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Tuesday 27 December 2022
Changan Automobile to invest CNY150 billion in new automotive technology supply chain
China-based Changan Automobile recently established a new company to support the development of hybrid, battery and fuel-cell EVs. The carmaker plans to invest over CNY150 billion...
Tuesday 27 December 2022
Can Huawei restore consumer business by stepping into EVs?
While China-based Huawei Technologies has been frustrated in smartphone business operation because the IC design subsidiary HiSilicon Technologies is running out of 5G smartphone-use...
Tuesday 27 December 2022
Taisic to expand production capacity for SiC substrates
Taisic Materials, a subsidiary of the Kenmec group specializing in silicon carbide (SiC) substrates, plans to triple its number of crystal growth furnaces to supply Foxconn's newly...
Tuesday 27 December 2022
EOI to ramp up shipments for large-size miniLED displays in 2023
LED automotive lighting module maker Excellence Optoelectronics (EOI) has kicked off small-volume shipments of its large-size miniLED fine-pitch display products for commercial and...
Tuesday 27 December 2022
Taiwan SiC substrate suppliers need high-yield crystal growth to compete with fellow makers
High-yield crystal growth is crucial to Taiwanese SiC substrate suppliers competing with their Chinese counterparts, according to industry sources.
Monday 26 December 2022
Toyota hits record November output, but shortages loom
Toyota Motor said on Monday its global output hit a record for November, thanks in part to solid consumer demand, though it warned of an uncertain outlook due to a persistent shortage...
Monday 26 December 2022
Nio's founder: 2023 sales will surpass Lexus' ICE models in China
China-based EV startup Nio launched two new SUVs on Christmas Eve. Deliveries are expected to start in the second quarter of 2023. William Li, the company's founder, chairman and...
Monday 26 December 2022
IC supply chains may not return to clear growth track until 2024
Semiconductor supply chain players will continue to face relatively high market uncertainty in 2023, and are not expected to embark on a clear growth track until 2024, according to...
Monday 26 December 2022
Cheri Automobile wins investment from CATL due to respective EV-related motivations
While China-based automaker Cheri Automobile has won investment from Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), the largest China-based lithium battery maker, for a 3.73% stake, Cheri's...
Monday 26 December 2022
This Indian EV startup plans to create new 4-wheeler segment worldwide
India is already seeing large companies like Tata and Mahindra fighting for EV market share. What would it take an EV four-wheeler startup to penetrate the market at this stage? The...
Monday 26 December 2022
Subsidy extension and falling lithium prices sustain China's NEV boom
The Chinese government recently announced that it's extending the tax subsidies for new energy vehicles (NEVs). Coupled with the falling prices of lithium ores, the main raw material...
Friday 23 December 2022
Vehicle cybersecurity moving toward software-defined hardware, says MIH Consortium CEO
Vehicle information security and the OTA (over-the-air) technology are moving toward software-defined hardware, and the data generated from various production stages must be fully...
Friday 23 December 2022
Chinese startup's US$140,000 car can fly over traffic jams
The crowd of hundreds roared in Mandarin as the gull-winged two-seater aircraft rose and hovered roughly 30 meters above their heads, before smoothly lowering back down to earth....
Friday 23 December 2022
Polysilicon prices in China on sharp decline
Polysilicon prices in the Chinese market have sharply declined in the fourth quarter of 2022 and consequently, prices for solar-grade crystalline silicon wafers (made from polysilicon)...
Friday 23 December 2022
Ola Electric to mass-produce battery cells by 2023
India-based electric two-wheeler (E2W) startup Ola Electric reaffirms its plan to venture into more diversified EV products and mass-produce battery cells over the next 12 months.