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The Li L7 Max sport-utility vehicle saw the steepest discount in percentage terms, with a price drop of 20,000 yuan, or 5.7 per cent, to 329,800 yuan. Photo: Reuters
Electric & new energy vehicles

Tesla rival Li Auto cuts prices as EV discount war spreads to premium market

22 Apr 2024 - 1:29PM

Li Auto , Tesla’s nearest rival in mainland China, reduced the price of all its vehicles by up to 5.7 per cent, just a day after the US carmaker offered discounts to local customers amid an escalating discount war.

The Li L7 Max sport-utility vehicle saw the steepest discount in percentage terms, with a price drop of 20,000 yuan, or 5.7 per cent, to 329,800 yuan. Photo: Reuters

Tesla rival Li Auto cuts prices as EV discount war spreads to premium market

Li Auto , Tesla’s nearest rival in mainland China, reduced the price of all its vehicles by up to 5.7 per cent, just a day after the US carmaker offered discounts to local customers amid an escalating discount war.

22 Apr 2024 - 1:29PM

Tesla in chaos as CEO Musk prioritises next-generation robotaxi

Musk has ordered the company’s biggest lay-offs ever and staked its future on a next-generation, self-driving vehicle concept called the robotaxi. People familiar with his directives are unsettled by the changes the CEO wants to push through.

22 Apr 2024 - 1:28PM

Hongkongers to get access to three credit reference agencies under new scheme

A new operating model enabling Hongkongers to use the services of multiple credit reference agencies for the first time will start on April 26, the Hong Kong Association of Banks and two other industry groups announced.

19 Apr 2024 - 7:30AM
Elon Musk has ordered Tesla's biggest lay-offs ever and staked its future on a next-generation, self-driving vehicle concept called the robotaxi, unsettling many at the company. Photo: Reuters

Tesla in chaos as CEO Musk prioritises next-generation robotaxi

Musk has ordered the company’s biggest lay-offs ever and staked its future on a next-generation, self-driving vehicle concept called the robotaxi. People familiar with his directives are unsettled by the changes the CEO wants to push through.

22 Apr 2024 - 1:28PM
Banking & finance

Hongkongers to get access to three credit reference agencies under new scheme

A new operating model enabling Hongkongers to use the services of multiple credit reference agencies for the first time will start on April 26, the Hong Kong Association of Banks and two other industry groups announced.

A new operating model enabling Hongkongers to use the services of multiple credit reference agencies for the first time will start on April 26, the Hong Kong Association of Banks and two other industry groups announced.

19 Apr 2024 - 7:30AM
Electric & new energy vehicles

Tesla’s Shanghai production unaffected by Musk’s lay-offs, say sources

Only a few dozen employees at the Gigafactory 3 in Shanghai were told to leave, representing a tiny portion of the workforce of 20,000 assembling Model 3 and Model Y vehicles, say two people with knowledge of the matter.

Only a few dozen employees at the Gigafactory 3 in Shanghai were told to leave, representing a tiny portion of the workforce of 20,000 assembling Model 3 and Model Y vehicles, say two people with knowledge of the matter.

18 Apr 2024 - 9:00PM

Xpeng appoints Malaysian firm to sell its right-hand drive EVs in Hong Kong

The Chinese electric vehicle maker has taken a significant step towards tapping the right-hand drive market after forming a partnership with Sime Darby Motors to distribute its cars in Hong Kong.

10 Apr 2024 - 10:00AM
Xpeng appoints Malaysian firm to sell its right-hand drive EVs in Hong Kong

Crackdown on China’s flashy financiers hits stockbrokers’ wages again

China’s stockbrokers took another pay cut in 2023 as the double whammy of a slumping equities market and a government crackdown on corporate extravagance eroded the incomes of financial workers. Things don’t look much better this year, one fund manager says.

10 Apr 2024 - 7:30AM
Crackdown on China’s flashy financiers hits stockbrokers’ wages again

Tesla’s Shanghai production unaffected by Musk’s lay-offs, say sources

Only a few dozen employees at the Gigafactory 3 in Shanghai were told to leave, representing a tiny portion of the workforce of 20,000 assembling Model 3 and Model Y vehicles, say two people with knowledge of the matter.

18 Apr 2024 - 9:00PM

Xpeng appoints Malaysian firm to sell its right-hand drive EVs in Hong Kong

The Chinese electric vehicle maker has taken a significant step towards tapping the right-hand drive market after forming a partnership with Sime Darby Motors to distribute its cars in Hong Kong.

10 Apr 2024 - 10:00AM

Crackdown on China’s flashy financiers hits stockbrokers’ wages again

China’s stockbrokers took another pay cut in 2023 as the double whammy of a slumping equities market and a government crackdown on corporate extravagance eroded the incomes of financial workers. Things don’t look much better this year, one fund manager says.

10 Apr 2024 - 7:30AM
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A woman reads a book outside a Prada store in Chengdu in March 2019. China is on course to be the world’s biggest luxury market by 2025. Photo: Shutterstock

The View | Why China’s luxury market is a double-edged sword for foreign brands

While Chinese consumers are far and away the biggest growth opportunity for luxury brands, the nation’s economy has become the main source of risk. Not only has the pandemic prevented travel, lockdowns are crimping demand, even as duty-free centres like Hainan are putting pressure on pricing.

16 May 2022 - 12:45PM

Concrete Analysis | Mortgage pre-approval can help land that dream UK home

Homebuyers can be disappointed when they hastily sign the exchange contract on their dream London house, only to have their mortgage application rejected.

Homebuyers can be disappointed when they hastily sign the exchange contract on their dream London house, only to have their mortgage application rejected.

18 May 2021 - 7:07PM
Mortgage pre-approval can help land that dream UK home

Concrete Analysis | Property agents must adopt digital tools to thrive in post-Covid world

Agencies that fail to adopt new technologies and data-driven approaches risk lagging behind others and losing significant market share, warns CEO of Property Raptor.

Agencies that fail to adopt new technologies and data-driven approaches risk lagging behind others and losing significant market share, warns CEO of Property Raptor.

17 Nov 2020 - 7:33PM
Property agents must adopt digital tools to thrive in post-Covid world

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