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boss jili MANILA, Philippines – For the first time in Philippine history, Vietnamese cars are now being sold in the country, a sign of how our once-backward, war-torn neighbor has overtaken us economically. Vietnam’s Vingroup launched its VinFast electric vehicles (EVs) in the Philippines on May 31 at the SM Mall of Asia, complete with authentic Vietnamese coffee for the guests. It has opened three dealerships in the capital region — in ASEANA, Parañaque City; EDSA, Mandaluyong City; and in Alabang, Muntinlupa City. VinFast, one of 100 companies on TIME Magazine ‘s Most Influential Companies in 2024, touts itself as a “global smart EV company that accelerates the EV evolution.” “The grand opening of VinFast’s first three dealerships in the Philippines marks a significant milestone in our journey to conquer the potential electric vehicle market here,” said Nguyen Thi Minh Ngoc, CEO of VinFast Philippines. View this post on Instagram A post shared by VinFast Philippines (@vinfast.ph) But that’s not all. Perhaps for the first time, too, a car is being sold in the Philippines via live selling, now a popular way of selling goods in the country via e-commerce. VinFast has held three live selling sessions for its eye-catching VF 3 model, with the fourth scheduled on Monday, November 25. Its first-ever live selling was held on October 28, which got over 450 comments, mostly inquiries about available colors and charging time, among others. “This is wild. Car live selling,” said netizen Jayvee Fernandez. “Selling cars like cellphones.” “Soo cuuutee,” said Celle Repato of the yellow VF 3 model that was used for the live selling. “Adorable,” said another netizen, with others asking for the other colors available. It’s this kind of marketing campaign that has made VinFast the best-selling automotive brand in Vietnam after selling over 51,000 EVs this year. Its VF 3 model sold fast via a pre-order campaign considered by marketing analysts to be the “most successful” in Vietnam’s history. PINK. A rose pink VF 3 Creator’s Edition electric vehicle on display at Peak Motors Philippines Inc. in Cainta, Rizal, on November 21, 2024. Photo by Isagani de Castro Jr./Rappler VF 3 can be customized, with nine colors to choose from: summer yellow, rose pink, crimson red, aquatic azure, iris berry, electric blue, urban mint, zenith grey, and infinity blanc. VinFast VF 3 sells for P645,000. It’s not the cheapest car of its size in the whole market of small cars (including internal combustion engines or ICE cars) in the Philippines — Toyota’s Wigo and Suzuki’s Dzire, for instance, retail for P609,000 — but the chance of getting a car that’s exempted from coding in Metro Manila (all EV cars are exempted under existing rules) is a definite edge. Another eye candy similar to VinFast’s VF 3 is Bestune Philippines’ Pony. It claims to be the most affordable mini-EV in the market with a retail price of P588,000. Bestune is a subsidiary brand of China’s First Automotive Works. LITTLE PONY. Bestune Philippines’ Pony is displayed in the 12th Philippine Electric Vehicle Summit held from October 24 to 26, 2024 at the SMX Convention Center. Screenshot from 12th PEV Summit’s Facebook page Sales boost Low prices, number-coding exemption, eye-catching colors, and more charging stations are now making green cars more attractive to car buyers in the Philippines — and there are clear signs of a behavioral shift. Total Philippine electrified vehicle sales in the third quarter of 2024 reached 14,178, a 133% increase from the 6,088 in the third quarter of 2023, according to data from the latest earnings report of industry leader Toyota Motors Philippines (TMP) released last week. In 2019 or five years ago, only 214 EV cars were sold in the country. It went up to 378 units in 2020, 843 units in 2021, and 3,091 units in 2022, according to the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Comprehensive Roadmap for the Electric Vehicle Industry or CREVI. The roadmap sets a 50% EV fleet share in the Philippines by 2040. In the short term (2023 to 2028), the target is to have 2.45 million electric vehicles (cars, tricycles, motorcycles, buses, and public utility vehicles) by 2028. For cars, the targets are 415,000 Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs), 69,000 Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs), and 69,000 Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs). Image from Department of Energy’s Comprehensive Roadmap for the Electric Vehicle Industry, 2022. “Electrified vehicles continue to gain further traction supported by TMP’s wide and diverse model offerings and implementation of EO [Executive Order No.] 62,” said Toyota Motors Philippines’ parent, Ty family-led GT Capital Holdings Corporation, on November 14. EO 62, which took effect last July, expanded import duty exemption (zero tariffs) to all three types of electrified vehicles — BEVs, PHEVs, and HEVs — until 2028. Toyota Motors Philippines dominates the electrified vehicle car market in the Philippines with a market share of over 72% in the third quarter of 2024. Toyota’s HEV sales