Electric vehicles

BYD weighs India expansion as hundreds of car orders pile up

The automaker has approached Indian auto sector regulators to flag how import limits could constrain growth

VinFast's Evo lineup became Vietnam’s best-selling e-scooter range in 2025, delivering more than 250,000 units.

Vietnam’s e-scooters rise on policy tailwinds, eroding gasoline bike sales

VinFast logged a jump of nearly six times in e-scooter sales in 2025, outpacing Honda’s marginal growth and a decline at Yamaha

Testing of the Robo-Car system is underway in controlled zones in Hanoi, with plans to expand trials to larger cities and overseas markets, the companies say.

VinFast teams up with Autobrains to develop low-cost self-driving tech

The partnership will also explore a new “Robo-Car” self-driving architecture

For Singapore investors, when it comes to China exposure, the question is not how much China, but which, says the writer.

Quiet malls, full containers: The two-speed reality of the Chinese economy

The China that disappointed investors may not be the same one that is growing

EV adoption in Singapore has been driven by incentives and Chinese carmakers offering cost-effective models.

EVs made up record 45% of new car registrations in Singapore for 2025

Electric vehicles have overtaken petrol-electric hybrids as the most common type of new car in the Republic

A look at how lower incentives and more competition will reshape the EV market and COEs in Singapore in 2026.

Will lower incentives shake up Singapore’s EV boom?

EV incentives are falling in Singapore this year, will Singapore’s electric car boom still have momentum? Derryn Wong finds out.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney shakes hands with President of China Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China on Friday (Jan 16).

Canada, China slash EV, canola tariffs in reset of ties

Carney says the China relationship is more predictable lately

Major Chinese automakers have launched subsidies, interest-free loans and other incentives.

Beijing warns carmakers as price war escalates

Despite the regulatory warning, a new price war has broken out

Ford has sourced batteries from BYD since 2020 for its joint-venture Chinese factories with state-owned Changan Automobile.

Ford in talks to use BYD batteries for overseas factories

Hybrid sales have grown worldwide as the market for pure EVs has slowed

Lucid is the only automaker selling vehicles in Saudi Arabia that have been assembled locally but is one of a growing list of EV producers that are rapidly scaling.

Lucid set to start manufacturing cars in Saudi Arabia in 2026

The company has also struggled more broadly with profitability and production challenges