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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
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.
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The world’s third-largest maker of energy storage systems plans to open its US$100 million Texas facility later this year, executive says.
BYD offers discounts of 10 to 30 per cent on 22 of its battery-powered and plug-in hybrid models.
Company says Shanghai operation is working on developing models for Ampere and Renault marques for sale outside Europe.
Shenzhen-based BYD sold 7,231 battery electric vehicles in April versus 7,165 by Tesla, according to data from Jato Dynamics.
EHang, which is conducting trials in Guangzhou and Hefei, will offer services in restricted corridors in these two cities by year-end.
Leapmotor says production costs likely to rise by 10 per cent compared with former Poland plant, but has no plans to raise prices.
The company is exploring overseas expansion opportunities and revving up its charging robot initiative through its subsidiary CharGo.
The government forecasts the low-altitude mobility economy will increase more than fivefold to US$486 billion by 2035 from last year.
The fluid tariff situation makes planning difficult, particularly with regard to offshore investment, S&P analysts say.
Aiming to raise up to US$1.5 billion in its proposed listing, company eyes lucrative overseas sales amid weak demand at home.
The large-scale recall follows a series of Chinese measures aimed at improving car safety after an accident involving a Xiaomi EV.
Partnership will help both parties explore new markets in the Middle East and other international markets, according to statement.
More than a dozen new EV models from foreign giants at Auto Shanghai feature the latest Chinese technologies in battery, digital cockpit and self-driving.
‘The number of planned large-scale renewable hydrogen projects is growing quickly,’ NEA top official Xu Jilin said on Monday.
Chinese firms have been exporting from offshore factories to beat US tariffs for a decade, and Washington is determined to shut the loophole.
Lithium prices are just one-ninth of the peak in 2022, allowing EV makers to win over new buyers in mainland China.
‘Safety’ is the big buzzword as firms adjust tone amid Beijing’s closer scrutiny after a fatal crash involving a driver-assistance system.
Hyundai, Hozon, Jaguar Land Rover, Polestar and nearly a dozen other marques miss the world’s largest auto event.
The industry will see wider adoption and a big jump in the number of robotaxis in the next three years, Pony.ai CEO James Peng says.
Slower capital spending and weaker prices projected as tariffs set to hit China’s biggest export market for energy-storage systems.
Firms including BYD, Nio, Geely, Xiaomi and Leapmotor will showcase new and existing models at the two-week event starting on Wednesday.
Caution came as China’s level 2 driving automation system ‘has entered a critical period of large-scale application’.
China wants decisions by carmakers to be made strategically, prioritising geopolitically favourable countries, Trivium China’s Ries says.
More Chinese EV brands will enter the global market in the future, notwithstanding the current tariff turmoil, CEO He Xiaopeng says.
Xpeng’s Turing AI chip is three times more powerful in computing power than the Nvidia chip installed in its existing EVs.
