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In-depth analysis of China’s electric vehicle industry, including EV makers, batteries, pricing competition, and policy support. This section tracks profitability challenges, technology shifts, and structural changes shaping the world’s largest EV market.

ChinaBiz Briefing | DeepSeek's $69B Round, Leapmotor's 100K Milestone, and the Cost-Curve Economy

China's technology and mobility sectors delivered a unified message on August 5: scale and cost discipline now define competitive advantage more decisively than brand narrative or first-mover positioning. From DeepSeek relaunching a mega-round at a $69 billion valuation to Leapmotor rewriting the EV startup hierarchy, and

The Leapmotor Moment: How Scale and Cost Are Reshaping China’s EV War

Leapmotor delivered 101,267 vehicles in July 2026, becoming the first Chinese new-energy vehicle startup in the industry's 12-year history to breach the 100,000-unit monthly threshold—a milestone that simultaneously renders the old "NIO-Xpeng-Li" power hierarchy obsolete. The July figure,

China's Automakers Launch Branded Batteries, Reshaping EV Supply Chain Beyond CATL's Shadow

Xiaomi, Li Auto and Huawei's Aito are deploying proprietary battery systems with full-stack process control, directly challenging the "Intel Inside" dominance of Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) and forcing second-tier cell makers into an ODM-style subordinate role. The shift crystallized on July 30, 2026,

ChinaBiz Briefing | China's AI Office War, Huawei Foldables, Honor Robot Phone, DJI E-Bike Spinoffs

China's technology sector is undergoing simultaneous structural transitions across AI, hardware, and consumer markets — and the week of August 4, 2026 crystallizes each of them. Three tech giants are dismantling their AI organizational charts in real time. The startup cohort that once defined China's AI ambition

DJI’s Amflow and Avinox Target Europe’s E-Bike Market With 4x Growth Ambition

Two companies born inside DJI have quietly dismantled one of European cycling's most entrenched assumptions: that Chinese brands cannot compete at the premium end of a market long dominated by Bosch and Shimano. Amflow, an independent e-bike manufacturer that traces its lineage directly to DJI's

ChinaBiz Briefing | Alibaba's 2.4T AI Model, DeepSeek's Cost Edge, Leapmotor's 100K Record

China's technology and industrial sectors delivered a dense set of signals on Sunday and Monday: frontier AI models are closing the gap with Western rivals on both performance and price; the EV delivery race is fracturing into clear tiers; domestic chip companies are mounting a credible challenge to

China’s EV Pecking Order in July Shifts as Leapmotor Breaks 100K, Rivals Stall

Leapmotor's 101,267-unit July delivery print—the first monthly six-figure tally ever recorded by a Chinese new-energy vehicle startup—has cleaved the domestic EV field into three distinct tiers, exposing a structural fault line between brands with diversified product portfolios and those betting survival on

ChinaBiz Briefing | ByteDance Upgrades Seedance, MiniMax Open-Sources H3, Xiaomi Starts SUV Price War, Unitree Advances IPO

China’s tech champions are converging on a common priority: turning headline-grabbing innovation into production-ready products—and funding the scale-up. In AI, video generation is moving from flashy demos to controllable, editable workflows that fit enterprise budgets. In EVs, Xiaomi is forcing a new pricing benchmark that

Xiaomi Unveils SkyNomad EREV SUVs at RMB 259,900, Forcing a New Price Floor

Xiaomi Corp. has escalated China’s SUV price war by pricing two extended-range SkyNomad family models below Wall Street expectations, shifting investor focus from product competitiveness to whether the company can achieve its 550,000-vehicle delivery target for 2026 without sacrificing gross margin. At its second Auto Tech

Tesla Said to Explore Separation of China Operations Amid SpaceX Merger Considerations

Tesla is weighing options to separate its China business—including a potential sale or spinoff—amid geopolitical concerns and as Elon Musk explores closer ties between the electric-vehicle maker and SpaceX, according to a media report. According to The Wall Street Journal’s report published on July 30, 2026,

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