The Information, January 26, 2018 By Shai Oster and Yunan Zhang [caption id="attachment_16810" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The branding for Baidu's Apollo self-driving car system is displayed on a car at the Baidu World Technology Conference in Beijing, China. Photo by Bloomberg[/caption] China is the world’s biggest market for new cars,...
The Wall Street Journal, January 28, 2018 E-commerce giant Alibaba is making its first big investment in a car maker [caption id="attachment_16804" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Xiaopeng He, chairman of electric-car maker Xiaopeng Motors, stands with the company's newest sport-utility vehicle, the G3. PHOTO: XIAOPENG MOTORS[/caption] By Liza Lin SHANGHAI—Chinese e-commerce...
January 19, 2018 China has emerged as the world’s largest automotive market since 2009 and remains the growth engine of the global automotive industry. Following a decade of rapid growth that culminated in a stimulus-driven surge in demand in 2009-2010, the China auto market sharply...
Bloomberg Technology, January 8, 2018 By: Yan Zhang Byton unveils concept at CES with driving range of 320 miles Startup by ex-BMW executives building factory in Nanjing A $45,000 electric SUV using facial recognition to unlock doors, Amazon’s Alexa to entertain and a 49-inch screen across the...
Bloomberg News, December 28, 2017 [caption id="attachment_16780" align="aligncenter" width="300"] PHOTO: REUTERS[/caption] [BEIJING] About a decade after Chinese billionaire Li Shufu bought the Volvo Car nameplate from Ford Motor Co and revived the brand, he's turning his attention to the Swedish company's heavy vehicles in a bid to...
December 13, 2017 Senior executives of the technology ecosystem and investment community in Shanghai gathered at the Nova Dinner, hosted by Savills, to discuss the future of Shanghai and other cities in China as innovation hubs. Shanghai is clearly a global business hub and China’s financial capital....
Insight Magazine, November 2017 Bill Russo was quoted in the November edition of Insight, the Journal of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. Extracted quotes: “I think the question is can you get EVs and lithium-ion batteries to become standardized”, says Russo. "Because the world's lithium ion...
Shanghai, China, November 30 2017 Topic: “How the Chinese Aftermarket is Transforming and Emerging Opportunities” AASA Announces Automotive Aftermarket Summit 2017 In Shanghai Background: China’s automotive market is relatively young when compared with mature markets. The average car age in U.S is 11 years, and in E.U. 10 years....
Shanghai, China, October 28, 2017 On October 28, Bill Russo provided a guest lecture at Shanghai Jiatong University's MBA class titled "China's Auto Industry in the Age of Disruption: Reimagining Mobility and Profiting from the Digital Ecosystem". Please click this link to enroll and watch a recording...
The Wall Street Journal, October 22, 2017 Arrangement could enable electric-car maker to slash production costs, but would still likely incur 25% import tariff By Tim Higgins in San Francisco, Trefor Moss in Shanghai and Eva Dou in Beijing Electric-car maker Tesla Inc. TSLA -1.91% has reached an agreement to set...
