Yusin Hu

Delta Electronics said on Feb 23 that its EV business ¡V on-board chargers and battery management systems, will get even better this year, after announcing improved financial results for last year. Chairman Yancey Hai said at the latest earnings call that "availability of materials and components has much recovered" but there is still "a little bit of a shortage of some MCU and MOSFET."

On Investor Day on March 1, Tesla revealed a master plan to electrify transportation from cars to planes and increase the sustainability of the global economy. CEO Elon Musk said the master plan will take US$6-10 trillion throughout 10 or 20 years to achieve, which is only 0.5%-1% of the total value of the global economy and 60% of the total investment made in fossil fuel infrastructures last year.

German automaker Mercedes-Benz has won against Tesla to be authorized by the US to activate SAE Level-3 conditional autonomous driving on public freeway in the state of Nevada, although the regulation still requires a safety driver behind the wheel.

According to source, Baidu will test-run its AI generative product Ernie Bot on Mar 16 with business partners - mostly Chinese media ¡V before making the AI service available for the public.

After Tesla officially announced that it will build a Gigafactory in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, the Mexican government said it has also suggested Tesla build a battery plant in Mexico, according to

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced at the end of February the first funding opportunity for its incentives program for the domestic semiconductor industry. Starting from Feb 28, 2023, statements of interest from all potential applicants will be accepted by the CHIPS program office.

Taiwan digital advertising group funP Innovation has just raised US$3.12 million in the first closing of the latest fundraising round from a Foxconn subsidiary, Ennoconn.

Chinese carmaker BYD has reportedly registered a new trademark, "Yun-nian" (cars adorned with cloud patterns), according to several Chinese media outlets. Sources were cited as saying that Yun-nian is a whole new in-house technology for intelligent mobility.

Electrification and decarbonization will not be achieved without electrifying long-haul fleets and other types of transportation such as rail, marine and aviation. As lithium batteries might not satisfy the range and power needs of heavy-duty transport, several OEMs are planning for series production of hydrogen-powered internal combustion engines (H2ICE) targeting as early as 2023-2025, according to principal investigator and senior R&D engineer at Sandia National Laboratories Ales Srna.

Shanghai-based RISC-V chip technology startup StarFive announced on March 23 that it has received strategic investment from China's search giant Baidu, reported. In total, the startup has raised over CNY1 billion (US$146 million).