Larry's Weekly Newsletter - August 2, 2026
Hello friends!
I spent the past week taking family members that haven't visited China in a decade and a half around Guangdong province in the Chinese mainland. Things have really changed here in the past decade and if you haven't visited China in a while (or ever) you're missing out!
Below are my posts over the past week. Hope you enjoy!
Yours,
Larry
EV charging: slow mode is all you need
There are basically two modes of EV charging: Fast mode and slow mode. Fast mode is where you want to use the car, are in a rush and are waiting for the charge to complete so you can continue on a journey. This is the mode used by people on
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SpaceX isn’t a very good business
I didn’t invest in the SpaceX IPO and even if I wanted to, couldn’t easily do so since they blocked Hong Kong residents. It seems like Elon timed and priced it perfectly for the company. The thing is, it’s not a very good business at anything near
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China’s biggest EV SUV has a sense of humor
On a rainy day in China with visitors from abroad, one of the best forms of entertainment is free: test driving Chinese EVs. Today, I test drove China’s largest EV SUV, the 5.4 meter long NIO ES9 “Executive” SUV. It has 697 hp and is absolutely massive. I
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HK taxis & buses don’t need handouts, they need EVs
Diesel and LPG fuel prices in Hong Kong have massively increased since the beginning of the Iran war. As of today, the diesel price is around US$4.6 per liter...that’s approaching US$18 per gallon for the metrically challenged. To help cushion the fast change in price,
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Winners compete, losers cheat
Banning Chinese competition is a losing strategy.
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A Rockefeller connection in Hong Kong’s MTR
After listening to The Knowledge Project’s episode on John D. Rockefeller over the past few days, I started reading more about him online. I knew Rockefeller’s Standard Oil was big, but didn’t know that it was so big that it was selling kerosene in China during the
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We can’t choose the era we live in
A Chinese friend was telling me today that many of his friends felt that the economy today was very unfair. Today isn’t like the 1990s in China where everyone was equally poor and “just” working really hard was a receipe for success they say. It sounds a lot like
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