Dieter Zetsche with new E-Class car at 2016 Detroit Auto Show – by He Lun, CBU/CAR Guest Columnist Dieter Zetsche, head of Mercedes-Benz Cars, said six years ago at the Detroit Auto Show that the company’s goal in China was to pass BMW in the short term and close in on Audi
Read MoreThe automotive world converged in Las Vegas in early January for the annual CES (Consumer Electronics Show), which stole the spotlights from the North American International Automobile Show (NAIAS) opened on January 11 in Detroit. Nine automakers, 10 global tier-1 suppliers and more than 115 automotive tech companies took up
Read MoreBy Sonari Glinton Made in China. You can see those words stamped on countless consumer products — electronics, clothes, but not cars. For the first time on a mass scale, a car built in China will be on sale in the United States — the Buick Envision. China is
Read MoreBEIJING – Gaby-Luise Wuest, former COO of Infiniti Motor Co., has been appointed president of Dongfeng-Infiniti Motor Co., Ltd. and managing director of Infiniti China effective immediately, according to a company news release on January 27. Wuest succeeds Dr. Daniel Kirchert, who has decided to leave the company to pursue
Read MoreThe shuffling of professional managers at JVs or WFOE's in China at year end is absolutely normal, unlike the "disappearance" of a CEO at a state-owned enterprise. The very date that Dr. Daniel Kirchert moved from Infiniti China to Dongfeng-Infiniti started his count-down as the president of a JV automaker,
Read MoreBEIJING – Crane lorries, or trucks with loading cranes, witnessed sales decline of 23.5 percent to 4,937 units in 2015, accounting for 3.3 percent market share of the special-purpose vehicle market. Gloomy macro economy, underdeveloped market, low R&D capability, product homogeneity, key parts technology shortages, and unprofessional chassis have all
Read MoreBEIJING – China delivered 186,335 new energy passenger vehicles (domestic + import) to end-users in 2015, soaring 303.32 percent year-on-year, according to CBU-Analytics. Among the total, 129,296 battery electric passenger vehicles and 57,039 plug-in hybrid passenger vehicles were delivered last year. China delivered 183,071 domestic-made new energy passenger vehicles last
Read MoreBAOTOU, Inner Mongolia – Two sample models of Beiben V3ET medium- and high-end trailer rolled off the production line on January 8 and started full vehicle testing, according to a company press release. The Beiben team started the R&D of V3ET in March 2015. With characteristics such as high-efficiency, energy
Read MoreSHANGHAI – Magna International Inc. announced on January 25 the establishment of a new seating engineering center in the Xuhui District of Shanghai to further expand its presence in China. This newly established engineering center will house a seating testing lab and a prototype shop. It will be equipped with
Read MoreSHENYANG, Liaoning – BMW Brilliance Automotive (BBA) opened a new engine plant with a light metal foundry in Shenyang, Liaoning Province on January 22. The new engine plant will be dedicated to produce the latest generation of the BMW TwinPower Turbo three- and four-cylinder petrol engines as well as high-voltage batteries
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