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BMW executives 'to join' Tencent-backed electric-car startup

(Agencies) Updated: 2016-04-20 07:58

BMW executives 'to join' Tencent-backed electric-car startup

A BMW equipped with highly automated driving technology is put to a road test in Beijing. [Photo provided to China Daily]

Chinese electric-vehicle startups are driving competition for experienced auto industry executives and Silicon Valley talent as they seek to produce connected, highly automated vehicles.

NextEV Inc, started by Chinese internet entrepreneur William Li, appointed Padmasree Warrior, Cisco Systems Inc's former technology chief, to lead its US operations. Faraday Future Inc, the electric-car startup backed by billionaire Jia Yueting, hired Porter Harris from Space Exploration Technologies before he left the company.

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