A BYD worker inspects a Song Pro new energy vehicle at a production line in its factory in Zhengzhou, Henan province, on April 4. [Photo/Xinhua] ZHENGZHOU — Chinese automaker BYD’s Zhengzhou branch in Central China’s Henan province has unveiled plans to recruit 20,000 employees in the first quarter of the year, attracting a surge of…
An employee addresses queries on all-solid-state batteries during a high-tech expo in Beijing in October. Embracing AI, Chinese battery makers are ramping up efforts to step up the mass production and installation of such batteries. [ZHANG HAIYAN/FOR CHINA DAILY] Chinese battery players are joining forces, including leveraging artificial intelligence technologies, to accelerate the development of…
GUANGZHOU – In the bustling downtown area of the southern Chinese metropolis of Guangzhou, a robotaxi slowly pulled over amid the flow of traffic, its steering wheel turning automatically without a driver present. A passenger entered the taxi, tapped on the screen in front of the seat to confirm the ride, and the journey began.…
The Maextro S800 is shown at the model’s technology press conference on Feb 20, 2025. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Huawei gave a glimpse on Thursday into the new technologies of the Maextro S800 flagship sedan, priced over 1 million yuan, showcasing its potential and ambition to set a new benchmark in the luxury sedan segment.…
LOS ANGELES — American electric vehicle (EV) maker Nikola Corporation announced on Wednesday that the company has filed for bankruptcy protection. The EV auto startup, based in Phoenix, the capital of the southwestern US state of Arizona, said in a statement that “the company and certain of its subsidiaries have filed voluntary petitions under Chapter…
Just hours before the arrival of Valentine’s Day, Japan’s Nissan and Honda called off their planned marriage, which otherwise could have created the world’s fourth-largest car group after Toyota, Volkswagen and Hyundai. The carmakers announced on Thursday the termination of their memorandum of understanding on a merger, which was signed a day before Christmas Eve.…
Shanghai-based artificial intelligence startup StepFun and Chinese carmaker Geely Auto Group jointly announced on Tuesday the open-sourcing of two multimodal large models to global developers. The initiative comes amid the recent array of open-source models led by DeepSeek-R1 developed by Chinese startup DeepSeek. The action hopes to contribute to Chinese companies’ efforts to offer the…
The user interface of the DeepSeek app. CHINA DAILY More than a dozen major automakers in China have integrated artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek’s popular large language model into their own systems, shifting the focus of their competition from autonomous driving to intelligent onboard experiences. On Feb 6, just two weeks after the startup shocked Silicon Valley…
Visitors inspect a BYD Seagull at the Changchun auto show, Jilin province, in July. TANG KE/FOR CHINA DAILY Smart driving, which has until recently been reserved for premium brands, will soon become as standard as safety belts: BYD is making the feature available in cars priced less than $10,000. China’s largest electric vehicle manufacturer announced last…
An employee works on the production line of an all-solid-state battery maker in Chongqing. [CUI JINGYIN/FOR CHINA DAILY] Several Chinese key players in the all-solid-state sector, including BYD, unveiled an ambitious timeline for producing the game-changing battery by 2027, which signals China’s determination to lead in next-generation battery technology globally. Sun Huajun, chief technology officer…