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Chinese tech giant Xiaomi is to begin selling its first electric car, the SU7, at the end of this month, Xiaomi founder Lei Jun announced on the Weibo social media network on Tuesday. Xiaomi shares rose in Hong Kong on the news that the electronics and software company was bringing cars of its own design to the market from March 28. Known in China primarily for smartphones and electrical appliances, Xiaomi announced three years ago that it was developing its own electric vehicle. The SU7, a four
Aston Martin Lagonda has pushed back plans for its first electric car by a year as the group revealed it remained heavily loss-making and missed already-lowered production targets. The luxury carmaker said it will now not launch its first battery electric vehicle (EV) until 2026. It had been aiming to release the first Aston EV in 2025 after last year striking a deal with Saudi-backed US luxury EV maker Lucid. The move saw Lucid take a 3.7% stake in Aston as part of the deal. Aston revealed the