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What lies beyond familiar frontiers? Investigate emerging tech—like quantum computing and AI—transforming traditional sectors.

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How do connected devices shape daily life? Examine IoT sensors, data platforms, and security protocols integrating smart tech into homes and cities.

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The company’s sensors weave into textiles and surfaces, offering a scalable haptics solution for robots, vehicles, and smart environments.

With fresh funding, JQ Industries bets on fiber sensors to give machines a sense of touch

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Image of the YU7, a pure electric SUV by Xiaomi. It is scheduled for release in mid-2025.

China’s tech ecosystem serves as a driving force behind the world’s second largest economy, influencing global digital markets.

Explore East Asia’s thriving tech hubs, global electronics producers, and fast-evolving digital platforms shaping cross-border innovation.

East Asia

Xiaomi crafts affordable smartphones, wearables, and IoT devices, appealing to users who seek innovation, quality, and budget-friendly tech.

What powers tomorrow’s roads? Explore EV adoption, charging infrastructure, and battery advances sparking the shift toward sustainable transport.

Electric Vehicles

How is the way we move evolving? Explore developments in autonomous transportation, electric vehicles, and more efficient urban transit.

Mobility

How do goods and people flow worldwide? Examine transport networks, logistics innovations, and policies shaping global connectivity.

Transportation

With the YU7, Xiaomi seeks not only redemption, but a shot at surpassing Tesla.

After SU7 setback, Xiaomi reboots EV push with safer, smarter YU7

How does automation advance industry? Analyze robotic arms, drones, and AI-driven tools reshaping manufacturing and services.

With clients like BYD and Ecovacs, the Shenzhen-based firm says its purpose-built tightening robots can outperform generic systems.

A smarter way to tighten screws? Slabor lands early funding to prove it

How do we store tomorrow’s power? Evaluate battery R&amp;D, manufacturing progress, and recycling strategies fueling energy independence.

Batteries

How do we store tomorrow’s power? Evaluate battery R&D, manufacturing progress, and recycling strategies fueling energy independence.

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Energy

How is power evolving? Review renewable sources, grid innovations, and efficiency measures driving cleaner, more resilient energy systems.

As China grapples with a surge in retired EV batteries, Eagoal is leaning on predictive tools and clean chemistry to lead the way.

As EV batteries retire, recyclers like Eagoal race to scale and standardize

Geely, a Chinese automaker, integrates advanced engineering, EV tech, and international brand acquisitions to expand its global footprint.

Geely

Lynk &amp; Co, a mobility brand, offers connected cars and flexible ownership options, blending digital innovation with urban commuting needs.

Lynk &amp; Co

Zeekr crafts premium electric vehicles with smart connectivity, performance enhancements, and sleek luxury appeal for modern drivers.

Zeekr

By merging its battery units, Geely is betting on fewer variants, higher volumes, and stronger margins.

Geely brings battery operations under Jiyao Tongxing to streamline and scale

Eve Energy’s new large-format cylindrical cells are built for faster production, flexible chemistries, and stronger crash resistance.

Round, rugged, and ready: Eve Energy sees cylindrical batteries as “optimal solution” for EVs

CATL manufactures batteries that power electric vehicles, energy storage, and renewable energy infrastructures globally.

CATL

CATL’s Freevoy reimagines the EV powertrain from the cell up, fusing chemistries and software in a format built for range, cold, or speed.

CATL’s new EV battery doesn’t settle for one chemistry, and it doesn’t want you to either

Sharge has sidestepped the mass market, focusing instead on high-end, tech-savvy customers—and now, AI hardware users.

This company sells power banks and chargers that cost twice as much—and still has a cult following

BYD, a Chinese EV maker, produces electric cars, buses, and batteries, accelerating adoption of sustainable transportation worldwide.

BYD’s “super e-platform” is here to help EV drivers forget about range anxiety.

BYD’s new EVs could charge faster than your smartphone

CATL’s “Choco-Swap” system reimagines EV batteries as assets, shaping a new business paradigm that maximizes utility and profitability.

From power to profit: CATL turns EV batteries into financial assets with “Choco-Swap”

Europe

Once hailed as Europe’s answer to CATL, Northvolt’s bankruptcy exposes the risks of poor leadership, flawed execution, and manufacturing failures—even with billions in backing.

Northvolt’s fall: How hubris and blunders shattered Europe’s battery ambitions

Photo of Robin Zeng, founder and chairman of CATL.

The world’s leading battery maker restructures to focus on passenger car solutions as it prepares for a surge in demand for new energy vehicles in 2025.