A WeRide Robobus (front) operates at an airport in Zurich, Switzerland, on April 17. XINHUA Chinese autonomous driving company WeRide is ramping up its overseas robotaxi operations from the Middle East to Europe and Southeast Asia, leveraging its Hong Kong listing as a springboard to scale commercial deployments beyond China at a moment that many…
An SUV from China’s electric vehicle brand Voyah with L3 autonomous driving architecture undergoes road testing in Wuhan, Hubei province, on April 6. CHINA DAILY On the bustling roads of Beijing, a subtle revolution is taking shape, marked by a series of distinctive license plates. To the untrained eye, they are just alphanumeric codes. To…
An aerial drone photo taken on Nov 2, 2025 shows a view of the Sanya Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City in South China’s Hainan province. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING – China’s Ministry of Commerce will further boost consumption and expand opening-up as part of its key work for 2026, according to a two-day national commerce work…
The 200,000th vehicle of Voyah, a Chinese NEV brand, rolls off the assembly line in Wuhan, Central China’s Hubei province, April 9, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] China’s auto market is undergoing a period of intensified competition, with the focus gradually shifting away from large-scale price cuts toward product capability and structural adjustment. While competition remains fierce, price…
Technicians work on a production line at an NEV-power battery firm in Hefei, Anhui province. XIE CHEN/FOR CHINA DAILY China has summoned the country’s biggest battery, power and energy storage companies, including CATL, BYD and Gotion, as well as system integrators like Trina Solar, to a closed-door meeting with four top regulators, sources told China…
Apollo Go secures Dubai’s first fully driverless testing permit. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Baidu Inc’s autonomous ride-hailing service Apollo Go received a fully driverless testing permit from the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) of Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, on Tuesday, becoming the first and only company authorized to conduct fully unmanned autonomous vehicle tests…
This photo taken on Nov 3, 2025 shows a new energy vehicle (NEV) assembly line of BYD, China’s leading NEV manufacturer, at the plant of BYD in Zhengzhou, Central China’s Henan province. [Photo/Xinhua] As China’s BYD becomes the world’s largest seller of battery electric vehicles, the milestone signals not merely a reshuffling of global rankings,…
A technician supervises a Changan L3 autonomous driving vehicle during a road test in Chongqing on Dec 24. HE PENGLEI/CHINA NEWS SERVICE China’s recent road approval of Level 3 conditional autonomous driving systems for two automotive models marks the country’s entry into a new phase of exploration in commercializing smart vehicles, but comes with significant…
This photo taken on Nov 3, 2025 shows a new energy vehicle (NEV) assembly line of BYD, China’s leading NEV manufacturer, at the plant of BYD in Zhengzhou, Central China’s Henan province. [Photo/Xinhua] Chinese automaker BYD Co strengthened its position as the country’s No 1 maker in 2025, selling 4.6 million vehicles to top domestic…
This photo taken on July 28, 2025 shows a view of China Changan Automobile Group’s digital and intelligent factory for the new energy vehicle AVATR in Southwest China’s Chongqing municipality. [Photo/Xinhua] Passenger vehicle sales in China may slow down in 2026, but the competitive and fast-evolving auto sector is expected to herald a new phase…