Voyah, the luxury division of Chinese state-owned automaker Dongfeng Motor, has added ten shareholders including lithium miner Ganfeng Lithium and battery maker Sunwoda.
XPeng Aeroht, a flying car company owned by XPeng, announced on January 30 that the self-developed flying car XPeng X2 has obtained a special flight permit issued by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC).
Meizu, which was acquired by Geely, has made new moves in the automotive field. According to Tianyancha, a commercial information inquiry platform, Meizu recently applied for the registration of two trademarks for "Wujie Automobile".
XPeng, a Chinese smart electric vehicle company, on January 30 announced that Wang Fengying has been appointed as the new president of the company. Wang previously worked at Great Wall Motor for over 30 years.
According to a video circulating across Chinese social media on January 29, an L9, Li Auto's newest SUV, appeared to spontaneously ignite on a roadside in the city of Jinan, Shandong Province. The fire, which was very fierce, fortunately did not result in any casualties.
According to a plan issued by the Shanghai Municipal Government on January 29, individual consumers will be given a financial subsidy of 10,000 yuan ($1,473) per vehicle when they purchase a pure electric vehicle before the end of June this year.
On January 28, the first official working day following China's Spring Festival period, He Xiaopeng, Chairman and CEO of electric vehicle firm XPeng, issued an internal letter to all employees in which he briefly reviewed the previous year and put forward new plans for 2023.
Li Xiang, the CEO of Chinese electric vehicle maker Li Auto, released a letter to all employees on January 28, mentioning that the company expects to become the global leader in the artificial intelligence industry in 2030.
On January 28, Gan Jiayue, the CEO of Chinese automaker Geely, set the general tone for the development of the company in 2023, emphasizing "speed, pushing limits and unlimited imagination."
Chinese automaker Geely will launch new cars every month this year, more than 90% of which will be new energy vehicles, with the main goal of increasing the firm's market share.
Danilo Teobaldi has stepped down as vice president of automotive engineering for NIO, transferring to become the firm's chief engineer in Europe. Meanwhile, Zhou Xin, NIO's Executive Vice President and Chairman of Product Committee, will take over the post.
On January 18, Chinese electric vehicle maker XPeng held its annual meeting. He Xiaopeng, the firm's chairman, reviewed his five-year entrepreneurial journey from 2018 to 2022, reflected on the firm's performance in 2022, and shared its main plan for 2023.
Faraday Future, a California-based smart electric mobility firm, on January 18 announced that it has reached a non-binding cooperative framework agreement with the city of Huanggang in China's Hubei Province, intended to promote its US-China dual-home market strategy.
ROX Motor, an automaking project set up by Chang Jing, the founder and chief executive of robot vacuum maker Roborock Technology, will be launched in August this year.
A Li Auto car owner in Shanghai claimed recently that when he was driving at night, the central control screen suddenly showed that a person was following directly behind the vehicle, but upon checking, he found that there was nothing.
Shortly after the launch of the U8, BYD's first luxury new energy vehicle, a new model named "Seagull" has been registered with China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
Seres, Huawei's automaking partner, showcased its new energy vehicle model SERES 5 at the Brussels Motor Show on January 13, also signing contracts with more than 20 partners that accounted for more than 20,000 orders.
On January 13, Huawei-backed electric vehicle brand AITO suddenly announced price reductions of 30,000 yuan ($4,462), bringing the cost of its M5 and M7 EVs down to 259,800 yuan and 289,800 yuan, respectively.
