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The Big Read – FAW (2/5) – Trucks, vans and an Austin Maestro

FAW Group (China First Automobile Group) is a large state-owned vehicle manufacturer. It has important interests in the passenger car market, but commercial vehicles...

The Big Read – FAW (1/5) – China’s first car manufacturer

One has to be the first and in China that is FAW. Of course, some cars have been made in the country before, but...

The Big Read: Story of Leapmotor

Of all the startups in the New Energy sector, Leapmotor is definitely one of the weirder ones. It's owned by a big company, came...

The Big Read: Story of Hozon Neta

If you have followed the Chinese car sales statistics this year, you might have noticed it already. Among the new energy startups there's a...

The Big Read: Story of BAW & BAIC (part 3)

BAIC Group is an automotive conglomerate owned by the Beijing Municipal Government. Apart from its mainstream car brands and joint ventures with Hyundai and...

The Big Read: Story of BAW & BAIC (part 2)

BAIC Group is an automotive conglomerate owned by the Beijing Municipal Government. There are several of these groups in China and most are managed...

The Big Read: Story of BAW & BAIC (part 1)

The Suburban is a large SUV by Chevrolet. It's the longest running nameplate in the automotive world, on the market uninterrupted since 1935. Between...

The Big Read: Story of Skyworth

This article is a challenge: how do you write a story about a manufacturer that started selling its first car only weeks ago and...

The Big Read: Story of Weltmeister

In the shadows of the three leading New Energy startups NIO, XPeng and Lixiang, there are a number of smaller companies fighting for our...

The Big Read: Story of Great Wall Motor (part 2)

Of all the Chinese automakers, Great Wall 's history is perhaps the easiest to understand, as it most closely resembles what we're used to...