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Japan

"There is no time to rest," given the lead time for phase out of gasoline-powered cars.

Japanese automotive parts makers scramble to prepare for EV shift | KrASIA

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Japanese automotive parts makers scramble to prepare for EV shift

Spotlighting Asia&#039;s next wave of innovations.

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Nikkei Asia

Retail

Japanese consumers—known for their high standards—are lining up for hours to get their hands on Vivaia’s eco-friendly shoes. Why?

The secret behind Vivaia’s success in Japan’s footwear market | KrASIA

The secret behind Vivaia’s success in Japan’s footwear market

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network. Since 2010, 36Kr has been providing high-quality content around China’s innovation and new economy trends. With the traffic and network it has built, 36Kr has developed a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities of the technology landscape in China.

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India

With lithium prices dropping and competition growing, automakers are adjusting to slower growth in the electric vehicle market worldwide.

EV market faces slower growth as global competition intensifies | KrASIA

EV market faces slower growth as global competition intensifies

KrASIA | Electric Vehicles Archives

Tesla

If the plan materializes, India would become the second country, outside of the US where Tesla will have an R&amp;D center.

American electric car maker Tesla may set up an R&amp;D center in India | KrASIA

American electric car maker Tesla may set up an R&amp;D center in India

I cover Indian tech, startup, venture capital ecosystems for KrASIA.

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Moulishree Srivastava

Bringing together the latest business insights and trends of China's tech ecosystem.

China Tech

Evergrande Auto in August unveiled its first ever six new energy vehicle models under the Hengchi brand, but hasn’t yet started to produce them at scale.

After raising USD 516 million, Evergrande Auto plans to list on the Star Market | KrASIA

After raising USD 516 million, Evergrande Auto plans to list on the Star Market

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Song Jingli

Last month, Evergrande unveiled its first ever six new energy vehicle models under the Hengchi brand.

Evergrande Auto to raise USD 516 million from Tencent, Sequoia Capital, Jack Ma's YF Capital, and Didi Chuxing | KrASIA

Evergrande Auto to raise USD 516 million from Tencent, Sequoia Capital, Jack Ma&#8217;s YF Capital, and Didi Chuxing

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.

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

Transportation

Tesla aspirant surges over 50% on trading debut after USD 1.5 billion upsized offering.

China's EV troika marches to Wall Street as Xpeng joins listing wagon | KrASIA

China&#8217;s EV troika marches to Wall Street as Xpeng joins listing wagon

Xpeng, the third US-listed Chinese EV manufacturer after Li Auto and NIO, raised about USD 1.5 billion in its IPO.

CHINA BRIEF | Alibaba-backed EV maker Xpeng soars 41.5% on NYSE debut | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF | Alibaba-backed EV maker Xpeng soars 41.5% on NYSE debut

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

New proceeds could be used for research and development in autonomous driving technologies and global market development.

CHINA BRIEF | EV maker Nio to raise USD 1.7 billion via new share offering | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF | EV maker Nio to raise USD 1.7 billion via new share offering

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 EV maker plans to enlarge its on-duty staff to 200 in the coming two weeks.

After devastating setbacks, EV maker Byton shows signs of resuming operations | KrASIA

After devastating setbacks, EV maker Byton shows signs of resuming operations

The biggest investments in China of the decade

Alibaba Group Holding Limited is a Chinese multinational conglomerate specializing in e-commerce, retail, Internet and technology. 

Alibaba

Ant Financial Services Group, formerly known as Alipay, is an affiliate company of the Chinese Alibaba Group. Ant Financial is the highest valued fintech company in the world, and the world's most valuable unicorn company, with a valuation of US$150 billion. 

Ant Group

ByteDance or Beijing ByteDance Technology Co Ltd. is a Chinese Internet technology company operating several machine learning-enabled content platforms, headquartered in Beijing. It was founded by Zhang Yiming in 2012. ByteDance's core product, Toutiao, is a popular content platform in China.

Bytedance

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

Didi

Tencent Holdings Limited is a Chinese multinational investment holding conglomerate whose subsidiaries specialize in various Internet-related services and products, entertainment, artificial intelligence and technology both in China and globally.

Tencent

In computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), sometimes called machine intelligence, is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence displayed by humans and animals.

Investment

Visual Stories

The paradox of big guys getting big cheques hands-down while financing in general is getting harder to come by in China.

TECH PANO | Ten prime years of primary market investment in China | KrASIA

TECH PANO | Ten prime years of primary market investment in China

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Julianna Wu

Battery

Instead of paying for the battery, EV buyers disburse a monthly subscription fee of RMB 980 (USD 141) to lease a 70 kWh battery package.

Nio launches battery-as-a-service model, asset company with CATL | KrASIA

Nio launches battery-as-a-service model, asset company with CATL

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