Chinese Plug-In Hybrids Are Winning Three Very Different Races
Chinese plug-in hybrids (PHEV) are becoming one of the world’s most important vehicle categories, but not for the reason often assumed in Europe ...
Europe Is Fighting Imports. China Plays a Different Game
Europe’s electric-vehicle debate was supposed to be about battery-electric cars. Instead, plug-in hybrids have returned as one of the region’s most politically sensitive technologies ...
For Emerging Markets, PHEVs Are Energy Insurance
Sri Lanka offers one of the clearest examples. For years, the country’s car market was dominated by used Japanese imports, partly because high taxes made new vehicles expensive ...
China Is Solving a Different Problem Altogether
The country has one of the world’s largest charging networks, the most powerful feature of China’s PHEV market may be that it does not force consumers to adopt an electric lifestyle ...
Geely's i-HEV Challenges Japan's Hybrid Playbook as Global Petrol Demand Holds
Geely has launched its i-HEV intelligent hybrid system at a moment when much of China's auto industry is focused on pure EVs and plug-in hybrids.
Audi Turns to SAIC as China's EV Market Forces Luxury Brands to Localise Faster
Audi's decision to deepen its partnership with SAIC and establish an innovation technology centre in Shanghai signals a more urgent phase in the Germ...
BYD Takes Center Stage at Goodwood as China's EV Ambition Moves Beyond Cars
Goodwood has long been a stage reserved for the world’s most prestigious automotive names, from historic British luxury marques to million-dollar supe...
China's Auto Exports Surpass 5 Million in Six Months. The Next Global Race Begins
China’s automotive industry has crossed a new milestone in its global expansion, vehicle exports exceeded 5 million units in the first half of the yea...
China's EV Price War Meets a New Enemy: The Global Chip Cycle
The era of relentless price cuts in China's car market is running into a more stubborn force: the cost of the supply chain.
Nissan’s China Bet Is Being Undermined by Its Japan Alliance
Nissan has spent the past two years trying to convince Chinese buyers that it can behave like a local carmaker. Its slogan has been simple enough: “in...
Leapmotor's June Deliveries Top 93,000 as Overseas Expansion Accelerates
Leapmotor extended its record-breaking growth in June, delivering 93,376 vehicles worldwide, up 95% from a year earlier and setting a new monthly high...
BMW’s China EV Strategy Has Collapsed — Now It’s Betting Everything on Neue Klasse
BMW is preparing for one of the most abrupt resets in its China electrification strategy: a near-total pause in its locally built battery-electric lin...
Xiaomi’s $110bn Market Slump Raises Questions Over Its EV Ambitions
Xiaomi Group (01810.HK) once stood at the centre of Hong Kong’s tech rally, briefly reaching HK$61.45 in June 2025 and pushing its market capitalisati...
Land Rover’s Freelander Revival Has China's Tech. It Still Needs a Reason to Exist
Freelander has released official images of the launch-edition Freelander 8, setting the stage for what Chery and Jaguar Land Rover have framed as a “r...
ByteDance’s Doubao Becomes Automakers’ AI Partner in In-Car Intelligence
By 2026, more than 7 million vehicles worldwide are expected to be equipped with ByteDance’s Doubao large language model, marking a rapid expansion of...
Ford’s China EV Venture Is Up for Sale as the Joint-Venture Era Fades
A stake sale by Ford’s longtime Chinese partner is offering a telling glimpse into how quickly the balance of power has shifted in the world’s largest...
