EV and hybrid carmaker BYD, which only began making vehicles in 2003, is on target to top the monthly sales chart in China for the first time
The region’s major markets were weighed down by worries over China’s Covid fight and bad news on Japan inflation despite optimism on US rate hikes
Big Chinese, South Korean and Japanese firms are seen as more likely to follow through than local startups, as they have contracts with global carmakers and experience building large factories
As China's automakers close the gap with foreign automakers we are likely to see more joint ventures collapse in the coming years, Urban Science managing director Chee-Kiang Lim said
Toyota now plans to outlay $3.9 billion on an EV battery plant in North Carolina, it said on Wednesday, partly because of rising consumer demand.
CATL said the construction of the $7.6 billion plant in Hungary, to supply Mercedes, BMW and VW, will be its biggest overseas investment
About 200,000 tonnes of copper believed held at storage sites in Qinhuangdao port for Glencore and over a dozen Chinese companies is reportedly missing, the report says
Japan-based conglomerate announces plans to open $4-billion facility in Kansas to make EV batteries for Tesla.
Tianqi Lithium shares started trading at HK$74.50 ($9.49) each before bouncing back to its debut price of HK$82 - in a recovery important for the group and the Hong Kong Exchange
China's Tianqi Lithium Corp plans to open its books on Thursday, June 30, for a listing in Hong Kong in mid-July that could raise $1-2 billion, sources have revealed
The company said it would accelerate production of ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC) and diethyl carbonate (DEC) - two types of electrolyte solvents
The agreement with the US carmaking giant comes on the heels of similar deals with Tesla and South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution