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☆ China's Nio to expand battery swap services to gain an edge on EV infrastructure
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Evelyn Cheng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Pictured here is a Nio battery swapping station in Haikou, Hainan province, China, on May 9, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBEIJING — Chinese electric car company Nio has been expanding its battery swap partnerships in a bid to gain an edge on the infrastructure side of the EV ecosystem. Nio also announced agreements earlier this year to work with two local battery companies on battery swap services. While having a large network of battery charging stations helps address those concerns, battery swapping is a faster method as it takes only a few minutes. CLSA's Luo said businesses also prefer to invest in normal charging stations than swap stations because they make a higher return.

Persons: Nio, —, JAC —, Ding Luo, Shen Fei, Shen, it's, Le, William Li, Shay Natarajan, Luo, Ford Organizations: Bloomberg, Getty, Chery, CNBC, Battery, Nissan, Sino Auto, Mobility Impact Partners, General Motors Locations: Haikou, Hainan province, China, BEIJING, U.S, San Francisco, Kyoto, Japan, Madrid, Spain, Europe, North America

☆ Tesla now has a clear China EV competitor. What’s next for BYD?
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-07 | by ( Evelyn Cheng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Bernstein didn't even initiate coverage of BYD until September, with an outperform rating and price target of 359 Hong Kong dollars. BYD trades in Hong Kong, and on the Shenzhen exchange in mainland China. "I'm a long observer and investor in Tesla," Ogan said. "What I think will tip BYD like the volumes tipped Tesla is when people start realizing BYD is an energy company," Ogan said. Nomura's China autos and auto parts analyst Joel Ying likes BYD with an even higher price target of 382 Hong Kong dollars.

Persons: BYD, Bernstein didn't, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, Taylor Ogan, Ogan, Tesla, Xiao Feng, CLSA, Joel Ying, Ying, Xiaomi's SU7, That's, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Hong, Snow Bull, Nasdaq, Elon Musk's, HK, Hesai Tech Locations: Hong Kong, Norway, Brazil, China, Shenzhen, Asia, Europe, North America, U.S, Inovance, Ningbo Tuopu

☆ BYD beats Tesla for a second straight year after producing more than 3 million cars in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-02 | by ( Evelyn Cheng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Arjun Kharpal | CNBCBEIJING — BYD produced more than 3 million new energy vehicles in 2023, surpassing Tesla 's production for a second straight year. Tesla said Tuesday it produced 1.84 million cars in 2023. While total production surpassed Tesla, BYD manufactured 1.6 million battery-only passenger cars and 1.4 million hybrids, putting Tesla on top for battery-only production. Stock Chart Icon Stock chart iconEven though it surpassed the 3 million mark, BYD's annual sales slightly missed CLSA's expectations for 3.05 million vehicles. BYD said it sold 3.02 million new energy vehicles in 2023.

Persons: BYD, Arjun Kharpal, Tesla, Elon, Aito, Geely, Zeekr, Nezha, Joel Ying, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: CNBC BEIJING, Elon Musk's, Monday, Overseas, CNBC, EV, China, EU Locations: Europe, Munich, Germany, China, Hong Kong, Hungary

☆ China's AI applications are coming — where it matters for monetization
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-17 | by ( Evelyn Cheng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Around the same time, Tencent announced it is integrating its AI model into advertising content creation, and its own Zoom-like video conferencing app. It's also not clear how powerful China's AI applications currently are, beyond demos and select business partnerships. "Overall we see generally Chinese language model[s] still lag behind the most advanced ChatGPT version 4," CLSA's Tony Zhang said in a phone interview in the last week. Now with Beijing's green light, public-facing AI applications such as Baidu's Ernie bot can be widely used in China. Generative AI and large language model-related revenue contributed to 20% of SenseTime' s revenue in the first half of 2023, Nomura analysts said, citing company management.

Persons: Nomura, Tencent, Coffee, Luckin, Joey Wat, It's, Tony Zhang, –, Ernie, Oliver Wyman's David Xie Organizations: Baidu, KFC Locations: Beijing, China, Taobao, TikTok

☆ Alibaba and more: CLSA names 3 of the ‘cheapest AI plays’ worldwide — giving two over 50% upside
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Amala Balakrishner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

"The U.S. could account for some 55% (of the growth), but China is likely to be the world's second largest AI market with over 6% share. Computing power serves as the foundation for AI development and ByteDance, Tencent, Alibaba and Baidu, as a group are the world's second largest buyers of AI chips (12%)," they added. A key driver will be AI cloud services, they said . Stock picks CLSA named Baidu , Alibaba and Tencent as the "cheapest AI plays" that will "lead China's AI innovation." "Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent are trading at only 8.8x, 13.1x and 15.6x 24 [months] adj[usted] P/E (price-to-earnings) which only reflect the value of their traditional businesses.

