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1. China’s EV giants challenge Tesla in race to commercialise humanoid robots
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) makers are opening a new front in their battle with Tesla: humanoid robots. After spending years competing on electric cars and autonomous driving technology, leading Chinese manufacturers including BYD and Xpeng are now accelerating plans to mass-produce humanoid robots, betting that advances in artificial intelligence will unlock a vast new market beyond transportation.
2. China’s BYD aims for zero accidents with ‘God’s Eye’, vows crash cost coverage
BYD, the world’s largest EV maker, has set its sights on achieving zero traffic accidents through self-developed autonomous driving technology, aiming to assemble next-generation cars affordable for mass consumers.
3. Tesla’s China sales surge to 2026 high, but rivals crowd the rear-view mirror

Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory recorded its strongest monthly deliveries of the year in May as a broader recovery in China’s electric vehicle market gathered pace, although the US carmaker is likely to face intensifying competition from domestic rivals launching a wave of new models.
4. Premium plan: China’s EV makers pin hopes on higher-margin models

Chinese EV makers are speeding up their pivot to the premium segment, where they hope to secure higher profit margins and dodge the cutthroat market’s most vicious price competition.
5. AI could redefine China’s EV market: Morgan Stanley
The focus of competition for Chinese EVs is shifting from prices to artificial intelligence capability, as carmakers try to manage weakening demand amid tightened regulations, according to Morgan Stanley.
6. CATL set to boost global energy storage with world’s largest testing facility
Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd (CATL) hopes to use its energy-storage business to build on its global dominance in EV batteries, as the global oil crisis creates a surge in demand for its technologies and products.
7. China’s BYD, Chery chart 80% growth overseas as EV demand spikes

Leading Chinese carmakers like BYD and Chery Automobile are reaping rewards from their efforts to boost sales abroad, as they chase higher profitability amid rising demand for EVs.


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Shaping up: Chinese EV manufacturers including BYD and Xpeng are now accelerating plans to mass-produce humanoid robots. Photo: Kyodo

A Tesla vehicle on display at a Beijing showroom. Deliveries from the carmaker’s Shanghai plant hit a 2026 high in May. Photo: AFP

People inspect and pose with Nio’s ES9 ahead of the car’s launch event in Beijing on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters

A shopper passes a display of Chinese-made cars, including models from Chery and Omoda, in a shopping centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, on April 23. Photo: Reuters

Chinese EVs reclaim momentum as tech upgrades, incentives squeeze gains of foreign marques

Chinese EVs recovered firmly in May, with Zeekr breaking its monthly delivery record. Photo: AP

Foreign brands saw a surge in sales in the first quarter before the gains faded in April. Photo: Reuters

Chinese EV makers recover in May but competition remains fierce amid overcapacity woes

A man opens the door of a Zeekr X7 electric vehicle at a showroom in Beijing on February 3, 2026. Photo: AFP

Visitors sit inside the Leapmotor D19 SUV during the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition (Auto China), in Beijing, April 24, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Visitors walk past the booth of XPeng at the Beijing Auto Show in Beijing on April 25, 2026. Photo: CN-STR/AFP

Xpeng’s driverless cabs; Tesla launches FSD in China; Nio slams price wars: 7 EV reads

Xpeng’s first robotaxis roll off its production line. Photo: Handout

New cars, including electric vehicles by Chinese firm BYD, are seen parked in the port of Zeebrugge in Belgium on October 24, 2024. Photo: Reuters

New electric vehicles are set to be loaded at Shanghai Port on May 9. Photo: AFP

A Tesla owner drives hands-free in Amsterdam on April 17, days after Dutch regulators approved the use of the company’s self-driving software. Photo: Reuters

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From Tesla sales surging in China to BYD and Chery charting their overseas growth, here are seven EV stories you may have missed


From Tesla sales surging in China to BYD and Chery charting their overseas growth, here are seven EV stories you may have missed.


Chinese carmakers race Tesla on humanoid robots; BYD launches ‘God’s Eye’: 7 EV reads

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}From Tesla sales surging in China to BYD and Chery charting their overseas growth, here are seven EV stories you may have missed

1. China’s EV giants challenge Tesla in race to commercialise humanoid robots

From Tesla sales surging in China to BYD and Chery charting their overseas growth, here are seven EV stories you may have missed