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1. From oversupply to Trump 2.0: the outlook for EV batteries in 2025
The global battery market endured a difficult year in 2024, with weaker-than-expected electric vehicle (EV) demand, overcapacity, intense competition among different battery technologies and geopolitical tensions fuelled by US tariff increases on China.
2. China’s 30,000 car dealers face bleak 2025 as price war, e-commerce crimp margins
More than 30,000 car dealers in mainland China are facing another bleak year in 2025, with many turning from profit-generators into corporate failures in two years under a debilitating price war and an e-commerce onslaught.
3. BYD’s fourth-quarter EV output beats Tesla as world’s No 1

BYD Auto, China’s electric vehicle (EV) king, was the world’s biggest seller of pure electric cars in the fourth quarter of 2024, as Tesla’s sales for the period fell short of expectations.
4. China’s discount war rolls on after 227 EV models slashed prices in 2024

Chinese carmakers cut prices on pure electric vehicles (EVs) by an average of 10 per cent last month to spur deliveries and pad their yearly sales totals, triggering a new round of price competition that is likely to edge out more underachieving players in 2025.
5. Here are the 6 biggest winners in China’s nationwide EV buying spree
Half a dozen assemblers in China delivered record numbers of electric vehicles (EVs) to customers in December, as they rode on a nationwide buying spree before the end of a state subsidy that boosted the year’s total sales to 10 million units.
6. China recalls cars from Tesla, Trumpchi as safety issues emerge

China has issued a recall for 77,650 domestically produced Tesla electric vehicles as well as more than 88,000 vehicles from four other carmakers due to safety hazards, including GAC Trumpchi, Mercedes-Benz and Chrysler.
7. Chinese autonomous-driving tech firm Pony.ai eyes robotaxi services in Hong Kong
Toyota Motor-backed Pony.ai plans to launch its robotaxis in Hong Kong, looking to go head-to-head with Baidu’s fleet in the city, as Chinese autonomous-driving technology companies expand their operations into international markets.


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China’s car dealers face price war, BYD beats Tesla in fourth quarter: 7 EV reads

People walk past various Chinese-made electric cars for sale inside a shopping centre in Beijing on January 9, 2024. Photo: AP

The BYD logo at the Beijing Auto Show. Photo: AFP

EVs sit at a charging station in Beijing on December 26. Photo: Xinhua

China has recalled thousands of Tesla vehicles to resolve observed safety issues. Photo: Reuters

EU tariffs slow Chinese EV exports, Geely looks to expand in Asia: 7 EV reads

BYD electric cars bound for export at a port in Yantai, Shandong province, in April. Photo: AFP

Employees of Chinese electric truck start-up Windrose assemble vehicles at a factory in Suzhou, in eastern Jiangsu province. Photo: AFP

Geely’s Robocar Jiyue 01 is displayed at the Beijing Auto Show on April 29, 2024. Photo: AFP

China’s new sixth-generation jet, Hong Kong’s wealthy lose billions: SCMP’s 7 highlights

Videos and images posted on social media last week appear to show China’s first sixth-generation stealth fighter jet flying over Chengdu. Photo: Handout

Former US president Jimmy Carter (left) greets Deng Xiaoping outside the Oval Office of the White House on January 28, 1979. Photo: AP

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Firefighters conduct search operations at the wreckage site of the Jeju Air aircraft at Muan International Airport. Photo: EPA-EFE

A girl in China with different coloured eyes has been accepted by her classmates, dispelling her mother’s discrimination concerns. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin/Wikipedia

Chinese high-speed rail, 3000-year-old city, Covid-19’s origins: 7 science highlights

China’s next-generation Fuxing bullet train, the CR450, was seen travelling from Tianjin to Beijing on Wednesday. Photo: Weibo/龙龙井拿铁

Research on board China’s orbiting Tiangong space station has included  a range of weightlessness protection experiments to ensure the physical well-being of astronauts during their missions. Photo: CMSA

A groundbreaking mobile 5G base station for military applications has been created by Chinese scientists. Photo: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images

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From Chinese EV car dealers facing a price war to BYD’s output beating Tesla in the fourth quarter, here are seven EV stories you may have missed


From Chinese EV car dealers facing a price war to BYD’s output beating Tesla in the fourth quarter, here are seven EV stories you may have missed.


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China’s car dealers face price war, BYD beats Tesla in fourth quarter: 7 EV reads

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}From Chinese EV car dealers facing a price war to BYD’s output beating Tesla in the fourth quarter, here are seven EV stories you may have missed

1. From oversupply to Trump 2.0: the outlook for EV batteries in 2025

From Chinese EV car dealers facing a price war to BYD’s output beating Tesla in the fourth quarter, here are seven EV stories you may have missed