WeRide, a $5 billion software maker, is set for an I.P.O. amid geopolitical risks and a rush by Chinese automotive tech firms to raise money in the United States.
Category: Electric and Hybrid Vehicles
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Foxconn Is Building an Electric Car Factory Next to Where It Makes iPhones
The Taiwanese company has built a manufacturing hub in Zhengzhou, China, for its star customer Apple, but it is starting almost from scratch in the auto business.
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China Battery Tech Reflects Research Boom and Big Spending
Stressing science education, China is outpacing other countries in research fields like battery chemistry, crucial to its lead in electric vehicles.
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Delaware Judge Questions Tesla About Vote on Elon Musk’s Tesla Pay
Lawyers for Tesla have asked a Delaware judge to reverse her decision to void a multibillion-dollar pay package for Mr. Musk after shareholders approved it a second time in June.
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Chinese E.V. Makers Are Upending Thailand’s Auto Market
China’s electric vehicle companies are making inroads in Thailand, a key industry hub, as Europe and the United States wield tariffs to keep them out.
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Japan Built Thailand’s Car Industry. Now China Is Gunning for It.
After dominating sales in Thailand for decades, Mazda, Nissan and other Japanese companies are losing their grip on a market long viewed as a regional hub.
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Elon Musk Says Robotaxis Are Tesla’s Future. Experts Have Doubts.
Tesla says self-driving taxis will power its growth, but the company hasn’t said when such a service would be ready or how much it would increase profits.
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45%
Tesla’s drop in profit in the second quarter.
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China Rules Solar Energy, but Its Industry at Home Is in Trouble
The solar sector shows how China conducts industrial policy: It chooses industries to dominate, floods them with loans and lets companies fight it out.
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Why Tesla Is Still Struggling
Sluggish car sales and a tough price war with rivals are weighing on Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company.