Lei Kang

Valeo and Didi Autonomous Driving will set up a joint R&D team to work on safety systems for L4 robotaxis.

Neta delivered 11,080 vehicles in April and is targeting sales of 300,000 units in 2023.

Seres officially launched the Landian brand on March 30 and made its first model, the plug-in hybrid E5, available with technology from Huawei and BYD.

The EQE SUV is priced at about half the price of the EQS SUV that Mercedes-Benz launched in China on February 21.

Pony.ai has previously been approved to provide robotaxi service without a driver in the car in Beijing and Guangzhou.

"That was many years ago. Their cars are highly competitive these days," Musk said.

Retail penetration of NEVs in China was 35.6 percent in the first three weeks of May.

The 2023 Song Pro DM-i starts at RMB 5,000 less than the model's 2022 counterpart, but the two lower-priced versions come with larger battery packs.

Li Auto is hiring talent in China as well as abroad, and some of its core executives recently visited Silicon Valley, according to local media.

Xpeng aims to reach 15,000 monthly deliveries in the third quarter and 20,000 monthly deliveries in the fourth quarter, its management said.