Automundo China

China will enforce tougher emissions standards for vehicles starting July 1, putting pressure on legacy carmakers and dealers to clear thousands of cars that will soon become non-compliant.

Every car produced, imported, or sold after July 1 must comply with the 6b norm.

On Thursday, the day after World Intellectual Property Day, the European Commission—the self-proclaimed world regulatory superpower—officially proposed a massive regulatory regime of patents that will benefit China and undermine Western innovators in both Europe and the United States.

It’s now been more than two months since the EU launched its Green Deal Industrial Plan (GDIP), and a month since the long-awaited Critical Raw Materials Act, and the Net-Zero Industry Act. These initiatives seek to rise up to the growing ambitions of our US and Chinese counterparts, who are pursuing aggressive, and in some instances, protectionist policies that seek to attract investment from the best and brightest industries, including the automotive sector.

The most eye-catching developments so far at China's biggest annual auto show in Shanghai.

We know what you are most curious about. Did Mark get the ice cream?

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Our pick of Auto Shanghai 2023 concept cars, as Lancia, Nissan, Citroën and Toyota brought their conceptual EV visions to the revitalised Chinese show

Feast your eyes on some exciting models you simply can't get in the US, and some quirky one-off designs.