By Ray Wills, Peter Newman AO, and Raphael Wellmann China’s latest NEV plan makes one thing clear: the future global car hierarchy is being decided at home, not in export markets. Less expected is the rapid rise of Thailand, which is following China’s playbook with striking success. Beijing’s new carbon‑peaking … [continued]
Remove China from the equation and the global electric scooter market immediately fragments. What remains is not a single dominant force but a set of regional markets moving at different speeds, shaped by policy, cost pressures, infrastructure, and urban density. This analysis builds on recent industry data from Asia-focused mobility … [continued]
Chatgpt generated control-room view of a global grid system responding to fuel shocks with clean flexibility instead of a simple return to coal.
The easiest story to tell after the Strait of Hormuz disruption was that coal would be the winner. It had the virtue of sounding like common sense. If LNG cargoes are delayed, diverted, or repriced, then gas-fired generation becomes less attractive or less available, while coal plants that are already … [continued]
China has insulated itself from market disruptions like the closure of the Straits of Hormuz by building renewable energy resources.
We typically report on Waymo and other US-based robotaxi companies, but one of the biggest robotaxi services in the world is Baidu’s Apollo Go. It first launched fully driverless robotaxis in China on July 20, 2022, and was the first company to launch them there. Now we have news that, … [continued]
Group signs MoU with Korean government and Jeonbuk State to invest nearly KRW 9 trillion in Saemangeum area of Gunsan City, starting 2026 Advancing Korea’s transition to robotics, AI-driven and energy-centric future through transformative projects: AI Data Center: Processing and storing critical data for physical AI implementation in autonomous driving … [continued]
The latest news from Foxconn, BYD, and Nigeria shows that the transition to electric mobility is happening all around the world.
A pickup truck version of the Kia PV5 battery electric mulit-purpose vehicle is now available to customers in South Korea.
Canada and South Korea are working toward a new trade deal that would bring more auto manufacturing to that country.
Kia has launched what it calls a “PBV Experience Center” as part of a strategy to “accelerate its global PBV business.” This experience center is in South Korea, Kia’s home base. Is this a notable worldwide launch? That seems to be implied, given it’s on Kia’s global press center. Or … [continued]
