Reuters, August 28, 2017 BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese automaker BYD Co Ltd (002594.SZ)(1211.HK), backed by U.S. investor Warren Buffett, said on Monday net profit fell sharply for the first half of the year, as Beijing reins in subsidies and other policy support for green energy cars. The...
July 13, 2017 Bill Russo, Managing Director of Gao Feng Advisory Company, describes the disruptive developments happening in the automotive industry as it transforms from "automotive" product manufacturing and sales towards "automobility" digitally-enabled solutions. ...
Bloomberg News, June 1, 2017 [caption id="attachment_576" align="aligncenter" width="186"] California Governor Jerry Brown[/caption] With President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the Paris climate pact, the leader of the U.S. state with the strictest clean-car rules is turning toward Beijing in his longtime mission to stem automotive pollution. California Gov....
Fortune, June 7, 2017 [caption id="attachment_571" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Vanessa Zhu exits her Model X in front of a Tesla showroom in Beijing. Strong demand for SUVs and their perceived safety advantages have fueled Tesla’s surge in China. Photograph by Adam Dean—Panos Pictures for Fortune[/caption] When you climb...
Gao Feng Insights, May 2017 China’s automotive industry is entering a period where discontinuities and disruptions are likely to reshape the competitive landscape - and this represents an opportune time to guide the development in alignment with China’s overall industrial development goals. With the issuance in...
The Nation, April 19, 2017 [caption id="attachment_530" align="aligncenter" width="300"] This picture taken on April 18, 2017 shows EV Card share cars parked at a station in Shanghai. / AFP PHOTO[/caption] SHANGHAI- Unable to afford a car, Shanghai university student Long Yi endured an expensive taxi commute across...
The Wall Street Journal, April 7, 2017 The U.S. auto maker plans to build the Mondeo Energi plug-in hybrid and a new all-electric SUV in China Ford Motor will start manufacturing electric vehicles in China next year. PHOTO: ANDREY RUDAKOV/BLOOMBERG NEWS By TREFOR MOSS SHANGHAI— Ford Motor Co. F -0.35% said...
The New York Times, January 26, 2017 Lu Qun, chairman of Qiantu Motor, in Beijing in December. by Michael Schuman BEIJING — On a windswept lot near Beijing’s main airport, Lu Qun talks up the electric sports car he hopes will transform him into China’s Elon Musk. “This is...
The Wall Street Journal, January 3, 2017 Electric carmaker Faraday Futures demonstrated its prototype all-electric FF 91 vehicle at CES 2017 on Tuesday. The four-door car can go from zero to 60 miles an hour in 2.39 seconds, executives say. By TIM HIGGINS Jan. 3, 2017 10:05 p.m....
The Wall Street Journal, September 7, 2016 A VW dealership in Louisville, Ky., in August. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG NEWS German auto maker plans joint venture with state-run China Anhui Jianghuai Automobile SHANGHAI— Volkswagen AG is exploring a joint venture to make electric cars in China with a state-run company, part of its aggressive push...
