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China’s EV Champion BYD Will Take on the World in 2024
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China’s EV Champion BYD Will Take on the World in 2024

China’s electric-vehicle maker BYD will be on top of the world this year, with overseas markets its main battleground.At home, it already surpassed Volkswagen as the most popular car brand in China last year. Globally, it will likely overtake Tesla as the bestselling pure EV maker in 2024.Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Apple Is Being Overtaken by Chinese Smartphone Rivals—in Cars
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Apple Is Being Overtaken by Chinese Smartphone Rivals—in Cars

After a decade, Apple still hasn’t introduced an Apple car. Some of its biggest smartphone rivals in China are moving faster.Huawei and Xiaomi, whose phones battle the iPhone for supremacy in China, both released new cars this week with advanced digital features. The companies’ goal is to keep their phone customers engaged in high-tech vehicles and seize turf before Apple’s possible entry into the fray.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
North Carolina’s Billion-Dollar Bet on an EV Outsider
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North Carolina’s Billion-Dollar Bet on an EV Outsider

Updated Dec. 11, 2023 12:13 am ETHAIPHONG, Vietnam—When electric-car startup VinFast Auto was looking to build a factory in the U.S., one state caught its attention in particular: North Carolina. For years, officials there had been trying to get an automobile manufacturer to set up shop in rural Chatham County. More than a billion dollars of incentives got them the Vietnamese upstart with huge ambitions but a limited record.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
My Morning With Charlie Munger
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My Morning With Charlie Munger

Updated Dec. 2, 2023 12:24 am ETListen to article(1 minute)I arrived at Charlie Munger’s Los Angeles home early one morning in September, hoping for some thoughts and opinions.For nearly four hours, Charlie wouldn’t stop.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
My Morning With Charlie Munger
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My Morning With Charlie Munger

Updated Dec. 2, 2023 12:24 am ETListen to article(1 minute)I arrived at Charlie Munger’s Los Angeles home early one morning in September, hoping for some thoughts and opinions.For nearly four hours, Charlie wouldn’t stop.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
China’s Latest EV Stocks Face Uncertain Reception in New York
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China’s Latest EV Stocks Face Uncertain Reception in New York

Electric vehicles have really taken off in China, but so has competition. That is the conundrum investors face as they size up the latest EV brands pitching their growth prospects in New York.Lotus Technology is in the final stages of a merger with a Nasdaq-listed special-purpose acquisition company that values it at $5.5 billion. This week it said investors had committed $870 million to the deal, a step toward closure. Zeekr Intelligent Technology Holding, which raised money in February at a $13 billion valuation, filed its registration statement earlier this month for a U.S. initial public offering.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
China’s Latest EV Stocks Face Uncertain Reception in New York
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China’s Latest EV Stocks Face Uncertain Reception in New York

Electric vehicles have really taken off in China, but so has competition. That is the conundrum investors face as they size up the latest EV brands pitching their growth prospects in New York.Lotus Technology is in the final stages of a merger with a Nasdaq-listed special-purpose acquisition company that values it at $5.5 billion. This week it said investors had committed $870 million to the deal, a step toward closure. Zeekr Intelligent Technology Holding, which raised money in February at a $13 billion valuation, filed its registration statement earlier this month for a U.S. initial public offering.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
It May Be Too Late to Fend Off China’s Battery Giants
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It May Be Too Late to Fend Off China’s Battery Giants

Updated Nov. 7, 2023 12:00 am ETHaving charged up in their massive home market, Chinese electric-vehicle-battery firms are becoming major export players, too. The West’s efforts to protect its own markets might prove too little, too late.Chinese firms are also eyeing big new factory expansions in Europe itself, and in U.S. free trade partners, as a way to sidestep current and future import restrictions—much like Japanese carmakers did in the U.S. in the 1980s.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8