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Wednesday 16 July 2025
South Korean AV startup brings self-driving shuttles to Singapore with Grab
As autonomous vehicle (AV) companies worldwide race to accelerate commercialization, Singapore has established itself as a premier proving ground for self-driving technology. South...
Wednesday 16 July 2025
European automakers confront Trump 2.0 tariff reality
The Trump administration has unveiled the second wave of reciprocal tariffs, escalating trade tensions with the European Union. Under the latest announcement, tariffs on EU imports...
Wednesday 16 July 2025
South Korea faces urgent challenges as the US and China advance in autonomous driving

With the US and China rapidly advancing in autonomous vehicle (AV) technology and aggressively expanding their global footprint, South...

Wednesday 16 July 2025
Semco targets automotive, industrial MLCCs amid AI surge
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous driving technologies are fueling structural growth in multilayer ceramic capacitors, with AI servers and automotive electronics...
Wednesday 16 July 2025
Asian nations face new US tariffs; Taiwan's auto parts makers eye reshored demand
New tariff rates from the US government are set to take effect in August, impacting a range of countries, including Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Malaysia, all...
Wednesday 16 July 2025
Prolonged US trade negotiations loom over Taiwanese auto parts suppliers
With tariff negotiations between Taiwan and the United States dragging on with no clear outcome, Taiwan's auto parts industry is feeling like it's on a roller coaster ride —...
Wednesday 16 July 2025
China steps up the ADAS race: Horizon Robotics locks in full Journey 6 series to take on Nvidia
Horizon Robotics, widely seen as China's answer to Nvidia, has marked a key milestone in its automotive AI chip rollout. The company's new entry-level processor, Journey 6B, completed...
Tuesday 15 July 2025
Auto supply chains brace for tariffs and inflation bite
The global automotive supply chain is under growing strain amid a turbulent macroeconomic environment. As pressure mounts, Chinese automakers are passing rising costs onto suppliers,...
Tuesday 15 July 2025
Japan's JS Foundry files for bankruptcy following power chip strategy setbacks
JS Foundry, a Japanese contract manufacturer focused on power semiconductors, filed for bankruptcy with the Tokyo District Court on July 14, reporting liabilities of JPY16.1 billion...
Monday 14 July 2025
As physical AI matures, SOS Lab bets big on smarter, smaller LiDAR
With autonomous vehicles and service robots ushering in a new era of "physical AI," the spotlight is once again on core sensing technologies. While Tesla CEO Elon Musk has famously...
Monday 14 July 2025
Hyundai sets 2028 goal for AI-integrated software-defined vehicles

Hyundai Motor, South Korea's largest automaker, has announced plans to release its first production vehicle equipped with end-to-end...

Friday 11 July 2025
NXP plots wafer shift to China as new CEO joins push for local supply chain
Kurt Sievers, the CEO of Dutch semiconductor giant NXP Semiconductors, who is set to officially step down at the end of October 2025, recently visited Shanghai and met with the mayor...
Friday 11 July 2025
China tackles auto supplier payment crisis with complaint platform
Facing growing frustration from suppliers, China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has launched a national complaint platform to address delayed payments by...
Thursday 10 July 2025
Jim Keller to headline RISC-V Summit in Shanghai, highlighting China's open-source chip ambitions
Jim Keller, acclaimed semiconductor architect and Tenstorrent CEO, will deliver his first keynote at the fifth RISC-V Summit China from July 16 to 19 in Shanghai. His speech, "Open...
Wednesday 9 July 2025
Volvo cuts jobs in China as EV ambitions stall and global restructuring accelerates
Volvo Cars has begun laying off staff in its China operations, with the majority of the cuts affecting its Shanghai-based technical and research and development center, according...