Bertel Schmitt

China in May: Market up, passenger vehicles up a lot, commercial vehicles down, foreigners up, Chinese down, GM and Volkswagen in dead heat

Years ago, and ever since, Western prognosticators said the Chinese car market was in bubble-territory, and ready to roll over. Last month, as in...

SAAB in dire straits, yet again – exporting EVs to China still lunacy

It’s déjà vu all over again in Trollhättan: “China's National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) has temporarily halted output of its Saab car due to...

This map shows why Tesla will not make its 5,000 unit target in China anytime soon.

In what we thought as a mostly adulatory article, Tycho wrote last week that boundless demand for Tesla’s Model S fuels the grey marketing...

In a grey market in Tianjin, proof why Tesla will easily sell its 5,000 cars in China

One of the hottest topic on Wall Street is whether Tesla will sell the targeted 5,000 units in China. If you want to know...

Volkswagen’s “low-cost” line coming to China in 2017. Branded how?

Volkswagen’s supervisory board approved plans for a range of low cost models, and they will be launched in 2017 onto the Chinese market, The...

Nissan on the rebound in China

Japanese-branded cars led the market a few years ago. First they were dethroned by the Germans, then they went into a dangerous spiral as...

Why BMW won’t buy more of Brilliance – at least not now

BMW is investing heavily into a raft of new models to dust rival Audi, but it won’t buy more shares in its Chinese joint...