These are in-depth pre- and post-show reports on major international trade fairs, held in Taiwan and other countries with significant participation by Taiwanese manufacturers and exporters. They are offered to help global buyers and other readers better understand what is going on at the fairs and the latest offerings by Taiwanese exhibitors.
As the U.S. Congress moves quickly to pass the first federal law governing self-driving cars, many auto makers have poured considerable resources into R&D of autonomous vehicles, which, in turn, is very likely to trigger massive demands for auto lens, a core part to support the technology of autonomous driving system, in the coming years. Compared to a smartphone lens, an auto lens features a ...
Aiming to assist Taiwanese electric vehicle (EV) makers to build a solid ground in the global market, Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), a Taiwanese semi-official export promoter, initiated the founding of Taiwan Electric Vehicle Alliance (TEVA), and has received positive response from local companies which have a shared goal of boosting Taiwan’s presence in the global EV supply ...
To emulate its success achieved in Berlin and Paris, Gogoro, a Taiwan-based venture-backed company that develops and sells electric scooters and battery swapping infrastructure, plans to expand its eScooter-sharing network in Spain and Japan, in a bid to achieve a more comprehensive sharing network for global users. Spain, as the third European country for Gogoro’s network expanding program, i...
Earlier this year, Rita Teaotia, the secretary of Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India, headed a group of five senior officials and several buyers to attend India-Taiwan Trade Forum & Business Matching Meeting held by Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), a non-profit, Taiwanese government co-sponsored trade promotion organization, expecting that through this meeting...
As the Taiwanese government has announced a vision to ban motorcycles from hitting roads starting in 2035, Horace Luke, CEO and founder of Gogoro, a Taiwan-based venture-backed company that develops and sells electric scooters and battery swapping infrastructure, noted that electric bikes and scooters have become a global trend. To boost the development of electric bikes on the island and dispel ...
Industrial Economics and Knowledge Center (IEK), an institute organized by Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), one of the world’s leading technology R&D institutions, with an aim to help businesses in Taiwan meet revolutionary changes in a fast moving knowledge economy, has published the Economic Outlook and Key Issues for Taiwan’s auto industry, forecasting that the industry’s outpu...
With fuel efficiency already a buzzword in the global automotive industry amid concerns about carbon reduction and responsible energy use, dual-clutch transmission (DCT), and gasoline direct injection (GDI) have been broadly employed in engine systems in modern times, which has brought considerable opportunities to Taiwanese suppliers of auto parts in such applications, according to reports by lo...
Taiwan’s electric vehicle (EV) parts industry is very likely to see a rosy year in 2018 or later, as the Germany-based globally known auto maker BMW and American EV maker and energy storage company Tesla, both of whom are demanding more supply of parts and components to make their EV models, are reported to have placed or increased orders to Taiwanese suppliers, namely Hota Industrial Mfg. Co., L...
To deal with the mobile source pollution caused by conventional gasoline-powered cars, Lai Ching De, Taiwan’s Premier, said the governmental sectors are drafting the plans and a proper timeline to promote the use of only electric vehicles on the island. Being aware that the policy will bring significant impacts to the society and related industries in Taiwan, the government, which is now collecti...
Forced by growing worry about the increasingly strict emission standards for cars and the rise of electric vehicles to together jeopardize the continued existence of internal combustion engines, big oil companies and giant auto makers are teaming up to stave off the death of such a component which has been used for over a century in the global automotive industry by taking advantage of their secr...
