The 'godfather of EVs' says Tesla's new affordable models won't stop it losing ground to China

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Tesla Motors' Model Y Standard car is seen in this handout picture
Tesla unveiled the Model Y and 3 Standard, which cost $40,000 and $37,000.

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New South China Sea clash videos capture Chinese water cannon and ramming tactics in action

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A white Chinese coast guard ship sprays a water cannon on a blue Philippine Coast Guard vessel in dark blue waters with a cloudy blue sky in the background.
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Tesla's 'most affordable' EVs still cost more than $35,000. These policies may be why.

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Model Y standard
Tesla's price point for its "more affordable" models was not as low as many had hoped.

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Their parents moved to the US for opportunity and safety. They went the other way — drawn by the same hopes.

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Hands rolling up a rug/the American Flag
 

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Trump wants to ground Chinese airlines' advantage on US routes by making their flights hours longer

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China Eastern Airlines plane landing in New York-JFK.
China Eastern Airlines would have to add extra flight time and spend more on fuel between New York and Shanghai should the order go into effect.

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Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman says the US's 'patchwork' policies are setting back AI

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One of Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman's enormous AI chips would roughly fit inside the pictured hand gesture on stage at a tech conference in 2022.

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An early Pop Mart investor said Chinese brands that want to make it big need to set their eyes on one market early on

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Visitors visit the Pop Mart exhibition area of the China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing, China, on September 13, 2025.
An early Pop Mart investor said there is one market Chinese brands need to gun for early on.

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Chinese car fans are weighing in on Elon Musk's new affordable offerings: 'Beggar model' Tesla

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Tesla's new energy electric vehicle store in Shanghai.
"The beggar's version of Tesla's Model Y costs 230,000 yuan. Will you buy it?" one user wrote in a post on Weibo on Tuesday.

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I ordered from Temu and worried my order would be slapped with a tariff

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A Temu box covered in heart stickers and broken heart stickers

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China is making big aircraft carrier moves. Here's how its flattops stack up against the US Navy.

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China's aircraft carrier CNS Fujian sailing in a deep blue ocean.
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