Norway is seeking to become the first nation to end the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2025.  Oil-producing countries exempt battery electric vehicles (BEVs) from taxes imposed on rivals using internal combustion engines (ICE).

Tesla grabbed an 11.5 per cent share of the overall car market, making it to the first positions for the first time on a full-year basis ahead of Germany’s Volkswagen with 9.4 per cent.

The company delivered more than 308,000 vehicles in the fourth quarter and saw deliveries surge about 87 per cent. In October, the electric-vehicle maker topped $1 trillion in market cap for the first time.

The Chinese EV startup aims to enter more European markets in 2022.

Meanwhile Xpeng has launched its first “international” model, the G9 SUV that came to light today. The firm’s co-founder and president Henry Xia said at an auto exhibition on Friday:

“G9 is our first model to be conceived and developed from the ground up for both the international and Chinese markets, bringing our most sophisticated designs to our customers worldwide.”

The SUV is Xpeng’s fourth production model and will be the first to possess the carmaker’s latest advanced driver assistance system. The ADAS, called Xpilot 4.0, is built for urban driving.

Tге Xpilot 4.0’s hardware includes a mix of cameras, lidar, millimeter-wave radar, and a 3D visual perception network.

It’s expected that G9 is not going to launch in China until the third quarter of 2022.

Grindr is potentially the largest social networking app for gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people and the allegations are dating back to 2018. Yet, besides the fact that those allegations no longer reflect the current privacy policy practices of Grindr, the Norwegian Data Protection Authority is keen on closing the case with the platform paying the fine.

“Our preliminary conclusion is that the breaches are very severe,” the Norwegian agency said in a statement announcing what it said was a record fine corresponding to around 10% of Grindr’s estimated global annual revenue.

Grindr has time until Feb. 15 to respond to the claims, after which the Data Protection Authority will make its final decision in the case.

“We continually enhance our privacy practices in consideration of evolving privacy laws and regulations, and look forward to entering into a productive dialogue with the Norwegian Data Protection Authority,” a company spokesperson said in an emailed statement to Reuters.

GDPR sets guidelines for the collection, processing and sharing of personal information in the European Union as well as in non-EU Norway.

Reuters reports that the Norwegian Consumer Council (NCC), a watchdog, said in a January 2020 report that Grindr shared detailed user data with third parties involved in advertising and profiling, such as a user’s IP address, advertising ID, GPS location, age and gender.

According to NCC, in some cases, widespred sharing of personal data can become a matter of physical safety if users are located and targeted in countries where homosexuality is illegal. None the less, in cases with platforms like Grindr or Tinder, or other dating apps, user data is highly sensitive and directly can affect on one’s personal life. In that matter, the violation of the users privacy and none the less their trust can be cause serious damage.

In a statement on Tuesday, the NCC hailed the decision to fine Grindr as a historic victory for privacy.