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
Founded in 2016, Mech-Mind Robotics is a supplier of core intelligent-robotics components rather than a full robot OEM, providing standardised “eye-brain-hand” modules for robots of different forms. Its Mech-Eye industrial 3D camera captures spatial data; Mech-Vision and Mech-Viz software handle recognition, decision and motion planning; and it is extending into the Mech-GPT multimodal model and … Read more
On 21 August, the State Administration for Market Regulation issued a cluster of recall notices. Dongfeng, XPeng, Leapmotor, Chery, Geely, Tesla, Xiaomi, BAIC BluePark and FAW, nine carmakers in total, recalled about 7.0164 million vehicles. Nine carmakers announced mass recalls the same day, led by Tesla and domestic brands. Of these, about 4.2757 million vehicles, … Read more
On 19 August, Pony.ai and global mobility platform Uber announced a further expansion of their strategic cooperation, planning to deploy over 2,000 Pony.ai Robotaxis across five European cities, one of the largest Robotaxi deployment plans in Europe and taking Pony’s overseas deployment plan past 4,000 vehicles in total. The expansion with Uber will extend from … Read more
Gasgoo Embodied Intelligence has learned that Naochi Times (Shanghai) Technology, or “Naochi Times”, recently closed a tens-of-millions-yuan seed round led by Yuanhe Puhua. The company said the proceeds will mainly build its first-generation multi-function motor brain-computer interface product “Omni One”, advance self-developed non-invasive high-throughput ultrasound BCI systems and pre-clinical validation, and expand core engineering and … Read more
A world first. After 16 rounds of talks between the union and management stalled, the long-brewing strike at South Korea’s Hyundai Motor finally erupted in full. Unlike earlier small gestures of leaving two hours early, this was real: an eight-hour full strike, Hyundai’s first since 2016 a decade ago, involving more than 39,000 union members. … Read more
On 21 August, during the 2026 World Robot Conference, news emerged that MoJia Robotics (AiMOGA), under Chery Automobile (09973.HK), had started IPO preparation. Zhang Guibing, who also serves as president of Chery’s international business, said publicly that MoJia is discussing potential listing venues and expects to sharply raise humanoid-robot deliveries next year to join the … Read more
Unitree Technology rang the opening bell and its shares exploded higher at the start. “The first humanoid-robot stock” formally listed on the Shanghai STAR Market. On its first trading day Unitree opened at 1,100 yuan per share, a surge of 629.44 per cent over the 150.80 yuan issue price, and its total market value instantly … Read more