Phate Zhang

Nio expects record deliveries in each month of the fourth quarter, while mass production of the 150-kWh pack will be delayed by several months.

CATL has moved up the mass production shipments of the Qilin Battery to the end of this year instead of the previously mentioned 2023, according to local media.

Nio's guidance of 31,000-33,000 vehicle deliveries for the third quarter means it expects September deliveries of 10,271 to 12,271.

This would include 6.99 million BEVs and 3.37 million PHEVs, according to a team of local analysts.

The new joint venture will handle battery procurement for Honda's two joint ventures in China, instead of the two companies buying batteries from CATL separately as they did before.

Jidu plans to launch a limited edition of its first model in partnership with the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, with a limited number of 1,000 units and exclusive rights for owners.

With the exception of the entry-level Model Y, which has a wait time of 1-4 weeks, Tesla has further reduced the expected delivery dates for all of its models in China by 6 weeks.

Nio continued to outsell its local counterpart Xpeng and Li Auto in the first week of September, as deliveries of its new models began to see a steady rise.

The AITO M5 EV became available for pre-order at Huawei's HarmonyOS 3 launch event on July 27.

Thailand's Board of Investment approved a set of investment commitments in August, including BYD's 17.9 billion baht ($491 million) electric vehicle production project.