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Friday 13 February 2026

Shihlin Electric expands in North America as orders extend to 2030

Shihlin Electric is entering 2026 with strong operating momentum, supported by accelerated contract releases under Taipower's grid resilience...

Friday 13 February 2026

Analysis: China's AI models and chips align on day one

China's leading large model developers are accelerating flagship releases, while domestic AI chipmakers are responding almost simultaneously,...

Friday 13 February 2026

Stellantis scraps two EU gigafactories after €2.1bn hit, pivots toward Asian batteries

Stellantis NV has officially abandoned plans to build two lithium battery gigafactories in Kaiserslautern, Germany, and Termoli, Italy, the company's CEO, Antonio Filosa, said, following...

Friday 13 February 2026

Quanta boosts Thailand investment to expand AI server capacity

Quanta Cloud Technology (QCT) said it will invest THB1.098 billion (approx. US$35.34 million) in electromechanical engineering and materials for its Thailand facility, reinforcing...

Friday 13 February 2026

Taiwan opens auto market to US vehicles under new trade pact

Taiwan and the US concluded an Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) that will reduce tariffs on US-manufactured passenger cars to zero, the Executive Yuan said on February 13. Mercedes‑Benz...

Friday 13 February 2026

Tesla adopts wait-and-see stance in Taiwan after US tariff deal

Tesla Taiwan reiterated that prices for models imported from the US will not be adjusted until Taiwanese government regulations are clarified and confirmed. It said there are no current...

Friday 13 February 2026

Tariff-free US-made vehicles to shift Taiwan market dynamics, industry says

Taiwan's Executive Yuan announced that US-made vehicles will face zero tariffs and no import quantity restrictions after a trade agreement with the US. Automotive industry representatives...

Friday 13 February 2026

Taiwan to lift US vehicle import limits, raising safety inspection debate

Taiwan's Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) said it will remove longstanding import quantity limits on US-spec vehicles, a move officials frame as aligning trade...

Friday 13 February 2026

Commentary: Stellantis pause on ACC gigafactories clouds EU plans for manufacturing sovereignty and risks thousands of jobs

The European Commission plans to unveil its "localization ratio" policy by late February 2026 to shape Europe's manufacturing sovereignty. Yet Stellantis's abrupt halt to construction...

Friday 13 February 2026

Volkswagen leads way as EU replaces China BEV tariffs with minimum price commitment

As the European Union-China trade dispute over battery electric vehicles (BEVs) drags on, the EU is on track to replace punitive tariffs of up to 35% with a "minimum price commitment"...

Friday 13 February 2026

Air cooling will dominate Trainium 3 rollout as Amazon targets 2Q26 production ramp

Amazon Web Services' (AWS) Trainium 3 servers, slated for mass production in the second quarter of 2026, have sharply reduced their planned use of liquid cooling, supply chain sources...

Friday 13 February 2026

Taiwan ICT and medical device sectors join forces to transform home healthcare

As global efforts accelerate the development of home healthcare in a bid to alleviate resource pressures on frontline medical institutions, home care is set to become a core component...

Friday 13 February 2026

Anthropic’s “tutor” for Claude shifts the AI race from scale to ethics

Anthropic has hired Oxford philosopher Amanda Askell to teach its flagship model Claude ethical behavior, a move that reframes the company's competition with other AI labs as a contest...

Friday 13 February 2026

Commentary: NSTC chief’s reform remarks ignite debate over Taiwan’s research metrics

Minister of the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Cheng-wen Wu has recently sparked a firestorm across Taiwan's academic community. His blunt critique of long-standing...

Friday 13 February 2026

The Hangzhou AI dark horse that took over accounting workflows

Generative AI is crossing a critical threshold, shifting from an assistive tool to a system capable of directly assuming work. Early in 2026, this shift became visible almost simultaneously...

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