6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (478+ words) Passenger vehicle exports jumped 77.5% from a year earlier to 894,000 units in August [BEIJING] China’s car exports stayed robust in August as BYD and other automakers shipped a record number of vehicles overseas, in sharp contrast to a sluggish domestic market…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (138+ words) [WASHINGTON, DC] At the end of World War II, the US Navy was by far the world’s largest. As late as 1975, the United States remained a major shipbuilding power, although its preeminence had already begun to diminish. By the end…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (376+ words) The sweeping campaign comes as Beijing steps up oversight of the EV industry [BEIJING] Eleven carmakers, including Tesla and Xiaomi, launched software updates and vehicle recalls on Friday (Aug 21), the companies said, in China’s largest-ever automotive recall campaign, as regulators…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (433+ words) The investment marks the platform’s broader shift towards a hybrid taxi and private-hire model [SINGAPORE] ComfortDelGro: C52 0% will invest more than S$10 million to boost its private-hire vehicle (PHV) fleet with BYD’s hybrid and electric vehicles (EVs), it said on Thursday…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (158+ words) Malaysia is shielding Proton from foreign competition – even with China’s Geely on board [SINGAPORE] The first two cars I ever owned back in Malaysia were from Proton. The first was a lime-green Saga, a symbol of Malaysia’s bold ambition to…...

4+ week, 2+ hour ago   (166+ words) Chinese car companies can’t compete with Chinese car companies. Legacy brands to the rescue? ON THURSDAY (Aug 20), Mazda will launch the Mazda6e in Singapore, an electric vehicle that is neither wholly Chinese nor entirely Japanese. Yet, the sleek four-door’s unusual provenance…...