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Huawei sales near $100b in the year of China’s surprise breakthroughs

BLOOMBERG Huawei Technologies Co’s revenue surged 9% in 2023, capping a dramatic year for a Chinese technology powerhouse that challenged Apple Inc and US sanctions with a surprise breakthrough in chip technology. Sales jumped to more than 700 billion yuan ($98.7 billion), their fastest pace of growth in years thanks to a resurgent smartphone business and robust 5G equipment sales. ...

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General Motors blasts San Francisco in lawsuit over $108 million tax bill

BLOOMBERG General Motors (GM) Co said in a lawsuit that San Francisco unfairly taxed it $108 million over seven years, despite the automaker having very low sales and almost no personnel in the city. The company said that San Francisco used the presence of its Cruise self-driving unit to tie its tax bill to a portion of GM’s global revenue, ...

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Xiaomi unveils its first EV, with ambition to be China’s Porsche or Tesla

BLOOMBERG The billionaire co-founder of Xiaomi Corp Lei Jun unveiled the company’s first electric vehicle (EV), declaring ambitions to become a top global carmaker in 15 to 20 years and compete against Tesla Inc and Porsche AG. Lei spent hours detailing the SU7’s features, which include a range of up to 800 kilometres (500 miles) on a single charge, adjustable ...

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