As smart speakers have become the most heavily promoted products by several global well-received companies including Apple Inc., an American multinational technology company that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, and the well-known iPhone maker; and Amazon.com Inc., an American e-commerce and cloud computing company, many Taiwanese suppliers have witnessed a growing influx of ord...

Tatung Thailand today announces that it will collaborate with Eastern Technological College of Thailand for an industry-university project, which includes talents training in research, design, management, and manufacturing. Contract signing ceremony was held earlier today with the chairman of Tatung Thailand Co., Mr. M.Y. Hsieh, and the president of Eastern Technological College of Thailand, Dr....

With ever more carmakers venturing into the electric vehicle (EV) field, demands for nickel is very likely to surge in the years to come, causing global investors paying high attention to the economic potential of the base metal. As of November 1, nickel price at London Metal Exchange (LME) has increased by 4.8% to US$ 12,880 (NT$ 389,000) per tonne, a new high ever seen since June, 2015. Also...

Toyota Motor Corporation, a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota, Aichi, Japan, plans to launch a new hydrogen fuel cell vehicle (FCV), Fine-Comfort Ride, which, compared to Mirai, Toyota’s former FCV model, provides 50 percent more of the travel range. Toyota noted, Mirai’s travel range per charge is around 650 kilometer (km) while Fine-Comfort Ride’s travel ...

Yesterday (Aug 27th), James Dyson, founder of Dyson Ltd., a British-based multinational technology company manufacturing household appliances such as vacuum cleaners, hand dryers, bladeless fans, heaters and hair dryers, announced to put aside GBP2 billion (US$2.6 billion) to develop the electric vehicle (EV) market, with expectation to see its EV division soon exceed other business entities in s...

Gogoro Inc, a Taiwanese-based venture-backed company that develops and sells electric scooters and battery swapping infrastructure, has raised a US$300 million (NT$9 billion) new fund as it looks to further expand product categories for other applications. The third round of fundraising was joined by Temasek Holdings Private Limited, a holding company as a national wealth fund owned by the Gov...

Audrey Tang, a Taiwanese free software programmer and a minister without portfolio, noted that the central government, with an aim to build a test site for unmanned cars in Shalun, Tainan, southern Taiwan, has been collecting opinions on an unmanned vehicle experimental bill through the Internet, expecting to gain recognitions and cooperating opportunities with industries and local governments. ...

During the 67th Anternational Motor Show, as known as InternationaleAutomobil-Ausstellung (IAA), the world's largest motor show taking place in Frankfurt, Germany, annually, several heavy-weight exhibitors expressed growing worries that their profits are likely to be undermined in the short term amid the EV booms for cost reasons. Matthias Müller, CEO of Volkswagen Group, a German multinationa...

With the development of IoC (the Internet of Cars) becoming a major trend among others, such as autonomous driving, in the global automotive industry, ever more Taiwanese companies have ventured into the segment and seen their investment gradually pay off to together build a solid ground in the global supply chain. Global market observers generally hold optimism about the IoC trend in the next...

Yulon Motor, a Taiwanese leading carmaker who also supplies middle-scale vehicles under its Luxgen brand, released a variety of innovative, prospective auto technologies that can be applied in ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems), Internet of Vehicles, and EV (electric vehicle) at a Taiwan auto-tech summit held jointly with Yan Ching-Ling Industrial Development Foundation earlier. The ab...