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  • Regulatory filing: Human Horizons working on 3rd model HiPhi Y

    The HiPhi Y will be priced in the RMB 400,000-500,000 range and will be the least expensive of Human Horizons' models, previous reports have implied.

  • Fitch expects China's NEV sales to maintain strong growth, while ICE vehicle sales to decline

    Fitch expects sales of passenger NEVs in China to grow by more than 30 percent in 2023, while ICE vehicles will decline by the low teens.

  • Regulatory filing: Nio's new EC6 coming

    Deliveries of the new EC6 are expected to begin before the end of May, according to previous hints from Nio management.

  • Zeekr secures $750 million in Series A funding, bringing valuation to $13 billion

    Zeekr filed a draft registration statement for a potential IPO with the SEC on December 7 on a confidential basis.

  • Nio vehicles still sell at higher average prices than BMW in China, despite lower-priced ET5 becomes key to sales

    Nio vehicles sold for an average of RMB 413,300 ($60,700) in January, higher than BMW's RMB 399,400 and Lexus' RMB 390,600 in China.

  • Nio's 150-kWh battery pack costs as much as an ET5, president says

    Nio's 150-kWh pack will initially be available for lease only, with a buyout option to be offered in the future.

  • Nio reaches new deal to boost swap station deployment in highway service areas in Jiangsu

    Nio has entered into strategic partnerships with highway authorities in Anhui, Zhejiang and Jiangsu in the more economically developed Yangtze River Delta region of China.

  • China's Jan NEV sales at 408,000, down 50% from Dec, CAAM data show

    China's auto industry is facing big challenges in the first quarter and still needs policy support, the CAAM said.

  • Xpeng's Guangzhou plant qualified to produce vehicles, report says

    China has tightened its regulations on NEV production qualifications since 2017, and the production qualifications Xpeng has received are among the very few.

  • Tesla hikes price of basic Model Y by $295 in China

    The wait time for the model remains the same as before at 2-5 weeks, and pricing and specifications for the rest of the Model Y variants and Model 3 in China remain unchanged.