is still from Google, and the company is fighting for Gemini to be the model to be implemented. With honor and cloudy climbing to the ship in China, it is plausible to think about future integrations with more manufacturers. Now, the doubt is whether Deepseek will remain as an alternative only for the models with Chinese ROM, or if it will end up doing the competition to Chatgpt and Gemini in the European Roms framework itself. The nervousness of the big surprise with this China is clear: There are governments trying to veto it at all costs. Image | Xataka In Xataka | Deepseek guide: 36 functions and things you can do for free with this artificial intelligence

This Chinese fantasy film is destroying records in his country and has already advanced Marvel in more than one milestone

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‘Ne zha 2’ is sweeping. Maybe you have not been able to talk about this animated Chinese production (the first installment was titled ‘Nezha: the rebirth of a god’ and You can see it in Netflix), but it reached Chinese cinemas taking advantage of The celebration of the Chinese New Year, the most profitable and coveted day for the premieresand in 5 days he kneaded 435 million dollars. To get an idea of ​​how much that can be, ‘Avengers: Endgame’ added something less, 427 million, in its first five days in US cinemas. If you continue on this path (And you are following: In its first week, it has reached 671 million), it has another even more spectacular milestone to exceed: become the first feature film that exceeds 1,000 million dollars of collection in a single country. Again, Disney shadows him with ‘Star Wars: the awakening of force’, which raised 936 million in the United States. It is the one that shows the greatest brand so far. Finally, ‘Ne zha 2’ has another record to overcome, and everything indicates that he will: be the first Chinese film to exceed one billion collection. ‘The battle of Lake Changjin‘He stayed at the doors, with 913 million at the box office. Finally, last milestone: ‘Ne zha 2 is about to advance to the first’ Nezha ‘, which became the first animated film that exceeded 700 million collection in a single territory. Many brands and many milestones, as can be seen, for a film that continues the argument of the first part and that remains starring Nezha, a protective deity that appears in the Buddhist, confucian and Taoist folklore. The argument of these animated films are based on a classic Chinese novel of the 16th century, which in turn has inspired other films in the country such as ‘New Gods: Nezha Reborn’. In Xataka | ‘Vaiana’ is already the greatest success in streaming history, and there is a clear responsible: the way of watching children’s films

Novo Energy wanted to stand up to Chinese batteries for electric cars. It has ended in the hands of a Chinese company

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Point and apart for the soap opera of the Great European hope In the battery segment for electric cars. In the European assault on electric car industryVolvo and the Northvolt battery manufacturer founded Novo Energy. Both were Swedish and it was a Join Venture with the aim of producing batteries in Europe. It seemed that everything was going to be A ROSA pathbut a few years later and after thousands of layoffsNorthvolt sell His participation in Novo Energy A Volvo. And behind Volvo is Geelyan important Chinese holding. Culebrón. Things stopped going well for Northvolt practically from the beginning. During the first years, the European Investment Bank, BMW, Goldman Sachs or Volkswagen invested sums of hundreds of millions of euros in the company. The Swedish company, founded by two Exegutive of Tesla, became the great European promise to create batteries and be the heart of that European flying towards the electric car. In a market increasingly controlled by ChinaIt seemed like a great idea and everything pointed in good sense. In addition, together with Volvo they founded Novo Energy in 2021 to produce the batteries of both Volvo and Polestar. However, things began to twist in 2023, when it was uncovered that the company had been operating with losses of 1,000 million dollars during the first nine months of the year. And, in 2024, the situation exploded. Last nail in the coffin. Everything happened very fast. After the delays in the delivery dates, BMW canceled its agreement of 2,000 million euros, there were a series of employee deaths in work shifts, fired more than 1,600 workers in September and, shortly after, the bankruptcy arrived. In November 2024, Northvolt requested bankruptcy protectionarguing that they had 30 million in cash and, with them, they could only operate for a week. The hole they had was 5.8 billion dollars. A skinny dog, everything is fleas, and a day later one of the founders resigned, arguing that the company would need 1.2 billion dollars to save itself. After a few days of 2025 in which the company was still looking for financing, something that nobody seemed willing to do, sales arrived. It was even rumored that Catl, the main Chinese rival in battery manufacturing, I could give a hand. Volvo. After getting rid of some services, this January 29 we learned that the Swedish company sold its participation in Novo Energy to its partner in this adventure, Volvo. It is something that does not catch by surprise, since, as with BMW, Volvo saw that Northvolt’s delivery plans were not being fulfilled and in October last year he showed his interest in acquiring participation in Novo. Last week, Novo Energy advertisement which had to reduce its workforce by 30% due to “the changing market conditions and a modified business plan”. Northvolt wants to reduce everything possible and focus on its Swedish plant, but they have also signed an agreement with Volvo to explore joint collaboration paths in the future, so everything is not lost. China looks out to Europe. Therefore, Volvo will now be the one Novo Energy, we will see if alone or with partners, but the interesting thing about this operation is that, although Volvo is a Swedish company that is in the bag of his country, the matrix is ​​Geely, A Chinese holding. They are present in multitude of companies and sectors, with an important participation in Mercedes-Benz, Aston Martin or Lotus, as well as co-owners of smart, polestar and with a participation of more than 80% in Volvo. It is curious that Northvolt was born to stand up to the Chinese battery industry and that the Join Adventure That I had with Volvo to produce batteries in Europe, now, is controlled by a Chinese company, in the absence of seeing the resolution of the authorities. And all this, shortly after Tariffs imposed by Europe To the Chinese electric car. In Xataka | Catl’s investment in Spain is not accidental: China is punishing those who supported tariffs on their electric cars

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