Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney’s speech in Davos marked a new era in how the West talks about itself. One could say he was the first Global North leader to frame the rules-based international order (RIP) in Global South terms:
“We knew the story of the international rules-based order was partially false, that the strongest would exempt themselves when convenient, that trade rules were enforced asymmetrically. And we knew ...
Category: Electric Vehicles
Vietnam’s 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 ...
Chinese Autonomous Vehicle Firm Minieye Targets Saudi Arabia with 1,000 Robovans by 2030
Chinese smart driving solutions provider Minieye Technology has partnered with Saudi cross-border investment firm Ewpartners to deploy autonomous delivery vehicles in Saudi Arabia, marking the Shenzhen-based company's first foray into the Middle East market. The partnership aims to deploy up to ...
Chinese EVs Flood Argentina as Milei’s Free-Trade Pivot Contradicts Trump’s Tariff Strategy
Over 5,800 Chinese electric and hybrid vehicles arrived in Argentina this week aboard BYD's Changzhou vessel, marking an unprecedented expansion for Chinese automakers into a market historically closed to imports. The shipment underscores how China has emerged as the primary beneficiary ...
China’s Clean Tech Charm Offensive Wins Global South Hearts and Minds
By Chris Aylett and Bernice Lee Air travellers making the descent into Islamabad, Nairobi, or São Paulo may be struck by the sight of solar panels scattered liberally over the rooftops. Regular visitors to Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital city, will probably have ...
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 ...
Analysis from Cobus van Staden
China E-Mobility Weekly Digest: Driving Kenya’s First Locally Built Electric Car as BYD Dethrones Tesla and China’s ICE & EV Dual Strategy
This is a free preview of the upcoming Africa EVs Weekly Digest, part of the new CGSP Intelligence service. African countries are embarking on an unprecedented bout of techno-social evolution brought about by Chinese electric vehicle (EV) technologies that ...
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’s BYD to Overtake Tesla as World’s Top EV Seller in 2025
China’s BYD is set to overtake Tesla as the world’s largest electric-vehicle EV seller in 2025, based on disclosures and forecasts. BYD sold 2.07 million EVs by the end of November, the Shenzhen-based automaker said. Tesla reported 1.22 million deliveries ...
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 E-Mobility Weekly Digest: China Engineering Africa’s EV Future From Assembly Kits to Full Factories
This is a free preview of the upcoming Africa EVs Weekly Digest, part of the new CGSP Intelligence service. For many African countries to achieve some level of local manufacturing of electric vehicles (EVs), completely knocked down (CKD) and ...
Xpeng in Talks with Malaysia’s EPMB for EV Production in 2026
China's EV maker Xpeng said Friday it is in negotiations to partner with Malaysia’s EP Manufacturing Bhd, or EPMB, to begin mass production of electric vehicles in Malaysia in 2026. The company said it plans to leverage EPMB’s existing capacity ...
China E-Mobility Weekly Digest: Kenya Builds EVs as China Floods Markets With Gasoline Vehicles
This is a free preview of the upcoming Africa EVs Weekly Digest, part of the new CGSP Intelligence service. Africa is emerging as a critical, increasingly complex space in global electric-vehicle strategy. No longer viewed solely as a source ...