Modern humans in the developed world today are used to using some form of rechargeable battery, whether it is in a mobile phone, a laptop or an electric vehicle. Most of us don’t think about the contents of the battery other than the amount of charge it holds! However, the internal guts of these batteries may well become the foundation of new wars as the need and therefore … [Read more...]
What Happened to NextEV?
A few years ago when investors were piling into electric vehicle manufacturing, one small company grabbed a big slice of investment from the US and China. NextEV was literally going to be the next big thing! However, they went quiet and don’t really appear on anyones radar anymore. Well, they are still going, although they didn’t manage to build the supercar that they wanted … [Read more...]
Lynk & Co Head to the Track
Since the dawn of the automotive industry, manufacturers have used motor sport to sell their wares. In the early days it wasn't just about speed, it was also about reliability - and even up to the late 1990s there were reliability trials in Australia, simply because conditions can be so extreme in some areas. Geely in China owns Volvo in Sweden and has recently launched a … [Read more...]
BMW Takes Control of China JV
Times, they are a changing. China, where there is a massive growth in car sales as the economy grows and the population becomes wealthier, has been looking at market forces and investments. China, like Japan up to 70 odd years ago, was a closed market and to enter it, a company needed to have a majority local partner. That meant that all the European and US car manufacturers … [Read more...]
China Automotive Market: Will It Burst?
Having been in the technology market through the heady days of the late 1990s and seen the carnage after the dot com bubble bursting, it is interesting to see a similar pattern happening with the China automotive market. To recap and describe a bit of history, the China market had been effectively closed for decades with joint ventures to build cars between the larger US and … [Read more...]
