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The Tesla Shanghai Megafactory will begin capacity ramp-up in the first quarter.

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BYD Co. will enable advanced driver-assistance features in almost all future models at no additional cost to buyers as part of a bid to challenge Tesla Inc. and domestic rivals in China’s cutthroat electric-vehicle market. It also plans to integrate software from DeepSeek, without specifying when that would happen. Bloomberg's Danny Lee speaks on The Asia Trade. (Source: Bloomberg)

With the recent entry by China's BYD into Korea's passenger electric vehicle (EV) market, concerns have been raised over potential personal data leaks to China through the vehicles manufactured by the company, industry observers said Tuesday.

Leapmotor, the Chinese partner of Stellantis, on Tuesday launched a new electric vehicle with smart driving technology priced under 150,000 yuan ($20,535), a day after BYD slashed the entry price for such smart EVs. Leapmotor said it would launch pre-sale of its B10 on March 10, its first electric vehicle model that will be equipped with lidar and urban traffic smart driving capability. China's BYD on Monday started offering advanced autonomous driving features on most of its models including ones priced as low as $9,555, far undercutting competitors such as Tesla in a move analysts say is set to start a new price war.

The sales decline follows sharp drops in several European markets, including Germany and France

Tesla held a ceremony on Tuesday to mark the production launch of its Megapack energy storage plant in Shanghai’s Lingang New Area, meaning Tesla's China operations has entered a new phase, the Global Times has learned.

The title says it all. The western car industry is doomed in China. It will be replaced by domestic brands, they are better and cheaper.