German Auto

Volkswagen's ID. series delivered 17,600 units in China in June, up 107 percent from May.

Mercedes-Benz and Tencent will establish a joint lab to speed up the German luxury carmaker's development of self-driving technology in China.

BMW sold 75,891 EVs worldwide in the first half of the year, but its sales in China were not announced, providing only a growth rate.

Entry-level EQS owners can have their car's active rear-wheel steering angle increased from 4.5° to 10° after the upgrade, thereby reducing the turning diameter.

The project, with a design capacity of 150,000 vehicles per year, is scheduled to start production by the end of 2024.

The production model of the ID.AERO will be Volkswagen's first global, all-electric sedan model, and will also be sold in the United States and Europe after its 2023 launch in China.

The opening of the Lydia plant is an important step in BMW's accelerated electrification transition, and it will offer five all-electric models to Chinese customers this year, BMW said.

Volkswagen Anhui is moving full speed ahead with production, with pre-production vehicles set to roll off the line this year and mass production in the second half of 2023.

This article summarizes Audi's rise to prominence in China over the past 30 years and its impotence in the disruptive arrival of electric vehicles.

The Taycan series EVs have a starting price range of RMB 898,000 ($134,000) to RMB 1,838,000 in China.