A quarter spent in 2021, while the hit of Covid-19 pandemic and the start of lockdown didn’t seem to have happened that long ago, the world’s medical industry – particularly in Asia, has evolved massively.
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Indonesia, the world’s top miner of nickel - an essential element of the EV battery, is developing its own EV industry and planning to become a global EV battery production hub. KrAsia reported that the country is set to begin EV domestic production by 2021 or 2022 with the goal of exporting 200,000 EVs by 2025, or about 20% of the estimated total exported cars.
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Xiaomi, a Chinese smartphone giant, is joining the fray in the country’s booming EV industry, as it announced a long-anticipated plan to produce all-electric cars in the industry’s largest market and invest USD 1.5 billion over the next 10 years. The company hopes to offer quality smart electric vehicles for customers to enjoy smart living anytime, anywhere.
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Kuaishou, Chinese short video, and live-streaming app, brought electric vehicles to its e-commerce platform in March 2021, teaming up with SGMW and GM China. This is Kuaishou's first attempt at selling a vehicle through live shopping.
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The trend towards deploying facial biometrics to provide contactless payments is becoming more pronounced in Asia. In China, for instance, more than 100 million people signed up for a face payment system in 2020, according to Nikkei Asia. Alipay and WeChat Pay
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