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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.

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,

ChinaBiz Briefing | DJI conquers Japan, BYD targets kei cars, ByteDance reshapes the AI workplace

China's leading hardware and internet companies are pushing deeper into Japan and enterprise software—two markets long dominated by domestic incumbents and global platforms. DJI and BYD are testing whether product-led disruption can overcome Japan's brand loyalty, while ByteDance, Tencent and Alibaba are converging on

BYD Disrupts Japan's Kei Car Monopoly With $12,200 EV

BYD has officially breached Japan's heavily protected microcar market with the launch of its "Racco" electric vehicle, signaling a strategic escalation by China's top EV maker against Japanese legacy automakers on their home turf. Priced under 2 million yen (US$12,213) after taxes

ChinaBiz Briefing | Apollo Go Hits London, CATL Margin Squeeze, Xiaomi's Memory Edge

China's technology and industrial sectors delivered a cluster of strategically significant signals on Tuesday, spanning autonomous driving, battery economics, consumer robotics, and mobile memory. Taken together, the day's developments underscore a single through-line: Chinese companies are no longer competing on home turf alone — they are

China's EV Makers Face Margin Collapse as Battery Giants Capture the Value Chain

Automakers posted RMB 1,954 billion (US$271.4 billion) in industry profit in H1 2026—down 20% year-on-year—even as revenue grew, exposing a structural squeeze that is forcing vehicle manufacturers to rethink their entire supply chain posture. The headline numbers from China's Passenger Car

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