🌏 Japan autos brake in China

Plus: Need for EV speed.

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Japanese automakers are having a tough go of it in China. Nissan and Honda are planning on reducing their presence in China as local rivals surge ahead in the EV race.

Giga Berlin is back. Production is resuming at the German Tesla factory just shy of a week after an arson attack on a nearby electricity transmission tower cut off its power.

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Boeing’s bad days keep coming. In a recent safety audit of the planemaker, the Federal Aviation Administration found that dish soap and hotel key cards were used on parts of Boeing planes.

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IKEA prices are coming down. The Swedish budget furniture retailer pointed to cooling inflation and the declining cost of raw materials as key drivers of the markdowns.

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A need for EV speed

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The Chinese tech giant Xiaomi may be best known for its smartphones, but it wants to be known for another thing: outracing a Tesla.

The company said it’ll start selling its electric SU7 four-door sedan in China for a currently undisclosed price on March 28. That news sent Xiaomi’s shares soaring as investors geared up for a vehicle that is expected to accelerate faster than Tesla and Porsche’s respective EV offerings.

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But will Xiaomi end up succeeding where Apple failed? For now, the market is buckling up for a speedy ride.


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