Bloomberg Business Week, October 26, 2017 [caption id="attachment_16718" align="aligncenter" width="300"] A vehicle in an acoustics testing lab at BYD Co. headquarters in Shenzhen, China, on Sept. 21, 2017. PHOTOGRAPHER: QILAI SHEN/BLOOMBERG[/caption] For decades, financial pundits in China have been placing Wang Chuanfu, the visionary green technology entrepreneur...
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...
Digital Trends, October 14, 2017 Baidu leads autonomous charge in China, with mass-production plans for 2021 The race for truly widespread driverless technology is now seriously burning up the pavement. The international competition is on like never before as China pursues the development of its very own autonomous...
The Wall Street Journal, October 2, 2017 Nearly half of all plug-in vehicles are sold in China, driven by relentless subsidies and regulations By Trefor Moss Oct. 2, 2017 10:24 a.m. ET Click here to read this article at wsj.com SHANGHAI—China has created the world’s largest electric-car market by sheer force...
The Japan Times, September 12, 2017 [caption id="attachment_16694" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Cars clog a street in Beijing on Monday. China is gearing up to ban gasoline and diesel cars, a move that would boost electric vehicles and shake up the auto industry in the world's biggest but...
THE FINANCIAL TIMES, September 21, 2017 [caption id="attachment_16689" align="aligncenter" width="300"] A BYD assembly line in Shenzhen, where the carmaker has its headquarters © Reuters[/caption] Click here to read the full article at FT.com Earlier this month, China’s vice-minister of industry, Xin Guobin, said China was looking at banning...
The Financial Times, September 14, 2017 Carmaker to repair 4.86m vehicles with airbags made by Japan’s Takata [caption id="attachment_16676" align="alignnone" width="300"] The VW recall will apply to both imported and Chinese-made vehicles sold as early as 2005 © AFP[/caption] Click here to read the full article Bill Russo quote: Yet...
The Financial Times, September 14, 2017 The improved quality of the country’s vehicles will boost chances of success [caption id="attachment_16671" align="aligncenter" width="300"] High hopes: Geely’s Lynk & Co 01 hybrid sport utility vehicle[/caption] Cracking export markets in Europe and the US is the next frontier for China’s global-minded...
The Daily Star, September 14, 2017 Beijing's announcement that it is considering joining France and Britain in banning petrol and diesel cars from its smog-clogged roads promises to accelerate a push towards electric vehicles -- a race in which Chinese carmakers have everything to gain. As the...
AFP, September 11, 2017 China is gearing up to ban petrol and diesel cars, a move that would boost electric vehicles and shake up the world's biggest car market in a country that is plagued by pollution. The plan would follow decisions by France and Britain to...
