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,...
Dow Jones Newswires, January 12, 2015 by Colum Murphy DETROIT--China's auto industry faces a second straight year of weaker growth after a sharp 2014 slowdown, according to an industry association and analysts, as car makers continue to grapple with a cooling economy and rising inventories. The China Association...
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...
The Wall Street Journal A BYD Co. electronic vehicle is charged at an EV charging station at the company's campus in the Pingshan district of Shenzhen, China, Aug. 5, 2014. Bloomberg News By Colum Murphy Updated Dec. 18, 2014 10:03 a.m. ET SHANGHAI—An executive at Warren Buffett -backed BYD Co. defended its business...
Nikkei Asian Review. September 11, 2014 SHANGHAI -- Zhu Xiaohong closely examines a 4-year-old Volkswagen Touran, using the flashlight on his mobile phone. The gray VW sits in what looks like a multistory parking lot but is in fact the Shanghai Used Car Trade Market, the...