grew 186% year-on-year, while luxury sister brand Lexus’ electrified vehicle sales grew 69%. Toyota Motors Philippines sold 8,441 HEVs in the third quarter of 2024 compared to 2,944 units in the same period in 2023. Among its HEVs are the Camry, Corolla Altis, Corolla, Cross, Rav4, Yaris Cross, Alphard, and Zenix. It launched its best-selling Toyota Prius in the Philippines in 2009 or 15 years ago. Play Video Toyota’s HEV combines internal combustion engines with its “electronically controlled brake system” or ECB. When brakes are applied, kinetic energy recharges the electric motor’s battery. This hybrid system eliminates the need for plugging in. Charging stations When asked whether the Philippines’ electrified vehicle market has finally taken off, Energy Undersecretary Rowena Guevara said in a public forum on Wednesday, November 20: “The answer is yes. Because if you compare the sales of EV from last year to this year, I think it either doubled or tripled. So, it was slow, but it’s getting there.” She said the tax perks granted to EV cars have contributed to the nascent growth of the industry. It’s not just VinFast that’s seeing the opportunity to make money in the Philippines — so is American tycoon Elon Musk. His electric vehicle company Tesla opened its first showroom in the Philippines two weeks ago, with its Model 3 and Model Y retailing at P2.109 million and P2.369 million, respectively. Must Read Tesla sets up shop in PH with cars priced at over P2 million Although the electrified vehicle industry in the Philippines is still very much in its infancy, the entry of low-cost electrified vehicles, mainly from China and Vietnam, could lead to a boom in the coming years. Carla Buencamino, head of mobility infra of ACMobility, said on Friday, November 22, that while the Philippines’ EV industry is still in its nascent stages, it is growing. ACMobility has partnered with BYD, the global leader in EV, in selling BYD EVs in the Philippines. View this post on Instagram A post shared by BYD Cars Philippines (@byd.carsph) She told ABS-CBN News Channel’s Market Edge that ACMobility is committed to setting up more charging stations in the country, which is crucial to getting consumers to adopt EVs. PLUG. More EV charging stations, such as this one in Estancia Mall, Pasig City, will help convince more car buyers to shift to EVs. Photo by Isagani de Castro Jr./Rappler For cars, Buencamino said the DOE roadmap’s target is 7,000 charged points in 2028, from only 700 in October 2024. “There’s a long way to go, but ACMobility is committed to building this infrastructure,” she said. Similarly, Edmund Araga, president of the Electric Vehicle Association of the Philippine, said in October at the 12th Philippine Electric Vehicle Summit that the Philippines still has “a long way to go to achieving the industry goal of selling 2.5 million EVs and opening up to [over] 65,000 EV charging stations nationwide by 2028.” He has welcomed, however, the high interest of Filipinos in shifting to EVs. A market research in 2018 by Frost and Sullivan showed 46% of Filipino consumers are open to buying an EV as their next vehicle, the highest among six countries in the ASEAN region. Image from Philippine Institute for Development Studies Discussion Paper Series No. 2021, ‘Clean Energy Technology in the Philippines: Case of the Electric Vehicle Industry,’ by Maureen Ane Rosellon, April 2021. All this is good news to the country given that the Philippines’ transportation sector is the country’s largest source of air pollution and energy-related greenhouse gas emissions. The DOE, in its roadmap, citing Department of Environment and Natural Resources data, says 74% of air pollutants nationwide come from transport sources such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, and buses. In Metro Manila, transport sources account for 83% of nitrogen oxides, which are harmful to the respiratory tract, and 37% of inhalable particulate matter pollutants. – with a report from Iya Gozum/Rappler.com

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FILE – Author Percival Everett attends the 75th National Book Awards ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File) FILE – Taylor Swift performs during “The Eras Tour” on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File) FILE – Riley Keough, left, and her mother Lisa Marie Presley arrive at the 24th annual ELLE Women in Hollywood Awards on Oct. 16, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File) FILE – First lady Melania Trump stands next to the 2020 Official White House Christmas tree as it is presented on the North Portico of the White House, Monday, Nov. 23, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) FILE – This cover image released by FSG shows “Intermezzo” by Sally Rooney. (FSG via AP, File) FILE – This cover image released by Random House shows “From Here to the Great Unknown” by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough. (Random House via AP, File) FILE – This cover image released by Simon & Schuster shows “War” by Bob Woodward. (Simon & Schuster via AP, File) FILE – This cover image released by Dey Street Books