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  • Jidu targets family passenger car market with prices around RMB 200,000

    In China, cars priced around RMB 200,000 are seen as offering the best balance of affordability and specifications.

  • Xpeng rumored to be making management reshuffle, putting overseas expansion on hold

    He Liyang, Xpeng's vice president in charge of overseas markets, has recently left the company and his duties have been taken over by a vice president of human resources, according to LatePost.

  • Nio to boost presence in Norway with new Nio Houses and swap stations

    Nio's second Nio House in Norway is expected to open in the third quarter, one year after the opening of Nio's first showroom in the country.

  • Baidu's robotaxi platform Apollo Go provides 196,000 rides in Q1, up over 11 times from a year ago

    Baidu's Apollo Go continues to solidify its global leadership position, despite Covid's resurgence in China posing a challenge to local companies' operations.

  • SAIC-GM-Wuling to assemble its mini EVs in Indonesia

    The exported models are based on the GSEV architecture and will be assembled and produced at SAIC-GM-Wuling's Indonesian subsidiary.

  • JAC will equip some of its models with chips from Nio Capital's portfolio firm Black Sesame

    JAC and Black Sesame will build an intelligent driving platform based on the latter's HuaShan-2 A1000 autonomous driving computing chip for the Sehol family of vehicles.

  • Chinese electric sports car maker Qiantu's second model, K20, will soon start pre-sale

    The Qiantu K20 weighs as little as 780 kilograms and can accelerate from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour in 4.7 seconds.

  • Xpeng CEO highlights chip shortage with hilarious video

    Xpeng CEO uses a KFC giveaway that went viral in China to express that the automotive industry is facing an ongoing chip shortage.

  • Shenzhen issues measures to boost consumption, including NEVs

    Shenzhen will increase the availability of quotas for regular cars and provide subsidies to consumers who buy NEVs.

  • Further Reading: Why is Mobileye losing in China?

    Mobileye has a business model that doesn't fit today's Chinese market, this article says.