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Japanese carmakers ‘very scared’ by China’s rapid EV development (www.ft.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm referring more to US forcing Japan to abandon export of chips to their biggest customer https://www.capitalbrief.com/newsletter/us-pushes-japan-netherlands-on-stricter-chip-controls-for-china-3f80bc97-3edc-4368-9482-6ea4b5cbc16a/preview/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Maybe I'm behind but I thought we were talking about electric cars...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

I mean it's all related in the end. If Japan bet wrong with hydrogen, then the obvious fix would be to partner up with Chinese companies like CATL for batteries.