Leading Intellectual Property Law firm, EIP, here provides Lawyer Monthly with commentary on how European car manufacturers might combat the increasing problem of copycat
Chinese car makers.
Chinese car makers have often failed to compete successfully overseas with international manufacturers.
The test for BYD, one of the largest
Chinese car makers, will be whether it can deliver on plans to develop the most effective lithium battery on the market that could become an even bigger source of power in the future.
It is a clear sign that
Chinese car makers are building on recent experiences and rapidly investing in better vehicle safety.
Buffett also mentioned that Chinese TV has covered Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, and that Berkshire has made investments in both PetroChina and
the Chinese car maker BYD Auto.
In a rare move in the automotive market, Jaguar Land Rover has filed a lawsuit against
a Chinese car maker, Jiangling Motor for allegedly copying the design for Land Rover's Evoque.
Jaguar Land Rover is currently embroiled in a similar court battle with
Chinese car maker LandWind, after the Chinese brand released the X7, a # 14,000 SUV that bears a close resemblance to the Range Rover Evoque.
The XS's styling differs dramatically from its larger SUV sibling, receiving the Anglo -
Chinese car maker's new Jaguar - like grille and Mazda - style headlights.
Insiders say
Chinese car maker is readying new marque; cars set to share underpinnings with Volvo.
Chinese car maker plans to start selling cars in the US and is previewing future models with Detroit show concept
Chinese car maker Chery is widely known across the auto world for making terrible rubbish.
As promised,
Chinese car maker Chery revealed at the Frankfurt Motor Show a brand - new crossover SUV for the European market.
Chinese car maker Geely proposes a new kind of spare: an electric trike that rolls out of the back of the car.
Not exact matches
A
Chinese vehicle
maker that operates as SF Motors in the U.S. revealed its battery - electric concept
car, the SF5.
BEIJING, April 25 (Reuters)- German
car maker Daimler AG's boss said on Wednesday there was no indication the firm's largest shareholder,
Chinese auto magnate Li Shufu, was planning a hostile takeover, after he took a $ 9 billion stake in the firm earlier this year.
In 2008, MidAmerican bought 10 % of
Chinese electric -
car and battery
maker BYD for $ 230 million.
Graphics - chip
maker Nvidia (NVDA) announced a bunch of deals with
Chinese companies to provide processors for artificial - intelligence applications in cloud - computing data centers and self - driving
cars.
Independent
Chinese brands such as Geely, which owns Sweden's Volvo
Cars, SUV
maker Great Wall and electric
car brand BYD Auto, are developing technology and increasing exports.
Shares of Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) were trading higher by more than 3 percent early Tuesday following unconfirmed reports the electric -
car and solar - power
maker is close to reaching an agreement with the
Chinese government.
BYD Co., the electric -
car maker backed by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc., said a unit of Samsung Electronics Co. bought a 3 billion - yuan ($ 449 million) stake in the
Chinese auto company.
The prospects for a leading used
car dealer, a
Chinese infrastructure player and a small - cap aerospace parts
maker are also examined.
Chinese clean
car makers aimed to use their home market as a springboard to test new technology and create the scale of economics necessary for exports.
Q: Some analysts feel that Toyota is hoping to leapfrog
Chinese and South Korean battery
makers — and by extension electric -
car makers — with your solid - state technology.
Over several months the
Chinese media has been alleging multinational
car makers like Mercedes - Benz and Jaguar Land Rover are overcharging consumers.
Luxury British sports
car maker Aston Martin Lagonda arrives at the world - renowned Beijing International Automotive Exhibition with an exceptional line - up of new models reinforcing the brand's commitment to the
Chinese market.
Back in September 2017, the
car -
maker's GS mid-size SUV — which has since been joined by the smaller MG ZS — became the first
Chinese car to be awarded a maximum five - star ANCAP safety rating.
The spy images reveal that the Korean
car maker's compact crossover for the
Chinese market gets styling inspired from the ix35 SUV.
With the Beijing Auto Show just around the corner, Czech
car maker Skoda revealed their plans to take a bigger piece of the huge pie that is the
Chinese car market for themselves.
While the Tablet is pretty good, it should be clear that this is a
Chinese company that just happens to have the same name as the
cars maker.
Photo: Michael Graham Richard In Less Than a Year Last fall, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway bought a 10 % stake in
Chinese electric
car maker BYD last fall (and is reported to have wanted
He has advised investments into leading
Chinese internet and technology companies such as smartphone
maker Xiaomi,
car - hailing app operator Didi Chuxing and Tujia.com, often referred to as China's Airbnb.
Matthew Jones, partner, EIP, said: «If European
car makers and the automotive supply chain fail to consider their IP strategy and operate without robust IP protection in place, they risk leaving themselves exposed to all competitors, not just the
Chinese, to gain a competitive advantage.
T - Mobile partnered with
Chinese hardware
maker ZTE and auto tech software company Mojio to provide an in -
car Wi - Fi experience called SyncUp Drive that leverages an OBD - II port dongle device that you plug into your
car (most
cars built since 1996).
Bloomberg reports that there's a $ 350 million offer for 85 percent of the company from
Chinese state - owned
car maker Dongfeng Motor Corp, and Reuters reports that China's Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (which owns Volvo) has another offer for a majority stake with a deal between $ 200 million and $ 300 million.
LeEco, which calls itself an internet technology company, has managed to capture more mindspace that even fellow
Chinese smartphone
maker Xiaomi with its differentiated marketing strategy, product lineup and advanced technologies like its electric sports
car.