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After U.S. failure, Vietnam’s EV leader turns to markets dominated by Tesla and BYD

By: Lam Le
2 April 2025 at 05:00
Vietnam’s leading automaker remains undeterred despite a botched U.S. expansion and $9.8 billion in accumulated losses. VinFast shipped its first electric vehicles to the U.S. in 2022, and has been...

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A red VinFast electric vehicle travels along a street on July 28, 2024, in Hanoi, Vietnam. (Linh Pham for Rest of World)

China’s SpaceSail is expanding where Elon Musk is stumbling

By: Lam Le
31 March 2025 at 05:00
China’s satellite internet upstart seems to be taking aim at Starlink. SpaceSail, a Chinese space company backed by the Shanghai municipal government, has been entering markets where Elon Musk has...

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The sixth batch that will constitute the Spacesail Constellation group is launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province, Jan. 23, 2025.

A former Meta employee reviews the new Facebook memoir

26 March 2025 at 05:00
Last week, I read Sarah Wynn-Williams’ Careless People and was reminded of Carl Jung’s Everyman archetype — someone who fears being left out, and often compromises their morals in order...

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Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., center, Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, center left, and Robert Greifeld, chief executive officer of Nasdaq OMX Group Inc., center right, remotely ring the opening bell for trading at the Nasdaq MarketSite from the Facebook campus in Menlo Park, California, May 18, 2012.

Mexico’s first homegrown EV faces a bumpy road 

21 March 2025 at 05:00
Earlier this year, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum beamed as a rendering of  three boxy, compact electric vehicles was displayed on a screen during a media briefing in the capital city....

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Roberto Capuano Tripp, head of the Sustainable Development project for Mexico City, explains the Olinia project at a press conference led by the President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum.

When foreign factories clash with locals

13 March 2025 at 05:00
When the Chinese battery company Gotion announced its plans to open a factory in the small college town of Big Rapids, Michigan, in 2022, it seemed like the kind of...

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Feb 19th, 2025 - Big Rapids, MI - Lori Brock’s horse farm with anti Gotion poster.
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