MHC, Author at Chinessima

An Apollo Intensa Emozione car on display during the 3rd China International Import Expo in Shanghai (photo source: Xinhua)

Apollo IE, the German-born hypercar, is now owned by a Hong Kong listed company

Posted by MHC on January 22, 2021January 22, 2021 in News

A new chapter has begun in March 2020 when Apollo Automobil announced a strategic partnership with the Hong Kong company WE Solutions Limited.

A photo from Perfect Diary Instagram account

Perfect Diary, the Chinese unicorn with global ambitions

Posted by MHC on October 30, 2020October 30, 2020 in News, Press Review, What's on WeChat

Founded in 2017, Chinese cosmetics brand Perfect Diary has just obtained USD150 million from a pool mainly composed of American investors. With this new fundraising, the brand, which emerged from the Chinese digital ecosystem, is valued at USD4 billion. Has China finally found its first global beauty brand?

Taiwan’s Gogoro launches human-electric hybrid bicycle

Posted by MHC on August 28, 2020August 28, 2020 in News, Press Review, What's on WeChat

The major difference between these two bikes and more classic electric bikes is the near absence of the elements that usually characterize an electric bike. Thus, no battery is visible, the crankset seems traditional and no indicator or control box is present.

Hongqi (红旗) to become a luxury sports car brand

Posted by MHC on June 5, 2020June 5, 2020 in News, Press Review, What's on WeChat

FAW Group (中国一汽) is about to establish a joint venture with Silk EV, a little-known U.S.-based automotive engineering and design company, to build the first Hongqi-branded sports car, reports Xinhua News Agency.

Geely gives details about its use of composite materials

Posted by MHC on April 28, 2020April 28, 2020 in News, What's on WeChat

Chinese car producer Geely (吉利汽车) has expanded its range through the development or the acquisition of electric and flying vehicles. The group has answered our questions about its use of composite materials.

Lava Music’s carbon-fiber guitar is making a breakthrough in the USA

Posted by MHC on April 10, 2020April 10, 2020 in News, What's on WeChat

Designed and developed in China, Lava Music yet never presents itself as a Chinese brand in its communication and marketing.

CRCC offers to build UK’s high-speed rail project

Posted by MHC on March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 in News, Press Review, What's on WeChat

British government is in talks with China Railway Construction Corporation company (CRCC, 中国铁建) about putting its HS2 project back on track, reported British newspaper Financial Times. HS2, the UK’s over budget and long delayed high-speed rail line, which will speed from London to the Midlands and the north of England, this month received the go-ahead for the first phase of construction.

US-born, Geely-owned Terrafugia almost ready to fly

Posted by MHC on February 14, 2020February 14, 2020 in News, What's on WeChat

Founded in 2006 by a team of five MIT graduates, Terrafugia has struggled to turn its flying car prototypes into production-ready vehicles at an attainable price.

COMAC is racing to fly the C919 in the buoyant regional aviation market

Posted by MHC on January 10, 2020January 7, 2020 in News, Press Review

The wide-body Sino-Russian CR929 is not the only aircraft that China’s COMAC wants to use to challenge the Airbus-Boeing duopoly. With the medium-haul C919, the competition on the rising regional flight market will begin sooner than on the long-flights market.

China’s smarter cities: focus on 3D printing and new materials

Posted by MHC on December 6, 2019December 9, 2019 in News, Press Review

The urgent need to address the challenges of climate change and China’s rapid urbanization involves both the private and public sectors. Projects are developed on the local scale but also planned nationally.