Five days after Tesla put its production Cybercab into public Robotaxi service, early riders in Austin are split between awe and annoyance. Tesla’s wheel-less, pedal-less Cybercab has joined its Robotaxi fleet for public trials. (Source: CheDongXi) The Cybercab, revealed on 4 September, drops the steering wheel, pedals and mirrors entirely and relies on Tesla’s Full … Read more
China has published its 15th Five-Year Plan for the intelligent-connected new energy vehicle (NEV) industry, laying out the concrete targets that will define the country’s car sector through 2030. China’s newly published roadmap sets 2030 targets for its intelligent-connected NEV industry. (Source: CheDongXi) The plan, issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and … Read more
A layoff dispute has created multiple headaches for Xingyu Automotive Lighting Systems: the Hong Kong exchange’s listing review, overseas clients’ compliance probes and a wider clash of governance norms across global supply chains. On 7 September Xingyu published an external handling notice via its official account, disclosing executive accountability, remediation steps and an apology to … Read more
A sweep of China auto and robotics news on 8 September points to the same direction: Chinese electric mobility and robotics are pushing harder into overseas and embodied-intelligence manufacturing. Several items stand out for international readers. The Zeekr 7X reached its 200,000th mass-produced unit at the Ningbo Meishan smart factory. (Source: Gasgoo) Zeekr 7X rolled … Read more
On 2 September, the new Li Auto MEGA launched with a single MEGA Home version priced at 509,800 yuan, with deliveries starting within the week. The new model keeps a 108 kWh ternary-lithium 5C super-charging battery, front and rear dual-motor all-wheel drive and a CLTC pure-electric range of 710 kilometres. On a 5C charger, ten … Read more
On 5 August, SAIC Motor and General Motors signed a renewal in Shanghai that extends SAIC-GM to 2047, another 20 years. It is a symbolic number. Since its 1997 founding, SAIC-GM has run nearly three decades. As China’s industry moves from combustion to electrification and intelligence, the two sides chose to renew now, which raises … Read more
In the first half of 2026, China’s car market moved through pressure and change at once. Domestic passenger-car registrations fell about 20 per cent year on year, even as close to 500 new models launched. With supply and demand out of step, a new car’s hot-selling window shrank sharply, and the average industry profit margin … Read more
On 8 September Noetix Robotics formally launched Scalabot, a general embodied-intelligence technology brand, together with HERON-World Model, the first world model under its HERON architecture. The move extends the company beyond robot bodies into full-stack capability that pairs body with embodied brain. Noetix Robotics unveils its Scalabot embodied-intelligence brand. (Source: Gasgoo) Scalabot fuses Scale and … Read more
On 7 September Tesla China abruptly announced price cuts through a limited-time purchase incentive, and a wave of owners who had only just taken delivery found themselves thousands of yuan underwater. Under the policy, valid for orders placed and delivered by 30 September, the entire Model 3 lineup of in-stock cars carries a RMB 5,000 … Read more
China’s smart-car industry is still accelerating. The pace shows up not just in shorter launch cycles but across how consumers adopt new technology, how products are developed, how supply chains cut cost and how companies make decisions. For automotive suppliers, the rules of competition are shifting: products must land faster and cheaper while still meeting … Read more