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1. BYD, Geely bank on big discounts to set record car sales, dent smaller rivals
China’s leading electric vehicle (EV) makers from BYD to Geely Auto sustained their strong sales last month as big price cuts lured new buyers, helping boost their market share and heaping pressure on smaller, unprofitable rivals.
2. China’s EV price war dashes profit hopes of 90% of brands, AlixPartners says

Less than 10 per cent of EV brands in China will turn a profit in the next five years, as the industry grapples with a price war and chronic overcapacity, according to AlixPartners.
3. Xiaomi’s SU7 SUV a hit with mainland Chinese motorists as bookings reach 240,000

Chinese smartphone and EV maker Xiaomi has been flooded with orders for its YU7 SUV, with analysts saying the car could challenge the dominance of the Tesla Model Y, the bestselling SUV on the mainland.
4. CATL executive warns of risks from EV price cuts, calls on Beijing to intervene
A senior executive from Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), the world’s largest producer of batteries for EVs, urged authorities on the mainland to intervene in the price war that is roiling the market for new energy cars.
5. China’s BYD expands car-carrier fleet in bet on EV exports
Chinese plug-in hybrid electric cars are rapidly flooding the European market, with exports to the bloc rising an extraordinary 600 per cent year on year in May as China’s brands take advantage of an exemption in European Union tariffs.
6. Xpeng launches G7 ‘Super AI’ SUV, taking on Xiaomi YU7 and Tesla Model Y

Chinese EV maker Xpeng launched its G7 SUV on Thursday, sending another contender into a fierce battle in the premium SUV segment of the world’s largest EV market, where it joins Xiaomi’s recently introduced YU7 in taking on Tesla’s market-leading Model Y.
7. Chinese EV battery firm Eve eyes second Malaysia plant
Eve Energy, China’s fifth-largest producer of EV batteries, unveiled plans to build its second factory in Malaysia, three weeks after it decided to raise funds with a share offering on the Hong Kong stock exchange.


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Employees work on an EV assembly line at Leapmotor’s factory in Jinhua, Zhejiang province. Photo: AFP


Visitors at the 21st Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition in April. Photo: Xinhua

Xiaomi co-founder and CEO Lei Jun speaks at the launch of the YU7 SUV car in Beijing on May 22. Photo: AFP

Xpeng’s G7 sits next to a model of the company’s self-developed AI chip. Photo: Weibo

BYD expands car-carrier fleet, Tesla’s Robotaxi vs Baidu’s Apollo Go: 7 EV reads

Xiaomi founder and CEO Lei Jun introduces the Chinese smartphone maker’s new electric SUV YU7 at a launch event in Beijing, China May 22, 2025. REUTERS/Florence Lo

BYD’s Changsha and Xi’an can each carry 9,200 vehicles. Photo: Weibo/白菜研究所Jarvis


Visitors look at a display at the booth of SemiDrive Technology at the 2023 Shanghai Auto Show. Photo: Getty Images

A driverless Tesla Robotaxi moves through traffic on June 22 in Austin, Texas. Photo: AP

Malaysia’s ‘luxury’ tax; Singapore’s identity explored in new memoir: 7 Asia highlights

A nickel smelter in Indonesia. The proposed bauxite smelter would occupy about 400 hectares of land currently used by the Indonesian Navy on Singkep island. Photo: Reuters

A Malaysian woman shops for fruit at a market in Kuala Lumpur. New taxes on apples and oranges were rolled back soon after their introduction. Photo: AFP

Avocados being harvested at a farm in California. The “expensive, imported” fruits are subject to higher levies under Malaysia’s new tax regime. Photo: Los Angeles Times/TNS

Thaksin Shinawatra, Thailand’s former prime minister, greets his supporters next to his daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra (right) in August 2023. Photo: AFP

Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte is in custody at The Hague. Photo: AFP

China’s Ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian has criticised the heavy defence spending of some countries in an opinion article in The Australian newspaper. Photo: EPA-EFE

Kuala Lumpur International Airport’s new Aerotrain. Photo: Ministry of Transport Malaysia

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew delivers a speech at the opening of the Commonwealth Press Union conference on October 15, 1990 in Hong Kong. Photo: AFP

China’s mosquito-sized drone, how exercise slows ageing: 7 science highlights

Chinese researchers have found that betaine, a compound naturally occurring in the kidneys during long-term exercise, helps people to live longer. Photo: Reuters

A CCTV screenshot shows a Chinese mosquito-sized UAV developed at the National University of Defence Technology and suited to covert military operations. Photo: CCTV

Chinese researchers say they have developed the world’s first highly parallel optical computing integrated chip, named “Meteor-1”. Photo: Handout

The new drone will be fired in a similar way to this live-fire drill carried out by the Chinese army in Tibet as its tensions with India elevated following a deadly clash on the disputed Himalayan border in 2020. Photo: Weibo

Northwestern Polytechnical University announced on Monday it successfully conducted a flight test of its Feitian 2 hypersonic vehicle at a site in northwestern China. Photo: Handout

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From BYD and Geely cutting prices to lure customers to Xpeng rolling out a ‘super AI’ SUV, here are seven EV stories you may have missed


From BYD and Geely cutting prices to lure customers to Xpeng rolling out a ‘super AI’ SUV, here are seven EV stories you may have missed.


China’s BYD and Geely bank on big discounts, Xpeng launches ‘super AI’ SUV: 7 EV reads

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}From BYD and Geely cutting prices to lure customers to Xpeng rolling out a ‘super AI’ SUV, here are seven EV stories you may have missed

1. BYD, Geely bank on big discounts to set record car sales, dent smaller rivals

From BYD and Geely cutting prices to lure customers to Xpeng rolling out a ‘super AI’ SUV, here are seven EV stories you may have missed