Li Auto Opens First Overseas R&D Centre in Munich
Move signals the official start of Li Auto’s globalisation strategy, though European sales remain off the table for now Li Auto has taken its first step towards a planned global…
Move signals the official start of Li Auto’s globalisation strategy, though European sales remain off the table for now Li Auto has taken its first step towards a planned global…
Ban also covers Russian vehicles, and the sale of any software or hardware, even if produced in the US. The US government has announced the complete ban of ‘connected’ Chinese…
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…
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…
Cars from BYD, AITO, XPeng, firefly, Tesla, Juneyao, Zeekr, Nissan, and Hyptec get approvals. A bumper month of MIIT filings has seen the Yichi 01 two-seater sports car, a pair…
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…
Mid-size SUV should sit between G6 and G9 in XPeng’s line-up and will target the Zeekr 7X and Tesla Model Y. XPeng has released official photos of a new mid-size…
7GT, which may be called 007GT in China, is the wagon version of the Zeekr 007 Zeekr has taken to X to reveal teaser images of their upcoming 7GT, an…
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…
New flagship model boasts up to three motors, twin 30-inch 6k screens, 31-speakers, a fridge, and ‘living room’ setting for the second and third rows. Lynk & Co has unveiled…
Almost all brands see increases with many hitting record monthly sales in end-of-year push. Chinese new energy vehicle (BEV, EREV, PHEV) sales benefitted from the annual end-of-year sales push to…
Platform is capable of surviving 120kph frontal pole test with no fire or thermal runaway, and can shorten concept to production time to 12-18 months. CATL, the global leader in…
Flagship ‘landjet’ targets Maybach with focus on luxury, tech, safety, autonomous driving, and silky smooth ride. The Nio ET9 has been unveiled at the brand’s annual NIO Day event in…
The world’s largest vehicle battery manufacturer started their battery swap business three years ago and is ready to expand. CATL, the world’s largest automotive battery maker, has revealed two standardised…
Brand is a collaboration between battery maker CATL, tech company Huawei, and car maker Changan Chinese car maker AVATR has raised RMB 11 billion ($1.5 billion) in a series C…
Possibly the coolest car of 2024 drops at an astoundingly affordable price point with both rear- and all-wheel drive variants on offer. iCAR has officially launched its third fully electric…
The Zeekr 7X mid-size SUV will start from as little as $48,250 in Sweden and will go to RHD markets including Australia and possibly the UK. Customers in Sweden, Norway,…
The brand, that focused on autonomous tech and stunning looks, looks poised to join Evergrande and HiPhi on the scrap heap of history. (This article has been edited to update…
Latest model will be a mid-size saloon and makes do without a rear window like on the Polestar 4. AVATR has revealed official images of its upcoming 06 saloon which…
China’s largest robotaxi operator gets the first green light to test autonomous cars in the right-hand drive market Baidu Apollo International has been granted the first pilot licence to test…
Big month for Geely, Leapmotor, and XPeng, less so for Li Auto, Nio, and Jiyue. November’s China NEV delivery figures are in and it’s looking like yet another record month…
XPeng P7+ has only been on sale for 20 days and looks likely to take XPeng monthly sales over 30,000 in November XPeng has announced the production of its 10,000th…
S800 marks Harmony Intelligent Mobility Alliance’s entry into the million RMB segment. Huawei has unveiled the Maextro S800 executive saloon, the first model from the new flagship brand that sits…
Off-road focused brand says international sales have totalled more than 10,000 units as they expand into four new markets. ROX Motor has announced the expansion of its international operations into…
Electric model, named E-HS7 internationally, will spawn a battery-swap capable version. Hongqi’s New Energy division has pulled the covers off its latest fully-electric SUV, the 08, ahead of a public…
Both brands remain but will be more clearly positioned and share more back-end technology. Chinese premium electric brand Zeekr will take a 51% majority stake in sister brand Lynk &…
