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Yujie Xue
Reporter, Business
Yujie is a business reporter for the Post with a focus on energy transition, climate change and sustainability issues. She previously worked as a technology reporter in the Post’s Shenzhen bureau. Yujie graduated from Boston University with a degree in mass communication.
Yujie is a business reporter for the Post with a focus on energy transition, climate change and sustainability issues. She previously worked as a technology reporter in the Post’s Shenzhen bureau. Yujie graduated from Boston University with a degree in mass communication.
Areas of Expertise:
Energy transition, climate change, sustainability
Languages Spoken:
Cantonese, English, Mandarin
Chinese electric-vehicle makers are branching into making flying cars, adding to the nation’s booming low-altitude economy.
Apollo Go, Pony.ai and WeRide are all expanding beyond China and into the Middle East and Europe, giving them a head start over potential US competitors.
The Atto 2 is priced at HK$169,800 after tax, while the cheapest Tesla Model 3 ‘rear-wheel drive’ starts at HK$249,000 before tax.
Domestic price wars and overcapacity, as well as tariffs in North America, are spurring Chinese EV makers to boost exports and open new factories in Europe and emerging markets.
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‘Once our business scales up, the costs of electricity generated from hydrogen will be lower than other green power sources,’ COO Cheng says.
Carmaker expects to begin delivering the models to mainland customers as early as September.
Hong Kong sells fewer than 40,000 cars a year, but mainland carmakers consider it the beachhead for breaking into the global right-hand-drive market.
The investment is set to benefit hydropower plant and grid equipment makers, but some analysts warn that market enthusiasm may wane soon.
Tesla teases the launch of the longer wheelbase Model Y L, due this autumn, in a social media post.
Sales in China jumped 28 per cent, while Europe’s demand rose 23 per cent to 390,000 units last month, according to Rho Motion.
The Chinese firms will collaborate with BHP on battery development for mining equipment, locomotives and rapid charging infrastructure.
Sun Hung Kai sells all 110 flats on offer at Novo Land, while Million Nice sells 62 of the 69 flats, agents say.
The plant, capable of producing 320,000 tonnes per year of green ammonia, will be scaled up to 1.5 million tonnes a year by 2028.
Sodium-ion and solid-state batteries are emerging technologies for powering electric vehicles and storing electricity. China has made big advances on both.
Country on track to double offshore capacity additions this year, report from Global Energy Monitor says.
The G7, Xpeng’s first model to feature its in-house Turing AI chip, starts at 195,800 yuan (US$27,325).
The investments are likely to focus on emerging markets like South and Southeast Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, report says.
One-third of China’s 121 listed solar producers are in the red; more than 50 along the supply chain have filed for bankruptcy this year.
Humanoid robots are going into mass production, followed soon by flying cars, with China in a leading position in both technologies.
The country leads the world in converting old coal mining sites into solar-power projects, according to Global Energy Monitor.
‘Striving to be a top global chip supplier, we need to expand from the China market to the global market,’ general manager Eugene Wang says.
Sales will start at the end of this month instead of in July, founder and CEO Lei Jun says.
Some of the world’s top solar firms are considering localising production in the US amid a worsening price war and geopolitical tensions.
Market players should aim for technological innovation, enabling higher profit margins and sustainable growth, GCL founder Zhu says.
Volkswagen, Renault and other EU stalwarts prepare a slew of smaller, cheaper EVs to fight an influx of Chinese models.
Smart EV unit recorded 4.3 billion yuan of gross profit last quarter, trailing operating expenses by 500 million yuan, according to its financial report.
Chairman of Great Wall Motor says EV price war, profitability problem could nudge industry into a liquidity crunch.
Construction on the plant will start later this year and production in late 2026, CFO Andrew Fan says.
The world’s third-largest maker of energy storage systems plans to open its US$100 million Texas facility later this year, executive says.
