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2019年3月4日

Elon Musk drops another big Tesla announcement

Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on Sunday that the company will reveal its Model Y crossover SUV at an event in Los Angeles on March 14. The Model Y follows the Model 3, a compact sedan. Tesla urgently needs a compact crossover to compete in this popular segment. In the US, sedan sales have entered what many industry observers and even some automakers consider to be a period of structural decline.

Model Y would cost about 10% more than the Model 3, which is now available for order at a base price of $US35,000. The Model Y, he said, would be 10% larger than the Model 3 and achieve slightly less range from battery.

Huawei CFO sues Canadian government, alleging 'serious breaches' of her constitutional rights

Huawei’s chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, has filed a lawsuit against the Canadian government for allegedly breaching her constitutional rights when she was detained at Vancouver International Airport on December 1. Under the guise of a routine border check, unlawfully subjected [Ms. Meng] to detention, search and interrogation to extract evidence from her before she was arrested and provided with her rights under the Charter. 

Meng has been released on bail and is now awaiting an extradition hearing to the United States. Last Friday, Canada said it was planning to press ahead with extraditing Meng to the US. This kind of politically motivated act is not acceptable. Huawei will object to this and they claims will let the courts settle it.

Lyft kicks off 2019 unicorn IPO spree with public S-1

Lyft publicly filed its IPO registration on Friday, kicking off what could be a record-setting year for multibillion-dollar private tech companies. The ride-hailing service was last valued at $US15 billion in a 2018 funding round, though it is reportedly eyeing a valuation of between $US20 billion and $US25 billion when it goes to public.

Like many tech unicorns, Lyft still isn’t profitable. The company lost $US911.3 million in 2018, up from losses of $US688.3 million in 2017 and $US682.8 million in 2016. Outside of Lyft’s executives and board of directors, the big winners when it goes public will be Rakuten, which owns 13% of the company; General Motors, which owns 8%; Fidelity, which owns 8%; Andreessen Horowitz, which owns 6%; and Alphabet, which owns 5%.

The new plan to put stock into the hands of its drivers, would give $US1,000 to drivers who have logged 10,000 rides on Lyft’s platform and $US10,000 to drivers who’ve racked up 20,000 rides.

Lyft is an on-demand transportation company primarily providing ride-hailing services and based in San Francisco, California. It develops, markets, and operates the Lyft car transportation mobile app.