shows “Cher: The Memoir, Part One,” releasing on Nov. 19. (Dey Street Books via AP, File) FILE – This cover image released by Random House shows “Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder” by Salman Rushdie. The book, about the attempt on his life that left him blind in his right eye, will be published April 16, 2024. Rushdie’s first book since the 2022 stabbing he thought might end his life is both explicit in the violence Rushdie sustains and heroic in the will to live that Rushdie retains. (Random House via AP, File) FILE – Author Percival Everett attends the 75th National Book Awards ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File) By HILLEL ITALIE NEW YORK (AP) — Even through a year of nonstop news about elections, climate change, protests and the price of eggs, there was still time to read books. Related Articles Books | Nikki Giovanni, poet and literary celebrity, has died at 81 Books | Percival Everett, 2024 National Book Award winner, rereads one book often Books | Gift books for 2024: What to give, and what to receive, for all kinds of readers Books | Our critic’s picks: Best mystery fiction books of 2024 Books | 10 best books of 2024: The surprising reads that stuck U.S. sales held steady according to Circana, which tracks around 85% of the print market, with many choosing the relief of romance, fantasy and romantasy. Some picked up Taylor Swift’s tie-in book to her blockbuster tour, while others sought out literary fiction, celebrity memoirs, political exposes and a close and painful look at a generation hooked on smartphones. Here are 10 notable books published in 2024, in no particular order. Asking about the year’s hottest reads would basically yield a list of the biggest hits in romantasy, the blend of fantasy and romance that has proved so irresistible fans were snapping up expensive “special editions” with decorative covers and sprayed edges. Of the 25 top sellers of 2024, as compiled by Circana, six were by romantasy favorite Sarah J. Maas, including “House of Flame and Shadow,” the third of her “Crescent City” series. Millions read her latest installment about Bryce Quinlan and Hunter Athalar and traced the ever-growing ties of “Maasverse,” the overlapping worlds of “Crescent City” and her other series, “Throne of Glass” and “A Court of Thorns and Roses.” If romantasy is for escape, other books demand we confront. In the bestselling “The Anxious Generation,” social psychologist Jonathan Haidt looks into studies finding that the mental health of young people began to deteriorate in the 2010s, after decades of progress. According to Haidt, the main culprit is right before us: digital screens that have drawn kids away from “play-based” to “phone-based” childhoods. Although some critics challenged his findings, “The Anxious Generation” became a talking point and a catchphrase. Admirers ranged from Oprah Winfrey to Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee, who in a letter to state legislators advocated such “commonsense recommendations” from the book as banning phones in schools and keeping kids off social media until age 16. Bob Woodward books have been an election tradition for decades. “War,” the latest of his highly sourced Washington insider accounts, made news with its allegations that Donald Trump had been in frequent contact with Russian leader Vladimir Putin even while out of office and, while president, had sent Putin sophisticated COVID-19 test machines. Among Woodward’s other scoops: Putin seriously considered using nuclear weapons against Ukraine, and President Joe Biden blamed former President Barack Obama, under whom he served as vice president, for some of the problems with Russia. “Barack never took Putin seriously,” Woodward quoted Biden as saying. Former (and future) first lady Melania Trump, who gives few interviews and rarely discusses her private life, unexpectedly announced she was publishing a memoir: “Melania.” The publisher was unlikely for a former first lady — not one of the major New York houses, but Skyhorse, where authors include such controversial public figures as Woody Allen and Trump cabinet nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. And its success was at least a minor surprise. Melania Trump did little publicity for the book, and offered few revelations beyond posting a video expressing support for abortion rights — a break from one of the cornerstones of GOP policy. But “Melania” still sold hundreds of thousands of copies, many in the days following her husband’s election. Taylor Swift was more than a music story in 2024. Like “Melania,” the news about Taylor Swift’s self-published tie-in to her global tour isn’t so much the book itself, but that it exists. And how well it sold. As she did with the “Eras” concert film, Swift bypassed the established industry and worked directly with a distributor: Target offered “The Eras Tour Book” exclusively. According to Circana, the “Eras” book sold more than 800,000 copies just in its opening week, an astonishing number for a publication unavailable through Amazon.com and other traditional retailers. No new book in 2024 had a better