Rechi Precision Co., Ltd., Taiwan's largest and the world's fourth-largest supplier of compressors for air conditioners by shipments, recently claimed that it aims to ship 15 million compressors and about one million brushless DC (BLDC) fan motors in 2015. The company claimed that it shipped a total of 12.49 million compressors in the first 11 months of 2014, a 12.7% increase from the same per...

Taiwan's Ministry of Finance (MOF) recently promulgated a rule to stop subsidizing hybrid cars unable to meet any one of four criteria: sub-NT$1 million (US$33,333) retail price, sub-3,000c.c. engine displacement, sub-19 km-per-liter fuel efficiency, and sub-120 g-per-km carbon emissions. The immediately effective rule disqualifies most imported hybrid cars in Taiwan from enjoying the governme...

TYC Brothers Industrial Co., Ltd., a leading auto-lamp maker in Taiwan, recently said it has completed a global division-of-labor plan whereby three companies will handle individual business deployments in major markets. The division-of-labor plan calls for the flagship firm, TYC, to handle mainly businesses in Europe and North America; Varroc TYC Auto Lamps Co., Ltd. in China; and Jouku Techn...

While increasing number of Taiwanese companies in the flat panel display (FPD) industry continue to develop business in the rapidly expanding automotive application market, the latest report released by the international display-market research firm DisplaySearch shows that with more safety features requiring greater level of driver monitoring, demand for multifunction TFT-LCD panels in automotiv...

Driven by strong sales in most months, new-car sales in Taiwan totaled 423,829 units in 2014, up 12% from a year earlier (378,456 units sold) to set a 9-year volume high since 2005 (around 500,000 units sold). Most auto vendors and distributors are optimistic about continuing rise in demand in 2015, with Hotai Motor Co. Ltd., the local agent of Toyotas and major vendor in Taiwan, said its new-...

To help Taiwan's automotive industry build a comprehensive range of corrosion testing capabilities, key to local development and certification of parts production, the Automotive Research & Testing Center (ARTC), a major transportation vehicle testing and R&D institute in Taiwan, recently announced the establishment of such a lab in central Taiwan. Without a corrosion testing lab for assemble...

The Automotive Research & Testing Center (ARTC), a key transportation vehicle testing and R&D hub in Taiwan, recently said new-car sales in Taiwan increased 12% in 2014 to 423,829 units, a 9-year high since 2005 (some 500,000 units sold), due to the coming of the 10-year replacement peak. More noticeable is, the center said, that Taiwan exported about 96,000 cars in 2014, a 16% year-on-year (...

More than 80 million new cars were sold worldwide in 2014, soaring from some 60 million units in 2009, according to Automotive Research & Testing Center (ARTC), a leading transportation vehicle testing and R&D hub in Taiwan. Burgeoning demand in China, the world's largest automobile market, and other emerging markets have fueled global production and sales of new cars. In Russia, for example, ...

Buses have been playing a vital role in public transportation in metropolitan areas, but such vehicle has been facing challenges in cutting fuel consumption and reducing carbon emissions. An answer is now emerging as the extended range electric vehicle (EREV) concept gains traction in a variety of vehicle types. Pure electric buses are seen as a solution for environment protection, drawing...

Kuozui Motors Ltd. held a ceremony in late December to celebrate the production of its 200,000th Toyota car in 2014, making it the first local automaker to turn out more than 200,000 vehicles in a year. Kuozui, a joint venture between Toyota Japan (with a 70% ownership share) and Hotai Motor Co. Ltd. of Taiwan, is the local assembler of Toyota cars and Taiwan's largest automaker. It also is th...