The Financial Times, February 7, 2018 Ride-hailing company aims to use partnerships to boost vehicle-sharing services Chinese ride-hailing group Didi Chuxing has signed partnership agreements with 12 car companies to help them market auto-sharing services and electric vehicles. The move by the group, which has a near-monopoly in...
The Financial Times, February 1, 2018 Fledgling homegrown producers of electric vehicles take on Tesla and foreign giants [caption id="attachment_16821" align="aligncenter" width="300"] A prototype electric car from Byton, one of the up and coming Chinese start-ups[/caption] From Alibaba in e-commerce to Didi Chuxing in ride-hailing, Chinese start-ups have changed...
CKGSB Knowledge, January 30, 2018 Like its whole economy, China's auto market grew at a breakneck page in the 2000s, and while it is now slowing down, it still contains enormous potential in terms of both raw sales and innovation as China shifts towards electric. Click here...
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...
Forbes Asia, January 21, 2018 by Russell Flannery Click here to read this article at forbes.com [caption id="attachment_16801" align="aligncenter" width="276"] Shared mobility can mean less traffic, cleaner air and better public transit[/caption] Cracks in the business model that has guided the auto industry in the past century are becoming...
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...
Forbes, December 12, 2017 [caption id="attachment_16783" align="aligncenter" width="300"] A Guangzhou Automobile Group's Trumpchi GE3 sport utility vehicle[/caption] Zhang Tian is really into cars. The 29-year-old, who works for an internet company in Beijing, shifted through a Chevron, a Mercedes Benz and two BMWs in the past six...
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...
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...
