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ArticleFord adds 2 new EVs to China lineup
Ford is pursuing an ambitious electrification strategy in China (Photo: Ford)Ford Motor is adding two new electrically powered models to its Chinese product lineup, as the US carmaker accelerates plans to bring more EVs to the world’s biggest car market.In 2018, Ford will launch the Mondeo Energi plug-in hybrid ...
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ArticleDaimler consolidates Chinese car-sharing units
Both Daimler car-sharing brands will henceforth be known as car2go (Photo: Daimler)Daimler is consolidating its two Chinese car-sharing units under the car2go brand.The German premium car maker has, to date, operated car2go with a free-floating business model, while it has run Car2Share as a more traditional, station-based car-sharing company.Daimler ...
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ArticleMcKinsey: China consolidates electric-vehicle lead
China consolidated its lead in electric-vehicle technology last year, building 43 pc of all EVs manufactured worldwide. The BYD Qin is China's best-selling EV model (Photo: BYD)According to a report by management consultants McKinsey, China also manufactured 25 pc of the world's fuel cells and 37 pc of all electric ...
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ArticleStudy: Global EV sales set for massive jump in 2020s
Tesla is the biggest foreign seller of EVs in China (Photo: Tesla)Global sales of electric vehicles are set to start growing rapidly in the next decade, according to a new study.The report by Germany's Center of Automotive Management (CAM) said that, so far, car buyers are still showing little ...
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ArticleShanghai Auto Show
The 2015 Shanghai show attracted 928,000 visitors (photo: Shanghai Auto Show)The Shanghai Auto Show, which will start with two press days April 19 and 20, takes place as car sales in China look set to continue to grow at a solid, double-digit pace in 2017.The show, which will run ...
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ArticleAudi, FAW form Chinese new-mobility unit
Audi's China sales are boosted by strong demand for compact cars (Photo: Audi)Audi and its local partner, FAW, have established a dedicated unit for mobility and digital services in China, as the German premium brand pursues a strategy to further grow its business in the world's biggest market.Audi and ...
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ArticleHere maps to help Baidu expand outside China
Maps are considered a key building block for autonomous-driving systems (Photo: Here)Here will provide map content to Baidu to help the Chinese internet company grow its mapping business outside its home market.Here already provides content to Baidu Maps' desktop and mobile services in southeast Asia. The new agreement between ...
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ArticleWanxiang gets Chinese permission to build Karma EVs
The Karma Revero is a plug-in hybrid sports car based on the Fisker Karma (Photo; Karma Automotive)(Bloomberg) --Wangxiang Group, the owner of Karma Automotive, became the second auto-parts maker to receive permission from China's top economic planner to produce electric cars under a special scheme to encourage companies outside ...
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ArticleFor China's BYD, monorails are next big growth area
Roughly half of BYD's revenue comes from its automobile business (Photo: BYD)(Bloomberg) --Chinese carmaker BYD is in discussions with several countries about exporting its monorail system, as its billionaire founder Wang Chuanfu seeks a new avenue of growth amid rising competition to sell electric vehicles in the world’s biggest ...
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ArticleDaimler China engages with high-tech startups
Daimler's Lampe (left) and Plug and Play co-founder Rahim Amidi symbolically exchange gifts to celebrate their partnership (Photo: Daimler)Daimler is teaming up with technology investor Plug and Play in China to jointly identify and help Chinese startup companies.The German premium car maker said the tie-up with Plug and Play, ...
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ArticleAudi to step up cooperation with Chinese internet firms
Audi already works closely with Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent (Photo: Audi)Audi will work more closely with Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent to develop new connected-car features for the Chinese market.The German premium brand, together with the VW Group's Chinese joint-venture partner FAW, said it had signed agreements with the three ...
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ArticleVW, JAC to cooperate on electric vehicles in China
VW started selling electric versions of the up! small car in August (Photo: VW)Volkswagen, which has ambitious plans to boost its sales of electric vehicles worldwide, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Co. (JAC) to jointly develop battery-powered EVs in China.The two carmakers said in ...
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ArticleUber sells Chinese business to Didi Chuxing
Chinese ride-sharing is growing as urban traffic jams worsen (Photo: Anna Frodesiak/wikimedia)Uber is selling its Chinese operations to Didi Chuxing, boosting the local company's already dominant transportation-services presence in the home market.In a statement, Didi Chuxing said it is acquiring all assets of Uber China, including its brand, business ...
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ArticleChina seen widening EV lead
Incentives play a key role in electric-vehicle sales (Photo: Nissan)China is expanding its leadership position in electric vehicles, according to two new studies.Germany's Center of Automotive Management (CAM) said carmakers sold 170,000 EVs in China in the first six months of 2016, compared with 66,000 in the US, 22,000 ...
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Articlecar2go cites high initial registrations in China
car2go's strong start in China shows the market's potential (Photo: car2go)car2go said it had registered 78,000 new customers after starting operations in Chongqing, China, two months ago.The German car-sharing company, which is part of the Daimler Group, said more than 40,000 people checked out one of its cars in ...
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ArticleGM China shows V2X technology
GM will work with other organizations to speed up V2X implementation (Photo: GM)General Motors China is moving closer to bringing its latest connected-vehicle (V2X) technology to the world's biggest car market.The US carmaker said it had for the first time demonstrated V2X technologies such as intersection collision alert and ...
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ArticleZF adds cargo checking to Openmatics platform
In future, ZF won't just connect vehicles, but also freight (Photo: ZF)ZF has developed a bluetooth-enabled tagging system that will let logistics companies monitor the state ofcargo that is being transported.The automotive supplier’s “deTAGtive logistics” software will enhance ZF’s fleet management platform, which is marketed by its Openmatics division.The ...
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Feature"It’s very important that we filter which technologies add value for the consumer"
The new S90 sedan will help boost Volvo's sales, Annwall says (Photo: Arjen Bongard)Bjoern Annwall joined Volvo Cars as global head of marketing, sales and customer service in October last year. The former McKinsey consultant succeeded industry veteran Alain Visser in a job that involves transforming the Swedish carmaker ...
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ArticleBorgward to develop EV, with help from SAP, LG and Bosch
Borgward showed its BX5 SUV at the Geneva auto show in March (Photo: Borgward)Borgward, a historic German car brand that was resurrected as a 21st century automaker last year, plans to build electric vehicles with the help of SAP, LG Electronics and Robert Bosch.The company said in a press ...
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ArticleChina’s Desay to deploy Siemens PLM software
Desay SV makes infotainment systems for more than 60 car brands (Photo: Desay)Siemens said China’s Desay SV will adopt its product lifecycle management (PLM) software, as the automotive electronics supplier prepares to implement new manufacturing technologies.Desay Chairman Tan Choon Lim said in a press statement that the software “will ...
