Audi is reportedly interested in teaming up with SAIC Motor, China’s largest carmaker, in an attempt to defeat Mercedes and BMW in the world’s biggest car market, in terms of market share. According to a document posted on the China Bidding and Purchase Network website, the VW Group and SAIC Motor invited parts makers to […]
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Baojun’s New EV For China Looks As Cute As A Puppy, Runs Longer Distances
Baojun, one of GM’s most active brands lately, has released the first photos of its latest new energy vehicle (NEV) for China. The as-yet-unnamed mini adopts Baojun’s new interstellar geometry design language and looks much sleeker than the similarly-sized E100 and E200 EVs. Key styling features of the new two-seat electric vehicle include the split […]
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Lynk & Co’s 05 Is A Sleek Coupe SUV Exclusive To China
<!––> <!––> After a number of low-resolution photos were published last month, a series of new official images of the Lynk & Co 05 have surfaced online. Set to debut in China in the first half of 2020, the Lynk & Co 05 is essentially the ‘coupe’ variant of the 01 SUV, the brand’s very […]
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Apple Has ‘Deep Concerns’ about Two Ex-Employees Accused of Stealing Trade Secrets Fleeing to China
Apple has “deep concerns” that two of its former Chinese-born employees accused of stealing trade secrets could flee back to China. Due to this, the company has asked a federal court to monitor the location of the two accused as they present flight risk. One of the accused, Xiaolang Zhang worked on Apple’s secretive self-driving […]
Read MoreChinese And Europeans More Open To EVs And Autonomous Tech Than U.S. Buyers
A survey has revealed that consumers in China and Europe are far more open to the idea of electric vehicles and self-driving technologies than those in the U.S. The survey was conducted by OC&C Strategy Consultants and, according to Reuters, shows that 90 per cent of Chinese respondents would consider, were likely to, or definitely […]
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Tesla’s China-Built Cars Are Now Eligible For Local Subsidies
Tesla announced that their Chinese-built Model 3 vehicles are now eligible for state subsidies, which will further boost the efforts of the car maker to expand into the world’s biggest car market. China’s industry ministry has previously said that the Model 3s produced at the new $2 billion factory in Shanghai were on a list […]
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Jetta Brand A Hit In China With 30,000 Sales In Its First Three Months
One would think that with 12 brands in its portfolio, the last thing the Volkswagen Group needed was to create a new marque from scratch. Yet that’s exactly what the German giant did in China earlier this year by elevating the popular Jetta budget sedan to the status of a standalone brand with a three-model […]
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Single women in China are paying to text with ‘virtual boyfriends’
According to a report from AFP (via France 24), there’s a new growing trend in China: single women hiring “virtual boyfriends” online. These online-only affairs usually aren’t sexual at all and instead more about companionship and emotional attention. For example, women might instruct a virtual boyfriend to message them in the morning with a sweet […]
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Polestar 2 Tooling Trial Prototypes Roll Off Chinese Plant’s Assembly Line
The Polestar 2 is now one step closer to getting delivered to customers, as the Volvo-owned performance brand has kicked off tooling trial production of the EV. The first Polestar 2 prototypes have started to roll off the assembly line at the Luqiao factory in China in preparation for series production. Tooling trial production is […]
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Hyundai Lafesta EV Quietly Unveiled In China With 302 Mile Range
While the automotive world was focused on the Los Angeles Auto Show, Hyundai quietly introduced the Lafesta EV in China. Set to be launched early next year, the Lafesta EV has a “Sensuous Sportiness” design that differs significantly from the standard model. The most obvious changes occur up front as the model has been equipped […]
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