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The Big Read: Story of Great Wall Motor (part 1)
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...
Wuling Mini EV to get a major upgrade – Long range edition
Hidden in last week's MIIT announcement of new cars is a heavily updated version of China's most popular EV, the Wuling Hongguang Mini EV....
The Big Read: History of Li Auto
The odd one out amongst the three big Chinese EV startups is LI Auto. Contrary to NIO and XPeng they don't make a fully...
The Big Read: History of Brilliance Jinbei (part 2)
Brilliance has some notoriety outside its home country, having tried to sell their first sedan, the Giorgetto Giugiaro-designed BS6, in Europe in the early 2000s. That turned into a disappointment, due to a bad crash test result, and the brand quickly vanished from Europe again...
The Big Read: History of Brilliance Jinbei (part 1)
Brilliance has some notoriety outside its home country, having tried to sell their first sedan, the Giorgetto Giugiaro-designed BS6, in Europe in the early 2000s. That turned into a disappointment, due to a bad crash test result, and the brand quickly vanished from Europe again. Still, Brilliance was...
The Big Read: History of Aiways & Byton
This week we present a double feature of two New Energy startups, Aiways and Byton. The reason? They have a shared origin story. However,...
The Big Read: History of Wuling
One of the great successes of the Chinese car industry is the Wuling Hongguang. That car is a low-cost, medium MPV (think Dacia Lodgy)...
The Big Read: History of Xpeng
Let's see if you can identify the main character of this little story. Our protagonist graduates from university and sniffs around the internet business...
The Big Read: History of BYD
It was a sunny day when Wang Chuanfu parked his brand new Mercedes S-class in front of the entrance of his own automotive R&D...
The Big Read: History of Changan
It is Sunday, and it means only one thing - another part of the Automaker Profile series. Who do you think is the best-selling...