Lei Kang

Zeekr's third model has been named the Zeekr X, not the Zeekr 003 as previously widely believed. (Image credit: Zeekr) Geely's electric vehicle subsidiary Zeekr today unveiled the …

Sales of BYD's main budget models fell less because they have accumulated relatively more orders, analysts said.

GAC Aion sales dropped to 10,206 units in January, and its local counterpart, Leapmotor, also saw sales plunge more than 80 percent to 1,139 units.

Neta's flagship sedan Neta S delivered 1,517 units in January, for a cumulative total of 3,722 units since deliveries began in late November.

Zeekr's factory resumed production on February 1 after a 21-day shutdown, the company said.

Local companies' operations typically slow down during the Chinese New Year holiday, which ran from January 21 to January 27.

The model will be one of two new models Zeekr will launch this year that the company says will be the ceiling for performance in the A-class SUV.

The BYD Atto 3 costs about $33,800 in Japan, cheaper than Tesla and Nissan EVs, and deliveries are expected to start there around March.

Nio provided 906,056 battery swap services from January 13 to January 29, with a single-day high of 62,356 services.

In 2022, 3.11 million vehicles were exported from China, of which Chery contributed 452,000, or 14.5 percent.