Phate Zhang

In the past six years, Tesla has never been recalled due to fire risk, and the probability of a Tesla catching fire is only one-eighth that of a gasoline car, said Grace Tao, VP of the EV maker.

Nio expects the Onvo sub-brand to sell around 240,000 units for the full year in 2025, with the Firefly sub-brand selling around 5,000 units per month, according to local media.

Delivery wait times for the ET7, EC7, and ES8 have changed from 2-3 weeks to 3-4 weeks, the first time in the past five months that the Nio brand has seen such a change.

The US government's arbitrary changes to the control rules have seriously affected the stable supply of US chip products, CAAM said.

Tesla saw a rebound in China-made vehicle sales, including exports, last month, after seeing a dip in October.

In the January-November period, Zeekr and Lynk & Co combined delivered 454,289 vehicles, up 51.60 percent year-on-year.

Li Auto had 11,900 insurance registrations last week, Xpeng 9,400, Zeekr 6,200, Leapmotor 9,200 and Aito 7,700.

Tesla said it has no plans to sell the Cybertruck in China for now, after previous rumors that the electric pickup could be brought to the country through official channels sparked discussion.

BYD Changzhou is the second ship for which BYD is the owner and the second after BYD Hefei to be named after a city where its production site is located.

In the global BEV market, Tesla ranked first with an 18.5 percent share, BYD was second with 17.5 percent, and Nio was eighth with 2.4 percent.