Lei Kang

China's passenger NEV retail sales stood at 88,000 units in August 1-6, up 38 percent year-on-year and up 8 percent from the same period last month.

In the LFP battery market, BYD topped the list with a 43.18 percent share in July, up from 39.61 percent in June, with an installed base of 9.35 GWh.

From January to July, China's NEV sales increased 41.7 percent year-on-year to 4,526,000 units, contributing 28.96 percent of all vehicle sales.

A lesser-known company, Jiangxi Judian, began construction on August 8 on a solid-state lithium battery project with an annual capacity of up to 10 GWh.

Before the G6's significant capacity ramp-up, the P7 continues to be Xpeng's most delivered model, contributing 44.58 percent of deliveries in July.

The Li L7 contributed 39.22 percent of Li Auto deliveries in July, while the Li L8 contributed 33.15 percent.

The ES6's contribution to Nio deliveries has continued to improve over the past three months, reaching 54.33 percent in July.

BEVs sold 421,000 units at retail in July, accounting for 65.7 percent of all NEV retail sales.

Horizon Robotics' former smart driving R&D director Liao Jie has joined BYD as head of the latter's smart driving team in Shanghai, according to local media.

Hyper has built 14 battery swap stations in Guangzhou and Foshan and plans to build 500 stations in China by 2025.