Phate Zhang

  • Nio's LiDAR supplier Innovusion closes $64 million Series B round

    Nio CEO William Li has said that the company has no plan B on the LiDAR option, implying that Nio is fully supporting the development of Innovusion.

  • China's largest cybersecurity firm confirms it is teaming up with a startup to build cars

    The product pricing allows Neta to avoid direct competition with the US-listed Chinese EV trio Nio, Xpeng and Li Auto.

  • Nio says user mileage exceeds 2 billion kilometers

    More than 36,000 users have driven more than 20,000 kilometers, and Nio Pilot has driven 164,068,765 kilometers.

  • China's battery swap national standard drafted by firms including Nio to go into effect Nov 1

    The lack of uniformity in standards, considered the most important obstacle to the development of the battery swap model of electric vehicles in China, is now expected to be alleviated.

  • Geely sells 3,787 NEVs in April, down 33% from March

    Geely's sales of all cars in April were 100,331 units, down 5 percent from a year ago and up 0.3 percent from March.

  • Nio's first battery swap station in Xinjiang goes live as EV maker begins to implement Power North plan

    The battery swap station is located in the parking lot of the local furniture retail giant and real estate conglomerate Red Star Macalline Group, which signed a cooperation agreement with Nio in early February.

  • Baidu Apollo names new exec to accelerate commercialization of driverless cabs

    Starting May 2, Apollo driverless Robotaxi officially opened for regular commercial operation, and the public can begin experiencing the world's first fully driverless cab service.

  • Nio ES8 test drive: A performance monster that can be an important family member

    I drove the Nio ES8 to the neighborhood of Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory in order to explore what exactly this car has to offer.

  • Li Auto likely to release upgraded Li ONE this month

    The new Li ONE is expected to be released in May and could be priced at around RMB 350,000 ($54,400)-360,000, up from the current model's price of RMB 32,800.

  • Xpeng hit with Tesla-like owner complaint, says it has settled

    The Xpeng owner complained that the car's "faulty brakes" nearly killed him and that the car had numerous quality problems for which no one had taken responsibility.