Phate Zhang

Car makers making smartphones will be a trend in China, and if successful, the model will expand to the global market, Canalys said.

Two of the lines will begin mass production this year, while the other is expected to reach mass production by October 2024.

EHang's EH216-S passenger-carrying unmanned aerial vehicle has received type certificate in China, the first case in the world, according to the company.

The revamping of Nio's existing models is set to move ahead of schedule, with deliveries of the first such model next set to begin in the first quarter of next year, according to local media.

Alps' first model, internally codenamed DOM, will be produced on production lines shared with Nio models, according to local media.

"The EV industry is rapidly growing in China, and we want Fisker to be positioned as one of only two pure foreign EV brands," Fisker CEO said.

In the January-September period, BYD took first place with a 36.3 percent share, Tesla was second with 8.4 percent and Nio was ninth with 2.1 percent.

GAC plans to invest up to $149 million in Didi's autonomous-vehicle subsidiary along with another company.

BMW will leave the remaining order of about 70 GWh of its 160 GWh battery needs to be shared between CATL and Eve Energy, according to local media.

ES6 deliveries in September were down 8.2 percent from August, but its contribution to Nio's monthly deliveries rose.