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Are we at the beginning of the consolidation of Chinese car companies?
▲ 10 r/chinacars

Are we at the beginning of the consolidation of Chinese car companies?

Hi. GAC will acquire 50% of FAW Group's 50% stake in Toyota: https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/gac-agrees-acquire-faw-group-151334732.html

Then you have news of Geely acquiring 30% of Nio's battery swapping unit: https://asia.nikkei.com/business/automobiles/electric-vehicles/geely-to-acquire-30-of-competitor-nio-s-battery-swapping-unit

Dongfeng and Changan were in discussions to merge last year as well, but the deal fell through and they did not merge.

I wonder if the GAC and FAW deal, and the Geely and Nio deal, are a one off, or whether it's the beginning of more mergers that we will see. I have always thought there will be consolidation at some point (or the weaker and smaller players in China will just fold), so it will be interesting going forward if what happened is just an anomaly, or whether there will be more mergers and consolidation in the Chinese car industry.

u/i_marketing — 10 days ago
▲ 9 r/aoe4

I didn't even know a negative total score was possible

To be fair to the guy that got the negative score, he was Knight of Templar and he built keep, after keep, after keep. Like a line of keeps from the middle of the map, into the enemy's base. And he got the highest kills in the game, so he definitely helped the team.

But I didn't know a negative score was possible, and I have been playing AoE4 for four years now

u/i_marketing — 13 days ago
▲ 391 r/electricvehicles

EVs Helped Make China Hormuz-Proof—and They Are Still Just Getting Started

The price of oil (brent crude) just surpassed $100 USD per barrel again. So glad that China, and a part of the world (ie. Norway, Denmark, etc) are increasingly switching to EVs now, because if they were still on ICE, the demand for oil would be even higher, which means the price of oil would be even higher.

wsj.com
u/i_marketing — 1 month ago
▲ 51 r/indocartalk+2 crossposts

BYD reportedly to take Racco electric K-Car tech global for small EVs

>The company recently decided to use its in-house-developed X-PACK battery pack, first installed in the Racco, to develop small EVs. It will begin detailed development work and expects the new models to reach the market within several years, Nikkei's Chinese-language website reported on Monday.

>X-PACK integrates major electrical components, including the inverter that converts voltage, into the battery pack and installs the entire system beneath the vehicle floor.

>In conventional designs, these components are typically housed in the engine compartment at the front of the vehicle, taking up limited cabin and crash-energy absorption space in small cars, the report noted.

>By eliminating the need to install some components in the cabin or front section, X-PACK helps the Racco balance passenger space and crash safety within the strict dimensional limits for K-Cars.

cnevpost.com
u/boywiththethorn — 2 months ago
▲ 9 r/EVAustralia

Xpeng confirmed it would honour previous cashback incentives for customers who purchased vehicles through TrueEV (after TrueEV court case ends)

>The conclusion of the case also comes after Xpeng confirmed it would honour previous cashback incentives for customers who purchased vehicles through TrueEV before the factory-backed operation commenced.

https://www.carexpert.com.au/car-news/local-distributor-loses-australian-court-battle-with-chinas-xpeng

u/i_marketing — 2 months ago
▲ 8 r/aoe4

How does CoH 3 AI compare to AoE 4 AI for team vs AI games?

Hi. So I have been playing random AoE 4 team vs AI, for 4vs4, for a few years now and it's really addictive and really fun (the best part about AI games is that teammates are less likely to rage on each other, because most AI games result in the human team winning). I would go as far to say that perhaps AoE4 team vs AI games is the best co-op vs AI that I have played for any video game so far (especially because I like RTS games), and having 4 people is a blast. I am a low platinum player normally for team games, and the AI for AoE4 is tuned such that right now, if a human player leaves and you are left with 3 humans vs 4 AI players at the hardest difficulty, it can sometimes result in a loss (it depends on how good the remaining 3 humans are).

My question is, how does the AI for Company of Heroes 3 (CoH 3) compare to AoE4? When you play CoH 3 team games vs AI, especially 4vs4, is the AI too easy, or just about the right difficulty for a platinum level AoE4 player? If a player leaves, does it become much more challenging in CoH 3?

I am considering buying CoH 3, just because I did like CoH 1, and I think I may have a lot of fun in 4vs4 team games if the AI is just like the AoE 4.

reddit.com
u/i_marketing — 2 months ago