Local Assembly & Chinese EVs Powering Kenya’s Electric Vehicle Shift

In Kenya, Chinese electric vehicle (EV) tech is not just about cars but it's about the entire mobility space from scooters to buses to wheelchairs. Just like in many other African countries, EV innovations come ...

Analysis from Cobus van Staden

How to Lure Chinese Financing Back to the Global South: Report

Global South countries face increasing financing pressure, endangering their ability to keep developing while also implementing measures to deal with a growing climate crisis. The disruption of global trade is coupled with a larger megatrend: flows of international capital to the developing world have turned negative. This means that countries are now routinely paying more to service loans than they receive in disbursements.

The vast majority of Global South borrowers ...

China E-Mobility Weekly Digest: Africa’s Unconventional EV Shift as Ethiopia Plans Lithium Processing, Building EVs Locally

This is a free preview of the upcoming Africa EVs Weekly Digest, part of the new CGSP Intelligence service. This week, there’s more proof that Africa’s electric mobility shift will not be conventional. To ease the electric vehicle (EV) ...

BYD Plans Big Push Into Africa’s Largest Auto Market

Chinese EV giant BYD unveiled plans to build out 300 charging stations across South Africa before the end of next year as part of a larger expansion drive in Africa's largest auto market. “This is big money, this is a big investment,” ...

China E-Mobility Weekly Digest: Xiaomi SU7 Crash, Indian EV Maker Enters Ethiopia as Southern Africa E-Waste Grows

This is a free preview of the upcoming Africa EVs Weekly Digest, part of the new CGSP Intelligence service launching in Summer 2025. The African electric vehicle landscape is changing rapidly thanks to the arrival of new companies and ...

BYD Opens Massive Brazil Plant on Former Ford Site, Underscoring China’s Expanding Foothold in Latin America

Chinese auto giant BYD inaugurated its largest factory outside of Asia in the central Brazilian coastal city of Camaçari late last week. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was there to mark the occasion that also coincided with BYD’s 14 millionth new energy vehicle coming off the assembly line.

China EVs in Indonesia: Chery Tops September, Local Assembly Rises

The competition among China's EVs in Indonesia tightened in September. Indonesia’s automakers’ association, Gaikindo, announced that Chery tops September, BYD still leads the year, and the contest is shifting from imports to local assembly. Local assembly can cut taxes ...

China E-Mobility Weekly Digest: New Insurance, Local Startups, and Chinese Assembly Plans Signal EV Industry Maturity

This is a free preview of the upcoming Africa EVs Weekly Digest, part of the new CGSP Intelligence service. Africa’s electric mobility sector is gathering momentum, with new business models and infrastructure investments reshaping the landscape. In Kenya, ...

Vietnam Now Second in Southeast Asia’s China-Led EV Market

China’s low-priced electric cars are powering Southeast Asia’s EV surge, and Vietnam has emerged as the region’s No. 2 market year-to-date on company-reported figures, closing on Thailand’s lead. The comparison is based on Vietnam’s total, which reflects VinFast deliveries, ...

Chinese Carmakers Dominate Thailand’s EV Market as Safety and Warranty Gaps Raise Concerns

Chinese carmakers account for more than 70% of Thailand’s electric-vehicle sales this year, but a new Thailand Consumer Council study says gaps in safety, warranty, and after-sales rules leave buyers exposed. Thailand sold 54,084 passenger battery-electric cars in the first ...

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 ...

Geely Starts Assembly in Indonesia as the U.S. and EU Tariffs Rise

Geely, the Chinese carmaker, has begun knock-down (KD) assembly in Indonesia through its unit Geely Auto Indonesia. The work is taking place at a plant in West Java. The company says building locally will shorten delivery times for Indonesian buyers. ...

BYD: 1 in 5 EVs Will Be Exported in 2025 as Production Ramps

China’s BYD expects to export 800,000 to 1,000,000 EVs in 2025, about a fifth of its 2025 sales as it moves more cars on its own vessels and adds capacity overseas. “We estimate that the proportion of our overseas sales would ...

China Puts EV Exports Under Permit Regime from 2026

China will add electric vehicles, or EVs, to its export-permit list effective Jan. 1, 2026, the Ministry of Commerce said, citing “healthy development” of the sector. The step brings EVs into line with permit regimes already applied to other ...
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