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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.

Li Auto Spins Off Chip Unit, Signaling Shift From Carmaker to Full-Stack AI Hardware Contender

Li Auto has incorporated a dedicated chip subsidiary in Shanghai, formalizing a strategic pivot that positions the electric-vehicle maker as a vertically integrated AI hardware company rather than simply an automotive group with an in-house silicon team. The new entity, Xinchuang Zhihe Technology, was registered on July 13,

ChinaBiz Briefing | Alibaba's 2.4T Model, WAIC Chip Showdown, CXMT Surge

Today’s developments highlight a rapid maturation across China’s foundational technologies, shifting from localized R&D to global commercialization. A coordinated wave of trillion-parameter AI models and domestic full-stack compute architectures is directly challenging U.S. incumbents. Meanwhile, aggressive capacity expansions in legacy memory chips and

China Auto Hits Record H1 Slump as Leapmotor Rises and NIO Stages Comeback

China's passenger vehicle market delivered its most severe six-month contraction in modern history in H1 2026, with total registrations falling 18.7% year-on-year — yet within the wreckage, a clear hierarchy of winners and losers is crystallizing that will define competitive positioning for the rest of

China's ICE Car Survivors Are Playing a Winner-Takes-All Game — And Most Will Lose

Toyota Camry and Volkswagen Lavida reclaimed spots in China's top-10 passenger car sales rankings in June 2026, but their comeback masks a brutal consolidation: a handful of combustion-engine models are cannibalizing peers even as the entire segment structurally contracts against a 62.8% EV penetration rate.

ChinaBiz Briefing | Moonshot's 2.8T Model, Alibaba's Coding Crown, XPeng Goes to Munich

China's technology and automotive sectors delivered a dense set of signals on July 17 that share a common thread: the era of building for scale is giving way to the harder discipline of building for margin. Chinese AI labs are no longer chasing Western frontier models — they are

China's EV Price War Reaches a Breaking Point — and Two Automakers Illustrate Why

China's electric vehicle industry is confronting a structural reckoning: price cuts and technology stacking are no longer generating profit, and the diverging fortunes of Leapmotor and Li Auto in the first half of 2026 have crystallized a question the entire sector must now answer — when autonomous driving stops

XPeng MONA L03 Scores 46K Orders as China’s EV Playbook Goes Europe

XPeng debuted its first globally positioned electric vehicle in Munich on Wednesday, securing 46,000 firm orders within 60 minutes of launch — a demand signal that simultaneously validates the model's appeal and raises the stakes for the company's most ambitious overseas bet to date. The MONA

ChinaBiz Briefing | DeepSeek IPO Push, Huawei's 5G Return, China Auto Exports Surge

China's technology and industrial sectors delivered a dense cluster of structurally significant signals on July 15 — from DeepSeek's accelerating march toward public markets to Huawei's quiet dismantling of a six-year sanctions chokepoint. Across automotive, AI, and robotics, the common thread is the same:

China’s EREV Shakeout Begins: Li Auto Slips as Xiaomi Bets Against the Trend

The segment that turbocharged China's new-energy vehicle revolution is now shrinking, and the industry's strategic responses are diverging sharply — with profound implications for investors tracking the country's RMB 4 trillion (US$556 billion) auto market. Wholesale volumes of extended-range electric vehicles (EREVs)

H1 2026 China Auto Exports Hit 5.1M, Making Overseas Markets the New Growth Engine

Exports now account for one-third of total vehicle sales as June shipments breach the one-million-unit monthly threshold for the first time, exposing a deepening structural bifurcation between collapsing home demand and accelerating overseas expansion. China's automotive sector posted first-half 2026 exports of 5.096

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