Bank of England Chief Economist Peel: Labor hoarding is waning.

1. China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM): The top ten automobile manufacturers (groups) sold 1.962 million vehicles in January, accounting for 83.6% of total automobile sales. 2. European automobile sales ended six consecutive months of growth in January, but demand for electric vehicles remained strong. 3. Cui Dongshu: China's overseas automobile production and sales system has completed a key transformation from "product export" to "industry export." 4. Changan Automobile: Changan's "Golden Bell Cover" solid-state battery is expected to be installed and verified in vehicles by the third quarter of this year. 5. He Xiaopeng's internal letter: The goal is to achieve mass production of the world's first high-level humanoid robot. 6. Black Sesame Technologies, in partnership with China National Automotive Industry Corporation (CNAC), secured the first project designation for the mass production solution of the Huashan A2000 chip. 7. Li Auto joined the EU-China Chamber of Commerce. 8. Hefei State-owned Assets Investment Group invested in Wuhan Weilai Battery, increasing the latter's capital to 2.637 billion yuan. 9. BMW CEO: Those who ignore China's huge market and innovation potential are missing out on enormous opportunities. 10. Tesla avoided a 30-day sales ban in California, achieving compliance in its marketing of its Autopilot feature. 11. Geely Automobile CEO: Resolutely abandon cutthroat competition; i-HEV intelligent dual-engine technology will be officially released in the first half of the year. 12. Korea Automotive Data Research Institute: New car purchase rates among South Koreans aged 20-30 fell to a ten-year low last year. 13. Uber: Will build DC fast charging stations at convenient parking spots in key cities. 14. Tesla launches a more affordable Cybertruck model in the US. 15. Federation of Thai Industries: Trump's 10% global tariffs will severely damage Thailand's electronics and automotive exports. 16. New York State withdraws its driverless taxi proposal; Waymo's expansion may be hampered.

Google (GOOG.O): Will adopt water-limiting technology.