Wuhu as a Testing Ground
The iCAUR 2026 Business Summit is about far more than the unveiling of a new model: it speaks to the global ambitions of China’s auto industry, the growing weight of REEV strategy, and a new language of brand-building.
What a J.D. Power Award Really Means
J.D. Power recognitions are not editorial prizes, but customer-experience benchmarks. That is precisely why, for Chinese new energy vehicle brands, they matter not only as domestic prestige markers, but increasingly as tools of international credibility, brand-building, and market entry.
Chery’s Battery Bet: Solid-State Ambition and China’s EV Power Race
Solid-state batteries are still more industrial challenge than finished breakthrough. But Chery’s latest push shows how Chinese carmakers are trying to turn battery chemistry, manufacturing, safety, and green production into a single competitive system.
iCAUR’s European Arrival: A Distinctive New Brand and the Family-Sized Promise of the V27
When a new automotive brand enters Europe today, it arrives in a market that is curious, cautious, and highly competitive all at once. European consumers have heard many promises over the past decade: electrification, smart mobility, digital ecosystems, sustainability, premium reinvention. Yet buyers are also looking for something simpler and more concrete. They want to know what a brand stands for, what kind of company stands behind it, and whether the vehicle in question actually makes sense for everyday life.
That is what makes iCAUR’s European debut genuinely interesting.
Hungary’s Quiet Agritech Challenger Goes Global
When multinationals dominate precision agriculture with deep capital reserves and aggressive R&D cycles, a small Hungarian firm would seem an unlikely contender on the world stage. Yet Machinery Guide, a Szeged-based developer of agricultural guidance software and mobile-based control systems, has quietly expanded into more than 20 markets across Europe, South America and Australia. Its story shows how Central European engineering can gain global relevance even in one of the most competitive technology sectors.
The Brave New Biology of Xenobots
“We are standing at the frontier. And when you stand at the frontier, you must stay curious — and critical.” — Simon Verghote, ULB researcher in bioethics and synthetic biology
It begins with a frog, and a question as old as philosophy itself. In a laboratory at the Université libre de Bruxelles, Simon Verghote is part of a group exploring xenobots — tiny programmable organisms designed by artificial intelligence, constructed from real living cells.
The Farming Reform Europe May (not) Need
Author: Zoltán Kész Agriculture is an issue which is viewed very differently depending on which European country you look at it from. Whether it is the subsidies or the methods, it seems like there is no real understanding among all the EU member states. In this edition of the CEA Talks podcast, host Zoltán Kész […]
