Pandaily's Digest #20211025
BYD rumored to be Tesla's battery supplier, Carrefour and Alibaba's Hema Fresh denounce Walmart-owned Sam’s Club for allegedly being a monopoly, Meng Wanzhou is back at work, WM Motor's M7, and more.
BYD Rumored to Supply Tesla With Lithium-Iron-Phosphate Batteries
Chinese media outlet Cailian Press on Thursday reported that Tesla’s preference for lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) batteries released in the company’s third quarter report has once again triggered market speculation about the firm’s battery suppliers.
Hema Fresh Reportedly Joins Carrefour in Reporting Sam’s Club, Saying Suppliers Have Long Faced Pressure
Retail giants Carrefour and Hema Fresh have denounced Sam’s Club for allegedly “being a monopoly.” According to Beijing News on Monday, Hema Fresh intended to report Sam’s Club to relevant authorities in conjunction with Carrefour, saying that the suppliers of ‘Hema X member’ stores in Shanghai and other cities have been pressured by Sam’s Club to “cut off supply” to Hema Fresh.
One Month After Returning to China, Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou is Back at Work
Chinese media outlet Yicai reported on Monday that a video clip taken by Huawei employees showed that Meng Wanzhou had returned to work at Huawei. She wore a black suit and waved her hands while Huawei employees on the scene cheered her on. According to Huawei’s internal staff, the place shown in the video is the company’s B1 District, Bantian, Shenzhen.
WM Motor Launches M7 Equipped with Three Lidar Detectors
On October 22, Chinese electric vehicle maker WM Motor released its first sedan M7, which will go sale in 2022.
Shanghai Commercial Property Won by Xiaomi Is for New Local Headquarter
On October 23, an individual close to Xiaomi’s deal for commercial land in Shanghai said that the property is not intended for the firm’s carmaking business, but for the new Shanghai headquarter, planned as early as 2018.
Xpeng Motors Starts R&D for City NGP, Plans to Mass-Produce Flying Cars in 2024
Chinese electric vehicle firm Xpeng Motors held its annual 1024 Tech Day on October 24 in Zhaoqing, Guangdong province, focusing on the firm’s latest progress in super charging, intelligent assisted driving and flying cars.
Baidu CEO Robin Li Said Both Baidu and Tesla Are Adopting A Step-By-Step Engineering Approach to Autonomous Driving
On Saturday, Baidu CEO Robin Li delivered a speech at the Emerging Engineering International Forum 2021, hosted by his alma mater Peking University, where he spoke about the engineering mindset that drives Baidu’s business and the company’s commitment to cultivating five million AI talent in the next five years, contributing to China’s growth as a technology powerhouse.
China’s High-Speed Rail and the Global Push for Green Transit
As other countries strive to reduce their own carbon footprints, China’s top state-owned rail company CRRC has been taking on an increasing number of international projects and cooperative arrangements.
AntChain Releases First Self-developed Blockchain Security Chip, the T1
At today’s Apsara Conference, AntChain, the blockchain technology arm of Ant Group, officially released the T1, its first self-developed chip. The chip is equipped with the high-performance T-Head’s open source RISC-V-based Xuantie series processors, and will be applied to AntChain’s self-developed software and hardware equipment, such as the AntChain Station, in the future.
Tencent Explains WeChat’s Unexpected Exposure to Foreign Search Engines: Loophole of Web Crawling Account Protocols
Tencent has fixed a bug it found on its popular messaging app WeChat on Friday that exposed some social media content to external search engines, such as Bing and Google.