Three-row fully electric SUV is brand’s fourth model and looks set to rival Li L9 and AITO M9. GAC’s Hyptec brand has released official images of the HL three-row electric…
Both brands signed a deal in April 2024 to co-develop the CEA platform to underpin future electric Volkswagens. Volkswagen Anhui has decided to cancel future models based on VW’s MEB…
Even budget Chinese EV brands are getting in on the sideways parking act with game-changing digital chassis tech. Chinese EV maker Baojun, sister brand to Wuling, has shown its Tianyu…
Guangzhou-based EV maker looks to have successive big sellers on its hands as P7+ lights up the sales charts. XPeng officially opened the order books for their P7+ saloon-cum-hatchback this…
Out with the four rings, in with the four letters, as AUDI plots the comeback of German electric cars in China. The brand is the first product of a collaboration…
Rumours suggest up to 70% of staff are being laid off as brand seemingly confirms a restructuring is underway. Various reports coming out of Neta suggest the budget EV brand…
Electric carmaker XPeng took the opportunity of its AI Tech Day to unveil a host of AI-driven products as it enters its second decade. Chinese carmaker, or more accurately now…
Shenzhen-based autonomous driving startup defies industry-wide macroeconomic challenges to win hefty funding from major OEM. The significant funding boost was announced at a media briefing today by the Chinese autonomous…
BYD’s sales success continues unabated leading brand to significantly boost hiring and production capacity numbers. In the space of just three months from August to October, BYD has added both…
Hyundai has struggled in China of late but isn’t throwing in the towel just yet, with a China-only EV set to launch in 2025. The news was revealed alongside the…
Nearly all brands see deliveries increase in October, but absolutely nobody can keep pace with BYD. As predicted, October’s NEV (new energy vehicle) sales in China hit new heights almost…
Geely has launched its new Leishen EM-i hybrid system, otherwise known as NordThor 2.0, boasting thermal efficiency of 46.5% and potential range of 2,390km The new technology, which claims a…
Smartphone giant unveils most powerful SU7 yet alongside Nurburgring record for 4-door saloon. Xiaomi has unveiled the SU7 Ultra, an electrifying flagship version of their popular EV saloon producing an…
Images, seemingly taken inside GAC’s Design Studio in Guangzhou, show an as-yet-unrevealed Fiesta-sized hatchback that appears production-ready. The secret model sports AION’s updated design language which first appeared on the…
Fourth AITO model, expected to be called M8, appears to debut new HIMA face in patent images Patent images, submitted by the makers of the AITO and Seres brand vehicles,…
Chery has teased an as-yet-unreleased pick-up truck codenamed KP11 at their Global User Summit in Wuhu. The model, which previews an upcoming pick-up similar in size to the popular Ford…
China’s largest vehicle exporter for 21 years in a row has announced a ninth brand to add to their collection. They may already count Chery, Exeed, Jetour, Omoda, Jaecoo, iCar,…
Chinese auto giant, Chery, has announced a raft of innovations across the areas of platforms, powertrains, cockpit, autonomous driving, and more at its Global Innovation Expo in Wuhu. Some highlights…
WeRide, one of the world’s leading developers of autonomous driving technology, has launched its latest generation of robotaxi, the GXR. The model is based on the Farizon SuperVAN, which we…
Every month, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information and Technology releases the filings of cars that have been approved for Chinese sales, often leaking models before the brands have launched…
XPeng says it has taken over 30,000 orders for its upcoming P7+ hatchback (coming soon to Inside China Auto) within two hours of the new model going on pre-sale following…
Leapmotor has revealed the B10 compact SUV ahead of its debut at the Paris Auto Show. The B10, the smallest SUV in the Leapmotor range, is expected to go on…
The Lynk & Co Z20, named 02 in Europe, has been unveiled at an event in Milan ahead of an expected public debut at the Paris Motor Show. The brand’s…
China’s NEV (new energy vehicle) sales hit a record 54.29% of the total retail monthly sales in September with 1.12 million units finding customers. The record result means that retail…
XPeng has officially unveiled the P7+, a large hatchback they’re describing as “the world’s first AI vehicle”. The all-new model, which despite its name is not based on, and won’t…
