Keyboard, passive component and energy solution provider Darfon Electronics will invest up to NT$410 million (US$13.9 million) for an up to 62.9% stake in TD HiTech Energy, a maker of lithium ion battery packs for electric bicycles.

Advanced Lithium Electrochemistry (Aleees), a maker of cathode materials of LFP (lithium iron phosphate) batteries, has reported consolidated revenues of NT$22.7 million (US$770,780) for July, rising 1,276.39% sequentially but falling 56.26% on year.

Teco Electric and Machinery has recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of onshore electric facilities that will be used to support the two offshore wind farms in central Taiwan.

New energy cars launched by joint ventures between Chinese vendors and their European, Japanese, South Korean or US partners for the China market saw weak sales in first-half 2020, according to industry sources.

China-based makers produced 102,000 new energy vehicles and sold 104,000 units in June 2020, decreasing 25.0% and 33.1% respectively on year, according to China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM).

There were 1.67 GWh of LFP batteries installed in 19,000 new energy cars in China in June, soaring 109% sequentially, according to Gaogong Industry Research Institute (GGII).

Orsted and TSMC have signed a corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) where the foundry house will offtake the full production from the former's 920MW offshore wind farm in central Taiwan.

Demand for EV (electric vehicle) power charging stations and piles is growing fast in China, but Taiwan-based suppliers can hardly play significant roles there, according to industry sources.

Many China-based electric vehicle (EV) vendors have been forced out of the market or struggling for survival because of decreased government subsidization and shrinking demand due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to Chinese media reports.

China-based NIO sold 3,740 electric vehicles (EV) in June, hiking 179% on year, according to industry sources.

In the competitive smartphone maket, product differentiation is one of the crucial factors to attract customers. Handset vendors are now looking to customized chips to achieve such production differentiation, with Xiaomi reportedly working...

The supply of SiC wafers may become insufficient to satisfy demand for electric vehicles (EV) in the near future, prompting Taiwan-based silicon wafer makers including GlobalWafers, Wafer Works and Tainergy Tech to step up deployments in the new segment, according to industry sources.

Noodoe has developed a cloud-based operating platform for managing electric vehicle charging stations, according to company chairman John Wang.

Electric scooter sharing service operator WeMo Scooter has completed series A fund raising, obtaining investment of over NT$100 million (US$3.36 million), according to the Taiwan-based company.

China-based makers produced 84,000 new energy vehicles and sold 82,000 units in May 2020, decreasing 25.8% and 23.5% respectively on year, according to China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM).

Tesla has seen its stock market value (not including treasury stock) exceed Toyota Motor's, signifying its increasing threat to traditional manufacturers of fuel cars, according to industry sources.

Fortune Electric has disclosed it has set up its first EV (electric vehicle) parking lot in combination with in-house-developed power charging facilities in Taipei.

Electric scooter sharing service operator WeMo Scooter and Taiwan Mobile has cooperated to equip the former's bikes with the latter's high-accuracy PM2.5 sensors to dynamically collect real-time air pollution data in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan.

Foxconn's third-stage business transformation - dubbed Foxconn 3.0 - focuses on stepping into the electric vehicles (EVs), digital health care and robotics sectors, plus development of AI, semiconductor and 5G/6G technologies, according to company chairman Liu Young-way.

China's National Development and Reform Commission has disclosed the scope of new infrastructure construction intended to facilitate digital transformation, smart upgrading and integration of innovative services, covering 5G infrastructure, ultra-high-voltage power grids, inter-city railways and high-speed...

Taiwan's diode suppliers have seen demand for IT devices pick up amid the coronavirus pandemic but that for green energy applications continue shrinking, according to industry sources.

The proportion of car output from Central and Eastern Europe among the EU is increasing due to lower labor cost, according to Digitimes Research.

Electric bus maker Tron-e Technology will begin to ship electric bus chassis to Indonesia at the end of May 2020 and then India after the country lifts lockdown restrictions, according to the company.

Encouraged by government promotion of PV and wind power generation as well as electric vehicles (EV), development of micro-grids in Taiwan is taking off, according to local makers.

China-based makers produced 80,000 new energy vehicles and sold 72,000 units in April 2020, decreasing 22.1% and 26.5% respectively on year, according to China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM).