Is the English cohabitation of Nissan and Chery imminent?
In the historic English plant in Sunderland, Nissan and Chery could soon coexist. In France, Stellantis will share a plant with Dongfeng, while in Spain Ford is considering hosting Geely. The crisis of historic brands is leading them to “sublease” partially unused factories to Chinese rivals.
Doing the Chinese style costs Xiaomi a lot: it loses 5600 dollars per car sold.
Xiaomi’s aggressive strategy to make a name for itself in the automotive world is now evident: selling at a loss to expand its audience as much as possible and capture market share in a sector already dominated by giants like Byd and Geely. So far, the Chinese Big Tech has funded its plans with revenue from the smartphone and tablet business, but if the RAM crisis slows down that division, what will happen?
Does Volvo have an engine problem?
The Swedish car manufacturer Volvo Car, controlled by the Chinese group Geely, is experiencing a paradox that seems to be the result of a managerial miscalculation: it still has diesel and gasoline models on its lineup but has already gotten rid of the plants to produce the old internal combustion engines, convinced that the future would be fully electric. Now it has to figure out how to move forward, especially in the U.S., which under Trump has become hostile to plug-in powertrains.
Will Spain be the home of “made in China” cars?
Even in the era of cars made in China, Spain will remain one of the main European hubs of the four-wheel industry. Along the Iberian Peninsula, curious cohabitations between Western and Asian brands will be tested, such as Stellantis and Leapotor, and Ford and Geely. Saic, which has MG in its portfolio, is targeting Galicia.
After Byd and Mg, a new wave of Chinese brands is sweeping across Europe. Le Figaro Report
The strategies of new Chinese car brands to conquer the European market. The Le Figaro article taken from Liturri’s review.
Bumper car collision in China between BYD and Geely, all the details
The sharp slowdown in Byd’s accounts (and also those of its main rival, Geely) should not at all please Western carmakers: if the Chinese market is now saturated, all efforts will be focused on capturing shares of the European market. Indeed, Beijing is outraged by the Industrial Accelerator Act, which could represent a protectionist obstacle in the race of Asian manufacturers for expansion.
Geely’s European strategies to dominate the market (and prepare for Byd’s offensive)
Geely is consolidating to withstand the onslaught from Byd, which intends to expand rapidly in Europe, and is leveraging its presence in the Old Continent (it owns the brands Volvo, Lotus, Polestar, and 50% of Smart) to build a supply chain that allows it to increase the rate of commercial offers by halving the time it takes for products launched in China to arrive, with global platforms that enable it to save.
Is Mercedes boarding Geely to race again in China?
For 40 years, Western companies have been forced by Beijing to transfer know-how to Chinese competitors in order to operate in China: now the opposite is happening more and more often. After Volkswagen, which has established an important high-tech collaboration with Xpeng, Mercedes is reportedly courting Geely.
