https://archive.md/EOklA
"It has long been said that visiting China from the West is akin to landing in
a parallel universe. Pick any major city and most aspects look and feel broadly
familiar, yet the fundamentals are different. You can’t hail an Uber or use
Google Maps to get around, and your hotel TV won’t have Netflix. Instead,
there’s always a domestic alternative. One that is likely newer, bigger,
quicker, and perhaps even better than what you’re used to back home.
And so to the Chinese car industry, whose latest opportunity to scare the
living daylights out of Europe and the US came at the Auto Shanghai motor show.
Held at the world’s second-largest exhibition space, the show saw more than
1,400 cars from 26 countries spread across 13 halls. Some 93 vehicles made
their world debut in front of 1 million attendees. YouTubers would later upload
whole-show walk-throughs with run times longer than
Interstellar.
How many world debuts do you suppose took place at the 2024 Geneva
International Motor Show? About a dozen. No wonder it was canceled for 2025."
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https://www.wired.com/story/auto-shanghai-2025-car-show-warning-to-the-west/>
Via Susan ****
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
