After several years of declining funding, the African end of the Belt and Road Initiative seems to be roaring back. The newest Griffith University/Green Development Finance Center data on the Belt and Road Initiative shows that engagement with Africa jumped by 395%, while a few big projects boosted engagement in Nigeria alone more than twelvefold.
These shifts indicate a window of opportunity for African electrification. 60% of Africans still ...
Category: Electric Vehicles
China E-Mobility Weekly Digest: Changan’s 932-Mile EV Battery, Chery’s SA Crash Test and Nairobi’s New E-Tuktuks
This is a free preview of the upcoming Africa EVs Weekly Digest, part of the new CGSP Intelligence service launching in Summer 2025. This week, news broke of Chinese automaker Changan's plans to unveil an electric vehicle (EV) with ...
China’s Battery Supremacy Tests Southeast Asia’s EV Ambitions
At a recent auto show in Jakarta, a curious pattern emerged. The most common questions from potential buyers of products from the EV industry were simple: How far will it go? Will it last? How is the safety? The answers to all three lie deep within the ...
Africa’s EV Trade Siege and What’s Blocking the Future
The electric vehicle (EV) sector in many African countries faces critical challenges, slowing down the adoption of electric mobility. Some of these challenges are intra-African trade barriers, which make it hard to do cross-border trade. ...
China E-Mobility Weekly Digest: BYD Shark Arrives in Kenya as LDV, eTERRO 9 Debut in South Africa
This is a free preview of the upcoming Africa EVs Weekly Digest, part of the new CGSP Intelligence service launching in Summer 2025. Recent activity by Chinese automakers in South Africa shows growing momentum in the country’s vehicle sector as manufacturers ...
Chinese EV Investment Shifts Abroad, Tech Stay Home: Report
Chinese EV makers invested more abroad than at home in 2024 for the first time, Rhodium Group data show, but real production capacity and completion rates remain overwhelmingly domestic, revealing early-stage globalization with high foreign execution risk. About 15% of ...
Analysis from Cobus van Staden
BYD Readies Thai Exports as Chinese EVs Lead in Southeast Asia
Government electric vehicle EV incentives in Thailand and Indonesia are significantly influencing the region’s auto market, lifting Chinese brands while slumping Japanese incumbents. BYD will start shipping Thai-built plug-in hybrids to Europe in late August, while in Indonesia, EV ...
China E-Mobility Weekly Digest: BasiGo Partnership For CATL Battery Systems Maintenance as E-Motorcycles Numbers Grow
This is a free preview of the upcoming Africa EVs Weekly Digest, part of the new CGSP Intelligence service launching in Summer 2025. Chinese automakers are reshaping the electric vehicle (EV) market with a tech-first strategy and competitive pricing. This is, ...
China E-Mobility Weekly Digest: BYD Forging New Partnerships as African EV Market Lags
This is a free preview of the upcoming Africa EVs Weekly Digest, part of the new CGSP Intelligence service launching in Summer 2025. China's new electric vehicle (EV) exports to Africa are still lagging, as the regional market remains ...
Indonesia Taps Australian Lithium as China Builds EV Battery Plant
Indonesia will soon begin importing lithium from Australia to address a critical shortage of this essential raw material needed for its rapidly expanding electric vehicle (EV) sector, according to Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia. The decision highlights ...
China E-Mobility Weekly Digest: Leapmotor Bets on Hybrids to Crack South Africa
This is a free preview of the upcoming Chinese E-Mobility Weekly Digest, part of the new CGSP Intelligence service launching in Summer 2025. China’s electric mobility push is gaining traction across Africa — on roads, in factories, and through battery value ...
China E-Mobility Weekly Digest: Chinese Phone Giant Heats Up E-bikes Competition in Kenya as Ethiopia Bans ICE Vehicle Parts Imports
This is a free preview of the upcoming Africa EVs Weekly Digest, part of the new CGSP Intelligence service launching in Summer 2025. Competition between electric mobility solutions providers is intensifying in Kenya and other African countries as companies ...
BYD Tops Southeast Asia EV Sales, Tesla Drops in Hong Kong
BYD overtakes Tesla in Hong Kong and dominates Indonesia’s EV market in the first half of 2025. With tariffs rising in the West, China’s electric vehicle giants are rapidly expanding across Southeast Asia. In the first half of 2025, ...