Bloomberg News, October 17, 2018 [caption id="attachment_17100" align="alignnone" width="306"] A Tesla Model S at the Shanghai showroom.Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg[/caption] Tesla Inc.’s breakthrough deal to secure land for a Shanghai factory commits the electric-car maker to a multibillion-dollar investment just as the Chinese vehicle market falters. The company secured...
Bloomberg News, September 27, 2018 Wan Gang pushed China to leapfrog the West in electric vehicles. At this year’s Beijing Auto Show, a retired Chinese bureaucrat bent down to run his hands over the hood of a sleek sports coupe billed as the world’s fastest battery-powered car, and...
CNN Money, September 12, 2018 A Chinese startup that wants to rival Tesla has gone public in New York. But the young company has a long way to go to catch up with Elon Musk. Like other high-profile Chinese companies that have gone public recently, Shanghai-based Nio...
The Wall Street Journal, August 29, 2018 [caption id="attachment_17049" align="alignnone" width="580"] A Buick Velite 6 displayed at the Beijing auto show in April. PHOTO: WANG ZHAO/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES[/caption] The launch of a new Buick electric vehicle has been put on hold until a new battery supplier can...
Automotive News, July 9, 2018 [caption id="attachment_17043" align="alignnone" width="462"] Nissan had planned to sell its battery-making operations in Smyrna, Tenn., as part of the deal.[/caption] TOKYO — Last summer, Nissan Motor Co. struck a deal it said epitomized the winning strategy for the coming era of new...
CKGSB Knowledge, Summer 2018 “Tesla wants to sell electric cars to individuals. Nio wants to do that and also to put people into the digital ecosystem of Tencent,” says Russo. “I’m bullish on China’ s path. The electrification and automation of transportation is going to be...
China Global Television Network, July 3, 2018 China has recently made it easier for foreign automakers to enter its new energy car manufacturing sector, in an effort to accelerate competition and growth in the auto industry. On the one hand, the import duty on foreign cars including...
WorldAutoSteel, May 2018 An excerpt from WorldAutoSteel's "Steel Your Future" Article. To read the full article click here From personal transportation to service For over 100 years, the automobile has been a personal possession to most commuters in the world. Either you owned one or you didn’t. With the...
Chongqing, China, June 5, 2018 Click here for more information Panel Discussion will be at 1:30 pm on June 5th Autonomous Driving, Smart Cars and Smart Cities: Vision of the Future As a result of the rapid pace of development in technology and software, areas such as autonomous driving,...
Bloomberg Television, May 22, 2018 Automobility founder and CEO Bill Russo weighs in on the future of plug-in electric vehicles, and talks about autonomous driving. He speaks on "Bloomberg Markets." (Source: Bloomberg) Click here to view the interview at bloomberg.com...
