China Passenger Car Association data shows that conventional carmakers, including ventures between foreign giants and local companies, have grabbed a bigger market share. Of the 10 bestselling marques in November, eight were domestic carmakers, as low-priced EVs made by Great Wall Motors, BYD and Chery proved to be a hit among younger Chinese drivers.

iPhone maker Apple aims to build a personal self-driving vehicle for the mass market, using a new battery design that could reduce cost and increase vehicle range, according to people familiar with the matter.

Xpeng will deliver 100 G3 SUVs to buyers in Norway, the first time that Chinese-made smart EVs will be directly delivered to individual customers in Europe.

Li Xiang is only 39, but his company’s electric SUVs are selling so well in China, he may soon be giving Elon Musk a run for his money – he is already a billionaire, after all

The plan by CATL was announced following a personal invitation by the Indonesian President Joko Widodo for Tesla to build an electric vehicle assembly in his country.

Airlines, shipping, buildings materials, chemicals and power producers, the biggest emitters of carbon dioxide, are expected to do the heaviest lifting over the next four decades for China to meet its carbon neutral goal by 2060.

Safety drivers will be able to remotely control each of the cars, if necessary, via 5G mobile networks.

NIO and Xpeng, both valued at more than the century-old Ford Motor, are two of the three US-listed Chinese NEV makers hot on the heels of the industry leader Tesla in a market where sales could more than double to 3 million units a year by 2025.

Mobile network operators are counting on 5G to enable a wide range of indoor applications for both consumers and industries.

The man who persuaded Bentley to enter its Continental GT into the 24 Hours of Le Mans is now excited to lead the charge into an all-electric future

With the world’s largest market for automobiles since 2009, China is aiming to have more electric vehicles on the nation’s roads than anywhere else, and has poured tens of billions of yuan in subsidies, incentives and tax breaks into nurturing the development of vehicles powered by alternative fuels.

Tesla plans to invest US$6.4 million in a new factory to make charging piles, which are usually installed in charging stations or car parks.

China is putting the new-energy vehicle manufacturing industry under the microscope, days after shackling fintech companies and their anti-competition practices.

Nearly 60 per cent of about 650 passengers WeRide surveyed say they use the company’s robotaxi service for regular commutes.

Didi’s D1, co-developed with China’s biggest EV maker BYD, will be rolled out to drivers in Hunan in December before being introduced to other Chinese cities in coming months

Electric supercar maker Elextra is being joined by luxury yachts and commercial aircraft engines such as Heesen and Magnix, but sustainability isn’t their main motivation

The Italian brand’s new halo flagship is flashy, speedy and exciting, and leads the launch of 13 new models from now until 2024 – but will it fix Maserati’s sales slump?

The Made in China 2025 plan charted China’s ambitions to lead the world in 10 key areas of technology by the middle of the next decade, from 5G telecommunications to artificial intelligence and electric vehicles.

The Chinese government aims to turn the largest market for vehicles on the planet into a self-reliant powerhouse for the new technology under the Made in China 2025 industrial master plan.

The world is returning full circle to the electric car, as concerns about gaseous emissions and their impact on climate change compel global governments to find alternatives to petrol-guzzlers.

Dozens of new models were launched this year in China, as electric carmakers from BYD in Shenzhen to Xpeng in Guangzhou compete for the hearts and check books of the nation’s buyers, chipping away at Tesla’s market share.

Ng Kwan-sing of Hong Kong Taxi Council hopes the government will put the focus back on upgrading city’s existing pool of 18,163 cabs.

An estimated 500 electric car makers have piled into the world's largest vehicle market, competing for supremacy as the Chinese government prods home-grown brands, such as Nio, Xpeng and Li Auto, to get a larger slice of the market under the Made in China 2025 industrial master plan. This Post series looks at how infrastructure limitations, socioeconomic factors, and battery market competition are having an impact. 

The success of SAIC-GM-Wuling’s three-door Hongguang Mini EV points to a greenfield market available to traditional carmakers in their battle with technology start-ups: rural China, inhabited by 40 per cent of the world’s largest population.

Tesla plans to design and assemble new car models at its factory in Shanghai and Berlin just as many Chinese manufacturers are seeking to break its dominance in the electric car industry.

Manufacturers are positioning themselves to sell as many as 3 million electric cars a year, or 80 per cent of all domestic sales by 2025, according to the Chinese government’s Made in China 2025 industrial master plan.