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...
China Daily, December 18, 2017 Competing is no longer just about physical hardware, but also the capability to build a digital ecosystem relationship with consumers The electric vehicle market is growing rapidly in China and is now outpacing its Western counterparts. Already the largest auto market in...
December 13, 2017 Senior executives of the technology ecosystem and investment community in Shanghai gathered at the Nova Dinner, hosted by Savills, to discuss the future of Shanghai and other cities in China as innovation hubs. Shanghai is clearly a global business hub and China’s financial capital....
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...
Shanghai, China, November 30 2017 Topic: “How the Chinese Aftermarket is Transforming and Emerging Opportunities” AASA Announces Automotive Aftermarket Summit 2017 In Shanghai Background: China’s automotive market is relatively young when compared with mature markets. The average car age in U.S is 11 years, and in E.U. 10 years....
Shanghai, China, October 28, 2017 On October 28, Bill Russo provided a guest lecture at Shanghai Jiatong University's MBA class titled "China's Auto Industry in the Age of Disruption: Reimagining Mobility and Profiting from the Digital Ecosystem". Please click this link to enroll and watch a recording...
Shanghai, China, October 28, 2017 Bill Russo spoke to the MBA class at Shanghai Jiaotong University on the disruptions that are reshaping the automotive industry and how to profit from the new opportunities in the digital mobility ecosystem. ...
Bloomberg Television, October 25, 2017 Bill Russo, founder and chief executive officer at Automobility, discusses Japan's auto industry, their reputation and the disruptions to the industry. He speaks on "Bloomberg Markets: Asia." Click here to see the video at bloomberg.com...
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...
