TikTok said it has appealed the penalty to the European Union’s General Court, where it challenged an order issued by its main data regulator in Ireland to eliminate “deceptive or manipulative” behaviour that could compromise privacy.

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission issued a fine against TikTok in September this year for potentially exposing minors to risky content. The investigation, which covered a five-month period from July 2020 to December 31, 2020, found that TikTok’s data processing during that period violated the General Data Protection Regulation for children between the ages of 13 and 17 years.

Under the General Data Protection Regulation, the Irish Data Regulator is responsible for all investigations into TikTok, as the platform currently has an EU base in Dublin. However, the European Data Protection Board (the group of European supervisory authorities responsible for enforcing the law) must approve the final decision, given that the alleged infringement is EU-wide.

TikTok confirmed the appeals but declined to comment further. The EDPB and the Irish data regulator declined to comment.

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▲ Source German Federal Motor Transport Authority

The letter describes in great detail the use of three software-based “reduction devices” on the OM642 diesel engine used in the Mercedes-Benz E350 BlueTec to “cheat,” and tells Mercedes-Benz that it must fix the problems by July 27, 2023, but that has not been done since. Mercedes-Benz was told it had until July 27, 2023, to fix the problems, but has since been granted an extension.

▲ Source German Federal Motor Transport Authority

The company’s software is based on a sensor that is integrated into the vehicle to control the engine’s operation, thus improving the emission standards.

On the OM642 diesel engine of Mercedes-Benz E-Class, the response “efficiency reduction device” can control the emission of AdBlue mist urea water solution, which is a kind of technology that can produce a catalytic reaction with NOx in the exhaust gas to discharge nitrogen and water, thus reducing pollution.

In fact, earlier this year, Mercedes-Benz faced a class-action lawsuit in the High Court in London, England, by more than 300,000 diesel car owners whose vehicles had been fitted with the “efficiency reduction device” during emissions tests, thereby misleading consumers about “diesel emissions”.

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Porsche says its electric vehicle sounds are futuristic, melodic, rhythmic and dynamic, and can remind consumers of the Porsche brand. Porsche has also compared the sound of its electric cars to Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, the KITT scanner in “Knight Rider” and the lightsaber sound in “Star Wars.”

EUIPO believes that the sound of Porsche’s electric vehicles only imitates the sound of an internal combustion engine accelerating to reach a target speed and that this sound does not allow consumers to distinguish Porsche from other brands’ products. EUIPO also pointed out that the sound of Porsche’s electric car is not a piece of music and cannot be compared with Beethoven’s symphony. EUIPO also stated that the voices in the film and television works cited by Porsche are no longer representative of today’s world.

It is understood that although EUIPO rejected Porsche’s trademark application, Porsche has appealed.

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NIO said that this station is also the 6th power swapping station in Sweden and the 25th swapping station in Europe, and will continue to accelerate the layout of charging and swapping facilities in Europe.

As of August 17, NIO has deployed 25 power stations in Europe, 10 charging stations, 33 charging piles, and more than 500,000 three-party piles.

On NIO Day 2022, NIO released the third-generation power station. According to reports, compared with the previous generation, the third-generation battery replacement station has a 20% reduction in battery replacement time, and the number of battery positions has increased to 21.

The third-generation power exchange station adopts a new three-station coordinated power exchange mode, which improves the service capacity by 30% compared with the second-generation power exchange station. The replacement power station will also be equipped with 2 laser radars and 2 Nvidia OrinX chips, with a total computing power of 508TOPS, which can realize the function of calling and swapping vehicles.

In July 2023, NIO will deliver 20,462 new cars, a year-on-year increase of 103.6% and a month-on-month increase of 91.1%, and the delivery volume hit a record high.

In July this year, NIO delivered more than 10,000 new ES6s, and NIO’s monthly delivery of a single model exceeded 10,000 for the first time; from January to July 2023, NIO delivered a total of 75,023 new cars.

In addition, NIO added 9 NIO centers and spaces, 7 NIO service and delivery centers and 223 charging and swapping stations in July.

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The content of the regulations shows that the “battery passport” is used to record information such as the battery manufacturer, material composition, technical specifications, carbon footprint and supply chain.

Source: Pixabay

In addition, the “EU Batteries and Waste Batteries Regulations” divides products into automotive batteries, electric vehicle batteries, light vehicle batteries, industrial batteries, and portable batteries, and puts forward relevant requirements for each stage of the battery’s entire life cycle, covering raw material production and processing, Battery usage process and waste battery recycling.

