Didi Chuxing and What’s Missing
While the global car sharing market is anticipated to grow 34 percent annually between 2017 and 2024, the rate is expected to be 40 percent in China.
Gary S. Vasilash
Editor-in-Chief, AutoBeat Group
JLR Names New Sales Chief for China
Richard Shore will take over as president of Jaguar Land Rover Ltd.’s sales and marketing arm in China on Jan. 1.
StreetScooter Hires Former Ford, Tesla Execs
Germany’s StreetScooter GmbH has hired two executives from Ford and Tesla to help it expand its electric delivery van business globally.
Chery, Deutsche Post Partner on Electric Vans
Chery Holdings and Deutsche Post’s StreetScooter unit have agreed to begin making light-duty electric delivery trucks in China by 2021.
Chery Teams Up with Quanergy on Lidar, Smart City Tech
China’s Chery Automobile Co. has selected Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Quanergy Systems Inc. to be its lidar partner for future autonomous vehicles.
Ford Swaps Out Expatriate Execs in China
Ford Motor Co. is replacing dozens of Western executives in China with local marketing experts in a bid to cut costs and gain more local marketing knowledge.
Qoros Taps Japanese Execs for CEO, COO, CTO
Chinese carmaker Qoros Automotive Co. Ltd. has installed a trio of Japanese auto executives to its top posts.
Autonomy Picks Up Speed
The latest generation of the ProAI unit from ZF for autonomous vehicle technology is capable of processing inputs from multiple cameras, LiDAR and radar, as well as “paint” a 360-degree view around a vehicle, locate it on an HD map, and calculate a safe path through traffic, in no small part because it deploys the NVIDIA DRIVE Xavier, which is a processor that is capable of performing 30 deep-learning trillions of operations per section.
Gary S. Vasilash
Editor-in-Chief, AutoBeat Group
Local Assembler May Buy Ford Truck Plant in Brazil
Brazilian carmaker CAOA is negotiating to buy Ford Motor Co.’s truck plant in Sao Paulo that is slated to close later this year.
Report: Quality Issues Plague JLR in China
Jaguar Land Rover Ltd.’s sagging sales in China are rooted in chronic and accelerating quality control issues, says Automotive News Europe.
Desay to Open Autonomous-Vehicle Test Center in Singapore
China’s Desay SV Automotive Ltd. is opening a research and development center in Singapore that will focus on Level 4/5 autonomous vehicle, connectivity and cybersecurity systems.
Ford Makes China Operations a Stand-Alone Business Unit
Ford Motor Co. has restructured its global operations, promoting China to its own business unit that reports directly to headquarters.
Chery Readies Frankfurt Design Center
China’s Chery Automobile Co. is opening a design and development center in Frankfurt, the company’s first facility in Europe.
Chery EV for Europe at Least Two Years Away
China’s Chery Automobile Co. says its first electrified model for the European market won’t arrive until at least 2020.
Looking East
The best-selling passenger car in China is the Volkswagen Lavida.
Gary S. Vasilash
Editor-in-Chief, AutoBeat Group
Study Shows Americans Leery of Chinese Cars
One-third of American motorists wouldn’t consider buying a vehicle from a Chinese carmaker, according to a poll by car-shopping website Autolist.
Report: JLR Mulls Lynk Rival in China
Jaguar Land Rover reportedly is in talks with Chinese joint venture partner Chery Automobile about launching a new brand to compete against Geely Automobile Holding Co.'s Lynk & Co. unit.
UPDATE: China’s Didi Signs 12 Carmakers for EV-Sharing Service
Beijing-based Didi Chuxing Technology Co. has signed partnership agreements with a dozen carmakers to launch a car-sharing network in China featuring electric vehicles.
Russia’s December Car Sales Jump 14%
Demand for cars and light-duty commercial vehicles in Russia climbed 14% to 166,000 units in December, according to the Moscow-based Assn. of European Businesses.
Chery Automobile Readies Electric Entre to European Market
Chery Automobile Co. is preparing to enter the European market with an array of electrified models, starting with the Exeed TX small crossover vehicle due a few years from now.
Chery Automobile Eyes European Design Center
Chinese carmaker Chery Automobile Co. is preparing to open its first design studio in Europe.
The Competition Continues
If anyone imagines that Chinese car companies are going to be satisfied with simply serving their home markets, then they ought to get a reality check—stat.
Chery Teases European Model
China's Chery Automobile Co. has released a sketch of the small crossover vehicle it plans to launch in Europe—and possibly the U.S.—early next decade under a new brand.
China’s Chery Automobile Plans New Brand for Europe
Chery Automobile Co. says it will introduce a new brand of passenger vehicles in Europe by about 2020.
Adient Buys Tesla Interiors Supplier
Adient plc has agreed to buy Oak Park, Mich.-based seating and interiors supplier Futuris Global Holdings LLC from Clearlake Capital Group for $360 million.
China Facility Marks JLR’s First Engine Plant Outside England
Today Jaguar Land Rover Ltd. is opening a factory in China to make gasoline engines for vehicles it builds nearby.
Baidu Adds Microsoft to Apollo Alliance
Microsoft Corp. has joined Baidu Inc.’s alliance to support the Chinese company’s Apollo open-source platform for autonomous vehicles.
Mercedes, Chery Agree on “EQ” Naming
Daimler AG and China’s Chery Automobile Co. have reached an agreement that allows both companies to use variants of “EQ” in the name of future electrified vehicles.
