The Financial Times, July 27, 2015 On the eve of China’s largest car show in April, executives and analysts braced themselves for a “new normal”: single-digit sales growth after two fat years. Yet some are beginning to wonder if the world’s largest car market is actually entering...
Beijing, China, July 22, 2015 Gao Feng’s Managing Director and Auto Practice leader Bill Russo will join a panel discussion titled Opportunities and Challenges of the China Auto Industry at 11:10am, and after this will deliver a keynote speech titled “China's Automotive Industry in Transition: Is the Golden Age Over?” at 12:00 noon. Topic: China's Automotive Industry...
China Daily, July 7, 2015 China's Xiaomi Redmi 2 smartphones are displayed to the media during their launch in Sao Paulo, Brazil, June 30, 2015. [Photo/Agencies] Rising generation of business leaders creates value-added solutions People unfamiliar with recent developments within China generally believe that the nation lacks innovation capabilities...
Shanghai, China – May 25, 2015 – 31°North, an Israel-based venture advisory firm, and Gao Feng Advisory Company ("Gao Feng"), a global management consultancy with roots in China, today announced that they have signed a strategic partnership agreement. Both firms will seek to combine efforts to deliver a...
Helsinki, Finland, May 12, 2015 Bill Russo delivered a keynote speech on behalf of Gao Feng Advisory Company at Team Finland's China Day conference. His presentation summarized the key findings of a study titled Chinese Innovations Are Going Global: New Emerging Business Models. A link to the full report...
Bloomberg News, April 16, 2015 BYD Co.'s Sport-Utility Vehicles BYD Co. S6 sport-utility vehicles (SUV) move along the production line at the company's assembly plant in the Pingshan district of Shenzhen, China. Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg After years of losing out to foreign brands, China’s automakers are winning in the world’s...
March 18, 2015 Bill Russo's appearance on Channel News Asia where he discusses the structural challenges faced by foreign automakers in China, recent performance of Chinese local carmakers, and sales of electric vehicles. ...
Business Insider, January 15, 2015 Tesla got crushed on Wednesday, partially due to Elon Musk breaking the news that Tesla sales in China were "unexpectedly weak" in the fourth quarter. Echoing Musk's explanation, Tesla communications chief Ricardo Reyes told Business Insider that "misperceptions about the ease of charging Model...
The Financial Times, January 13, 2015 by Tom Mitchell Multinational carmakers defied slowing economic growth in China last year, increasing their lead over Chinese rivals in the world’s largest automotive market. Sales of passenger cars, SUVs and minivans increased 9.9 per cent year-on-year to 19.7m units in 2014,...
Ward's Auto, January 5, 2015 Chinese automaker Geely will sell about 3,000 units online in China in 2014, five years after launching Internet sales on the country’s leading e-commerce site. “The impact of Internet firms has been a major success for the company,” Geely spokesman Ashley Sutcliffe...
