Maybe China should be like the EU and just ask for IP to be handed over.

EU to demand tech transfers from Chinese companies, FT reports

Rule 1 does not apply here?

Sodium batteries are already in electric cars many months ago

https://www.engadget.com/the-first-ev-with-a-lithium-free-sodium-battery-hits-the-road-in-january-214828536.html

Also you could buy individual cells on AliExpress

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6zcI1GrkK4

If you have been following the Chinese solar industry, you would be aware that solar manufacturers from China, such as Suntec etc have gone bankrupt over the past decade or more. China’s approach of allowing underperforming solar companies to go bankrupt is one of the reasons why their solar industry is so formidable.

I suppose the original source titled it better.

CATL expects its batteries to power electric aircraft with up to 3,000 km range

Is there a source that says its an LMFP battery?

According to this reddit post many European car brands are offering massive discounts to compensate for lack of sales.

https://www.reddit.com/r/electricvehicles/comments/1d9d2fv/as_china_shifts_to_evs_dealers_forced_to_offer/

China is already at around 50% of new cars being plugin electric

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/05/26/44-plugin-vehicle-market-share-in-china-april-2024-sales-report/

So Europe went from suggesting decoupling from China to de-risking and now this?

https://bigmestore.com/

to the point where Russia was worried about Chinese influence in Ukraine

Is there a source on that?

If I’m not mistaken, those portable power stations with AC inverters consume power even when not in use. You probably should use the DC output wherever possible.

Sodium batteries are already in electric cars many months ago

https://www.engadget.com/the-first-ev-with-a-lithium-free-sodium-battery-hits-the-road-in-january-214828536.html

Also you could buy individual cells on AliExpress

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6zcI1GrkK4

According to Euro NCAP all Chinese cars from 2022–2024 got the 5 star safety rating. While many non Chinese models got 4 stars.

https://www.euroncap.com/en/ratings-rewards/latest-safety-ratings/#?selectedMake=0&selectedMakeName=Select a make&selectedModel=0&selectedStar=&includeFullSafetyPackage=true&includeStandardSafetyPackage=true&selectedModelName=All&selectedProtocols=51097,49446,45155&selectedClasses=1202,1199,1201,1196,1205,1203,1198,1179,40250,1197,1204,1180,34736,44997&allClasses=true&allProtocols=false&allDriverAssistanceTechnologies=false&selectedDriverAssistanceTechnologies=&thirdRowFitment=false

Then you should avoid Toyota, Nissan & Tesla as well

https://www.reuters.com/markets/asia/toyota-says-partner-with-tencent-china-2024-04-25/

https://www.reuters.com/technology/tesla-clears-key-china-assisted-driving-hurdle-with-baidu-deal-bloomberg-news-2024-04-29/

https://electrek.co/2023/12/04/toyota-sport-crossover-ev-made-with-byd-launch-2025/

In the first half of the year, BYD commanded a leading 43.7% share among vehicles running on LFP batteries, according to data from the China Automotive Battery Industry Innovation Alliance. In the months between January and November, BYD held a 41.1% market share, besting CATL’s 33.9% share

https://archive.is/e4U1i

Not an issue with global ROMs according to XDA

https://xdaforums.com/t/how-to-unlock-bootloader-on-xiaomi-hyperos.4654009/

This reminds me of the vice news video of Chinese dissidents aligning with the US far right.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US0Rfav2qBA

Everybody thinks they are the hero of their own story.

Librewolf on PC.

Mull on Android

Literally in the title of the URL it says 2018. That is the old TSMC 7nm not the 7nm SMIC from 2023…