A few weeks ago Motoring Weekly wrote an article about Lynk & Co and the Compact Modular Architecture that they were using in conjunction with their parent Volvo under the Geely group ownership. One of the components in that architecture has been provided by Maxwell Technologies: ultracapacitor modules. Maxwell have been supplying battery and electrical equipment for … [Read more...]
Geely at the Centre of Recent Stock Acquisitions
Last week I wrote an article about Lynk & Co, a subsidiary of Geely who have become a companion brand to Volvo, also owned by Geely. In that article I wrote that Volvo had bought a stake in Lynk & Co. Recently, Geely bought 10% of Daimler for $9B and there have been reports that Daimler would buy a stake in Volvo. This is an example of the convoluted ownership … [Read more...]
Volvo with Lynk and Co
I recently wrote an article about Pontiac, a “companion” brand to Oakland that ultimately pushed it’s parent out of the market. Lynk and Co. is a modern interpretation of a companion brand having been created in 2016 by Zeijhiang Geely Holding Group, the current owners of Volvo, Proton (who own Lotus) and the London Taxi Company. The brand has just started selling their … [Read more...]
London Taxi – Electric Power
A few posts back I wrote about the classic London Taxi coming to Sydney - and at a good time as the local manufactured taxis are no longer available. Ford, Holden and Toyota have all shut down their factories, so the current crop of new taxis are (mostly) imported Toyotas. The London Taxi fills a nice gap. Several years ago, Kamcorp started to test their Metrocabs … [Read more...]
Discussion on China’s Decision to Ban Petrol Vehicles
In September last year, China joined the UK and France in announcing that they would ban petrol and diesel car sales. Unlike the European countries who stated that 2040 was the year for the ban, the China announcement is open ended. There are a couple of comments to make on this. Firstly, China is a big player in electric vehicles (EV) and the battery technology that … [Read more...]