May 27 – June 3, 2020 We are pleased to share issue #34 of our newsletter on global investments in the auto & mobility sector. Our lead story is Volkswagen AG’s series of investments with Chinese EV firms as the automaker accelerates its push into the world’s...
May 18 – May 26, 2020 We are pleased to share issue #33 of our newsletter on global investments in the auto & mobility sector. This issue features several investments into last-mile delivery providers and logistics optimization startups which underlines the continuous attention received by ventures within...
May 9 – May 17, 2020 We are pleased to share issue #32 of our newsletter on global investments in the auto & mobility sector. Our lead story in Issue 32 is Waymo raising another $750 million in funding from multiple financial investors, which is needed to...
April 25 – May 8, 2020 We are pleased to share issue #31 of our newsletter on global investments in the auto & mobility sector. In light of COVID-19, several recent deals infused much- needed cash into struggling ventures, such as NIO and Lime. This issue features several...
LinkedIn Pulse, April 2020 by Bill Russo, Bevin Jacob, Emily Wang and Amber Shu The Chinese automotive market is showing positive signs of a steady recovery since February when the country was under lockdown. As shown in Figure 1, the year-over-year change in daily average passenger vehicle...
S&P Global, April 29, 2020 Author: Soon Chen Kang Theme: Retail & Consumer Products China's decision to extend subsidies and exemptions for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles until 2022 is unlikely to significantly boost sales in this category, given the stronger effects the government's wider initiatives to...
AutoSensONLINE, May 13, 2020 Time: 10:30pm Shanghai time, 3:30pm GMT, 10:30am Detroit, 7:30am San Francisco Bill Russo, CEO of Automobility Ltd, will be moderating a panel discussion at AutoSensONLINE to explore the impact of COVID-19 on the ADAS and autonomous vehicle development industry. The panel will feature...
April 11 - April 24, 2020 We are pleased to share issue #30 of our newsletter on global investments in the auto & mobility sector. Recent deals indicate a growing momentum in the goods movement sector, which we believe has been boosted by the COVID-19 outbreak. This...
The Wall Street Journal, April 29, 2020 Roughly $1 billion investment entitles state-owned entities to 24.1% stake in electric-vehicle maker’s China unit By Trefor Moss SHANGHAI— NIO Inc., the embattled electric-vehicle startup once feted as China’s answer to Tesla Inc., has secured a financial lifeline from state investors in...
Radio France Internationale, April 17, 2020 Click here for a link to the podcast French automaker Renault says its China operations will from now focus exclusively on electric vehicles, after it pulled out of a joint venture with Wuhan manufacturer Dongfeng, which produces conventional internal combustion engines. Was it...