EV and battery scale, solar, AI hardware, export controls and outbound investment.
Breaking Batteries & EV China
A leaked evaluation sheet shows an all-wheel-drive plug-in hybrid setup that the Shenzhen automaker has not deployed in its…
By Lian Chen · Sep 8, 2026
Policy Tracker Trade & Policy China
Beijing’s tariff exemption across 53 countries accelerated imports of copper, lithium and farm produce through July, insulating…
By Hao Feng · Sep 8, 2026
Company Watch Batteries & EV China
The Chinese electric vehicle maker will phase out CATL cells on its flagship Mega and upcoming i9 after vehicle margins fell to…
By Lian Chen · Sep 8, 2026
Breaking Energy & Minerals China
Wafer prices surged 250% to $5,000 as the British epiwafer maker flagged raw material permit delays while posting a 43% jump in…
By Mei-lin Guo · Sep 7, 2026
Breaking Robotics China
The Chinese industrial robotics maker paid 487 million yuan in cash to bring collaborative arms and embodied AI software in-house…
By Xiuying Luo · Sep 7, 2026
Breaking Batteries & EV China
The battery maker is separating extreme recharging speeds in lithium iron phosphate packs from long-range nickel chemistries as…
By Lian Chen · Sep 7, 2026
Policy Tracker Trade & Policy China
A one-year waiver on Chinese export controls covering heavy rare earths and battery materials is scheduled to lapse on Nov.
By Hao Feng · Sep 6, 2026
Breaking Batteries & EV China
Official platform listings on Sept. 4 contradicted trade reports of aggressive price cuts, even as South Korean battery makers…
By Lian Chen · Sep 6, 2026
Policy Tracker Trade & Policy China
Beijing aims to ease trade friction and protect cross-border commerce as U.S.
By Hao Feng · Sep 6, 2026
Breaking Batteries & EV China
The 3.1-ton N8L EV brings high-capacity blade cells into luxury three-row SUVs, challenging the range monopoly held by…
By Lian Chen · Sep 5, 2026
Why It Matters Batteries & EV China
With over 600 new vehicle models launching this year, Chairman Robin Zeng calls for strict parts-per-billion defect controls as…
By Lian Chen · Sep 5, 2026
Breaking Shipbuilding China
The 10-vessel program for 8,200 CEU ships diverts a longtime HD Hyundai customer to China and extends CSSC's control over the…
By Hao Feng · Sep 5, 2026
Breaking Energy & Minerals China
Processors pause mineral cargoes to American buyers over regulatory risks despite valid export licenses, leaving United States…
By Mei-lin Guo · Sep 4, 2026
Breaking Batteries & EV China
The Norwegian supplier and the Chinese battery maker showcased the high-power energy storage system at SMM in Hamburg to target…
By Lian Chen · Sep 4, 2026
Breaking Batteries & EV China
The Chinese battery maker is expanding its Atacama footprint with extreme-temperature sodium storage for mining microgrids while…
By Lian Chen · Sep 4, 2026
Policy Tracker Batteries & EV China
Worker nickel exposure at Debrecen and toxic soil probes in Szeged disrupt Beijing's European EV supply chain after Hungary's…
By Lian Chen · Sep 2, 2026
Breaking Semiconductors China
Chinese memory maker CXMT is testing fifth-generation high-bandwidth memory with domestic chip designers following United States…
By Wei Zhang · Sep 2, 2026
Breaking Energy & Minerals China
Yichun regulators revoked the environmental acceptance notice for China's largest lepidolite mine, leaving operations idle and…
By Mei-lin Guo · Sep 1, 2026
Policy Tracker Energy & Minerals China
Export licensing and refining bottlenecks keep electric drive makers tied to standard rare-earth grades despite laboratory trials…
By Mei-lin Guo · Aug 31, 2026
Why It Matters Robotics China
Chinese gear manufacturers push domestic substitution in 6-axis articulated robot joints past 80% using unified precision…
By Xiuying Luo · Aug 31, 2026
Policy Tracker Trade & Policy China
Prior licensing rules covering spherical alloy powders and bonding equipment force Western aerospace contractors to audit Tier 2…
By Hao Feng · Aug 31, 2026
Why It Matters Robotics China
Integrated EtherCAT silicon from GigaDevice, HPMicro and Nations Technologies replaces imported controllers, cutting board size…
By Xiuying Luo · Aug 31, 2026
Company Watch Batteries & EV China
Farasis Energy and domestic peers scale high-energy pilot output to secure airworthiness certification and supply electric…
By Lian Chen · Aug 30, 2026