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2024.10.17

03:37

Digital twin firm NavVis releases new product

Asia Tech Wire (Oct 17) -- NavVis, a reality capture and digital twin solutions company, has released NavVis MLX, its new product for mobile laser scanning systems.

03:25

German Chancellor criticizes EU tariff hike on Chinese EVs again

Asia Tech Wire (Oct 17) -- German Chancellor Olaf Scholz once again criticized the European Union's policy of imposing tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles in a speech to the German federal parliament on Wednesday.

2024.08.07

02:34

German drugstore chain stops buying Tesla cars over Musk's support for Trump

Asia Tech Wire (Aug 7) -- German drugstore chain Dirk Rossmann GmbH will no longer buy Tesla cars for its fleet, citing Elon Musk's support for former U.S. President Donald Trump.

2024.07.31

07:12

TSMC confirms groundbreaking for German plant in late August

Asia Tech Wire (July 31) -- TSMC confirmed Tuesday that it will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for its new German plant on August 20th.

2024.07.11

06:50

German telecom operators to replace 5G Equipment from Huawei, ZTE in 5 years

Asia Tech Wire (July 11) -- The German government has reached an agreement with the country's major telecoms operators to replace equipment from Huawei and ZTE (0763.HK) in their already-built 5G systems in phases over the next 5 years, according to German media reports.

2024.07.04

07:39

German auto industry association opposes EU tariffs on Chinese EVs

Asia Tech Wire (July 4) -- The German Association of the Automotive Industry, known as VDA, issued a statement on Wednesday opposing the EU's imposition of provisional anti-subsidy tariffs on electric vehicles imported from China.

2024.06.27

08:39

Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia to invest $200mn in Germany for production expansion

Asia Tech Wire (June 27) -- Chinese-owned Dutch chipmaker Nexperia will invest $200 million in Germany for production expansion.

2024.03.28

09:07

Chinese EV maker Xpeng announces formal entry into German market

Asia Tech Wire (Mar 28) -- Chinese electric car startup Xpeng Inc. (9868.HK) announced Thursday that it has officially entered the German market.

2022.01.14

06:32

German regulator says no evidence of censorship function in Xiaomi phones

Asian Tech Press (Jan 14) -- Germany's federal cybersecurity regulator, the BSI, said on Thursday in a notice that there is no evidence of censorship functions in smartphones made by Chinese company Xiaomi Corp (1810.HK).

2021.12.13

05:50

TSMC in talks with Germany about potential factory construction

Asian Tech Press (Dec 13) -- According to media reports, TSMC, the chip foundry that has announced the construction of factories in the United States and Japan, is also considering building a factory in Europe, and an executive has revealed that they are in talks with Germany about a potential factory.

2021.11.10

13:50

Porsche CEO: 911 sports car will be electrified

Asian Tech Press (Nov 10) -- Porsche 911 sports car will reportedly be electrified, combining high performance and efficiency.

2021.09.23

08:31

German's Volocopter to sell 150 planes to Chinese joint venture

Asian Tech Press (SEP 23) -- German air cab startup Volocopter, a pioneer in urban air mobility (UAM), said Wednesday that a joint venture with a Chinese automaker Geely Group unit would introduce UAM in China, with an agreement already signed to buy 150 Volocopter aircraft, according to media reports.

2021.09.06

04:46

Tesla to receive 1.14 billion euros in state subsidies from Germany

Asian Tech Press (Sep 6) --Germany may decide by the end of the year how much government aid will be available for a battery plant that U.S. electric car maker Tesla plans to build near Berlin, a spokesman for Germany's economy ministry said on Sunday, Reuters reported.

03:46

Germany plans to require phone makers to provide 7 years of security updates

Asian Tech Press (Sep 6) -- The German federal government is pushing the EU to require seven years of security updates and spare parts for smartphones as part of negotiations with the European Commission, German computer magazine C't said on Sep 2.

2021.08.30

09:21

China's Nio plans to launch electric cars in Germany next year

Asian Tech Press (Aug 30) -- Chinese EV manufacturer Nio Inc. (NYSE: NIO) plans to launch its electric cars in Germany next year at the latest, challenging Audi, Mercedes-Benz and BMW, its CEO said recently in a media interview.

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