The company, which has a workforce of more than 20,000 people, has invited employees from around the UK to record their voices, in a bid to train the software to recognize regional ways of speaking.
The company's self-heating technology enables batteries to warm up from - 20 degrees Celsius to 10 degrees Celsius in 15 minutes. It has also extended electric vehicles' battery life to 600,000 km.
The company's goal is to get the system in buses made by Chinese manufacturer King Long later this year and, by 2020, to have Level 3-capable autonomous vehicles, meaning the car controls itself at highway speeds and alerts the driver to take over when necessary.
The company’s Aliyun cloud-computing subsidiary announced the move overnight, describing it as part of a new effort to serve customers?globally. A spokeswoman says the company “will initially target Chinese enterprises based in the United States with the plan to gradually expand its products and services to international clients in the second half of this year.”
The company headed by Elon Musk this month posted a smaller-than-expected fall in car deliveries in the second quarter, resilient results despite the pandemic that hit the global auto industry.
The company's listing on the NASDAQ also adds credibility to its operations, Lee pointed out, and "doing business with us is just like doing business with a US company".
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The company's net revenue rose by 66.8 percent to 6.29 billion yuan (7 million) in Q2, according to its unaudited financial report released Wednesday.
The company's shares listed in Hong Kong fell 0.45 percent as of 10 am Tuesday.
The company reported revenue of 9.6 million in the third quarter of 2018.
The company said it has been involved in the development of seven mobile applications that have more than 10 million monthly active users in Africa.