Media Interviews
ABC News (Australia), ABC Chinese (Australia), Bloomberg, CNBC, Financial Times, NRC, El País, 澎湃新闻, Sky News Australia, South China Morning Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Wire China, WIRED, 新华社, 远川研究所
Podcasts
A big fan of podcasts since 2004, I have participated in various podcasts since the 2010s. Since 2022, I have more frequently shared my observations and research about the automotive and electric vehicle (EV) industries on a wide range of podcasts.
中间地带(The Middle Ground)
A podcast on business, culture, and history.
40 Years of the Chinese Automotive Industry
108 塑料、泡沫也上车:「软硬」之间的汽车安全|「造车四十年」番外
“Soft” Materials Used In Cars. 12/10/2024 (Apple Podcast, Xiaoyuzhou FM)
104 长安、奇瑞造车记:转型的军工企业与进击的地方政府|造车四十年04
Chang’an and Chery: Arm Manufacturers and Local Governments Turning into Car Makers. 11/06/2024 (Apple Podcast, Xiaoyuzhou FM)
102 华晨与吉利:90年代造车的对照组|造车四十年03
Brilliance Auto and Geely: Chinese Auto Entrepreneurs in the '90s. 10/25/2024 (Apple Podcast, Xiaoyuzhou FM)
100 桑塔纳、捷达、富康,为什么90年代会有「老三样」|造车四十年2
Santana, Jetta, and Fukang: Why the “Old Three” Dominated China in the '90s? 09/12/2024 (Apple Podcast, Xiaoyuzhou FM)
Editor’s Pick by Xiaoyuzhou FM, 09/13/2024
99 造车四十年之计划的余温:抢出的时间,试出来的空间
How the Chinese Automotive Industry Grew out of Loopholes of the Planned Economy. 09/03/2024 (Apple Podcast, Xiaoyuzhou FM)
孤岛车谈(Isle of Auto)
A podcast on everything about cars, created by automotive engineers and other experts in the industry.
Latest News and Analyses in the Auto/EV Industry
144 大众小鹏一周年:德国亡国进行时
One-year Update on the VW-XPeng Partnership: Germans Lose Their Core Competitiveness? 12/08/2024 (Apple Podcast, Spotify, Xiaoyuzhou FM)
141 Northvolt倒闭:初创造电池,环保当饭吃
The Bankruptcy of Northvolt: Can A Battery Start-up Survive Solely Based on Green Visions? 11/15/2024 (Apple Podcast, Spotify, Xiaoyuzhou FM)
139 吉利雷诺合资Horse:法国人跟中国人学造内燃机
Geely and Renault form Horse Powertrain: French Learn from China’s Internal Combustion Engine Technologies. 11/02/2024 (Apple Podcast, Spotify, Xiaoyuzhou FM)
122 TuSimple(下):梦醒2024
The Fall of TuSimple, II: Wake-up Call in 2024. 06/03/2024 (Apple Podcast, Spotify, Xiaoyuzhou FM)
121 TuSimple(上):Tucson,梦开始的地方
The Fall of TuSimple, I Tucson, AZ, where Dreams Began. 05/27/2024 (Apple Podcast, Spotify, Xiaoyuzhou FM)
093 合作小鹏,大众押宝合肥
The VW-XPeng Partnership, Part II: Volkswagen Doubles Down in Hefei. 09/09/2023 (Apple Podcast, Spotify, Xiaoyuzhou FM)
092 大众汽车:德国特色社会主义汽车厂
The VW-XPeng Partnership, Part I: Volkswagen AG and Social Capitalism. 08/26/2023 (Apple Podcast, Spotify, Xiaoyuzhou FM)
089 中国不需要ET5 Touring,但蔚来需要
The New Nio ET5T, Part II: China doesn’t need a new station wagon, but Nio does. 07/25/2023 (Apple Podcast, Spotify, Xiaoyuzhou FM)
088 Wagon是客货两用车还是时尚先锋?
The New Nio ET5T, Part I: Wagon, a plain Kombi or an avant-garde Avant? 07/17/2023 (Apple Podcast, Spotify, Xiaoyuzhou FM)
History of the Auto Industry
138 上海通用和泛亚(3):2027后,上海通用还会不会存在?
Shanghai GM, Part III: PATAC’s Growth in the 2010s and the Future of SGM beyond 2027. 10/28/2024 (Apple Podcast, Spotify, Xiaoyuzhou FM)
136 上海通用和泛亚(2):南方MPV到胖头鱼
Shanghai GM, Part II: the Southern MPV project, PATAC, the 258 Model, and China’s Favorite Minivan Buick GL8. 10/14/2024 (Apple Podcast, Spotify, Xiaoyuzhou FM)
135 上海通用和杨雪兰(1):影响整个中国汽车界的合资故事
Shanghai GM, Part I: Shirley Young and the Creation of Shanghai General Motors. 10/07/2024 (Apple Podcast, Spotify, Xiaoyuzhou FM)
Editor’s Pick by Xiaoyuzhou FM, 10/30/2024
124 汽车教父皮耶希(2):布加迪、平台化、XL1
Ferdinand Piëch, II: Bugatti, Platform Strategy, and XL1. 06/17/2024 (Apple Podcast, Spotify, Xiaoyuzhou FM)
123 汽车教父皮耶希(1):保时捷917、五缸、四驱
Ferdinand Piëch, I: Porsche 917, Five-Cylinder Engine, and Quattro. 06/10/2024 (Apple Podcast, Spotify, Xiaoyuzhou FM)
099 一汽大众和李文波,一次让皮耶希难忘的engine swap
FAW-VW and Wenpo Lee: Audi Made in China and an Engine Swap that Revitalized Hongqi. 11/06/2023 (Apple Podcast, Spotify, Xiaoyuzhou FM)
098 上海大众和李文波,来之不易的桑塔纳
Shanghai VW and Wenpo Lee: the Hard-won Shanghai-Volkswagen Santana. 10/30/2023 (Apple Podcast, Spotify, Xiaoyuzhou FM)
097 大众历史:没有研发部,盈利靠返祖
The History of Volkswagen before the 1990s: Successes with and without Beetles. 10/25/2023 (Apple Podcast, Spotify, Xiaoyuzhou FM)
069 英国汽车工业的罗曼蒂克消亡史,从女王的灵车说起
The Demise of the British Auto Industry. 10/10/2022 (Apple Podcast, Xiaoyuzhou FM)