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  • Nio offers free services to alleviate winter concerns for users in northern China

    This is the latest move by Nio to cater to customers in the north, and is a rare local car company to make these pushes.

  • WM Motor to unveil first sedan M7 on Oct 22, releases first teaser image

    WM Motor's first sedan, the M7, will be unveiled on Friday, and will reportedly come with three LiDARs.

  • Nio Day 2021 to be held in Suzhou on Dec 18

    Mark your calendar, the date for Nio Day 2021 is set: December 18.

  • Darkest days of auto chip shortage are over, says CPCA secretary-general

    Automotive chip supply will to improve, and Chinese auto production and sales will continue to strengthen in the coming months, said Cui Dongshu.

  • New group standard for battery swap stations passes review, expected to be released within the year

    This is a set of group standards, which is not mandatory. After the pilot application is mature, it has the possibility of being upgraded to a national standard.

  • Evergrande reportedly in talks to sell its Swedish EV unit

    NEVS is in talks with US and European venture capital firms and industrial partners to find a new owner and could be valued at as much as $1 billion.

  • Huawei reportedly to build new car with Sokon in a model similar to partnership between Nio and JAC

    Local media report says the new model, called Aotu, has Huawei in charge of planning and design to marketing and sales, with Sokon only responsible for OEM production.

  • WeRide releases next-gen lightweight self-driving sensor kit

    WeRide Sensor Suite 4.0 is one-sixth the size of version 3.0 and only 20 percent the weight.

  • Li Auto's 2nd plant starts construction in Beijing, production expected in 2023

    The plant, which was originally Beijing Hyundai's No. 1 plant, has a total investment of more than $933 million and is scheduled to start production by the end of 2023.