Etiqueta: smart

XPeng's Mona sub-brand launches Xpeng M03, equipped with BYD batteries, potentially mirroring NIO's Onvo strategy.

Xpeng unveiled its first model under the new Mona sub-brand, as the Chinese electric-vehicle (EV) maker targets the compact car segment and market leader BYD. The M03 pure electric compact sedan will come with intelligent features, the Guangzhou-based company announced on the Chinese microblogging site Weibo on Tuesday. Xpeng did not provide details such as the car's driving range and level of automation. "Xpeng is targeting budget-conscious customers with the new brand," said Chen Jinzhu, CEO o

Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD is still committed to building a second factory in Europe and will roll out hybrid cars as the EV market slows down, a group executive told AFP. Stella Li, vice president for Europe and the Americas, also shrugged off a European Union probe that could lead to tariffs on Chinese EVs. "When your competition worries about you, that means that you're super good," Li said in an interview Thursday at the Top Marques auto show in Monaco.That means that Chinese cars ha

Ilaria Mazzocco writes that U.S. policymakers face trade-offs in trade, climate, geopolitics, and domestic economic outcomes. They must approach policy with a more holistic assessment of the risks and opportunities of integrating climate strategy with economic policy.

Plus, affordable EVs from brands based in China could likely avoid U.S. tariffs if the cars are built in North America.