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The Big Read – Chery (4/4) – The EV pioneer

Part 4 of the Automaker Story on Chery. Features Chery's joint ventures, its role as EV pioneer and the latest corporate developments.

The Big Read – Chery (3/4) – Brand madness

Part 3 of the Automaker Story on Chery. In very Chinese fashion, Chery like to come up with new brands all the time.

The Big Read – Chery (2/4) – The Daewoo affair

Part 2 of the Automaker Story on Chery. The brand moves from the Seat Toledo to Daewoo designs and then its game changing A3 model.

The Big Read – Chery (1/4) – Wuhu woes

Part 1 of the Automaker Story on Chery. Wuhu City's attempts to establish itself as car manufacturing hub lead to the founding of Chery.

The Big Read – Jiangling (3/3) – The Landwind story

Part 3 of the Automaker Story on JMC. This time the story of JMC's passenger car brand Landwind and NEV-subsidiary JMEV.

The Big Read – Jiangling (2/3) – Ford joins the party

Part 2 of the Automaker Story on JMC. Ford Motor Co joins JMC to form a joint venture and JMC acquires a pickup manufacturer.

The Big Read – Jiangling (1/3) – Sunny days

Part 1 of the Automaker Story on JMC. General manager Sun Min turns loss-making Jinggangshan truckmaker into a buoyant Isuzu joint venture.

The Big Read – A tale of two China’s

Youngman Lotus was a rival to Geely and BYD, but fell by the wayside. Plus fighter jets, plastic bags, and how the Skylark brand survived.

The Big Read – GAC (4/4) – The self-owned brands

Part 4 of the Automaker Story on GAC. In this episode GAC takes over the Gonow brand and creates its own Trumpchi, Aion and Hycan brands.

The Big Read – GAC (3/4) – Joint Venture time

Last week we saw how GAC replaced an unwilling joint venture partner with a more promising one and reorganized its business structure. It also...