VCs, investors, politicians and journalists in a panic over DeepSeek: "HOW is China so far ahead of everyone else???" Anyone who's been following the electric vehicle space for more than a minute: - ThreadSky

patrickgeorge.bsky.social • 124 days ago

VCs, investors, politicians and journalists in a panic over DeepSeek: "HOW is China so far ahead of everyone else???"

Anyone who's been following the electric vehicle space for more than a minute:

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diggnitty.bsky.social•124 days ago

YUP. Not at all surprising.

4catsnomore.bsky.social•124 days ago

Hard to put tarrifs on AI :D

marktierney.com•124 days ago

They ignore it because they have lost that war while deciding to fight it. The No1 EV car company in the US is using a battery cell design from 2006.

patrickgeorge.bsky.social•123 days ago

Ended up doing a thing on this: https://insideevs.com/news/748875/deepseek-china-evs-ai-analysis/

basmitharts.bsky.social•123 days ago

Great and depressing piece Patrick.

garygastelu.bsky.social•123 days ago

((((US AUTOMAKERS READING THIS AND CONCLUDING THAT THEY NEED DEEPSEEK EMBEDDED INTO THEIR INFOTAINMENT SYSTEMS)))

racecraft.bsky.social•123 days ago

I give it 2 months before this actually happens

ekimap.bsky.social•123 days ago

This is the best automotive piece I've read so far this week. It truly reflects the reality in automotive that so many are eager to pretend doesn't exist.

patrickgeorge.bsky.social•123 days ago

Thank you!

amgwgn.bsky.social•123 days ago

Makes me wonder if in 50 years there's a show with an alternative future where we "won" the AI and EV races similar to the show "For All Mankind" where we lost the race to the Moon.

hey.rupert.murdochbait.click•124 days ago

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adisruptivekid.bsky.social•124 days ago

Hahaha

ls1228.bsky.social•124 days ago

Pretty much gutted some of Trump’s billionaire bros club members in one fell swoop!

johnosborn.bsky.social•124 days ago

See also:

agdnan.bsky.social•124 days ago

China has more graduates than America has Students and they do not waste their time with usesless degrees. It’s all hard sciences and engineering.

bettertolisten.bsky.social•124 days ago

The 'useless' degrees are quite useful in many important areas of life. Otherwise, Republicans wouldn't be so afraid of them.

agdnan.bsky.social•124 days ago

Republicans fear Science more than anything. Science is the flame that with it’s illumination exposes their fictional demon haunted world.

marktierney.com•124 days ago

Um, they do plenty of "useless" degrees too. The key is that they have a robust internal marketplace for STEM degrees many times higher than the US.

brute.bsky.social•124 days ago

This isn't true. They have plenty of humanities graduates. People saying this are either misinformed or purposely pressing "Stem"

akw.bsky.social•124 days ago

useless... degrees? lol okay

ronmimnaugh.bsky.social•124 days ago

They don't waste a trillion dollars per year on the war machine is probably part of the reason

wattasecond.bsky.social•124 days ago

China spends less than we do but every dollar goes a lot further because salaries are much lower and they can buy things from China .

PPP terms it’s pretty similar

rfksbrainworm.bsky.social•124 days ago

There was footage of a Chinese 6th gen fighter prototype that just leaked too. Just a matter of time before they eclipse US military dominance.

Honestly kinda hilarious that all this is happening just after he assumes office considering his obsession with American exceptionalism.

jackep-2024.bsky.social•124 days ago

CBS did a story on this today. It's pretty stunning...first I have heard of this.

shellread.bsky.social•124 days ago

@citizenlou.bsky.social

justinmikulka.bsky.social•124 days ago

This guy got a wake up call recently.

zamafir.bsky.social•124 days ago

That he *needed* to drive the competition to take it seriously and hasn't brought a *single* new EV to our market shows just how dangerous boomer ballast is.

I can't think of another carmaker losing as many sales globally and not bringing EVs to market. Ford needs new leadership 5 years ago.

akw.bsky.social•124 days ago

it's almost like a region full of millions upon millions of very educated people with a long history of being very technologically advanced and creative would continue to advance technology. it's a mystery really how that could continue to happen.

zamafir.bsky.social•124 days ago

Especially with their government investing in it massively and consistently as opposed to piecemealing it and often retracting funding. Weird. I wonder if random prefectures have been forced to carry the entire weight ala California? No? Entire country focused? Sounds... productive.

lyngerry.bsky.social•124 days ago

China is an ancient civilization that invented gunpowder, pasta, paper, profound philosophies and circumnavigated the globe (and mapped it) during the period we call the Middle Ages.

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