With vehicle telematics, or the electronics and computerization in cars, continuing to grow as a promising sector, whose iconic applications include GPS tracking and gradually the building of autonomous cars, and Taiwanese suppliers being part of the growing market, Prime Minister Mao Chi-kuo recently asked related government bodies such as the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), Ministry of Tra...

With ever more electronic safety features being installed in cars to minimize accidents from human error, one of the recent developments that will change sales, production structures in the U.S. automotive sector is that 10 major vehicle manufacturers have committed to making automatic emergency braking (AEB) a standard feature on all new vehicles, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety...

Established in Taiwan by a group of talented professionals, Jim Technology Co., Ltd. is the world's leading manufacturer of sophisticated performance exhaust systems. The company has aimed its "iPE" (Innotech Performance Exhaust)-branded products at the super high-end sports car market, counting such distinguished names as Lamborghini, Ferrari, Porsche, Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz among its ranks...

After hitting a 10-year same-month record in June, new-car sales in Taiwan continued on an uptrend in July, especially in the last 10 days of the month, to 46,800 units, up 13.5 percent from the previous month, or month-on-month (MoM), also a 3.7 percent increase from a year earlier, or year-on-year (YoY), according to statistics compiled by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC...

With high-profile firms as Tesla, Google and Uber developing new technologies as autonomous cars amid the growing trends of Smart City, automotive telematics, Internet of Things (IoT) etc., new forms of smart mobility are helping cities solve traffic congestion and reduce emissions. A new report from Navigant Research analyzes the global market for smart urban mobility infrastructure and servi...

Audi Taiwan, the wholly-owned local subsidiary of the German carmaker Audi AG, recently demonstrated the latest third-generation Audi TT and TTS coupes, models designed for well-heeled buyers looking for more performance than practicality in sub-compact dimensions. By the end of this year, the local subsidiary said, two other performance models will be introduced to the island to help further ele...

Driven by auto vendors' aggressive new-model launches, a total of 7,135 small/medium (or compact) luxury sport utility vehicles (LSUVs) were sold in the first six months in Taiwan, up 279.6 percent from the same period of last year, or year-on-year (YoY), according to statistics compiled by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC). As result, the small/medium LSUV has become a ...

Driven by regional consumers' considerable buying power and eagerness to drive the coveted sports cars, sales of Porsches in the Asia Pacific and Taiwan both hit impressive figures in the first half of 2015, according to Porsche Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. In the first six months, the German brand synonymous with the legendary rear-engined 911 sold 3,316 new cars in the Asia Pacific, up 108 per...

In conjunction with the falling fuel prices, and similar to the global market trend, sales of sport utility vehicles (SUVs) in Taiwan have been rapidly increasing to become the fastest-growing model segment on the island in the past year or so. Almost all major brands' SUV products have enjoyed strong sales gains, but all the Toyota RAV4 has held onto the top spot with sales increasing yea...

Volvo Car Taiwan Ltd., the first wholly-owned local subsidiary of the foreign carmaker Volvo Car Corporation (VCC) of Sweden, recently announced to kick off another investment project on the island to introduce more new models and renovate all its sales points throughout Taiwan starting this year, with the targeted investment to be about US$100 million, the largest since the global financial melt...