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On 28 October, Volkswagen Group China held its first technology day in 42 years in China, in Hefei, and formally launched a locally developed integrated technology matrix called VEGA. The matrix covers three core areas, vehicle platforms, the electrical and electronic architecture and advanced driver assistance, designed to work together and respond faster to Chinese … Read more
Chery has started building motorcycles. During the 2026 Chery Global Innovation Conference on 19 October, Lingwei Technology, the motorcycle business under Chery Holding, showed four technology and product results together for the first time: the SOLO X5 electric scooter, the GROW C3 range-extended tourer, the Kunpeng multi-mode hybrid system and an AI cockpit. Lingwei Technology, … Read more
Toyota, Honda, Nissan and Mazda built a combined 1.02 million vehicles in China between April and September, down 32 per cent year on year and the lowest for the period since 2008. Against the roughly 2.8 million units the four built in the same six months of 2020, six years have erased the capacity expansion … Read more
SAIC Volkswagen’s ID.ERA 8X went on sale this month. The model is a mid-large range-extended SUV and an important entry in the ID.ERA line, combining a range-extender powertrain with technology content in driver assistance, chassis control and the cabin. On the component side, it carries forward Volkswagen’s powertrain and chassis systems while drawing heavily on … Read more
Wanliyang, listed on the Shenzhen exchange as 002434, said on 30 October that its subsidiary Zhejiang Wanliyang Robot Technology has put its first joint module production line into mass production. The company frames it as the key step from technical positioning to industrial landing in robot core components. Wanliyang’s first joint module line integrates motor, … Read more
Boyin Hechuang formally opened its Suzhou headquarters on 29 October. The site is not only office and research space. It is built as an industrialisation platform that connects development, simulation testing, scenario validation, small-batch trial production and customer delivery in one place. At the same event the company disclosed a more consequential fact: it has … Read more
Mobileye Global, listed on Nasdaq under MBLY, reported its fiscal third quarter ended 26 September 2026 on 29 October. Revenue came in at USD 492 million, down 2 per cent year on year. Operating loss narrowed 25 per cent year on year and adjusted operating profit rose 20 per cent. GAAP diluted earnings per share … Read more
Volkswagen Group reported its first nine months of 2026 on 29 October, and the numbers read less like a quarterly wobble than a collective settlement. The group posted an operating loss of EUR 5.86 billion with an operating margin of minus 7.8 per cent, below market expectations. Over the nine months, operating profit was down … Read more
On 26 October Jia Yueting published the 78th special edition of his weekly investor note, and the US small-cap corner of Chinese social media lit up: FFR had completed an asset merger and listed on Nasdaq. Many readers assumed a new company had rung the bell and went to watch. Anyone who looked at the … Read more
Maxinsights, a physical AI company headquartered in Silicon Valley whose Chinese entity is registered as Haiyu Shuwei, has closed a USD 30 million seed round. Peak XV led the round, with Tola Capital, South Park Commons, Woyin Capital and Alumni Ventures participating. The money did not go into compute infrastructure. It did not go into … Read more