Focusing on Industry and Economic Policy, the United States is about to propose a ban on the use of Chinese software and hardware in connected cars.
Two sources told Reuters that due to national security considerations, the U.S. Department of Commerce is expected to propose a ban on the use of Chinese software and hardware in connected and autonomous vehicles driving on U.S. roads on September 23.
It is reported that the U.S. Department of Commerce plans to give the public 30 days to comment before finalizing any regulations.
, The United States will allocate US$3 billion to 25 battery manufacturing projects, and the U.S. Department of Energy recently said it plans to allocate US$3 billion to 25 battery manufacturing projects in 14 states.
These projects will increase domestic production of advanced batteries and battery materials in the United States and comply with U.S. electric vehicle tax credit rules to get rid of dependence on Chinese battery production and key minerals.
, Focusing on new trends in traditional car companies, General Motors ‘Kansas plant will lay off about 1700 people.
In an earlier worker adjustment and retraining notice, General Motors said that its Fairfax assembly plant in Kansas will lay off 1,695 people.
The layoffs will be carried out in two rounds.
The first round will begin on November 18, including the temporary layoffs of 686 full-time employees and 250 temporary workers.
The second round starts on January 12 next year, and 759 full-time employees will be temporarily laid off.
, Volkswagen has stopped producing Polo models in Spain, and Volkswagen Group’s factory in Pamplona in Spain has stopped producing Polo small cars and switched to producing pure electric small cars that are affordable to the people.
Polo will still be sold in Europe and is currently produced at its Kariega plant in South Africa.
, Focusing on networking, Qualcomm made a takeover offer to Intel.
According to the Wall Street Journal, people familiar with the matter revealed that chip maker Qualcomm made a takeover offer to rival Intel in recent years.
If successful, it will be the largest and most far-reaching transactions in recent years.
Focus on electrification, the number of electric vehicles in Norway has surpassed that of gasoline vehicles.
Vehicle registration data recently released by the Norway Roads Federation (OFV) shows that Norway is the first country in the world to have more electric vehicles than that of gasoline vehicles.
As of now, of the 2.
8 million passenger cars registered in Norway, 26.
3% are pure electric vehicles.
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