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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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As part of 36Kr’s ongoing partnership with Nikkei, you can read selected content from Nikkei Asia on KrASIA.

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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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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

Visual Stories

CATL, a spinoff of ATL an battery marker for Apple, has signed partnership agreements with Tesla and Honda.

KEY STAT | Tesla's battery supplier CATL leads the market with USD 70 billion market cap | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Tesla&#8217;s battery supplier CATL leads the market with USD 70 billion market cap

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Julianna Wu

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

E-commerce is the activity of buying or selling of products on online services or over the Internet. 

E-Commerce

Enterprise services is an over-arching term to describe an architecture combining engineering discipline and computer science to solve practical business problems. 

Enterprise Services

leadership

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wang huiwen

wang xing

The co-founder leaves behind a strong legacy.

After establishing Meituan as the biggest on-demand service platform in China, hidden hero Wang Huiwen retires | KrASIA

After establishing Meituan as the biggest on-demand service platform in China, hidden hero Wang Huiwen retires

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Lin Lingyi

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

5G is a commonly used term for certain advanced wireless systems. Industry association 3GPP defines any system using "5G NR" software as "5G", a definition that came into general use by late 2018. 

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 has been leveraging its 5G expertise to develop autonomous driving technology.

BYD’s new 5G-equipped electric car runs on the Huawei HarmonyOS car platform | KrASIA

BYD’s new 5G-equipped electric car runs on the Huawei HarmonyOS car platform

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

Transportation

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 company has delivered 10,473 electric SUVs by the end of June since last November.

CHINA BRIEF | EV maker Lixiang files for US IPO after closing USD 550 million Series D | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF | EV maker Lixiang files for US IPO after closing USD 550 million Series D

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Song Jingli

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.

Unmanned mining technology is expected to solve the problems of high oil consumption, heavy pollution, low efficiency, and unsafe working conditions in the industry.

Chinese battery maker CATL to make unmanned electric mining technology | KrASIA

Chinese battery maker CATL to make unmanned electric mining technology

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Gozde Celik

The automotive aftermarket is the secondary market of the automotive industry, concerned with the manufacturing, remanufacturing, distribution, retailing, and installation of all vehicle parts, chemicals, equipment, and accessories, after the sale of the automobile by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to the consumer. 

Automotive Aftermarket

The company becomes China's most valuable EV maker.

Warren Buffet-backed BYD becomes China's most valuable electric car company | KrASIA

Warren Buffet-backed BYD becomes China&#8217;s most valuable electric car company

ElectReon developed a system to charge vehicles while in full motion using copper coils placed under the middle lane of the road.

Israeli wireless smart road startup ElectReon raises USD 50 million in equity offering | KrASIA

Israeli wireless smart road startup ElectReon raises USD 50 million in equity offering

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Deep Tech

Xpeng Motors launches EV with Xavier brain that controls self-driving.

China's 'Tesla killer' becomes first to use latest Nvidia AI chip | KrASIA

China&#8217;s &#8216;Tesla killer&#8217; becomes first to use latest Nvidia AI chip

Accel Partners

Building a coherent narrative of India's rapidly changing tech ecosystem.

India Tech

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

Ride-hailing

Bounce raised USD 105 million in its Series D funding round led by existing investors, American venture capital firm Accel and B Capital.

Mobility startup Bounce lays off 130 employees | KrASIA

Mobility startup Bounce lays off 130 employees

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