Production line workers of new energy vehicle producer Leapmotor assemble a car at the company’s intelligent factory in Jinhua, Zhejiang province. JIN SICHENG/FOR CHINA DAILY China’s vehicle market, the world’s largest, grew even bigger in 2024, with 25.57 million units delivered, up 1.6 percent year-on-year, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. Combined with…
Luca de Meo, CEO of Renault Group. CHINA DAILY Renault Group does not sell cars in China but the French company is working at a mind-blowing scale with the Chinese auto sector, where CEO Luca de Meo says “the real things are happening”. Around a year ago, the Italian executive decided to build a facility…
Chinese carmakers are busy exploring overseas markets, but they still have a long way to go before becoming “world-class” companies, according to a report from consulting firm Roland Berger. Statistics from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers show that China shipped 5.85 million units out of the country in 2024, retaining its position as the…
JAKARTA — China’s automaker BYD launched its premium brand DENZA on Wednesday to expand its presence in Indonesia’s upscale automotive market. “This year, BYD will bring more new models to Indonesia,” said Liu Xueliang, general manager of BYD Asia-Pacific auto sales division, during the launch event in Jakarta. According to him, DENZA is a BYD…
An L8 is among Li Auto’s vehicles displayed at the Guangzhou auto show. [Photo by Li Fusheng/chinadaily.com.cn] NANJING – Chinese new energy vehicle (NEV) manufacturer Li Auto on Friday inaugurated its first overseas research and development (R&D) center in Munich, Germany, in a milestone move signaling deepening ties between China and Germany in the burgeoning…
Workers at a Volkswagen workshop in Hefei, East China’s Anhui province, Sept 25, 2024. [Photo/VCG] HEFEI — Volkswagen Group delivered over 2.9 million vehicles in the Chinese market in 2024 while its global vehicle deliveries surpassed 9 million last year, according to the German automaker. In the same year, the company sold more than 200,000…
A vehicle supported by Pony.ai self-driving system drives along a street in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, in December. WENG HUAN/FOR CHINA DAILY Chinese self-driving company Pony.ai will expand the number of its robotaxi fleet to about 1,000 this year from more than 200 currently, increase investment in research and development, and boost commercial operations as part…
A WeRide Robobus is seen during a trial run in Guangzhou, Guangdong province in February 2023. CHINA DAILY WeRide, a major player of autonomous driving in China, in collaboration with Guangzhou Bus Group, has inaugurated the commercial operation of an autonomous shuttle line along a bus rapid transit (BRT) route in the Tianhe district of…
BEIJING — The number of new energy vehicles (NEVs) in use in China has continued to increase at a faster pace, reaching 31.4 million by the end of 2024, the Ministry of Public Security announced on Friday. The figure marks a 260-fold surge over the past decade, which is attributed to the country’s technological progress…
Guangdong province-based eVTOL maker EHang Holdings Ltd completed the inaugural demo flight of its flagship pilotless passenger-carrying aerial vehicle EH216-S in downtown Shanghai on Friday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Guangdong province-based eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) maker EHang Holdings Ltd announced on Friday that its flagship pilotless passenger-carrying aerial vehicle EH216-S completed its inaugural…