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NIO (Chinese: 蔚来; pinyin: Wèilái) is a Chinese automobile manufacturer headquartered in Shanghai, specializing in designing and developing electric autonomous vehicles. The company is also involved in the FIA Formula E Championship, the first single-seater, all-electric racing series.

Electric Vehicles

Transport or transportation is the movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. 

Transportation

The two companies have also established a strategic partnership in ride-hailing service, power and energy solutions, and the production and sales of Byton models overseas.

Exclusive | Byton adds Japanese trader Marubeni to its Series C round investor roster | KrASIA

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Exclusive | Byton adds Japanese trader Marubeni to its Series C round investor roster

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Didi Chuxing Technology Co., formerly Didi Kuaidi, is a Chinese transportation network company, artificial intelligence and autonomous technology conglomerate.

Didi

Ride-hailing encompasses a range of companies and services, including traditional taxis and car services. 

Ride-hailing

Daily usage of ride-hailing apps sees decline for five consecutive quarters in China.

Didi loses one fourth of its drivers in Q3: Report | KrASIA

Didi loses one fourth of its drivers in Q3: Report

The industry still has large potential for growth.

China wants 25% of vehicles sold in 2025 to be green, jumping from 2018’s 4% | KrASIA

China wants 25% of vehicles sold in 2025 to be green, jumping from 2018’s 4%

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. is a Chinese multinational telecommunications equipment and consumer electronics manufacturer, headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. The company was founded in 1987 by Ren Zhengfei, a former People's Liberation Army engineer.

Huawei

Autonomous Vehicles is about self-driving. A self-driving car is also known as a robot car, autonomous car, or driverless car, is a vehicle that is capable of sensing its environment and moving with little or no human input.

Autonomous Vehicles

Huawei is the first Chinese company that earned the certification in its first attempt.

Huawei clears hurdle to sell smart automotive service to Europe after earning certification from regulator | KrASIA

Huawei clears hurdle to sell smart automotive service to Europe after earning certification from regulator

Venture capital is a type of private equity, a form of financing that is provided by firms or funds to small, early-stage, emerging firms that are deemed to have high growth potential, or which have demonstrated high growth.

Venture Capital

The total investment amount in Asia has shrunk about 20% from the previous quarter.

Chinese transportation companies account for four positions in the top ten VC deals in Asia: report | KrASIA

Chinese transportation companies account for four positions in the top ten VC deals in Asia: report

Grocery Delivery

An on-demand service platform connects waiting-time-sensitive customers with independent service providers.

On-Demand Services

The company has fully adopted big data, AI and the Internet of Things (IoT) in its marketing, delivery, and supply chain.

How AI and algorithms helped online fresh produce startup MissFresh rise to top spot | WISE New Economy Conference 2019 | KrASIA

How AI and algorithms helped online fresh produce startup MissFresh rise to top spot | WISE New Economy Conference 2019

WeChat is a Chinese multi-purpose messaging, social media and mobile payment app developed by Tencent. It was first released in 2011, and by 2018 it was one of the world's largest standalone mobile apps by monthly active users, with over 1 billion monthly active users.

Wechat

Fintech is the new applications, processes, products, or business models in the financial services industry, composed of one or more complementary financial services and provided as an end-to-end process via the internet.

Fintech

Beijing is moving more and more of its governmental services online.

Chinese government digitizes national healthcare system with Alibaba and Tencent | KrASIA

Chinese government digitizes national healthcare system with Alibaba and Tencent

Didi never expected to go through tough times before two young women were killed by Hitch drivers in three months.

Can Didi return to its glory days after the relaunch of its carpooling service? | KrASIA

Can Didi return to its glory days after the relaunch of its carpooling service?

Meituan-Dianping is a Chinese group buying website for locally found food delivery services, consumer products and retail services. The company is headquartered in Beijing and was founded in 2010 by Wang Xing. The Meituan.com site offers deals of the day by selling vouchers on local services and entertainment.

Meituan

Food Delivery

Meituan booked RMB 1.9 billion (USD 270.2 million) in adjusted net profit.