Taiwan-based PCB makers have stepped up their deployments in the thick-copper board segment seeking to explore huge business opportunities in the electric vehicle (EV) market, according to industry sources.

Awayspeed Technology, a subsidiary of memory module maker Adata Technology, has unveiled an electric tricycle targeting the logistics market.

Due to fast growing development of renewable energy and electric vehicles (EVs) worldwide, global demand for copper will keep increasing and shortages are expected to begin in 2025, according to industry sources.

The EV market is poised to enter a decade of robust growth starting 2021 amid the maturing infrastructure for new energy vehicles, prompting Taiwan's automotive PCB vendors including Chin-Poon industrial to step up deployments in the segment, particularly the markets in the US and Europe, according...

Taiwan-based leadframe makers including Jih Lin Technology and SDI have reportedly cut into the supply chain for Tesla's charging piles, and are poised to embrace significant increases in their shipments for automotive applications in 2021, according to industry sources.

Keyboard, passive component and green energy device maker Darfon Electronics expects the revenue proportion for the green energy product line to rise from 20% currently to 30% in 2021, according to company chairman Andy Su.

Trade officials from the US and Taiwan are scheduled to hold talks on November 20 this Friday to discuss issues that will help promote and cement trade ties and other relationships between the two sides, although Taiwan is not being a part of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) –...

China-based makers produced 167,000 new energy vehicles and sold 160,000 units in October 2020, increasing 69.7% and 104.5% respectively on year, according to China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM).

Tesla will produce Model Y at its Gigafactory 3 in Shanghai in 2021, according to China-based online media 36Kr.com.

The foundry sector has seen robust demand this year with fab capacity in tight supply. Taiwan-based VIS, which provides 8-inch foundry services, expect record high sales in fourth-quarter 2020. But in the IPC sector, Advantech...

ODM Wistron will strengthen CVC (corporate venture capital) investment in business concerning electric vehicles (EVs), according to company chairman and chief strategy officer Simon Lin.

Global demand for electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) is expected to keep growing in 2021, according to industry sources.

China-based makers produced 136,000 new energy vehicles and sold 138,000 units in September 2020, increasing 48.0% and 67.7% respectively on year, according to China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM).

Power supply maker and energy management solution provider Delta Electronics is optimistic about its business growth arising from increasing demand for 5G infrastructure, data centers, electric vehicles (EVs), automotive electronics and green energy, according to company chairman Yancey Hai.

Along with fast growing sales of electric vehicles (EVs), demand for EV-use charging piles in the China market is expected to grow, according to industry sources.

A joint venture newly established by Foxconn Electronics and Yulon Motor has unveiled MIH, a software/hardware open platform aimed at solving existing problems for electric vehicle (EV) development.

Electrical machinery maker Fortune Electric is cooperating with hotels, department stores and large retailers to set up power charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs) in Taiwan, with these stations to be completed by year-end 2020, according to the company.

Tesla's Model 3 electric cars (EV) produced at its Gigafactory 3 in Shanghai, China will soon arrive for sale in Europe, sparking speculation that a price war may be looming, according to industry sources.

The year 2020 is a milestone in use of green energy by Taiwan's high-tech industries, according to SEMI Taiwan president and SEMI chief marketing officer Terry Tsao.

More than 160,000 new energy cars, mainly electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), were sold in Europe in September 2020, growing over 15% on month, according to industry sources.

Advanced Lithium Electrochemistry (Aleees), a maker of cathode materials of LFP and ternary batteries, has obtained orders with shipments scheduled until 2021, according to industry sources.

Government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has formed Taiwan Electric Vehicle (EV) Power Charging Technology Promotion Allianceto seeking to create a local EV ecosystem.

Pegatron has entered the supply chain for Tesla, according to company chairman Tung Tzu-hsien.

China-based makers produced 106,000 new energy vehicles and sold 109,000 units in August 2020, increasing 17.7% and 25.8% respectively on year, according to China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM).

China-based SGMW sold 9,200 Hongguan Mini EV, a compact electric vehicle, in the Chinese market in August, the second largest EV sales volume next only to 12,000 Tesla Model 3, according to China-based media reports.