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Friday 1 November 2024
BYD quarterly sales top Tesla for first time in 3Q24
BYD's quarterly sales have surpassed Tesla's for the first time in the third quarter of 2024, but ongoing fierce market competition in China's electric vehicle (EV) industry means...
Friday 1 November 2024
Chinese officials urge EV makers to halt EU expansion amid rising trade tensions
Chinese officials are reportedly urging local electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers to suspend their expansion in the European Union (EU), potentially exacerbating future trade decoupling...
Thursday 31 October 2024
Tesla FSD technology advances but faces challenges
Tesla's latest announcement regarding its self-driving taxi (Robotaxi) has attracted worldwide interest, indicating a significant advancement in its Full Self-Driving (FSD) technology...
Wednesday 30 October 2024
EU slaps 45.3% tariff on Chinese EVs as China presses for unified talks
European electric vehicle sales fell short of expectations in the first half of 2024, capturing 14% of the market. Transport and Environment (T&E) points to fragmented green subsidies...
Wednesday 30 October 2024
Chinese EV makers rush EU shipments ahead of 35% tariff initiation
Chinese electric vehicle manufacturers are accelerating their European shipments ahead of potential anti-subsidy tariffs of up to 35% that could take effect from November 1. While...
Wednesday 30 October 2024
Electric bus fire in Taiwan raises safety concerns for industry
An electric bus recently caught fire in a parking lot in Taichung, central Taiwan for no apparent reason. The precise cause of the fire is being investigated by the relevant authorities;...
Wednesday 30 October 2024
Chinese government pledges to lead local electric vehicle adoption
Chinese officials published a notification on October 28 that aims to boost domestic demand for electric vehicles (EV) through new government procurement requirements. The new measure...
Tuesday 29 October 2024
Tesla's ambitious plans face regulatory and supply chain hurdles
Tesla's third-quarter results exceeded market expectations, with gross margins rising to 19.8%. The company attributed the performance to lower per-vehicle costs, but analysts highlighted...
Tuesday 29 October 2024
Automotive JVs struggle amid rising competition in China
Automotive joint ventures (JV), which had dominated China's automotive sector for four decades, have encountered heightened competition from Chinese new energy vehicle (NEV) firms.
Tuesday 29 October 2024
BYD's October surge boosts Taiwan's supply chain gains in Q4
BYD's new energy vehicle (NEV) sales excelled in October, buoying the performance of its Taiwanese suppliers in the fourth quarter of 2024, according to market sources.
Tuesday 29 October 2024
Only a few will survive: low-price EV market not sustainable, warns supply chain
Though the 2024 Paris Motor Show has wrapped, the shockwaves sparked by low-cost EVs are still reverberating. Chinese automakers continue to dominate certain markets by slashing prices,...
Monday 28 October 2024
Tesla shifts focus back to EVs with strong Q324 earnings beat
Tesla's Robotaxi launch failed to excite the market, but its third-quarter 2024 earnings brought attention back to its core EV business, beating expectations with strong deliveries...
Monday 28 October 2024
China's auto industry embraces local chip production with RISC-V architecture
China's automotive sector increasingly recognizes the critical importance of local chip production, prompting a shift towards the open-source RISC-V instruction set architecture....
Friday 25 October 2024
Musk and Trump's EV standoff sparks industry debate
Tesla just posted its strong third-quarter earnings, however, the talk of the town has been on CEO Elon Musk's political tango with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump...
Thursday 24 October 2024
Electric bus fire puts spotlight on battery safety and management
Taiwan's push to electrify all public buses by 2030, with 11,700 diesel buses slated for replacement, has fueled rapid growth in the electric bus industry. However, safety concerns...