TAITRA plans electric vehicle showBy Angelica Oung / Staff reporterTaiwan’s electric vehicle (EV) industry has “three years left” to build its own brand, Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA, 外貿協會) chairman James Huang (黃志芳) said at a news conference in Taipei yesterday, announcing that the council is to hold an electro-mobility trade show in October. “We are looking ahead to 2035 because that is when many countries will be phasing out fossil fuel vehicles,” Huang said. Photo: Lin Jing-hua, Taipei TimesThe council’s goal is to encourage local firms to build a “connected ecosystem centered on EV and autonomous-driving technology,” Huang said. The first edition of the 2035 E-Mobility Taiwan Show would help to spark that development and feature local manufacturers and “international investors from Wall Street and Silicon Valley,” he said. The government must support the EV industry in the same way it supported the semiconductor industry in the past,” he said.

Source: Taipei Times January 14, 2021 16:05 UTC