Category: Business>Automotive

Chinese-Moroccan Joint Venture Inaugurates EV Battery Parts Plant

A Chinese-Moroccan joint venture announced on Wednesday the inauguration of a new factory for electric car battery components, the first of its kind in the North African country. The complex will ultimately have a production "capacity equivalent to 70 GWh per ...

EV Overtake Hybrids in Indonesia, Car Market Shrinks 15% in May

Indonesia’s car market shrank sharply in May, with wholesale vehicle sales plunging 15.1% year-on-year, as high borrowing costs, weak consumer sentiment, and sluggish wage growth continued to weigh on Southeast Asia’s largest automotive economy. Yet amid the broader contraction, one ...

Is BYD’s Acceleration a Win for Latin America?

By Sally Jabiel A new world order is being contested in the electric vehicles sector. While the trade war between the United States and China rumbles on, the Chinese electric carmaker BYD has already pulled ahead in the race against its ...

Critical Minerals Weekly: China’s Rare Earth Curbs, EV Delays, and Global Supply Chain Scramble

This is a free preview edition of the new Critical Minerals Weekly Digest that will be available to subscribers of the new CGSP Intelligence service that will launch during the Summer of 2025. Topline Insight

Brazil Sues China’s BYD Over ‘Slavery’ Conditions on Build Site

Brazilian prosecutors are suing Chinese electric car giant BYD and two contracting companies for human trafficking and alleged slave labor conditions at a build site, according to legal documents seen by AFP Thursday. The case concerns 220 Chinese workers found last ...

Analysis from Cobus van Staden

China-Led Study Proposes Global Energy Network

A globally connected network of solar and wind energy could provide three times the global energy demand by 2050 at a lower cost than independent national power systems. This is the finding of a study led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in collaboration with researchers from the United States and Denmark.

The study focused on how areas with high solar and wind capacity (such as deserts) can be linked to ...

Chinese EV BYD Dethroned Toyota in Singapore 2025 Car Sales, Signals EV Shift

Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD has become the best-selling car brand in Singapore for the first time, surpassing Toyota and far outselling Tesla in the first four months of 2025, according to newly released government data. The milestone marks a significant ...

Chinese EV BYD Surges in Indonesia With Record EV Imports and Soaring Sales

Chinese EV electric vehicle (EV) makers, led by BYD, are accelerating their presence in Indonesia with an import-heavy strategy, challenging legacy brands in the country’s rapidly expanding EV segment. While Japan still dominates the overall market, China’s entry, particularly through fully ...

Pakistan is the New Frontier for Chinese EV Expansion

Chinese electric vehicle (EV) makers are shaking up Pakistan’s automotive sector, challenging the long-standing dominance of Japanese and local players. In the face of economic challenges and climate concerns, the country’s pivot to EVs marks both an important industrial shift and a strategic political move.