Phate Zhang

  • Chinese self-driving truck startup sued by Pony reportedly winding down

    Just 19 months old, Qingtian Truck is nearing a shutdown and employees have been dismissed, according to local media.

  • Great Wall Motor steps up electrification transition as Tank brand launches 1st NEV model

    The Tank brand has launched its first NEV model, the Tank 500 Hi4-T. The brand has sold more than 10,000 fuel-powered vehicles in most months of the past year.

  • Li Auto reportedly lifts 2023 sales target from 300,000 to 400,000 units

    The latest target means that in the second half of the year, Li Auto will need to deliver an average of about 45,000 units per month.

  • Nio ES7 and ET7 wait times get longer, ES6 gets shorter

    Wait times for both the Nio ES7 and ET7 have gone from about 3 weeks to 6-8 weeks, and for the ES6 from about 5 weeks to 3-4 weeks.

  • Nio in spotlight as fire breaks out at swap station in Guangdong

    The station is Nio's first second-generation battery swap station in Jiangmen, Guangdong province, which opened on August 29, 2021.

  • CPCA expects China Jun NEV retail sales to grow 15.5% MoM to 670,000

    This means that the penetration of NEVs at retail is expected to be 36.6 percent in June, up from 33.3 percent in May.

  • Seres, Huawei's auto partner, delivers 1st vehicles in Europe

    Seres delivered Seres 5 vehicles to the first European owners in Norway in cooperation with a local dealer.

  • Nio reaches 1,500 swap stations in China as it aims for 2,300 by year-end

    Nio's battery swap stations in China have served a cumulative total of more than 24 million times today, averaging more than 50,000 services per day.

  • We are starting to adopt updated stylebook

    Updates you may notice include that we will be using "Nio" instead of "Nio" as before, and will be using "Xpeng" instead of "Xpeng".

  • Nio to start new ES8 delivery on Jun 28, cuts price of top trim by $1,400

    Show cars of the new ES8 became gradually available in Nio showrooms starting June 24, and Nio added more features to the model as standard.