How can China deal with hidden debt?
Beijing should dissolve some of its off-balance sheet debt by converting it into legal, or statutory, debt, advises a researcher at Chinese Academy of...
Global chip shortage not yet over
There are lots of reasons for the scarcity: storms, cold snaps and a worldwide recovery that’s increased demand more stuff with microprocessors in...
Why carmakers need to disclose their electric plans?
It’s time for investors to ask the hard questions and shake car companies out of their complacency
How e-carmakers burning cash on R&D
Returns on invested capital and on assets have been dropping over time. It may take a little more parsing to find value under all the green...
Why China can't fix global microchip shortage
The country has been the world’s vaunted factory floor but semiconductors require years of hard-won know-how and incredible amounts of money to design...
Hyundai's $900-mn recall a cautionary tale for EV makers
There’s too great a rush to get electric cars to market. Development must be tempered by care for consumer safety and thought for the consequences to...
How battery science not matching the reality
The reality is, these powertrains are highly complex. Even as some promising advances are made, commercial viability remains a stumbling block. Chief...
Want a new factory to make car chips? That'll be $4 bn
It isn’t hard to see why chipmakers - currently racing ahead towards much more advanced and expensive technology (indeed, some for driverless cars) -...