debut. Midnight book parties are supposed to be for “Harry Potter” and other fantasy series, but this fall, more than 100 stores stayed open late to welcome one of the year’s literary events: Sally Rooney’s “Intermezzo.” The Irish author’s fourth novel centers on two brothers, their grief over the death of their father, their very different career paths and their very unsettled love lives. “Intermezzo” was also a book about chess: “You have to read a lot of opening theory — that’s the beginning of a game, the first moves,” one of the brothers explains. “And you’re learning all this for what? Just to get an okay position in the middle game and try to play some decent chess. Which most of the time I can’t do anyway.” Lisa Marie Presley had been working on a memoir at the time of her death , in 2023, and daughter Riley Keough had agreed to help her complete it. “From Here to the Great Unknown” is Lisa Marie’s account of her father, Elvis Presley, and the sagas of of her adult life, notably her marriage to Michael Jackson and the death of son Benjamin Keough. To the end, she was haunted by the loss of Elvis, just 42 when he collapsed and died at his Graceland home while young Lisa Marie was asleep. “She would listen to his music alone, if she was drunk, and cry,” Keough, during an interview with Winfrey, said of her mother. Meanwhile, Cher released the first of two planned memoirs titled “Cher” — no further introduction required. Covering her life from birth to the end of the 1970s, she focuses on her ill-fated marriage to Sonny Bono, remembering him as a gifted entertainer and businessman who helped her believe in herself while turning out to be unfaithful, erratic, controlling and so greedy that he kept all the couple’s earnings for himself. Unsure of whether to leave or stay, she consulted a very famous divorcee, Lucille Ball, who reportedly encouraged her: “F— him, you’re the one with the talent.” A trend in recent years is to take famous novels from the past, and remove words or passages that might offend modern readers; an edition of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” cuts the racist language from Mark Twain’s original text. In the most celebrated literary work of 2024, Percival Everett found a different way to take on Twain’s classic — write it from the perspective of the enslaved Jim. “James,” winner of the National Book Award, is a recasting in many ways. Everett suggests to us that the real Jim was nothing like the deferential figure known to millions of readers, but a savvy and learned man who concealed his intelligence from the whites around him, and even from Twain himself. Salman Rushdie’s first National Book Award nomination was for a memoir he wished he had no reason to write. In “Knife,” he recounts in full detail the horrifying attempt on his life in 2022, when an attendee rushed the stage during a literary event in western New York and stabbed him repeatedly, leaving with him a blinded eye and lasting nerve damage, but with a spirit surprisingly intact. “If you had told me that this was going to happen and how would I deal with it, I would not have been very optimistic about my chances,” he told The Associated Press last spring. “I’m still myself, you know, and I don’t feel other than myself. But there’s a little iron in the soul, I think.”

THAT’S HOW YOU PLAY!!! Following their 2nd by week of the year, the Miami Hurricanes returned home to Hard Rock Stadium and beat the Wake Forest Demon Deacons 42-14 on Senior Day. Mike Schiffman chimed in with his 3 stars, which you can see right here: And now, let’s dive into The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. The Good The Bad The Ugly Team Grades Offense: B Miami ended up rolling up a bunch of yards and plenty of points, but it was a slog there for a while. Yes, I’m holding this offense to a high standard, but it’s the standard they themselves have set. Congrats to the seniors, congrats to Cam Ward personally, and congrats on the win. But this wasn’t the offense’s best game of the year. Defense: A+++++ Conversely, this WAS the Miami defense’s best game of the year. Total lockdown after 2 broken coverages on the first drive. Only allowed 7 points all day. And look at all the numbers up top in “The Good”. This was a masterclass from the Miami defense, and they should be praised for it. Bravo. No notes. Special Teams: D Kicking was good. Punting was solid. But nothing in the return game, and Miami allowed yet-another kick return touchdown. Fix it. Coaching: A Look, everybody knows Miami’s coaches had a tough job to refocus this team for the final playoff push after the first loss of the year at Georgia Tech and they did just that. Sure, Wake scored on their first offensive possession, but that was it. And, after the KR-TD, the special teams coverage unit did much better. And, through it all, the coaching staff pushed the right buttons to get a great performance from the team on all phases. I’ve been critical of some of the coaches so far this year, but I have to give credit here where it’s due. Great job. That’s it for this installment of The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. Hop in the comments and keep the conversation going. Go CanesCHICAGO, Dec. