Source: Toyota Motor Corp.
Toyota Motor Corp. s newly relaunched Mirai sedan signals its ongoing commitment to hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, but the technology will need more government backing along the lines of that provided in Japan if it is to gain mass appeal, analysts say.
Manufacturers and consumers alike have been reluctant to embrace hydrogen-powered cars. The first Mirai model, launched in November 2014, sold just 11,000 units worldwide.
The main impediment is the lack of hydrogen refueling stations, an issue that requires the participation of oil and gas companies and local governments. But with such low sales numbers, the incentives to build out such costly infrastructure are lacking.
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I recently finished two novels. One is by Glenn Arbery,
Boundaries of Eden. It’s a thoroughly engaging story set in the history-haunted South. One part Dickens in its arresting characters, one part Tom Wolfe in its splendid eye for social reality, and one part Faulkner in its evocation of the encroaching darkness of our sin-soaked past,
Boundaries of Eden is a must-read.
The other novel I recently read is
The Idiot by Elif Batuman. The opening pages feature mordant observations about elite miseducation that can be very funny. Batuman is a writer’s writer, creating a character who sees but does not know, observes but does not understand. Unlike the odious Jean-Paul Sartre, whose fiction is far too “philosophical,” and not unlike Walker Percy, Batuman captures the “lostness” of the human condition as a reality, not an idea.
Digital components to play a more important role in overall automotive production in future
Chinese companies should get prepared for the rise in chip demand as cars become smarter, said analysts, after some carmakers experience pandemic-caused chip shortages. It (the shortage of chips for car electronics) is a historical problem, as China relied on imported chips from Europe, the United States, Malaysia, Japan and South Korea, said Yale Zhang, managing director of Shanghai-based consultancy firm Automotive Foresight.
However, the lockdown due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus interrupted chip production and the transnational transportation to some extent, which cut the supply of chips to the Chinese market.
Chips a big hurdle for industry to overcome By Zhang Dandan | China Daily | Updated: 2020-12-14 09:09 Share CLOSE A staff member works on producing auto chips at a plant of a chip maker based in Chizhou, East China s Anhui province. [Photo by sheng Wenpeng/for China Daily]
Digital components to play a more important role in overall automotive production in future
Chinese companies should get prepared for the rise in chip demand as cars become smarter, said analysts, after some carmakers experience pandemic-caused chip shortages. It (the shortage of chips for car electronics) is a historical problem, as China relied on imported chips from Europe, the United States, Malaysia, Japan and South Korea, said Yale Zhang, managing director of Shanghai-based consultancy firm Automotive Foresight.