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johnrlott said:

GeorgeBMac said:

johnrlott said:

You mean the Chinese car company Volvo, right? Volvo is out need by China and China as shifted most of the engineering work from Sweden to China. Many parts are now made in China and shipped to Sweden for assembly. 

Besides that, why would anybody but a ChinaHater care?

The point was just accuracy: the article called it a Swedish company. The company is owned by the the Chinese, not any one in Sweden, and much of the design and production now occurs in China. The final assembly of the cars (not all the trucks) takes place in Sweden, but that is about it. Does that make it a Swedish company.?

johnrlott said:

Here are a few examples. I have a relative who was involved in auto regulation in the Swedish government 

Volvo invests in a new laboratory in Shanghai - Electric Motor Engineering
batteries and electric engine motors designed and built in China.
https://www.electricmotorengineering.com/volvo-invests-in-a-new-laboratory-in-shanghai/

even by early 2014, Less tan 4 years after merger major engine plant for Volvo was finishing being built in China. 
Volvo has launched manufacturing in China and a Chinese engine plant is almost done. 
https://www.engineering.com/story/what-happened-to-volvo-engineering-and-plm-under-chinese-ownership

The merger with the Chinese company Greeley has also had a significant effect on design resources a as operations have been “streamlined.”

Volvo building trucks in China, engineers also there

https://www.truckinginfo.com/10153146/global-news-roundup-volvo-trucks-to-build-new-models-for-chinese-market

dk49 said:

avon b7 said:

dk49 said:

Samsung phones already have this feature I believe. 

And Huawei has had this for a few years too. 

There are so called soft-POS solutions for Android which turn your NFC equipped phone into a POS unit and I would think there are similar third party solutions for Apple too but having the phone manufacturer offer the functionality should make the experience more seamless. 

Samsung's solution is different. It has a tiny coil that shoots out the same magnetic code that those readers normally get from your credit card. So it basically acts as your credit card and can be used wirelessly with all credit card readers. That's huge. 

Plus if Apple brings a similar solution, I wonder what happens to the Apple pay readers which so many retailers have invested in. 

Beats said:

“As a result of apple’s b.s.”

creating a platform and asking for a small cut?

also I’m half asleep but they’re fighting against Apple’s 30% by charging an extra 50% instead?

avon b7 said:

dk49 said:

Samsung phones already have this feature I believe. 

And Huawei has had this for a few years too. 

There are so called soft-POS solutions for Android which turn your NFC equipped phone into a POS unit and I would think there are similar third party solutions for Apple too but having the phone manufacturer offer the functionality should make the experience more seamless.