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Despite the pandemic, global sales of electric vehicles (EVs)increased by 43% in 2020. Total EV sales in China were 1.3 million, an increase of8% compared to 2019, and 41% of all EVs sold worldwide. Though Europe sold more than Chinafor the first timesince 2015, China is still the world’s biggest national market for EVs. The best-selling EV in China is not Tesla’s Model 3, but the tiny Hongguang Mini EV, produced by SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile, a joint venture between China’s state-owned SAIC Motor, US carmaker General Motors and another Chinese company, Wuling Motors....

Tesla’s deal with car-rental giant Hertz has generated some jaw-dropping numbers. The order of 100,000Tesla Model 3s is potentially the largest ever purchase ofelectric vehicles.The announcement drove Tesla’s market value beyond$1 trillion on Mondayand pumped up Elon Musk’s personal wealth upby $36 billion. The tycoon is now worth an eye-watering $289 billion. Our thoughts and prayers are with Jeff Bezos at this difficult time. These figures, however, barely scratch the surface....

Question:What do lingerie, insurance and seat belts have in common?Answer:They all provide a service that you only benefit from in extreme circumstances. The belt protects you against accidents you hope you’ll never have. The insurance covers you for calamities you hope never happen and the lingerie is generally worn in places where nobody sees it. Of course the lingerie makes you feel sexier, the seat belt makes you feel safer and the insurance makes you feel covered....

A seismic shift has rocked the world:Facebook changed its name to Meta. We’re truly blessed to live in such historical times. While Facebook’s identity and branding switcheroo will get headlines (especially as it’s a way to avoid itsheap of problems), this is obscuring the real human story. Yes, I’m talking about the thousands upon thousands of people who now have a tattoo of Meta’s logo. After spending probably more than I’ll ever make in my lifetime on rebranding, F̶a̶c̶e̶b̶o̶o̶k̶ Meta ended up with a logo shaped like theinfinity symbol that also kinda looks like an ‘M’?...

Of the many features Twitter employs, the Trending Topics section seems to be one of its more mystifying elements. Perhaps unsurprisingly, many Twitter users don’t even use Trending Topics, citing several understandable rationales, including being downright oblivious to what Trending Topics actually are and how to use them. Buriedwithin the Twitter help and support pages, I dug up this official definition: “Twitter’s Trending Topics algorithm identifies topics that are immediately popular, rather than topics that have been popular for a while or on a daily basis, to help people discover the “most breaking” news stories from across the world....