It was previously reported that at the Davos World Economic Forum held in Switzerland on January 18 this year, the Global Battery Alliance (GBA) released the “Battery Passport” proof-of-concept results for the first time. It is said that the “Battery Passport” is the key to promoting the rapid expansion of sustainable, circular and responsible battery value chains. It was developed by members of the Global Battery Alliance (GBA) over a three-year period. Quality assurance for sustained performance.

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The Honor X6a phone comes in green and black options. The front of the body features an LCD display with a V-shaped waterdrop notch for the selfie camera.

On the back, there is a dual camera setup comprising of a primary camera and a macro or depth camera with flash.

The device features a flat frame design with volume buttons and a side-mounted fingerprint scanner on the right side. The Honor X6a will be available with 6GB RAM and 128GB ROM and will be priced at €169 in Europe (currently around RMB 1,342).

Honor X6a should be the domestic launch of the Honor Play 40 5G phone, just the appearance of the design is not the same.

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Nio ET5

In addition, Nio’s European energy infrastructure team will also set up an R&D base in the Berlin Innovation Center, focusing on grid services and the management and operation of European exchange stations.

Nio’s four European R&D centres:

• Berlin, Germany, Innovation Center (to be established in 2023)
• Oxford, UK, Global Energy and Forward Concept R&D Center (established in 2015)
• Munich, Germany, Global Design Center (established in 2015)
• Budapest, Hungary, European R&D Center for Power Plus Products (to be established in 2022)

▲ Nio Center Berlin

Nio has focused on the German market in recent years and held the NIO Berlin 2022 event at the Vimpdur Hall in Berlin, Germany last October to announce the arrival of Nio products and the complete operational system to Europe. Subsequently, Nio has been conducting customer face-to-face and ET7 delivery and test drive events in Germany, Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden.

Currently, Nio centres have opened in Berlin, Frankfurt and other German cities.

▲ Nio Center Frankfurt

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EU executives said the projects involve “R&D projects covering the entire value chain of microelectronics and communication technologies, from materials and tools to chip design and manufacturing processes”.

In April, the EU agreed to a program worth 43 billion euros (currently about RMB 328.09 billion) to boost the competitiveness of its semiconductor industry in an attempt to catch up with the United States and Asia.

The plan, known as the European Chips Act, aims to increase the EU’s share of global chip output from the current 10 percent to 20% by 2030, and comes after the U.S. announced its CHIPS for America Act.

The European Commission initially proposed to fund only the most advanced chip factories, but EU countries and parliaments have expanded the scope to cover the entire value chain, including older chip and research and design facilities.

The agreement was welcomed by U.S. chipmaker Intel, which will receive German subsidies for building a factory in Germany. “The European Chip Act will direct investment where it is most needed — in manufacturing capacity, skills and R&D. This goal has strong and broad political support and shows that the EU is serious about securing its future prosperity,” said Hendrik Bourgeois, Intel’s vice president of European government affairs.

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This also means that in Europe, where fuel cars were first developed and sold, electric cars have completed a historic overtaking of fuel cars.

Data shows that electric car sales in Europe in 2019 (360,164 units) were only one-tenth of fuel car sales. However, just three years later, in 2022, the gap has narrowed to just over 60,000 units. Last year, Europe sold 1,637,766 fuel cars, compared to 1,577,079 electric cars.

Some analysts believe that the difference between the two sales largely stems from a series of environmental bills introduced by the EU aimed at reducing carbon emissions, which have been accelerating the pace of consumer choice of electric vehicles.

The EU has announced a plan to ban the sale of gasoline or diesel- vehicles from 2035 unless they use relatively more environmentally friendly, carbon-neutral fuels. On the other hand, European governments are offering subsidies for electric vehicles, and automakers are therefore actively promoting the sale of electric vehicles in Europe.

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Bretton will also discuss with Altman an AI agreement aimed at having OpenAI join an organization of European and non-European companies to apply the AI rules before they are implemented in 2026, the EU officials said.

Altmann angered Breton last week when he said he would quit Europe if the company struggled to comply with the EU’s upcoming artificial intelligence laws.

In response, Bretton, who set those new rules, said they were not negotiable.

“Bretton will discuss the practical aspects of implementing the AI bill. It will be a working session and there will be an in-depth discussion of the data,” an EU official said.

After meeting with Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai last week, Bretton said the U.S. tech giant and the European Commission would discuss a voluntary agreement on artificial intelligence to help companies adapt to the implementation of AI legislation ahead of time.

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