China’s BYD, the world’s largest EV manufacturer, is hogging the spotlight at the Japan Mobility Show with its electric minivehicle model developed exclusively for the Japanese market. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/29/companies/japan-mobility-show/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #carmakers #japanmobilityshow #byd #honda #toyota #nissan #cars #electricvehicles #hybrids
The dominant EV industry China has built for decades gives its autonomous-vehicle companies a potential advantage over Waymo and U.S. hopefuls. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/27/tech/china-robotaxis-waymo-driverless-cars/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #china #waymo #driverlesscars #electricvehicles #taxis #transportation #baidu #dubai #weride #apollogo #tech
🔥 'This is a major crisis:' Why Porsche puts the brakes on EVs | DW News
｢ Profits at German carmaker Porsche plunged by nearly 96 percent in the first nine months of this year. Porsche said the drop in profits was due to a change in strategy as the company shifted its focus back to combustion engines after weak demand for its electric vehicles ｣
@jbz We should say it as it is. There is a low demand of old, imperfect, not evolving #EV
The iteration speed of Chinese manufacturers, the biggest purchasing power globally represented by 20-30 year olds look at the Porsche as "grand dads car"
They are not SDV, they do not connect your life to the car when entering it. What Chinese buyers consider a car is not in the Porsche offerings.
Backpedaling will not help Porsche
Nissan will showcase a prototype electric minivehicle that can be charged using an onboard solar power generation system at this year's Japan Mobility Show. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/22/companies/nissan-solar-powered-electric-vehicle/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nissan #electricvehicles #solar #cars
Whether with in-car kitchens or plans to take on one of the world’s fastest supercars, Chinese companies are still betting they can offer vehicles that are unique and innovative enough to build businesses around. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/22/tech/china-ev-niche-cars/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #china #electricvehicles #byd
Global automakers are scouring the globe for crucial rare earths ahead of looming Chinese export controls, with executives worried the curbs could lead to parts shortages and plant closures. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/21/tech/carmakers-china-rare-earths-deadline/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #china #carmakers #rareearths #trade #electricvehicles
Batteries the focus of Japan's EV market, with domestic automakers adopting lighter, more efficient packs and technologies popular with Chinese manufacturers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/19/companies/ev-battery-race/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #electricvehicles #carmakers #batteries #suzuki #honda #nissan #china #byd
Toyota Motor has amassed a growing after sales and service operation that keeps 150 million of its vehicles on roads around the planet, with the business poised to become the company’s biggest source of profit. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/08/companies/toyota-after-service-top/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #toyota #carmakers #electricvehicles
Blocked from the U.S. market, Chinese self-driving technology firms are accelerating their push into Europe, setting up headquarters, striking data deals and road-testing — prompting alarm from local rivals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/07/tech/china-eu-self-driving-expansion/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #electricvehicles #china #eu #europe
Talks between Japan's ruling and opposition parties have stalled regarding a proposal to eliminate the provisional gasoline tax surcharge. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/01/gas-tax-cut-talks-stalled/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #taxes #gas #cars #electricvehicles #ldp
Toyota Motor plans to install 500 more high-speed chargers for electric cars at dealerships in Japan — a goal that falls short of a pledge it made to install 10 times that number. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/30/companies/toyota-more-ev-chargers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #toyota #electricvehicles #cars #carmakers
More than two years after BYD’s high-profile foray into the Japanese market, the Chinese electric vehicle maker is still struggling to win over drivers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/29/companies/byd-evs-japan-struggle/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #cars #carmakers #electricvehicles #byd
Today, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that there are now 201,180 fully public and shared electric vehicle (EV) charging ports. This is 68% more EV charger ports than the number of gasoline nozzles statewide, according to the California Energy Commission. 🤯
https://www.energy.ca.gov/news/2025-09/california-exceeds-200000-electric-vehicle-chargers
Toyota has opened the doors to the first phase of Woven City, its experimental town meant to act as an incubator for technologies from autonomous driving to artificial intelligence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/26/companies/toyota-opens-woven-city/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #toyota #wovencity #carmakers #electricvehicles #shizuoka #tech
Honda says it has ended production of the Acura ZDX luxury electric vehicle, developed jointly with U.S. auto giant General Motors. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/25/companies/honda-zdx-production-end/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #honda #electricvehicles #carmakers
Vietnamese electric motorbike maker Dat Bike obtained $22 million in fresh funding as it takes on established players such as Honda Motor and Yamaha in one of the world’s fastest-growing two-wheel EV markets. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/18/tech/vietnam-startup-ev-motorbike/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #vietnam #carmakers #electricvehicles
Linktour Automotive’s two new ‘Alumi’ all-electric models are technically motorized quadricycles, meaning they’re exempt from the European Union’s EV import tariffs set in place last year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/18/tech/chinese-startup-ev-europe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #china #electricvehicles #byd #europe
China is sending its world-beating auto industry into a tailspin as symptoms of a vastly oversupplied market emerge. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/18/markets/china-auto-industry-tailspin/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #electricvehicles #carmakers #china #byd #faw #xiaomi #geely #chinaassociationofautomobilemanufacturers
When Audi executives first saw the Zeekr 001 in 2021 it was a wake-up call for the premium German auto brand — if it wanted to compete with the Chinese, it needed their technology. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/14/tech/chinese-electric-vehicle-tech/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #electricvehicles #cars #carmakers #china #saic #audi #catl #xpeng
At the IAA auto fair in the German city this week, Chinese electric vehicle makers were out in force, highlighting the determination of the country's fast-growing car giants to make inroads into Europe. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/12/tech/europeans-warm-china-electric-cars/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #europe #china #electricvehicles #cars #byd