With U.S.-South Africa ties in the deep freeze, it was notable to see the sheer size of the U.S. delegation sent to this week’s Mining Indaba in Cape Town – one of the most prominent industry gatherings and one of the few where the Global South gets a prominent voice.
The Trump administration’s famous Afrophobia seems (momentarily at least) tempered by its greed for minerals. It is reportedly walking ...
Category: Battery Technology
Vietnamese Auto Manufacturer to Establish $130 Million EV Battery Plant With China’s BYD
Vietnam auto manufacturer Kim Long Motor said on Tuesday that it was partnering with China's BYD to develop a $130 million plant to produce batteries for commercial electric vehicles in central Vietnam. Under the agreement, Kim Long Motor will fund ...
China’s CATL and BYD Control 55% of Global EV Battery Market
Two Chinese EV battery companies, CATL and BYD, accounted for more than half of global electric-vehicle battery usage from January through November 2025, according to data released by South Korean market research firm SNE Research. Global EV battery usage totaled ...
China’s CATL Signals Sodium-Ion Battery Return as Lithium Prices Surge
CATL on Monday said it plans to deploy sodium-ion batteries at ...
China to Enforce 2026 EV Rule Aimed at Longer Driving Range
China will begin enforcing mandatory limits on how much energy a pure battery-electric passenger cars can use starting Jan. 1, 2026, replacing a voluntary efficiency framework with binding national rules. For drivers, the change can deliver longer driving range on a single charge without larger batteries, ...
China’s $180 Billion Clean Tech Push Reshapes the Global South
Indonesia has become a key test case of China’s clean-energy expansion overseas. A recent report counts about $22.6 billion in Chinese-linked projects have been announced there over the past two years, including EV-parts and solar factories. A flagship ...
Analysis from Cobus van Staden
To Build a Kenyan EV, an Engineer Turns to China… for Know-How, Not Cars
On the outskirts of Nairobi’s industrial zone, Engineer Tadesse Tessema, a soft-spoken power electronics graduate who built Ethiopia’s first car assembly plant nearly two decades ago, is once again trying to do something no one has done in East Africa: create a locally manufactured electric vehicle — ...
China’s Solid-State EV Battery Edge, Rivals Ramp Up
China's solid-state EV battery makers are moving faster than many of their global rivals to commercialize the technology, rolling out pilot production lines and high-density prototypes that could shape the next generation of electric vehicles. Their projects already range from ...
BYD Quarterly Profit Decline as Exports Can’t Offset China Slump
BYD quarterly profit declined after price cuts to fight slowing domestic demand; export growth couldn’t fully offset the China slide. Net profit for the three months to September was $1.10 billion, down 32.6% from $1.64 billion a year earlier, ...
China Drops EVs From 2026–2030 Strategic Industry List
China has published its economic and industrial priorities for 2026–2030 without explicitly naming new energy vehicles (NEVs) or electric vehicles (EVs) among the “strategic emerging fields” it wants to accelerate. This signals that carmakers will have to compete under tighter national ...
China E-Mobility Weekly Digest: Nigeria Exports First Made-in-Africa EV to U.S. as Chinese Automakers Step Up Global Push
This is a free preview of the upcoming Africa EV Weekly Digest, part of the new CGSP Intelligence service launching in Summer 2025. BYD is expanding its line-up for overseas markets by giving access to all of its China-developed ...
China Starts Pitching Car Factory System to Set ASEAN Standards
China’s auto manufacturers are moving from exporting vehicles to exporting manufacturing systems, technology platforms, and standards into ASEAN, using localized rollouts (right-hand models, local partners) to anchor market entry. SAIC-GM-Wuling (SGMW) used the 22nd ASEAN Expo to shift its ...
China E-Mobility Weekly Digest: Spiro-Church Charging Push, Ethiopia’s EV Future, and Europe’s ICE Lobby
This is a free preview of the upcoming Africa EVs Weekly Digest, part of the new CGSP Intelligence service launching in Summer 2025. Innovations in Africa’s electric vehicle (EV) market continue with partnerships that are as unique as the solutions they ...