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EV Industry
Volkswagen’s Xpeng-Powered ID. UNYX 09 Launches in China From 169,900 Yuan ($25,400)
VW Anhui launched the ID. UNYX 09 on Oct. 24, a 5-meter electric fastback with Xpeng's Turing chip and VLA driver assistance, a 92-kWh CATL LFP pack and up to 755 km of CLTC range, priced from 179,900 yuan (about $26,900), or 169,900 yuan (about $25,400) in a Double 11 deal.
AI
Moonshot’s Kimi K3.1 Pro Ranks Fourth in the World, and Its Weights Go Public by Nov. 4
Moonshot AI released Kimi K3.1 Pro, a 2.8-trillion-parameter model with a 1M-token context that Artificial Analysis ranks fourth on its Intelligence Index. Weights are due by Nov. 4, prices are 33% lower, and Moonshot says it deliberately cut its hacking skills.
AI
Unitree Wants Robots That Teach Themselves, and Its Founder Says Physical AI’s ‘ChatGPT Moment’ Could Come Next Year
At Unitree's World Physical AI Conference in Hangzhou, founder Wang Xingxing said the company is researching a self-evolution loop where AI writes, simulates, tests and rewrites robot code, and that embodied AI's ChatGPT moment could come as early as next year.
Energy
NIO’s Firefly Gets a 60-kWh Battery and 560 km of Range, and Existing Owners Can Swap Up Too
NIO's Firefly launched a 60-kWh pack on Oct. 23 that lifts CLTC range from 420 km to 560 km with no change in size or weight. It starts at 136,800 yuan, and existing owners can upgrade through a battery swap for 17,000 yuan.
Energy
CATL and Huawei Team Up on Self-Driving Battery Swaps: In, Swapped and Out in 99 Seconds
Huawei's Yinwang signed a deal with CATL and CAES to link Qiankun driver assistance with CATL's Chocolate swap network, so cars can find a station, drive in and swap in 99 seconds. Five swap models are reportedly due in 2027.
EV Industry
BYD’s Second-Gen Seagull Grows Up: Five Seats, Rear-Drive and 5-Minute Charging From $9,810
BYD's new Seagull is 425 mm longer, seats five, switches to rear-wheel drive and adds 5-minute flash charging on upper trims, with China prices from 65,900 yuan.
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EV Industry
BYD’s Q3 Profit Jumps 28% as Overseas Sales Do the Heavy Lifting
BYD's third-quarter net profit rose 28.08% to 10.02 billion yuan (about $1.50 billion) on revenue up 13.59%, while nine-month profit still fell 4.24%. Overseas sales are up 92.66% this year, and Japan's RACCO kei EV is part of that push.
Starlink
FCC Votes to Put 482 MHz More on the Table for Satellite-to-Phone Service, and Starlink Mobile Is Listening
The FCC adopted a proposal to open an extra 482 MHz of licensed spectrum to direct-to-device service and drop region-wide lease rules, a potential win for SpaceX's Starlink Mobile. AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile want two 5G bands left out.
Tesla
Tesla Model Y Sets Green NCAP’s Lowest-Ever Life-Cycle Emissions Mark, and Tesla Showed Its Homework
Green NCAP gave the Berlin-built Model Y RWD five stars and 93%, with life-cycle emissions of 95 g CO2-eq/km, the lowest it has ever published. Tesla's verified factory and battery data made the difference.
Stock Watch
Alphabet Has Its Worst Day Ever, and Tesla Barely Blinks at $403
Alphabet sank 12.64% to $283.82, its worst day as a public company, and the Nasdaq lost 1.38%. Tesla slipped just 0.23% to $403.30, Mobileye fell 9.21%, Ford and GM rallied, and Advantest led Tokyo up 6.01%.
Japan
Toyota Develops a Smaller Next-Gen Hybrid So One Platform Can Be an EV, PHEV or Hybrid
Toyota's new 1.5-liter four-cylinder hybrid is small enough to fit a BEV-first multi-pathway platform, letting one body be an EV, PHEV or hybrid with 15%+ better fuel economy.