On the eve of Tesla’s expected robotaxi event, it has emerged that Baidu is looking to expand its Apollo Go robotaxi service outside of China, according to sources cited by…
Reported sales figures from ‘Golden Week’, the one week national holiday in China that kicks off October each year, suggest October will be yet another record month for NEVs in…
The highly-anticipated BYD Seal 06 GT, revealed at the Chengdu Auto Show in August, is set to officially launch in China on October 18th. Seen by many as the first…
The European Union has voted to impose the previously proposed high taxes on imported Chinese-made EVs for the next five years with a majority of states voting in favour. China’s…
BYD General Manager for the Asia Pacific region, Liu Xueliang, has confirmed that Denza will be the next BYD brand to enter the rapidly diversifying Australian electric car market. The…
Despite a booming year for NEV sales in China, most Chinese NEV makers will fall well short of their 2024 sales targets according to research by CarNewsChina.com. Despite NEVs now…
BYD once again leads the way in China’s NEV (new energy vehicles – BEV, EREV, PHEV) sales charts for September as several car makers set monthly records in the hotly…
The Jiyue 07, the second model from the Geely-Baidu joint venture, has officially been launched claiming to be the world’s first mass-produced L4 autonomous capable car. It features the latest…
XPENG AEROHT made waves in the automotive and aerospace industries last week with the debut of its modular flying car, the Land Aircraft Carrier. The innovative vehicle was showcased for…
Shortly after the EU’s temporary tariffs on Chinese-made EVs kicked in, a contact at XPeng confirmed plans for the company to build cars in Europe. At the recent event, this…
Canada looks set to follow the lead of the US in imposing 100% tariffs on imports of China-made electric vehicles, raising doubts over BYD’s expansion plans there. The move is…
GAC sub-brand HYPTEC, formerly known as Hyper, has announced the start of production of the Quark Electric Drive 2.0, a motor claiming the world’s highest speed of 30,000rpm. GAC claims…
Our contacts at Neta have confirmed that the first car built on CATL’s CIIC skateboard chassis will be the 800-volt Neta S Wagon. Skateboard chassis were all the rage in…
Evergrande Auto, the perennially struggling automotive arm of equally beleaguered property giant China Evergrande Group, has laid off all of its remaining employees. The news looks to be all but…
Baidu’s Apollo Go self-driving ride-hailing platform has clocked up more than seven million autonomous rides since its inception, according to a recent Baidu earnings call. The achievement was reached thanks…
The European Commission investigation into subsidies for Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) has concluded with final tariff decisions made, and it’s good news for Tesla, not so good for other companies…
The Chinese automotive market never sleeps and this week was no exception, with a spate of new model releases, pre-order book openings, and production line roll-offs. Here’s your quick summary…
Zeekr, the premium EV brand of Chinese automotive giant Geely, has launched what it says is the fastest charging EV battery in the world. The so-called ‘Golden battery’, a self-developed…
CATL, the world’s largest automotive battery maker, has opened a supersize EV pavilion in Chengdu displaying almost 100 cars that use its batteries. The complex, named NING Space, is the…
Just six years on from the completion of their first battery swap station in Shenzhen, Nio has reached the 50 million swap milestone. With a network that now boasts 2,464…
Chinese local media is reporting that Fangchengbao will be the first BYD brand to implement Huawei’s intelligent driving system when the Bao 8 launches later this year. BYD doesn’t currently…
The fortunes of China’s most outlandish EV company, HiPhi, have seemingly gone from bleak to dire with the announcement that parent company Human Horizons has filed for bankruptcy. There had…
China’s NEV sales, meaning full electric and hybrids, topped 50% in a single month for the first time in July with the country’s electrified vehicle take-up rate continuing to accelerate.…
BYD’s global ambitions to turn the world electric have gained a significant boost thanks to a tie-up with ride-hailing giant Uber that aims to get more drivers into their cars.…