1 week ago Xiaomi, Tesla’s biggest challenger in China, unveils refreshed sedan with higher prices

Xiaomi, one of Tesla’s biggest challengers in mainland China over the past year, has unveiled a refreshed version of its fully electric sedan capable of travelling more than 900km on a single charge, as it seeks to stay ahead of intensifying competition. Lei Jun, founder and CEO of the smartphone maker and electric vehicle (EV) start-up, said on Wednesday that the updated SU7 – priced higher than existing variants – would demonstrate superior performance to sustain strong sales growth. “Given...

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1 week ago China’s CATL, Nio deepen partnership to develop EV batteries with longer lifespans

Contemporary Amperex Technol­ogy Ltd (CATL), the world’s largest maker of electric vehicle (EV) batteries, has intensified efforts to develop batteries with longer lifespans after deepening its partnership with carmaker Nio. The two companies said they were committed to finding solutions to an issue that could cost millions of EV users trillions of yuan to replace expired batteries. Under a five-year agreement, CATL and Nio would pursue new technologies aimed at extending the life cycle of EV...

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1 week ago Nvidia chooses China’s Hesai for lidar sensors in Hyperion autonomous driving platform

Hesai Group, the world’s largest maker of vehicle lidar sensors, has struck a partnership with US chip giant Nvidia to help develop an autonomous driving platform, as the Shanghai-based firm pushes its global expansion to serve more international marques. Hesai said on Tuesday that its light detection and ranging sensors – which use laser beams to measure distances to objects – would be supplied to support Nvidia’s Drive Hyperion platform, which is designed to meet the level 4 (L4) self-driving...

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2 w. ago Tesla loses place as world’s top electric vehicle seller to China’s BYD

Tesla loses place as world’s top electric vehicle seller to China’s BYD  Al Jazeera

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2 w. ago Tesla sales slip again as U.S. EV maker dethroned by China’s BYD

Tesla sales slip again as U.S. EV maker dethroned by China’s BYD  Deseret News

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2 w. ago Tesla dethroned by China’s BYD as world’s top EV maker amid Musk’s politics, tax credit woes

Tesla lost its crown as the world’s bestselling electric vehicle maker (EV) on Friday as a customer revolt over Elon Musk’s right-wing politics and stiff overseas competition pushed sales down for a second year in a row. Tesla said that it delivered 1.64 million vehicles in 2025, down 9 per cent from a year earlier. Chinese rival BYD, which sold 2.26 million vehicles last year, is now the world’s largest EV maker. For the fourth quarter, sales totalled 418,227, falling short of the 440,000 that...

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2 w. ago China’s BYD dethrones Tesla as world’s top EV maker amid Musk’s politics, tax credit woes

Tesla lost its crown as the world’s bestselling electric vehicle maker (EV) on Friday to China’s BYD, as a customer revolt over Elon Musk’s right-wing politics and stiff overseas competition pushed sales down for a second year in a row. Tesla said that it delivered 1.64 million vehicles in 2025, down 9 per cent from a year earlier. By contrast, BYD is now the world’s largest EV maker, having sold 2.26 million vehicles last year – a 27.9 per cent increase. For the fourth quarter, Tesla sales...

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2 w. ago China’s BYD dethrones Tesla as world’s top electric vehicle maker

China’s BYD dethrones Tesla as world’s top electric vehicle maker  South China Morning Post

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3 w. ago Chinese EV battery giant CATL and Guoxin Micro set up a new automotive chip firm

Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), the world’s largest maker of electric vehicle batteries, has partnered with semiconductor developer Unigroup Guoxin Microelectronics to form a new automotive chip firm in Beijing. CATL-owned Wending Investment, Guoxin Micro subsidiary Tongxin Micro and five affiliates have agreed to establish Tongxin Micro Technology with a registered capital of 300 million yuan (US$43 million), according to a Thursday filing to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. With its 153...

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3 w. ago Chinese EV battery giant CATL and Guoxin Micro set up new automotive chip firm

Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), the world’s largest maker of electric vehicle batteries, has partnered with semiconductor developer Unigroup Guoxin Microelectronics to form a new automotive chip firm in Beijing. CATL-owned Wending Investment, Guoxin Micro subsidiary Tongxin Micro and five affiliates have agreed to establish Tongxin Micro Technology with a registered capital of 300 million yuan (US$43 million), according to a Thursday filing to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. With its 153...

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3 w. ago CATL poised to bring Yichun lithium output back online after licence lapse

Contemporary Amperex Technol­ogy Ltd (CATL), the world’s biggest maker of electric-vehicle batteries, is set to restart a major lithium mine in eastern China, in a move that could ease raw material costs for the EV supply chain. Jiemian News, a Shanghai-based financial outlet, reported that the Yichun mine in Jiangxi province was expected to receive regulatory approval to resume operations shortly before or after the nine-day Lunar New Year break, which begins on February 15. CATL declined to...

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3 w. ago Chinese SUV maker Jetour bets on localised product offerings to hasten go

Chinese sports utility vehicle maker Jetour, with an eye on becoming a global SUV powerhouse, plans to accelerate its overseas expansion in the Middle East with products tailored to local motorists. Already present in more than 100 countries and regions after seven years in operation, Jetour said at a recent fan gathering in Abu Dhabi that it was banking on local research and development (R&D) efforts to design and build world-class SUVs for countries in the Middle East. “We are listening...

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