Lei Kang

Nio has signed an agreement with Suzhou Energy Group, a Chinese state-owned enterprise, to jointly promote charging and battery swap infrastructure.

CATL and BYD continue to hold the top two spots as the world's largest battery makers in January-July, with several other Chinese companies in the top 10.

That's about six months after the Han sedan's last update, as BYD accelerates the rollout of new products and updates to existing models.

China's retail sales of NEVs were a record 1.015 million units in August, with penetration rising to a record 53.14 percent, preliminary CPCA data showed.

Nio has begun to push forward with its Power Up Counties plan, with five county-level administrative regions seeing their first Nio battery swap stations go into operation in August.

BYD has opened its first store in Suriname and introduced four models -- Dolphin, Seal, Yuan Plus and Song Plus DM-i -- to local customers.

Tesla plans to produce a 6-seat version of the Model Y in China starting in late 2025, having asked suppliers to prepare for double-digit growth in Model Y production at its Shanghai plant, according to Reuters.

Deepal signed a strategic partnership agreement with UAE auto dealership group Al Tayer Motors on September 2 to jointly offer Deepal's products in the Middle Eastern country.

China's wholesale sales of passenger NEVs are expected to come in at 1.05 million units in August, which would be the first time this year that they have exceeded 1 million units.

Nio's 2,500th battery swap station in China went live today. It has 54 stations in Europe, with Germany and Norway having 18 stations each.