Phate Zhang

China's market share increased by 6 percentage points in July from 47 percent in June, while Europe fell to 31 percent from 39 percent and the US grew to 12 percent from 11 percent.

China supports the development of all-solid-state lithium batteries, cobalt-free power batteries, and industrial hybrid lithium-ion batteries.

The penetration of NEVs - their share of total sales - exceeded 10 percent in the first eight months.

BYD sold 30,382 pure electric vehicles in August, up 223 percent from 9,414 units a year earlier. It sold 30,126 units of plug-in hybrids in August, up 556 percent from a year earlier.

The company sold a total of 19,227 vehicles in August, down 15.42 percent from a year earlier.

Foxconn said one of its subsidiaries signed an agreement with HengDrive, a motor manufacturer, to acquire a 63 percent stake in the latter for about RMB 378 million ($60 million).

The percentage increased by 3.48 percentage points from 30.86 percent at the end of July and by 14.02 percentage points from 20.32 percent at the end of January.

As of September 3, Nio has 428 battery swap stations, 291 supercharging stations, 499 destination charging stations, and access to over 400,000 third-party charging piles.

Neta is currently targeting the affordable market, though a series of recent moves suggest it could launch more competitive models next year.

Musk linked the launch of the new model to Tesla achieving a deployable full self-driving system, even asking employees, "Do we want to have this car come with a steering wheel and pedals?"