Lei Kang

Denza, which currently has only the Denza D9 MPV on sale, delivered 10,526 units in April, the second consecutive month with more than 10,000 units.

Evergrande NEV will accelerate production and deliveries of the Hengchi 5 and advance the development and production of subsequent models, an executive said.

The Electra E5 received more than 8,000 orders after 12 days on the market, Buick previously said.

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.