Hikrobot posts 4.03bn yuan H1 as Hikvision innovates

Hikvision’s 2026 interim report shows a company compounding quietly. First-half revenue reached 46.82 billion yuan, up 11.97 per cent, with net profit attributable to shareholders at 7.90 billion, up 39.57 per cent, and non-recurring net profit at 7.71 billion, up 40.50 per cent. Gross margin rose to 49.97 per cent, up 4.78 percentage points, widening … Read more

SiEngine’s ‘Tiangong 100’ 7nm AI chip enters mass production

On 12 August, SiEngine announced that its self-developed 7-nanometre automotive-grade AI accelerator, the Tiangong 100 (NNA100), has entered full mass production and begun batch supply to OEMs and Tier-1 partners. The chip is a standalone, plug-in accelerator for on-device agent AI, built to give local large models a complete domestic compute base and fix the … Read more

NIO battery swap turns from drag to moat

When Gasgoo reported NIO’s latest charging and swap progress, a reader summed up the scepticism: “That is no moat, it could be a trap.” For long-time watchers that reads as fair. NIO has poured more than 20 billion yuan into charging and swap infrastructure, a classic heavy-asset drag. It posted its first quarterly profit in … Read more

Changan and Huawei sign strategic AI and auto partnership

On 11 August in Shenzhen, China Changan Automobile Group and Huawei Technologies signed a strategic framework agreement, the centrepiece of a 12 August wave of OEM and supply-chain news. The two sides will explore cooperation in AI products and scenarios, general and automotive vertical large models, digital infrastructure, compute, software and hardware, and will deepen … Read more

RoboSense unveils Eocene architecture and 2,160-line LiDAR

On 21 April 2026, RoboSense held its Tech Day in Shenzhen and for the first time laid out a systematic chip roadmap. Two flagship SPAD-SoCs on its new “Genesis” digital architecture debuted: the Phoenix line for monolithic native ultra-high line count, and the Peacock line for all-solid-state high-resolution arrays. Both reach mass production in 2026. … Read more