Can rising lithium costs save China’s energy storage firms from a brutal price war?
China’s energy storage firms, battered by a three-year price war, have been jolted by lithium battery maker Deegares,…
China’s growing young billionaire class masks innovation hurdles, analysts say
While China continues to produce many young self-made billionaires, showcasing its economic dynamism, observers have urged the creation…
Denza reveals local pricing for luxury super hybrid SUVs
Denza has revealed New Zealand prices for its first two offerings here. The large B5 and even larger…
The BYD Shark 6 is the best new vehicle of the year: DRIVEN Car Guide 2025 NZ Car of the Year
BYD Shark 6 chosen as Overall Winner from 9 Category contenders. Judges praised its intelligent hybrid technology and…
The COTY conversation: our judges and 2025’s top cars, the Kia EV3, Tesla Model 3 and BYD Shark 6
At crunch-time for the DRIVEN Car Guide 2025 New Zealand Car of the Year, we were down from…
‘Blue ocean market’: why Brazil is becoming a magnet for Chinese investment
With their domestic profits narrowing and production capacity expanding, China’s firms are continuing to widen their overseas footprints…
BYD Shark 6 is the best Lifestyle/Adventure vehicle of 2025: DRIVEN Car Guide AA Insurance NZ Car of the Year
In some respects the BYD Shark 6 started off the back foot for COTY this year. It began…
Open Questions | Why US economist Nicholas Lardy thinks the ‘peak China’ theory has peaked
Nicholas Lardy is a non-resident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and a member of…
Jonathan Becker on 25 Years of Photographing Paris’s Le Bal des Débutantes
A tradition born of real purpose can, over time, calcify into something so peculiar that it obscures why…
Inside Bhutan’s US$100 billion plan to build ‘happy’ Singapore-inspired economic hub
Bhutan is a nation that prides itself on happiness over productivity, being the only net negative emission country…
BYD New Zealand reveals seriously sharp pricing for three new models
BYD has announced that the Atto 1 small city hatch will start at just $29,990 when it launches…
China shift to higher-end exports boosts margins, mutual gains as US reliance dips: report
Flagship Chinese companies, spanning sectors from tech to retail, are increasingly shunning the United States and expanding in…