Taipei, Nov. 20, 2012 (CENS)--To jointly tap the high-potential new-energy vehicle market in China, Shanghai Ruihua Group of China and Taiwan’s Formosa Lithium Iron Oxide Corp. (FLIC and formerly Formosa Energy & Material Technology Co.) are negotiating a partnership. Shuai Hong-yuan, chairman

Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet) hopes to have some 160,000 e-scooters on the roads by 2013. In late 2009 it mapped out the "Electric Scooter Industry Development and Promotion Plan" to promote e-scooters with lithium-ion batteries in Taiwan. The government not only wants to help develop the indus

Many exciting new products, bikes and concepts were unveiled at the 2012 Taiwan International Motorcycle Industry Show (Motorcycle Taiwan) and Taiwan International Electric Vehicle Show (EV Taiwan) held at the Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC) Exhibition Hall 1 from April 12-15. The joint four-day e

Without world-class automakers in Taiwan, where operators have always been OEMs for global brands except for the Luxgen line that was launched in the last couple of years by the local Yulon Group to claim to be the first homegrown vehicle built on an SUV platform, literally all the automotive R&D o

To promote lithium-ion battery products made in Taiwan, the island’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) recently organized several local makers using STOBA (Self Terminated Oligomers with hyper-Branched Architecture) technology to attend the Techno-Frontier 2012, an exhibition of inno

Taipei, Oct. 8, 2012 (CENS)--To maintain its brisk shipment growth, the China-based Lenovo, now the world’s No. 2 PC brand vendor by market share, has reportedly planned to invite more local PC parts suppliers to its supply chain and may even venture into parts manufacturing to increase in-house ou

Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet) hopes to have some 160,000 e-scooters on the roads by 2013. In late 2009 it mapped out the "Electric Scooter Industry Development and Promotion Plan" to promote e-scooters with lithium-ion batteries in Taiwan. The government not only wants to help develop the indus

Many exciting new products, bikes and concepts were unveiled at the 2012 Taiwan International Motorcycle Industry Show (Motorcycle Taiwan) and Taiwan International Electric Vehicle Show (EV Taiwan) held at the Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC) Exhibition Hall 1 from April 12-15. The joint four-day e

To promote lithium-ion battery products made in Taiwan, the island’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) recently organized several local makers using STOBA (Self Terminated Oligomers with hyper-Branched Architecture) technology to attend the Techno-Frontier 2012, an exhibition of inno

Currently and unsurprisingly eight of the world’s top-10, by number of vehicles, powered two-wheeler (PTW) markets are in Asia, with the strongest demand growth concentrated in developing nations as China, Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America, according to a recent report by the Automotive Rese

Taipei, Sept. 13, 2012 (CENS)--To explore the lucrative market for lithium-ion car battery cathode materials in Taiwan and Japan, C.S. Aluminum Corp., a aluminum flat rolled product manufacturer fully owned by Taiwan’s China Steel Corp., the largest steelmaker on the island, has set up a new pickli

Taipei, Sept. 4, 2012 (CENS)--Simplo Technology Co., Ltd., maker of battery packs in Taiwan, recently forecast third-quarter revenue to grow 11% to 13% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ), due to increasing demand from low-priced tablet PC and emerging products. Due to changing product structure, however,

To promote lithium-ion battery products made in Taiwan, the island’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) recently organized several local makers using STOBA (Self Terminated Oligomers with hyper-Branched Architecture) technology to attend the Techno-Frontier 2012, an exhibition of inno

Taipei, Aug. 3, 2012 (CENS)--Pihsiang Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (PMMC), the largest maker of healthcare electric scooters in Taiwan and major player in the local electric vehicle (EV) industry, recently announced that its subsidiary Pihsiang Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (PHET) has signed a c

Taipei, July 27, 2012 (CENS)--Formosa Plastic Group (FPG), the largest petrol-chemical conglomerate in Taiwan and also involved in electric vehicle business, recently announced having successfully developed various power cells for e-buses. Among the developed automotive-application power cells,

