Taiwan auto market slows as tariff uncertainty stalls consumer demand

Taiwan’s auto market has entered unfamiliar territory in 2025, marked by mounting signs of disruption. With large volumes of imported cars clogging port terminals, erratic price swings, early factory shutdowns, and a sharp freeze in consumer demand, the market has slowed across virtually all major brands. Yet in the midst of the downturn, market leader Hotai Motor Co. has managed to maintain steady sales momentum.

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Additional LG 32U990A specifications emerge, probable launch in September

LG 32U990A was merely mentioned at CES 2025 in January this year, becoming a CES 2025 Innovation Awards Honoree. It also appeared at the iF Design Awards and received several certifications. This has helped us create a listing with the currently available LG 32U990A specifications. They are not complete, and we are aware that they may change until the final announcement. Still, it is useful to…

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Huawei develops AI SSDs to cut reliance on HBM, putting Korean chipmakers on edge

Huawei is preparing to commercialize solid-state drives tailored for artificial intelligence, a move that industry analysts say could challenge the dominance of high-bandwidth memory. South Korean outlets Newdaily and Newspim, citing industry sources, reported that the company’s AI-specific SSDs are designed for data center use and integrate computing functions, allowing them to manage large-scale storage and transmission workloads that exceed HBM’s capacity.

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Germany’s car industry buckles under EV shift and trade shocks

Germany’s once-dominant automotive sector is facing its most profound reckoning in decades, shedding over 52,000 jobs — a 6.7% decline — in the past year alone, according to fresh data released by Destatis. Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2019, the broader industrial sector has cut a total of 245,000 positions, with nearly half of those losses concentrated in the auto industry, according to estimates by the auditing and consulting firm EY.

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Taiwan enhances Triton satellite to improve accuracy of extreme weather forecasts

Taiwan’s first domestically-built meteorological satellite, Triton, has taken a major leap forward in its mission to enhance storm forecasting. After entering orbit in 2023 and beginning wind monitoring in May 2024, the Taiwan Space Agency (TASA) announced on August 28 a significant data upgrade: Triton’s wind-speed observations now include both low and high-speed measurements in its Version 2.0 data release, offering unprecedented accuracy for forecasting and research. The new dataset is already available to researchers via the Taiwan Analysis Center for COSMIC (TACC).

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As Nissan struggles, Foxconn offers a manufacturing lifeline

Hon Hai Precision Industry, better known as Foxconn, is signaling a strategic shift toward electric vehicles through partnership rather than acquisition. Chairman Young Liu confirmed that the company is exploring collaboration with Japanese automakers like Nissan via its Contract Design and Manufacturing Service (CDMS) model. While Foxconn has held discussions with Renault—the largest shareholder in Nissan—its aim is firmly anchored in cooperation, not ownership.

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