Modest gains and huge losses characterise China NEV February sales.
Chinese New Year impacts sales as usual but some brands felt the heat more than others while others flourished. China's New Energy Vehicle (NEV) sales figures are in for February…
NIO Boss Promises New or Refreshed Products Every Quarter This Year From Q2
NIO, Onvo, and firefly will all be actively launching new products. NIO will refresh its entire line-up and launch new models every quarter from Q2 this year, according to CEO…
Toyota To Build Lexus EVs in New Wholly-Owned Shanghai Factory
Factory would become only the second wholly foreign-owned vehicle production plant in China after the Tesla Gigafactory. Toyota has announced plans to build Lexus electric vehicles in Shanghai in what…
Pricing and Incentives Wars Restart in China New Year Sales Push
XPeng, NIO, and Tesla all now offer zero percent interest for five years while Yipai lowers prices. China's new energy vehicle price wars are set to hot up all over…
Chinese NEV Sales Kick-off 2025 With Customary Whimper
BYD's exports, Geely's Galaxy series, and Lynk & Co were the only brands to grow sales, while XPeng stormed the charts. BYD once again topped Chinese new energy vehicle (NEV)…
US Bans ‘Connected’ Chinese Cars From 2027
Ban also covers Russian vehicles, and the sale of any software or hardware, even if produced in the US. Image generated by Grok The US government has announced the complete…
Pony.ai Begins Driverless Robotaxi and Truck Platoon Tests on Beijing Highways
Taxis will operate in the south of Beijing around the airport and require a safety officer in the passenger seat, while truck platoons will run between Beijing and Tianjin. Pony.ai…
GAC and Huawei To Create New Automotive Brand
First model will cost around RMB 300,000 and feature a "new architecture and technologies". GAC Group has confirmed plans to create a new automotive brand in collaboration with Huawei focused…
Battery Swapping Grows In Popularity As Nio-Chery and SAIC-CATL Alliances Make Headlines
Chery set to reveal two Nio battery-swap compatible models in Q3 while SAIC inks agreement with CATL. Developments in battery swapping look set to steal the headlines in 2025 with…
XPeng and Volkswagen To Merge Super-fast Charging Networks
Partnership is fourth major collaboration between the brands since VW invested $700 million to co-develop EVs for China last July. XPeng and Volkswagen have announced their intention to merge their…