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News on the Auto Industry in China

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Ownership changes could trigger big Tesla move
Apr 20, 2018 (WiC 405)

Tesla’s boss Elon Musk has come round to the view that human workers are underrated – a consequence of his having endured multiple challenges getting his automated production line to build his company’s new Model 3 car. It makes for an ...

Into the fast lane

Battery maker CATL jumps IPO queue to fund production expansion
Apr 13, 2018 (WiC 404)

Coming after a year of frenetic fundraising in 2017, China’s IPO market saw far fewer new listings in the first quarter this year – suggesting that Beijing’s perennial balancing act between pursuing growth and managing financial risks had ...

Ones for the future

More electric car start-ups
Apr 13, 2018 (WiC 404)

China has no shortage of electric vehicle (EV) brands and they all seem to have seized on the word ‘future’ in their marketing. But what’s the line-up in the EV sector in the present day? One of the earliest manufacturers to showcase a ...

Death of a salesman

Tencent seems set to take the wheel in second-hand car shake-up
Apr 6, 2018 (WiC 403)

The suits are loud and the hard sell never stops until customers open their wallets. Such is the stereotype of the second-hand car salesman (always a man) in the Western world. It is an image stuck firmly in the 1970s, when check and plaid ruled ...

Wheels in motion

Qingdao Doublestar set to take control of South Korea’s Kumho Tire
Mar 16, 2018 (WiC 401)

When ChemChina purchased Italian tyre maker Pirelli in 2015, there was anxiety in Italy about passing one of its best-known brands into Chinese hands (see WiC275). The fears never subsided. But when ChemChina returned Pirelli to the Milan stock ...

Shock in Stuttgart

Geely swoops on Daimler, securing major stake
Mar 2, 2018 (WiC 399)

“Western wind, Northern tide, when will the worship of foreign might end? Chinese cars, flying high, becoming giant eagles in a-decade-long-strive!” Li Shufu, founder of Zhejiang-based carmaker Geely, penned this verse in 2006, seven ...

Leading the charge

Among Tesla’s latest competitors in China is little known start-up XPENG
Feb 9, 2018 (WiC 397)

Which company produced the world’s best-selling electric vehicle in 2017? Take a cursory glimpse at the headlines in Western newspapers and Tesla might seem the obvious contender, given how often the name crops up. But the US company did ...

In it for the long haul

Geely’s latest purchase reinforces ambition to be global player
Jan 5, 2018 (WiC 392)

A traditional Chinese proverb advises rich men “let not your wealth be exposed”. Perhaps that is why privacy has become such a concern for Geely’s Li Shufu, who saw his net worth swell almost 10 times the past two years. Speaking at a ...

Shooting for the moon

As Faraday fights for survival, Nio readies for a crucial launch
Dec 8, 2017 (WiC 391)

When it comes to self-promotion, few have mastered the art better than Elon Musk. Last Friday, the billionaire ushered in the festive season with a tweet that propelled both of his two main brands, SpaceX and Tesla, into the ...

South Korean car makers suffer from THAAD row
Dec 8, 2017 (WiC 391)

Battery drain is a bugbear for the smartphone and electric car industries – a problem that technicians are continually trying to solve. But for battery makers in South Korea there’s a new problem: losing the talent capable of solving the ...

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