The 12th Smart City Summit and Expo (SCSE) officially kicked off on March 18, 2025, at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center Hall 2. As the largest professional exhibition for smart cities in the Asia-Pacific region, this year’s event focuses on critical areas such as AI applications, smart governance, deep energy savings, virtual power plants, net-zero sustainability, and global co-creation, showcasing innovative applications of digital technology in developing smart and net-zero cities.

CATL, the world’s largest electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturer, has agreed to invest up to CNY2.5 billion (approx. US$345.5 million) in collaboration with NIO to expand China’s battery-swapping infrastructure.

AI robots are once again expected to be a hot topic at the upcoming Nvidia GTC, as robots serve as the perfect vehicle for embodied AI. Taiwanese suppliers have been eagerly eyeing opportunities in this realm: in addition to optics and industrial control firms, established players in the precision machining supply chain are also gearing up, with Apex Dynamics and Khgears offering insights on the topic at their recent earnings calls.

BYD unveiled a new system for electric cars that the Chinese automaker says will allow them to charge almost as fast as it takes a regular car to refuel.