Automaker Story

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...

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...

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,...