Phate Zhang

Li Auto will let two technology lines develop in parallel, including optimizing the range extender for greater efficiency and making pure electric vehicle technology better, its CEO said last month.

Nio upgraded the service a year ago, and more than 3,000 consumers have used it in the past year.

Test drives for the EC7 will open on April 10, with deliveries to begin in mid-May.

Half of the four major lithium producers in Yichun, Jiangxi province, nicknamed the "lithium capital of Asia," have opted to shut down production, according to local media.

In the first quarter, Tesla sold 229,322 China-made vehicles, contributing 54 percent of its global deliveries in the quarter.

In the past five weeks, Nio vehicles had 11,929 insurance registrations. The company delivered 10,378 vehicles in March.

In the first quarter, wholesale sales of new energy passenger vehicles in China are expected to be 1.48 million, up 25 percent year-on-year, the CPCA said.

Tesla will soon begin large-scale testing of FSD (Full Self-Driving) in China, according to a report by Caixin on April 3.

Tesla's lower-priced model will be a smaller version of the Model Y, and the EV maker is building a capacity plan for it of up to 4 million units a year, a new report said.

Xpeng management previously said that the G6 will be unveiled at the Shanghai auto show and will be officially launched and delivered by the end of the second quarter, with a price range of RMB 200,000 - 300,000.