Persons: CLSA, Stock, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Baidu, International Data Corporation, Inspur, Tsinghua University, Hong Locations: U.S, China, Hong Kong

☆ Analysts pick 4 high-performance semiconductor stocks to play the booming market
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Lucy Handley | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Analysts at an Asian brokerage and investment group have picked four semiconductor stocks to play the "booming demand" for high-performance chips. "This old semiconductor migration locomotive still has steam in it yet, even amid the current industry downcycle, thanks to booming demand for high-performance chips," CLST analysts Jason Tsang and Cathy Hsu said in a research note dated Aug. 23. Semiconductors are used in products like tablets and smartphones, and the Covid-19 pandemic led to high demand for such goods, resulting in a shortage of some types of chips. Analysts expect it to take market share from fellow chip manufacturer KLA. "In addition to expanding shipment volumes, demand improvement, content growth, and value add should together drive a boom in the semiconductor equipment market," the analysts wrote.

Persons: Jason Tsang, Cathy Hsu, Hynix, — CNBC's Michael Bloom, Arjun Kharpal Organizations: Semiconductors, Samsung, Samsung Electronics, Nvidia, CLST, AMD, SK Hynix Locations: Taiwan

HONG KONG, July 18 (Reuters) - China's CITIC Securities (600030.SS) plans to move dozens of bankers from its offshore platform CLSA in Hong Kong to the mainland to cut costs and meet Beijing's call to bridge income inequality in the financial sector, people with knowledge of the matter said. The move comes weeks after CITIC cut pay across its investment banking division, lowering base salaries of mainland-based bankers by up to 15%. The move would result in a 25% to 50% base salary reduction because dealmakers in Hong Kong are normally offered higher pay than mainland peers, according to the second person. Wall Street banks such as Goldman Sachs (GS.N), JPMorgan (JPM.N) and Morgan Stanley (MS.N) have cut some investment banking jobs in China over the last 12 months. ($1 = 7.1729 Chinese yuan renminbi)Reporting by Selena Li and Xie Yu in Hong Kong; Editing by Jamie FreedOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: CITIC, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Selena Li, Xie Yu, Jamie Freed Organizations: CITIC Securities, CLSA's, Bankers, JPMorgan, Australian, Thomson Locations: HONG KONG, Hong Kong, China, CLSA's China, Beijing, Canadian

☆ Hon Hai's cloud segment continues to show growth, says analyst
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailHon Hai's cloud segment continues to show growth, says analystPatrick Chen of CLST, CLSA's licensed broker-dealer and exclusive research "provider" in Taiwan, says it's one of the "very few areas" that are still showing growth in the face of a slowing economic outlook.

That announcement came after nearly four months of intense talks complicated by concerns about the sharing of intellectual property as Renault sought tie-ups with companies outside their alliance. The deal will see the French carmaker reduce its stake in Nissan to 15% from around 43%. That will see Renault put around 28% of the Japanese automaker in a French trust, crucially making the two more equal partners. While Renault bailed out Nissan two decades ago, it is the smaller automaker by sales. "One almost wonders what's the point of them having any stake in either one, any stake at all," Richter said.

☆ CLSA's top picks for the Lunar Year of the Rabbit
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailCLSA's top picks for the Lunar Year of the RabbitCLSA's annual Feng Shui Index predicts Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index will have a strong start to the Year of the Rabbit, but it won't all be smooth sailing, says research associate Justin Chan.

☆ China's Covid controls are pushing companies to diversify away from a 'start-stop economy'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Evelyn Cheng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

After a Covid outbreak at a Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou, China, some workers chose to go home. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty ImagesBEIJING — China's decision to maintain Covid controls is pushing companies to look to factories outside the country, according to The Economist Intelligence Unit. Beijing's stringent Covid controls helped the country resume work while the rest of the world still struggled with the pandemic in 2020. watch nowOver the weekend, some Foxconn workers reportedly forced their way out of Covid controls at the factory. JPMorgan analysts predicted that just 5% of Apple's global iPhone 14 production would move to India this year.

☆ China's climate push could spawn new global players, even if Beijing falls short on its pledge
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-04 | by ( Evelyn Cheng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

China aims to reach peak carbon emissions in 2030. Two years ago, Chinese President Xi Jinping formally announced the world's second largest economy would strive for peak carbon emissions in 2030, and carbon neutrality in 2060. Emerging leader in offshore wind? The U.K. and the rest of Europe are each expected to add about 10 gigawatts of offshore wind power in the next three years, according to IEEFA Research. Overenthusiastic measures to force local areas to cut carbon emissions last year resulted in a power shortage that disrupted factory production.

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