Lei Kang

By the end of 2022, there were 10.45 million battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in China, accounting for 79.78 percent of all NEV ownership.

Li Auto appears to be competing primarily with the internal combustion engine-powered SUVs of Mercedes-Benz and BMW, and is already clearly ahead in sales.

For the full year 2022, retail sales of new energy passenger vehicles in China were 5.67 million units, contributing 27.6 percent of all passenger vehicle sales.

There were no previous rumors that Nio would make smartwatches, and it seems more likely that the Nio Watch trademark was registered for protection purposes.

Zeekr's plant shutdown is expected to last from January 11 to February 1, covering the upcoming Chinese New Year holiday, which runs from January 21 to January 27.

Tesla delivered more than 10,000 vehicles in China on the day of the price cut, with Ningbo, Zhejiang province seeing more than 200 Tesla vehicles delivered each day over the weekend just past, media report said.

The first Zeekr 009 production vehicle rolled off the production line at Zeekr's Ningbo plant on January 8, and its delivery will begin shortly.

The testing site is expected to cover an area of 4 million square meters, with a total investment of RMB 2 billion ($293 million), and be operational in June 2024.

The first phase of the project, with an investment of RMB 5 billion, is expected to start production in December.

Zeekr plans to start selling vehicles in Europe later this year and is not planning to enter the US consumer market.