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Monday 28 March 2022
EV battery report: Malaysia may be dark horse in Southeast Asia's EV sphere
The electric vehicle (EV) battery industry has just started in Malaysia. The country is blessed with mineral resources. Research from the Minerals and Geoscience Department revealed...
Monday 28 March 2022
India roundup: Hyundai, Reliance, Ola approved for batteries incentive scheme
India's MInistry of Heavy Industries has disclosed in a press release that Hyundai Global Motors, Ola Electric,...
Monday 28 March 2022
Wistron's Wifundity robots adopt modular design for better environment
A typical day of Wifundity autonomous mobile robots (AMR) starts at dusk, when office workers have gone home to their families. In the dark office buildings, the UV disinfecting robots...
Monday 28 March 2022
Analog IC sales to rise 12% in 2022, says IC Insights
Another year of double-digit market growth is expected for analog ICs in 2022 after sales in this semiconductor category surged by an unprecedented 30% in 2021, according to IC Ins...
Friday 25 March 2022
EV battery report: Indonesia aims to foster domestic nickel processing industry
Indonesia is the world's largest producer of processed nickel and home to 23.7% of the world's nickel reserves. Before demand for electric vehicles (EV) and EV batteries surged, about...
Friday 25 March 2022
EV makers squeezed by material price hikes
China's electric vehicle (EV) battery makers are reportedly brewing a boycott against materials suppliers, as the materials prices have hiked to "intolerable" levels, according to...
Friday 25 March 2022
Xiaomi to present EV prototype in 3Q22
China's Xiaomi is planning to unveil a prototype of its future electric vehicle (EV) in the third quarter this year, and its first EV model is expected to enter volume production...
Friday 25 March 2022
EV battery report: India embraces growing investments in EV battery industry
With an eye on catching up with electric mobility and creating an ecosystem, India launched a series of policies to encourage EV penetration and promote a localized supply chain.
Friday 25 March 2022
IC designer Amlogic turns to automotive, Wi-Fi chips
China's IC designer Amlogic Inc expects Wi-Fi and automotive chips to further spur its growth, after the smart TV market gets more competitive, according to the company.
Friday 25 March 2022
Sanan to invest in mini/microLED
The largest China-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Sanan Optoelectronics will invest up to CNY7.9 billion (US$1.24 billion) to set up production capacity for miniLED and microLED...
Friday 25 March 2022
EV prices in China increase due to inflation and chip crunch
Chinese carmaker XPeng is reportedly raising prices of its electric vehicles (EV) by CNY10,000-20,000 (US$1,500-3,200) due to inflation in material prices and persisting shortages...
Friday 25 March 2022
Laster expanding automotive lighting controller production capacity
LED automotive lighting module maker Laster Tech has disclosed it is expanding production capacity for automotive headlight controllers at its factory in northern Taiwan, with the...
Friday 25 March 2022
LGES developing batteries, charging solutions for electric two-wheelers
LG Energy Solution (LGES) is developing batteries and charging systems for electric two-wheelers, as it looks to take the lead in the South Korea market with a total solution featuring...
Friday 25 March 2022
Renesas sees delay in post-quake capacity recovery at one fab
Renesas has disclosed one of its fabs where production had been affected by a strong earthquake in Japan last week may take some more time than originally expected before fully resuming...
Thursday 24 March 2022
EV battery report: Taiwan's rising role in the global supply chain
As global electric vehicles (EVs) sales in 2021 exceeded 6.6 million units and major countries set timetables for achieving carbon neutrality, many businesses have joined, or are...