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China’s Chips Manhattan Project And The Semiconductor Skills Race

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China’s covert effort to build an extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV) system, described as a Manhattan Project and leveraging Chinese nationals with experience from key Dutch EUV manufacturer ASML, is not interesting because it appeared suddenly or because it surprised intelligence agencies. It is interesting because it exposed how industrial capability … [continued]

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Cadillac EV Sales Actually Up Year Over Year In 4th Quarter!

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Cadillac did it. Despite the $7,500 US EV tax credit ending at the end of the 3rd quarter, leading to a rush of EV purchases before October and then a big dropoff in sales after that, Cadillac actually sold more electric vehicles in the 4th quarter of 2025 than in … [continued]

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Nissan’s US Electric Vehicle Sales Absolutely Crash

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A couple days ago, I wrote about Kia’s electric vehicle sales dropping more than 50% in December. That wasn’t a great result, but more or less what was expected. The question is more about how much they rebound in 2026. I expected to see similar results from other automakers, but … [continued]

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Crude Oil Prices Down In 2025 Due To Oversupply

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I don’t know if this was coordinated in any way with the Venezuela drama, but it’s an interesting piece to come out from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) at this time. The agency just published the following report: “Crude oil prices fell in 2025 amid oversupply.” The most popular … [continued]

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