I spent months immersed in China’s auto industry, and it has been a study in contrasts. On the one hand, the numbers are staggering. China has been the world’s largest car producer and seller for 16 consecutive years. Last year, it overtook Japan to become the top car exporter, cementing its place as a true…
Visitors take pictures of models displayed at Mercedes-Benz’s booth at the Chengdu Motor Show on Aug 29. CHINA DAILY Chengdu, capital of Southwest China’s Sichuan province, has a way of making the unexpected feel natural: pandas, sizzling hotpot, and high-tech cars all converge as the city’s annual motor show is underway from Aug 29 to Sept…
Exported cars gathered at Yantai Port in Shandong province, waiting to be loaded onto the ship on July 10. XINHUA The quality of new gasoline cars in China has dropped for a second straight year as intensifying price competition forces automakers to cut corners, according to a J.D. Power survey released on Thursday. The 2025…
XPeng’s booth is attracting visitors vehicles with its models at the Chengdu Motor Show on Aug 29, 2025. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] XPeng delivered 37,709 vehicles in August, a 169 percent jump from a year earlier and a 3 percent rise from July, marking a new monthly record, the Chinese NEV maker said Monday. The…
Leapmotor B10s set sail for Europe on Aug 25. CHINA DAILY Chinese automakers have moved beyond simple product exports and entered a new phase of industry chain globalization, including localized production and ecosystem services. A train loaded with components from FAW Group departed from Changchun, Jilin province, for Europe last week, marking the automaker’s first direct…
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Representatives from the Polar Research Institute of China, and the Automotive Engineering Research Institute of the China Automotive Technology and Research Center and Avatr ink a deal to conduct tests in polar environments on Aug 26, 2025. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] China is set to conduct real-world testing of new energy vehicles in Antarctica, as…
A woman is pictured while viewing locally made BYD SEAL 5 cars in Rayong province, Thailand, on July 7, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] BANGKOK – BYD announced on Monday that its Thailand plant has officially exported the first batch of BYD DOLPHIN electric vehicles (EVs) to the European market, totaling over 900 units, with destinations including Britain,…
Chinese NEV startup Leapmotor displays a C01 sedan at the 2025 Shanghai auto show in April. HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP Chinese new energy vehicle startups posted a record-breaking performance in the first half of this year, demonstrating their growing momentum in both domestic and overseas markets. Leapmotor has turned a profit for the first time in a half…
British compute platform company Arm is positioning its new Zena CSS as a flexible computing foundation for the next generation of AI-powered vehicles, providing automakers and chipmakers a way to accelerate development while maintaining flexibility for differentiation. The platform, which it claims can enable automakers to launch new vehicle models at least one year faster,…