On 20 August, Harmony IntelliDrive launched its first boxy hardcore SUV, the Xiangjie G9, with prices from 429,800 to 549,800 yuan. Within one hour it took 3,100 pre-orders. Richard Yu called it able to replace a holiday rental and a camper van. The G9 comes in Max+, Ultra, and Ultra+ trims, in five- or six-seat … Read more
Pony.ai and Uber said on 19 August they will deepen their strategic partnership and deploy more than 2,000 Pony.ai Robotaxis across five European cities, one of the largest Robotaxi deployment plans in the region. Pony.ai’s total overseas deployment target now exceeds 4,000 vehicles. The expansion builds on Pony.ai and Uber’s existing commercial operation in Zagreb, … Read more
On 18 August, Xiaomi president Lu Weibing and vice president and CFO Lin Shiwei took questions on the group’s second-quarter 2026 results. On the smart-EV business they addressed five points: the Pengcheng model’s buyers barely overlap with existing models; the Pengcheng N90 Max and N70 Max are not yet priced, so margin impact is unclear; … Read more
Chery’s full takeover of a Nissan factory in South Africa sends a signal: China’s auto exports could top 10 million units and reach 2.5 times Japan’s level. The move shows how Chinese carmakers are not just shipping vehicles abroad but acquiring and operating foreign production assets, a step change in globalisation. For European supply chains … Read more
2026 is the first year of mass production for hybrid, or solid-liquid, batteries. Huang Xuejie, one of China’s leading lithium-battery scientists and convener of the energy-storage direction at the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, argues that all-solid-state batteries cannot overturn the table before 2035, so hybrid electrolytes must be taken seriously. … Read more
An Congrong has succeeded Li Shufu as chairman of Geely Auto, in a leadership handover announced at the company’s H1 2026 results briefing on 17 August. Geely Auto Holdings said Li Shufu, chairman of Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, resigned as chairman and executive director of Geely Auto, taking the honorary chairman-for-life role while staying chairman … Read more
Gasgoo Embodied Intelligence learned that on 14 August, Pateo (02889.HK) and Yunji Technology (02670.HK) signed a strategic cooperation agreement. Drawing on their respective strengths in smart vehicles and robotics, the two will build a deep partnership and explore a new paradigm for merging smart manufacturing with the robot industry. Pateo and Yunji Technology combine smart-car … Read more
Pony.ai showed its fourth-generation autonomous truck in Guangzhou this month and said it plans to operate between 500 and 1,000 self-driving trucks within two to three years. The truck unit started in 2018 from near zero, when a small team bought a Dongfeng rig and rewired throttle, brake and steering themselves. Eight years on, the … Read more
China has published the world’s first national-level capability-evaluation system covering the full automotive-chip chain. The State Administration for Market Regulation, through the certification and accreditation body CNCA, approved and released five certification and accreditation industry standards that build a structured framework for assessing institutions across the automotive semiconductor sector. China releases the first certification standards … Read more
Storm season is quietly resetting the argument about electric cars and water. When Typhoon White Dolphin made landfall on 9 August, Shanghai recorded close to 300 millimetres of rain and thousands of cars were submerged across several cities. Xiaomi founder Lei Jun used the moment to post a reminder: pay attention to wading ability. Xiaomi’s … Read more