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Faraday Future has signed a cooperation deal with California advanced-air-mobility firm AIBOT to support compliance and manufacturing for its AI robotics business, as Washington tightens control over foreign-made robotic and power hardware. Faraday Future’s EAI robot concept under its Built in USA plan (Source: Gasgoo) A compliance and build partner Announced on 4 September, the … Read more
Omov, the autonomous-driving and mobility group spun out of Continental, is rewriting how a global Tier 1 serves China. In early 2026 it formed a China management committee that gave the local team real authority over supply, manufacturing, product development and partner choice, with full profit and loss responsibility for the China business. From global … Read more
Tesla has pulled the covers off its production Cybercab, a purpose-built robotaxi that removes the steering wheel, brake and accelerator entirely and relies on its FSD system for full autonomy. The company opened the pod to public rides in Austin, Texas, and set China debuts in Beijing and Shanghai for 18 September. A launch run … Read more
Shenzhen News Net, 27 August: on 26 August, the 2026 Next-Generation Artificial Intelligence (Shenzhen) Entrepreneurship and Innovation Competition final was held in Shenzhen. After a full day of roadshows and judging, Weifan Intelligence beat 20 finalist teams to take the first prize. Wange Zhiyuan, Emi Process and Yigan Technology took second prize; Xinchen Qiyuan, Zhiyong … Read more
On 2 September, the new-generation Li Auto MEGA launched, offering a single MEGA Home version at RMB 509,800, with delivery this week. It comes standard with a 108 kWh ternary 5C ultra-fast-charge battery, front and rear dual-motor all-wheel drive, CLTC pure-electric range of 710 km, and 10 minutes of 5C charging adds 500 km of … Read more
In the summer of 2026, China’s auto industry is moving its gaze from the steering wheel to two legs. On 24 August, XPeng said its humanoid business closed a first round above USD 900 million at over USD 6.3 billion post-money, with Tencent and Alibaba rarely joining together. Around the same time BYD’s first commercial … Read more
In mid-August, Zhongjian Technology was fined RMB 3.9 million for fabricating a signing with Huawei’s Embodied Intelligence Innovation Centre and false disclosure, mired in controversy. Amid the storm, the veteran garden-equipment maker did not stop expanding in robotics. Recently Zhongjian announced that it and subsidiary Shanghai Huazhijian signed an intelligent-robot industrialisation investment agreement with the … Read more
Recently, domestic industrial welding-robot leader Kelda Robotics released its 2026 interim report. Revenue reached RMB 425 million, up 34.73 per cent; net profit attributable to shareholders RMB 28.269 million, up 1,095.30 per cent; non-recurring net profit RMB 24.095 million, swinging from a RMB 2.734 million loss to profit, up over 980 per cent; comprehensive gross … Read more
The Hong Kong equity robot track is about to get a new face. On 24 August, Youdi Robotics (Wuxi) Co passed the HKEX main-board listing hearing; on 31 August it opened global bookbuilding, with trading expected on 9 September. The global offer is 45 million H shares at HK$14.45 to 19.55, implying net proceeds of … Read more
Embodied Emergence has learned that Lieon (Shenzhen) Robotics Technology has closed a tens-of-millions-of-yuan strategic round, invested by Shenzhen Lifud Technology, with Yunyue Capital as exclusive financial adviser. At the same time the company reached a cooperation intent with associate professor Zhang Meiying’s team at the School of Artificial Intelligence, Southern University of Science and Technology, … Read more