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Methode Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: MEI) , a leading global supplier of custom-engineered solutions for user interface, lighting, and power distribution applications, announced today that its board of directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.14 per share to be paid on January 31, 2025, to common stockholders of record at the close of business on January 17, 2025. About Methode Electronics, Inc. Methode Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: MEI) is a leading global supplier of custom-engineered solutions with sales, engineering and manufacturing locations in North America, Europe, Middle East and Asia. We design, engineer, and produce mechatronic products for OEMs utilizing our broad range of technologies for user interface, lighting system, power distribution and sensor applications. Our solutions are found in the end markets of transportation (including automotive, commercial vehicle, e-bike, aerospace, bus, and rail), cloud computing infrastructure, construction equipment, and consumer appliance. Our business is managed on a segment basis, with those segments being Automotive, Industrial, and Interface. For Methode Electronics, Inc. Robert K. Cherry Vice President Investor Relations [email protected] 708-457-4030Teen actor Hudson Meek, who appeared in ‘Baby Driver,’ dies after falling from moving vehicle

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Congress has deviated from Gandhian principles: Basavaraj BommaiChelsea’s surprise defeat at home to Fulham earlier in the day had been an unexpected gift for Arne Slot’s side and they drove home their advantage by outclassing the struggling Foxes. Having overcome the early setback of conceding to Jordan Ayew, with even the travelling fans expressing their surprise they were winning away after taking just five points on the road this season, the home team had too much quality. That was personified by the excellent Cody Gakpo, whose eighth goal in his last 14 appearances produced the equaliser in first-half added time with the Netherlands international unlucky to have a second ruled out for offside by VAR. Further goals from Curtis Jones and Mohamed Salah, with his 19th of the season, stretched Liverpool’s unbeaten run to 22 matches. For Leicester, who had slipped into the bottom three after Wolves’ win over Manchester United, it is now one win from the last 10 in the league and Ruud van Nistelrooy has plenty of work to do, although he was not helped here by the absence of leading scorer Jamie Vardy through injury. It looked liked Liverpool meant business from the off with Salah’s volley from Gakpo’s far-post cross just being kept out by Jakub Stolarczyk, making his league debut after former Liverpool goalkeeper Danny Ward was omitted from the squad having struggled in the defeat to Wolves. But if the hosts thought that had set the tone they were badly mistaken after being opened up with such simplicity in only the sixth minute. Stephy Mavididi broke down the left and his low cross picked out Ayew, who turned Andy Robertson far too easily, with his shot deflecting off Virgil van Dijk to take it just out of Alisson Becker’s reach. With a surprise lead to cling to Leicester knew they had to quell the storm heading their way and they began by trying to take as much time out of the game as they could, much to Anfield’s frustration. It took a further 18 minutes for Liverpool to threaten with Gakpo cutting in from the left to fire over, a precursor for what was to follow just before half-time. That was the prompt for the attacks to rain down on the Foxes goal, with Salah’s shot looping up off Victor Kristiansen and landing on the roof of the net and Robertson heading against a post. Gakpo’s inclination to come in off the left was proving a problem for the visitors, doing their utmost to resist the pressure, but when Salah curled a shot onto the crossbar on the stroke of half-time it appeared they had survived. However, Gakpo once again drifted in off the flank to collect an Alexis Mac Allister pass before curling what is fast becoming his trademark effort over Stolarczyk and inside the far post. Early the second half Darwin Nunez fired over Ryan Gravenberch’s cross before Jones side-footed home Mac Allister’s cross after an intricate passing move inside the penalty area involving Nunez, Salah and the Argentina international. Leicester’s ambition remained limited but Patson Daka should have done better from a two-on-one counter attack with Mavididi but completely missed his kick with the goal looming. 🎯 pic.twitter.com/IqmAsKylLR — Liverpool FC (@LFC) December 26, 2024 Nunez forced a save out of the goalkeeper before Gakpo blasted home what he thought was his second only for VAR to rule Nunez was offside in the build-up. But Liverpool’s third was eventually delivered by the left foot of Salah, who curled the ball outside Kristiansen, inside Jannick Vestergaard and past Stolarczyk inside the far post.

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