Taipei, July 23, 2012 (CENS)--Pihsiang Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd., one of the world's leading makers of healthcare electric scooters and an aggressive player in electric vehicle (EV) development and production, saw its June revenue record an annual growth of 51% hit a four-year monthly high

Several major events in 2011 have given Taiwan's transportation equipment industry reasons to be hopeful for 2012. The Automotive Research & Testing Center (ARTC), the most important vehicle testing and R&D hub in Taiwan, reported on the following major events. New Car Sales in Taiwan up 15.5

Taipei, April 26, 2012 (CENS)--Pihsiang Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (PMMC), a leading international maker of electric scooters for handicapped people that has diversified into electric vehicles (EV), recently demonstrated several EVs at the 2012 EV Taiwan (Taiwan Int'l Electric Vehicle Show).

Taipei, April 13, 2012 (CENS)--Good news for the global electric vehicle (EV) industry is that as manufacturing efficiencies improve and access to lithium expands, the installed cost of Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries will fall by more than one-third by the end of 2017, according to a recent report

Taipei, April 12, 2012 (CENS)--Global market for electric bicycles is forecast to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.5% between 2012 and 2018, resulting in global sales exceeding 47 million units by 2018, according to a new report from Pike Research, the market research and consu

Taiwan auto parts exports grew 7.9% in 2011 to a new high of NT$184.8 billion (US$6.16 billion) despite the global recession causing fluctuating uncertainties. In 2010 the island's auto parts export sales increased 22.6%. Auto parts export sales have grown every year in the past eleven years exc

Taipei, Feb. 23, 2012 (CENS)--The electric vehicle (EV) battery industry is maturing; while some companies have been developing products for as long as 15 years, others are less than a decade old, according to Pike Research, a market intelligence firm of global clean technology markets. The earl

Taipei, March 15, 2012 (CENS)--Formosa Electronic Industries Inc., a cellphone battery module packer in Taiwan, recently announced plans to venture into the e-scooter and e-bike battery-pack market, having tied up with a local light electric vehicle (LEV) motor producer in the e-scooter segment, wo

As one of the most aggressive among global counterparts, the Chinese government continues to drive the development of its new-energy vehicle industry. In January 2012, the Chinese government has removed in the 5th edition of the "Foreign-funded Industry Guide" the "assembled vehicle" from the

The global automotive industry has been mired in turbulence for several years, with the situation worsening in late 2008 when the global financial tsunami struck blows at almost every aspect of life. Despite a modest rebound, the industry is still facing challenges in the new year. Year 2011: G

Taipei, Feb. 2, 2012 (CENS)--The year 2011 is an important kick-off year for the electric vehicle (EV) market, as different automakers have launched commercialized products, including both pure-electric cars, or battery electric vehicle (BEV), and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) models, with

Taipei, Jan. 17, 2012 (CENS)--Optimistic about market prospects of lithium-ion batteries, Mechema Chemicals International Corp., a large-sized chemical product supplier in Taiwan, will actively expand its monthly output of cathode materials for such batteries to increasingly count on the promising

Taipei, Dec. 2, 2011 (CENS)--The production value of Taiwan's battery industry is expected to rise 12.4% in 2011, compared to 3% for printed circuit board (PCB) and -4.4% for passive component segments, according to the Industrial Economics & Knowledge Center (IEK) of Taiwan’s Industrial Technology

The electronic component industry in Taiwan turned out US$7.42 billion of products in the second quarter of 2011, a 7.6% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) and 0.7% year-on-year (YoY) growth, according to the government-backed IEK-ITIS (Industry & Technology Intelligence Services) in Taiwan. Impacted by a

Taipei, Oct. 4, 2011 (CENS)--Taiwan must aim to specially develop green-energy storage technology as a national R&D project, said Premier Wu Den-yih at the recent weekly Cabinet meeting, with other officials saying electric vehicles (EVs) connected to intelligent power grids are expected to be par