Tesla accelerated the electric vehicle market by selling over 9 million battery-powered cars and trucks. Now Elon Musk’s automaker is pivoting to humanoid robots and self-driving taxis. Up next: he’s looking to build AI data centers in orbit via his rocket company SpaceX, which recently committed at least $100 billion to building a spaceport in Louisiana.
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I spent 14 days in China, and it was my favorite trip in a while.
It changed so much since I visited 11 years ago that it felt like a new country. Here is what I liked about China, and what I didn’t.
1. EV adoption is huge. 100% of scooters are electric. You can walk on busy streets and it’s surprisingly quiet! It made me enjoy cities again.
2. It’s so convenient. All restaurants let you scan a QR code to order and pay. You can order a taxi and drive 100 km for $30. The malls are so big you can spend an entire day there.
3. Value for money is top notch. Hotels are new, food is delicious, and yet everything is super affordable. Chinese people are really committed to doing their best, and you can feel this everywhere you go. It’s very humbling.
4. Chinese people are super friendly! We made friends everywhere we went: restaurants, hotels, taxis. I memorized Chinese sentences like 是免費的嗎? (“Is it free?”) and I would repeat them to outdoor vendors for fun. They would laugh and come slap me on the shoulder! I even got a free ice cream doing this ^^
5. Internet is a gamble. The Great Firewall blocks a lot of websites. You need a VPN and eSIM to access Western websites. And it’s not guaranteed to work, so it’s tricky to get deep work done. I used Revolut eSIMs. It’s expensive, but most websites worked.
When I called my parents during the trip, they couldn’t believe how modern China is. For most people in the West, China is still a third-world country.
There are 17 cities with 10M+ inhabitants. Most of them were built in the last 30 years.
When I was in Hangzhou 杭州, I felt like I was in an ant house. Very crowded, yet super modern, quiet, and organized.
My wife and I loved the trip so much. We’ll come back next year and get lost in China because there are so many wonderful places to go.
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It’s hard to describe just how far out in front of us is China 2026. Luckily record numbers are checking out for themselves. Increasingly visa-free travel makes it easier than it’s ever been.
I’ve just been on a “High-speed train” which description fails to do justice. It travels like the wind. If you closed your eyes you wouldn’t know you were moving. China has 50,000 miles of it. It links cities so far better than ours it brings me to tears. Clean. Crime free.
The cops don’t carry guns and their cars don’t have sirens, only flashing lights.
Prices are so cheap I’m scared to tell you. A slap up lunch £2.50. Shirts £12. Deluxe taxis (BMW electric) £4. And this in a Tier 1 City (Beijing Shanghai Guangzhou Shenzen). It’s cheaper elsewhere! The shops are tumbling with goods from the west (at Chinese prices - western goods are of course mainly made in China) from the east often Russia and from a home manufacturing base easily the biggest in the whole world.
Nobody litters or jaywalks, nobody lays in shop doorways, nobody begs. Vertiginous towers of bewildering variety arise everywhere. At night these cities don’t even look real. I have a young wife. When she was born Shenzen was a one-horse town nobody outside had ever heard of. Today it is a Wonder of the World. One of dozens. If you deny it, you’re a fool.
George Galloway
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Mujer musulmana en un taxi:
"Disculpe, ¿podría apagar la música?"
Taxista: "¿Por qué?"
-"La música es haram (prohibida)."
-"¿Por qué es haram?"
-"Porque en la época del profeta Mahoma no había música."
El taxista apaga la música, avanza unos metros y para el coche:
-"Muy bien, ahora bájese".
-"¿Por qué? Aún no hemos llegado."
-"Porque en la época del profeta Mahoma tampoco había taxis. Espere a que un camello la recoja."
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@OhJoBails at
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Chinese soldier doesn't flinch as Air Force One taxis past him.
うたバッカゲストの中島孝さん😊
同世代トークおもしろかった〜😂💓
懐かしい話とか昔の夢とかいろんな話題で盛り上がりました😎✨
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GM, Lyft to test fleet of self-driving Chevrolet Bolt electric taxis on public roads
Man, gas is expensive. I think I’ll go vote for the party that wants to give 6-figure salaries to illegals with my taxes.