BYD and Daimler joint electric car
Daimler and BYD, the Chinese carmaker backed by billionaire Warren Buffett, will jointly develop an electric vehicle to be sold in China, the world's largest auto market.. >>more...
Geely needs US$1.4 billion to save Volvo
Zhejiang Geely Holding Group will likely spend more than US$1.4 billion to breath life back into Volvo Cars after acquiring the struggling Swedish automaker from Ford, Bloomberg reported. According >>more...
Car sales slow in February
Industry data has revealed that auto sales in China continued to rise last month, although the rate of sales was down from January's figures, the Wall Street Journal reported. Although sales growth >>more...
Subsidy plan for electronic cars
Miao Wei, vice-minister of Industry and Information Technology and deputy to the National People's Congress said the details of a plan to subsidize private purchases of electronic motor cars will be released after the "two conferences." This according to Beijing Youth Daily. >>more...
Audi sales up in China
China could overtake Germany as the biggest market for luxury car maker Audi this year, according to company sales chief Peter Schwarzenbauer, the Wall Street Journal reported. He told reporters at >>more...
China South Locomotive, Liaoning SG sign electric car deal
China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock Corp, the country's biggest rail carriage maker, is planning to form a venture with Liaoning Shuguang Automobile Group to make electric vehicles ahead of an >>more...
Daimler, BYD to partner on Chinese electric vehicle
Automakers Daimler and BYD have agreed to develop an electric vehicle for the Chinese market, BusinessWeek reported. As part of the "comprehensive" technology partnership between the >>more...
Hummer dies
The truck that Arnold Swarznegger made famous around the time of "Terminator 2" is to die. Arnie said, "I'll be back." But it is not true in the case of the Hummer. >>more...
Toyota president in China today
Toyota President Akio Toyoda will speak in China today about his company's quality problems, the AP reported. Toyoda was recently in the US, testifying to Congress about a number of product >>more...
Bring me Sunshine
Minibuses lead the way as light commercial vehicle sales rise and rise - thanks to Beijing's helping hand >>more...
Will Geely test the UK market?
Will Geely use a controlling stake in Manganese Bronze to grab a toehold into the UK market? >>more...
China's scary roads
One in ten Chinese cars got recalled for a product fault last year >>more...
BYD pulls off major coup
BYD has signed a deal with Daimler to produce electric cars in China >>more...
Can you guess what has just become China's most desirable car?
In Shanghai, everyone wants a Hummer >>more...
What will happen to Hummer?
WIth Sichuan Tengzhong's bid for Hummer looking less and less viable, what will happen to the US company? >>more...
Shanghai Automotive races ahead
How has SAIC managed to pull off a 900% rise in profits? >>more...
Ssangyong strike gets ugly in South Korea
Though hardly the biggest story to come out of the Korean Peninsula today (that would be the news that Bill Clinton has secured the release of two American journalists sentenced to 12 years of hard >>more...
GM's Wale: China operations independently funded
Kevin Wale, president of GM China, is doing all he can to distance General Motors' China operations from the woes of its parent company. At a press conference today, he noted that GM China is >>more...
How's business? - Auto parts II
You Guotao, general manager for Ningbo Anjie Anxin Import & Export Co., a brake manufacturer:
"Things are OK. The effect of the downturn has not been too big – only 20% of our business is in >>more...
How's business? - Auto parts
Henk Wu, foreign trade manager of Wenzhou Dalong Autoparts Factory, a manufacturer of latches and hinges for goods vehicles:
"Business is not too good. We expect the downturn to last another year or >>more...
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