Lei Kang

BYD will bring the Tang SUV to Japan to diversify its product matrix there. The Han and Qin sedans will also be brought to Japan, according to local media.

Leapmotor International plans to increase its global sales outlets to 350 in the fourth quarter, including more than 200 in Europe.

Geely Auto will form a joint venture with Vietnam's Tasco to build a $168 million plant with a design capacity of 75,000 vehicles per year in the first phase.

BAIC's EV arm BJEV has reduced its production capacity by 62.5 percent by reducing the number of production sites from three to one.

BYD has launched compact hybrid SUVs Sealion 05 DM-i and the second-generation Song Pro DM-i, both equipped with the more fuel-efficient DM 5.0 technology.

Neta has started delivering the Neta X SUV in Hong Kong and plans to add multiple sales outlets in the city in the fourth quarter.

The Z9GT comes standard with e3 technology, which can be seen as a scaled-down version of BYD's e⁴ technology built for ultra-luxury cars, bringing powerful performance to an affordable model.

In September, China's passenger NEV retail sales are expected to be around 1.1 million units, up 47.3 percent year-on-year and up 7.3 percent compared to August, CPCA's estimates show.

Xpeng saw the 500,000th production vehicle roll off the line, which was the 10,000th production car of the Mona M03 launched on August 27.

China's NEV retail penetration was 53.74 percent in the September 1-15 period, and 45.15 percent year-to-date.