Bloomberg News, April 16, 2015 BYD Co.'s Sport-Utility Vehicles BYD Co. S6 sport-utility vehicles (SUV) move along the production line at the company's assembly plant in the Pingshan district of Shenzhen, China. Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg After years of losing out to foreign brands, China’s automakers are winning in the world’s...
March 18, 2015 Bill Russo's appearance on Channel News Asia where he discusses the structural challenges faced by foreign automakers in China, recent performance of Chinese local carmakers, and sales of electric vehicles. ...
Gao Feng Insights Report, February 2015 We are pleased to share with you a report titled: Competing in the China Truck Market. While global brands have enjoyed success in China's passenger vehicle market, the same cannot be said for the commercial vehicle market. This segment has been...
The Wall Street Journal, February 3, 2015 Chinese Startup Car Maker Appoints Former GM Exec in Bid to Revive Fortunes By Colum Murphy Feb. 3, 2015 5:47 a.m. ET Phil Murtaugh in Los Angeles on March 16, 2012. PHOTO: REUTERS SHANGHAI—Chinese startup car maker Qoros Automotive Co. appointed the former head...
Bloomberg News, January 22, 2015 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp., which fended off Volkswagen AG to remain the world’s top automaker in 2014, may lose the sales crown as early as this year as it falls behind in China, the world’s biggest auto market. Toyota is predicting...
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...
Gao Feng Insights Paper, January 2015 As we know, China’s economy has been growing dramatically for more than two decades. China is now the world’s second largest economy. Recently, we see rising concerns over the impact of a deceleration in overall economic growth, especially on the...
