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1. Tesla’s Shanghai factory deliveries hit record as Model Y variant woos buyers
Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory saw a jump in deliveries last month, as its upgraded models struck a chord with wealthy Chinese consumers who favour spacious vehicles.
2. As China’s EV boom makes the EU anxious, is it too late to work together?
Decades after their first joint venture, EU carmakers fear losing their markets to China’s upstarts. Is it too late for them to work together?
3. New models, expiring tax breaks drive record pure-EV sales in China

Sales of pure-electric vehicles (EVs) in mainland China hit an all-time high last month as consumers rushed to take advantage of expiring tax breaks and subsidies.
4. BYD opens massive Brazil plant, its biggest investment outside Asia

Chinese carmaker BYD inaugurated what it describes as its largest electric vehicle plant outside Asia on Thursday, highlighting Brazil’s bid to lead South America’s shift towards clean mobility while drawing renewed scrutiny of Beijing’s expanding industrial footprint.
5. Shanghai to scrap all foreign investment limits on manufacturing
Mainland China’s commercial and financial hub Shanghai has pledged to remove all regulatory hurdles for foreign investors to set up manufacturing businesses, as authorities move to shore up confidence in the local and national economies despite rising US-China trade tensions.
6. China’s EV giants head overseas as domestic price war bites

Chinese EV makers, from bellwether BYD to start-up Dreame, have stepped up efforts to crack overseas markets as earnings prospects at home look dim amid vicious price competition.
7. Li Auto CEO Hong Kong’s highest-paid executive, Webb-site shows
Chinese EV maker Li Auto’s founder and CEO Li Xiang topped Hong Kong’s paid director ranking for 2024 with a total remuneration package of about HK$680 million (US$87.4 million).


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China’s EV giants head overseas, Tesla’s Shanghai plant boosts deliveries: 7 EV reads

Workers at the Tesla Gigafactory in Shanghai in May 2023. Photo: Xinhua


Visitors view cars displayed at an automobile consumption promotion event held in Changsha, in central China’s Hunan province, on October 1, 2025. Photo: Xinhua

BYD founder and chairman Wang Chuanfu (right) and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (centre) at the BYD opening ceremony on Thursday. Photo: Handout

Vehicles wait to be loaded onto BYD’s 7,000-car carrier BYD Hefei at Taicang Port in Suzhou, Jiangsu province. Photo: VCG via Getty Images

China’s BYD expects sales bump, Xiaomi recalls more than 100,000 SU7s: 7 EV reads

A Xiaomi SU7 electric vehicle displayed at the Auto China 2024 expo in Beijing. Photo: Reuters

CM Hong Kong, the world’s first methanol-powered car carrier vessel, embarks on its maiden voyage from the city. Photo: Dickson Lee

BeyonCa’s first model is the GT Opus 1. Photo: Handout

BYD cars sit alongside one of the company’s ships at the Itajai port in Santa Catarina, Brazil, on May 28. Photo: Reuters

Tesla sales continue to decline in China, BYD’s European expansion: 7 EV reads

Tesla cars for sale in Beijing. Photo: Simon Song

An assembly line is seen during a media tour in June at Chinese carmaker JAC Motors’ plant in Ciudad Sahagun, Mexico. Photo: Reuters

A jeep from Chinese carmaker 212 Off-Road Vehicle. Photo: Handout

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From China’s auto industry boom threatening EU carmakers to BYD’s largest plant outside Asia, here are seven EV stories you may have missed


From China’s auto industry boom threatening EU carmakers to BYD’s largest plant outside Asia, here are seven EV stories you may have missed.


China’s EV giants head overseas, Tesla’s Shanghai plant boosts deliveries: 7 EV reads

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}From China’s auto industry boom threatening EU carmakers to BYD’s largest plant outside Asia, here are seven EV stories you may have missed

1. Tesla’s Shanghai factory deliveries hit record as Model Y variant woos buyers

From China’s auto industry boom threatening EU carmakers to BYD’s largest plant outside Asia, here are seven EV stories you may have missed