Yujie Xue

2 weeks ago | scmp.com | Daniel Ren |Yujie Xue

Foreign carmakers from Volkswagen to General Motors (GM) and Nissan are fighting back in mainland China as they unveiled new electric vehicle (EV) models at the Auto Shanghai trade show, after losing their share to local rivals in the world’s largest automotive market.

2 weeks ago | scmp.com | Yujie Xue

China accounted for more than a third of global hydrogen output last year, making it possibly the biggest producer as the country reached a critical point to push for large-scale projects. The country produced about 36.5 million tons of hydrogen last year, the National Energy Administration (NEA) said in a report on Monday.

2 weeks ago | thestar.com.my | Yujie Xue

China’s energy-storage industry is facing a challenging outlook this year due to the escalating US-China trade war and weaker government support, prompting one industry group to caution against price competition. With exports to its biggest market in the US likely to be hit by higher tariffs, the nation’s producers are projected to trim their capital expenditure by 10 to 20 per cent this year, according to consultancy WaterRock Energy Economics.

2 weeks ago | scmp.com | Eric Ng |Yujie Xue

After a cat-and-mouse tariff game over the past 13 years, the rivalry between the US and China in the global solar panel industry is heading into crunch time. The latest threat by US President Donald Trump to impose a fresh round of heavy duties on solar cells and modules shipped from four Southeast Asia nations – allegedly produced with “transnational subsidies” from Beijing – could land a major blow to the trade dominated by Chinese companies.

2 weeks ago | scmp.com | Daniel Ren |Yujie Xue

Pure electric vehicles (EVs) are regaining their lost ground in mainland China as new battery technologies ease range anxiety while lower lithium prices make it increasingly affordable for consumers to own environmentally friendly cars. Sales of pure electric cars, also known as battery EVs (BEVs), reached 1.93 million units in the first quarter, a 48 per cent surge from a year earlier, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.