Etiqueta: ICE

This is the first of a monthly series about China’s MIIT list that unveils upcoming vehicles long before their official launch. Today, with cars from Baojun, iCar, Leapmotor, Toyota, and Voyah. Huawei is ever-present, supplying motors and software to almost everybody. There’s a truck too, and an H8 motorbike.  What is the MIIT list? Every […]

Ilaria Mazzocco, Ryan Berg, and Rubi Bledsoe write about the climate and economic opportunities and risks that come from new investments by China in value chains in Latin America and the Caribbean. In response, Washington must find new ways to engage with the region.

BYD’s Fang Cheng Bao brand recently released the Ti7, a premium SUV with an evolved PHEV platform. While some have been reluctant to embrace PHEVs, the quality and value in this segment makes traditional ICE models hard to justify.

Europe’s auto industry will be grappling with a moribund economy and an existential threat from China as a motor show in Munich gets underway.

The little BYD Dolphin Surf city car could lead the way to a mass market for electric vehicles in Europe because it won’t need subsidies or government edicts to sell.

Over the past few days, I have been scouring through BYD’s 1H Interim Report. Overall, performance was what I expected, if below some projections, but a few notable items stood out.

BYD’s Profit Decline and the Risks of Sustained Price Wars in the EV Sector: Assessing the Long-Term Sustainability of Aggressive Growth Strategies

It may be easy to dismiss initial numbers in emerging markets as being relatively small in quantity and purchasing power. But those markets are developing as the people within them develop. Establishing brand preference and tying the brand to the economic emergence of these countries has an impact that extends far beyond monthly sales rankings. Electric vehicles are the future, and BYD can make their brand most associated with that future. The opportunity exists to establish long-lasting brand preference that can span generations, if BYD can take advantage of it.