Bloomberg News, February 26, 2018 [caption id="attachment_16868" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Li ShufuPhotographer: Charles Pertwee/Bloomberg[/caption] A dozen years ago, Chinese carmaker Geely announced its arrival on the global stage with a giant “I Am Geely” sign over its stand at the Frankfurt Auto Show. Last week, Geely founder Li...
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...
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...
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...
CKGSB Knowledge, Fall 2017 [caption id="attachment_16750" align="alignnone" width="230"] China’s two speed car market (Image by Beibei Nie)[/caption] Bill Russo was quoted in the fall issue of Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business' Knowledge publication. Extracted quotes: “Hardware innovations, such as autonomous driving technology, will be commercialized through the development of on-demand mobility...
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...
October 9-13, 2017 Places: London, Paris, Copenhagen Topic: China’s Auto Industry in the Age of Disruption: The Birth of the Automobility Business Model Description: For global automakers and their suppliers, China represents the greatest opportunity for growth in the 21st Century. Since 2009, China has been the world’s largest market by...
