HannStar Board has disclosed plans to invest about NT$1.5 billion (US$47.8 million) in its factory site in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan where the PCB manufacturer will build additional...

Inspection equipment specialist Chroma ATE has signed a strategic cooperation MoU with Altair Engineering, under which the pair will work together to jointly develop tools for electric...

Terry Gou has stepped down as chairman of Foxconn Technology Group to facilitate his bid for Taiwan's presidency, handing over the reins to a collective management by a nine-member...

China Tower has established a wholly-owned subsidiary with registered capital of CNY5.0 billion (US$725 million) to recycle retired electric vehicle (EV) batteries for use in energy...

China has not yet announced 2019 feed-in tariff (FIT) rates for PV-generated electricity and subsidization rates for electric vehicle (EV) purchases, reportedly because it has yet...

Electric vehicle battery makers, especially those in South Korea and Japan, are actively enforcing capacity expansions in China to cash in on great demand there, which is expected...

Infineon will be stepping up its outsourcing of commodity products to Taiwan-based foundries and backend houses, while keeping the production of its...

Battery maker AcBel Polytech, an affiliate of the New Kinpo Group, saw its consolidated revenues pick up 5.23% on year to come to NT$18.73 billion in 2018 despite a drop in profitability...

Wistron and its partners from an autonomous driving development team including several IT and bus companies in Taiwan and National Taiwan University (NTU), have unveiled their latest...

Xilinx has announced its Zynq-series SoC for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) has been adopted by China-based electric vehicle vendor BYD.

Notebook makers are expected to raise the adoption of soft-package li-polymer battery modules to 80% of all their machines in 2019 from over 50% in 2018, in line with rising demand...

Expecting better revenue and profit performances for the fourth quarter 2018 than the third quarter, Taiwan's notebook thermal solutions provider Anli International is optimistic...

Taiwan-based cooling module maker Taisol Electronics has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.01 billion (US$32.33 million) for the third quarter, up 37% sequentially and 17% on...

Automotive electronic component maker Mobiletron, its subsidiary RAC Electric Vehicle, and Sumitomo has signed an MoU for cooperation to promote reuse of retired EV batteries.

China-based electric vehicle maker CHJ Automotive is developing Leading Ideal ONE, an electric SUV (sports utility vehicle) featuring a gasoline-fueled generator as a range extender...

Europe-based Dassault Systemes, a 3D software designer, is optimistic about the business opportunities from the autonomous driving system and electric vehicle market, according to...

Thunder Power EV, a China-based electric vehicle (EV) maker, has received CNY240 million (US$35.01 million) in investment from a Chinese government fund, according to Shen Wei, CEO...

Electric vehicles (EVs) can play an important role as energy storage systems of virtual power plants via V2G (vehicle to grid) technology.

Automotive diode specialist Actron Technology is looking to further expand its share of the global auto alternator diode market to 65% over the next three years from the current 53%,...

Taiwan-based diode suppliers including Eris Technology, HY Electronic, Lite-On Semiconductor, Panjit International and Taiwan Semiconductor Company (TSC) have all shifted their focus...

China is rising as the world's largest exporter of EV (electric vehicles) batteries, expected to account for more than 70% of the global output by 2020, according to Digitimes Rese...

China's electric vehicle industry will see limited impact from the raging US-China trade war, in which both countries exchange a 25% tariff on car imports from each other's side,...

Belgium-based investment fund Sogepa will invest EUR150 million (US$176 million) in Hong Kong-based electric vehicle (EV) maker Thunder Power Holdings and help the latter establish...

Taiwan-based Panjit International has signed contracts with Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) to jointly establish pilot production lines for ITRI's IGBT smart...

Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), a China-based maker of Li-ion power batteries used in electric vehicles, plans to expand annual production capacity to 50GWh at the end of...