'China Inside': How Chinese EV tech is reshaping global auto designGlobal auto brands are now looking at Chinese technology for electric vehicles. Audi already built an EV using Chinese tech. Toyota and Vol...
11 Sep, 2025, 06.45 AM IST
With 9 out of 10 cars sold in Norway now electric, Chinese companies gain shareOf the 128,691 new car registrations last year, 114,400 were electric, the highest share of any major national car market and up from an 82...
02 Jan, 2025, 11.11 PM IST
Volkswagen bets on US startup to save its EV strategyVolkswagen, struggling against US and Chinese electric vehicle rivals, partners with Rivian to revamp its EV software strategy. The German ...
16 Dec, 2024, 01.09 PM IST
Volkswagen and JV partner SAIC plan to close China plant, Bloomberg reportsVolkswagen and its Chinese partner SAIC plan to close at least one plant in China due to slow demand for combustion engine cars. The Nanjin...
18 Sep, 2024, 06.54 PM IST
Automakers’ tech alliances threaten IT’s ER&D bastionVolkswagen-Rivian, Volkswagen-Xpeng, Honda-Nissan and Volvo AB-Daimler Truck are some of the deals that went through in 2024 to develop sof...
26 Aug, 2024, 06.00 AM IST
Explainer: What's behind Volkswagen's USD 5 billion EV software bet on Rivian?The tie-up is the latest in a string of deals by Volkswagen Chief Executive Oliver Blume, who took over in September 2022 after the ousting...
26 Jun, 2024, 09.53 PM IST
Volkswagen plans to launch entry-level electric vehicle by 2027Volkswagen plans to launch the ID.1 electric vehicle by 2027, led by Schaefer with four project teams. The company aims for efficiency thro...
15 Mar, 2024, 10.08 AM IST
Chinese EV maker Xpeng to hire 4,000, invest in AIThe additional employees would represent a 25% expansion of the Volkswagen-backed EV maker's workforce from the latest headcount of 15,829 ...
19 Feb, 2024, 12.25 PM IST
Stellantis resets China strategy with $1.6 billion stake in EV firm LeapmotorStellantis, the parent company of Chrysler, is purchasing a 21% stake in Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Leapmotor for $1.6 billion. Th...
26 Oct, 2023, 11.09 AM IST
China EV adviser Dong Yang sees tech tie-ups resolving EU trade conflictsThe Chinese government, industrial associations and companies should alleviate the impact on other markets as Chinese EVs exports grow and ...
18 Sep, 2023, 07.35 PM IST
Global automakers such as General Motors, Volkswagen face electric shock in ChinaThere are no foreign brands among the top 10 automakers in the new energy vehicle segment this year, with the notable exception of Tesla in...
27 May, 2022, 10.26 AM IST
China to consolidate overcrowded electric vehicle industryChina has "too many" electric vehicle makers and the government will encourage consolidation, but will build charging infrastructure in the...
13 Sep, 2021, 03.33 PM IST
China's smartphone maker Xiaomi to invest $10 billion in electric vehiclesThe company, which is already among the biggest smartphone makers in the world, said in a filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange that it wi...
30 Mar, 2021, 06.05 PM IST
Electric vehicle maker Tesla to deliver China-made Model Y SUVs this monthChina, which offers hefty subsidies for electric vehicles as it seeks to cut down on pollution from petrol or diesel cars, is key to Tesla'...
01 Jan, 2021, 11.32 PM IST
Volkswagen explores new sales model for electric models in ChinaVolkswagen AG is launching another sales model in China that will see the automaker open showrooms in city centres for electric vehicles (E...
09 Dec, 2020, 10.35 AM IST
Elon Musk’s $139 billion fortune leads massive EV wealth gainsThat doesn’t take into account the ancillary parts required for electric cars. The top shareholders of battery maker Contemporary Amperex T...
03 Dec, 2020, 11.21 PM IST
Tesla, Nikola, Nio and Fisker: Electric carmakers are in a stock market bubbleTesla’s market value soared past $540 billion this week — equivalent to 250 times its expected earnings this year — meaning it’s now the wo...
28 Nov, 2020, 10.48 AM IST