The The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) was named the number one think tank in the United States as well as the defense and national security center of excellence for 2016-2018 by the University of Pennsylvania’s annual think tank report. The Global Go To Think Tank Index, from the Think Tanks and Civil …
Satellite images taken by Planet and analyzed by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (CNS/MIIS) show that China is significantly expanding the number of silos for its arsenal of intercontinental range-ballistic missiles. 120 silos under construction near Yumen were identified by Decker Eveleth, a former …
This is a comparison of Tesla with the four top electric car companies in China. The top EV companies that are compared are BYD, Nio, XPeng and Li Auto. SAIC Motor’s makes a lot of cars and EVs in joint ventures with GM and VW. SAIC sells a lot of the $5000 Wuling Mini EV. …
China is completing a 2 megawatt molten salt reactor this month (August) and will start tests next month. Professor Yan Rui of the Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, was a lead researcher on the TMSR (molten salt reactor). He wrote in a paper published in the Chinese journal Nuclear Techniques. The commercial reactor (100 MW …
China is legally allowing three child families to slow the plunge in births. there are also other pro-child policies. The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress canceled the leveling of fines for breaking the earlier child restrictions and called for additional parental leave and childcare resources. New measures in finance, taxation, schooling, housing and …
Baidu plans to expand its robotaxi ride-hailing services across 30 cities in China in two to three years to serve a wider range of users. Robin Li, founder of Baidu, said at the 2021 ABC Summit. Currently, there are about 500 test vehicles in the Baidu Apollo self driving program and they are the first …
Electric Vehicle makers Xpeng, Li Auto and Nio sold record cars in July. Li Auto’s sales jumped 251 percent year on year in July to 8,589 units, while Xpeng’s sales surged 228 percent to 8,040 cars. NIO delivered 7,931 vehicles in July 2021, increasing by 124.5% year-over-year. Cumulative deliveries of the ES8, ES6 and EC6 …
Richer countries tend to converge their market exchange rate with their purchasing power parity exchange rate. As China has moved up from $1000-2000 per capita income to $12000 per capita income on an exchange rate basis the price level ratio is the ratio of a purchasing power parity (PPP) conversion factor to an exchange rate …
NIO is starting to build its second electric car and battery factory in the Neo Park in Hefei, with production scheduled for the third quarter of 2022, William Li, founder, chairman and CEO of NIO. The park
The China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) has again raised its forecast for new energy passenger car sales for 2021 as the industry grows rapidly. The 2021 forecast for new energy passenger car wholesale sales was raised to 2.4 million units which is up from a forecast of 2 million in February and 2.2 million in …
The largest battery maker in the world, CATL, is planning an 80 GWH/year plant near Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory. The new plant would be able to make 80 gigawatt-hours of battery cells a year. CATL currently makes 69.1GWh and already has 77.5GWh under construction. CATL said that it is in talks with Tesla about more collaboration …
