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Monday 17 March 2025
Lack of domestic car brands hamstrings Taiwan auto parts suppliers in pricing power
Taiwan has a robust automotive components industry, but the absence of domestic car brands has long been a missing piece in the puzzle. This structural gap weakens the industry's...
Monday 17 March 2025
China targets US lithium battery production with strategic countermeasures
Since President Trump took office, China has come to view the US with increasing skepticism, prompting the Chinese government to implement several countermeasures in response to perceived...
Monday 17 March 2025
Europe's EV battery dreams shattered: Northvolt's collapse amid rising Chinese competition
Northvolt, once touted as Europe's best bet to challenge Asia's grip on the EV battery market, has filed for bankruptcy in Sweden after failing to secure fresh funding. A court-appointed...
Monday 17 March 2025
EV price war fuels quality concerns and depreciation risks
Electric vehicle sales have fluctuated across key markets like Europe, the US, and China, but technological advancements continue. A divide is emerging between legacy automakers and...
Monday 17 March 2025
Gogoro vs Kymco: Top electric scooter brands battle with new models and pricing plans
Taiwan's electric scooter market has seen intensified competition in the first quarter of 2025, with leading players Gogoro and KYMCO once again going head-to-head with new product...
Monday 17 March 2025
Alibaba's Tongyi Qianwen poised to redefine China's AI landscape with open-source edge and real-world applications

After DeepSeek sparked a revolution in China's AI industry in early 2025, Alibaba's Tongyi Qianwen QwQ-32B is poised to become the next...

Monday 17 March 2025
Liquid-cooled ultrafast chargers to become new star of cutting EV down time, says DIGITIMES
As the global electric vehicle (EV) market grows, key regions such as China, Europe, and the US face challenges due to high EV-per-charger ratios in direct current (DC) charging infrastructure...
Monday 17 March 2025
Qisda’s bold pivot: AI, innovation, and global expansion in a shifting landscape
Qisda Chairman Peter Chen delivered a keynote at the Deloitte & Touche Annual Mergers and Acquisitions Forum, discussing the company's transformation through mergers and acquisitions...
Monday 17 March 2025
US targets Chinese lithium battery manufacturers with tariffs and bans as domestic production ramps up
At the beginning of 2025, the US Department of Defense blacklisted China's lithium battery leader, Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), followed by US President Donald Trump imposing...
Saturday 15 March 2025
China EV market to stay robust in 2025, with Europe at second and US last, says DIGITIMES
While the global EV market continued to grow in 2024, the growth rate had slowed down with sales only reaching around 17 million units, a year-on-year increase of 25.5%. Although...
Saturday 15 March 2025
Taiwan's industrial PC leaders propel the edge AI revolution at Embedded World 2025
AI adoption is shifting from cloud computing to edge applications, fueling greater interest in embedded systems. Embedded World 2025, the world's leading embedded systems trade show,...
Saturday 15 March 2025
Alibaba open-sources QwQ-32B: a lifeline for China's AI chip sector?
On March 6, 2025, China's AI scene is brimming with confidence, with some media even suggesting that domestic firms could outpace OpenAI. Newcomer Manus is being positioned as a rival...
Saturday 15 March 2025
AMD Greater China president outlines plan to fuse consumer GPUs with AI innovation
Recently, AMD held a launch event in China for its latest GPU product, the Radeon RX 9070 series, highlighting its commitment to the Chinese market. The introduction of DeepSeek enhances...
Saturday 15 March 2025
Manus partners with Alibaba's Qwen on "AI Genie" for China
Alibaba's Qwen (Tongyi Qianwen) and the emerging AI agent Manus have recently announced a strategic partnership, generating buzz across the artificial intelligence sector. This collaboration...
Saturday 15 March 2025
Google debuts AI model for robotics, challenging Meta, OpenAI
Alphabet's artificial intelligence lab is debuting two new models focused on robotics, which will help developers train robots to respond to unfamiliar scenarios — a longstanding...