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 ...
China’s Carmakers Face a Stark Choice as Overseas Sales Reshape the Market
China’s car market delivered two sharply different pictures in July 2026. Passenger-vehicle retail sales at home fell to roughly 1.52 million units, a...
VW ID. AURA T6 Signals a Shift From Wolfsburg Definition to Changchun Definition
The launch of the Volkswagen ID. AURA T6 marks more than the arrival of another electric vehicle.
Ford’s China Strategy Expands as Geely and Changan Play Different Roles
Ford’s recent partnership with Geely over European manufacturing capacity has triggered speculation that the US automaker may be reducing its commitme...
Audi’s Q7 Holds the Line, Q9 Raises the Ceiling — A Brand Reset Takes Shape
A flagship debut, the decline of a once-core model and a restructuring pledge may appear contradictory.
CATL’s $6.4 Billion Profit Exposes the Growing Divide in China’s EV Industry
CATL earned more in the first half of 2026 than eight of China’s largest automotive groups combined, highlighting how the centre of profitability in t...
Aion and CALB Clash Over Battery Failures as China’s EV Supply Chain Reckons
A growing dispute between GAC Aion and battery supplier CALB has pushed one of the Chinese electric-vehicle industry's most difficult questions into p...
Chery-JLR’s Freelander 8 Enters Livestream Launch Mode Ahead of Global Push
Freelander, the revived vehicle name being developed through the long-running partnership between Chery and Jaguar Land Rover, has begun livestream-ba...
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 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...
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...
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...
