On April 13, Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi released its first autonomous driving and automatic operation center and autonomous driving concept car named "DiDi Neuron."
Faraday Future announced today that the first production car of FF 91 will be released at the FF ieFactory California in 2 days. It will officially go into production on April 14th at 6:00 PM PST (9:00 am Beijing time).
Chinese electric vehicle maker XPeng revealed that, in 2022, it completed a phased organizational restructuring and appointed Wang Fengying as president while retaining other core executives in their original positions.
On April 12, Zeekr, a high-end electric brand owned by China's Geely Holding Group, unveiled its latest compact sports utility vehicle (SUV) called the Zeekr X. Deliveries are expected to begin in June.
Since the start of 2023, a price war has broken out in China's automotive industry, leading to intensified market competition. This has made it increasingly challenging for car manufacturers with consistently low sales and inadequate self-sustaining capabilities.
Recently, at the 2023 Dongfeng Motor brand spring launch event, You Zheng, Vice President of Dongfeng Motor, proposed a three-year action plan for the company's "transformation and upgrading".
Tesla (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. has been notified of a second-instance court hearing for a commercial defamation dispute. The appellant is Anqing Fengdi New Energy Vehicle Sales and Service Co., Ltd., a BYD dealership, and the hearing is scheduled to take place on April 17.
On April 10th, NIO announced that its Navigation on Pilot Plus (NOP+) system will be officially released and available for subscription starting from July 1st. It supports monthly subscriptions at a price of RMB 380 per month (about USD 55).
During the BYD 2022 annual report communication meeting, Chairman Wang Chuanfu shared his perspective on autonomous driving in a clear and honest manner. He dismissed unmanned driving as impractical and misleading, emphasizing that advanced assisted driving is the way forward for future development.
Tesla named Tom Zhu, who led the construction and operations of Tesla's Shanghai factory, as senior vice president for automotive operations, a regulatory filing on April 6 showed.
Founded in 2015, Horizon Robotics has already made a name for itself as a leading provider of energy-efficient computing solutions for consumer vehicles in China.
On April 6th, BYD officially announced the launch of its 2023 e2 model. There are two models available: Comfort and Luxury, priced at ¥102,800 (about $15,000) and ¥109,800 (about $16,000), respectively.
On April 6th, Honda China announced that the cumulative sales of Honda's terminal cars in China in March 2023 were 82,041 units, a year-on-year decrease of 18.8%.
