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Digital tech dominates Yangwang’s luxury SUV, including one of the first uses of the ‘God’s Eye A’ autonomous driving system. By Stewart Burnett

At the same time, rivals including Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. and Zhejiang Leapmotor Technology Co. are gaining ground. “While I believe investors retain a positive long-term view, there is a real concern around BYD’s aggressive ‘market share gain by pricing pressure’ strategy in the anti-involution context,” said Kevin Net, head of Asian equities at Financiere de L Echiquier.

This is the first of a monthly series about China’s MIIT list that unveils upcoming vehicles long before their official launch. Today, with cars from Baojun, iCar, Leapmotor, Toyota, and Voyah. Huawei is ever-present, supplying motors and software to almost everybody. There’s a truck too, and an H8 motorbike.  What is the MIIT list? Every […]

NEW YORK, Sept 14 — Electric car rivals BYD and Tesla are set to be the biggest losers from Mexico’s proposed 50 per cent tariff on autos imported from China, triggering a...

China uses subsidies extensively to take a leading role in the global markets of green-tech products such as battery electric vehicles and wind turbines. Against the background of the current EU investigations into Chinese subsidies in these sectors, this article takes a careful look at the Chinese subsidy system and provides new data on direct government subsidies to leading Chinese producers of electric cars and wind turbines. Extensive government support has allowed Chinese companies to scale up rapidly, to dominate the Chinese market and to expand into foreign markets. The article concludes that the EU should use its strong bargaining power due to the single market to induce the Chinese government to abandon the most harmful subsidies.

In the latest round of EURO NCAP safety testing, the BYD Dolphin Surf (aka Seagull) scored the maximum 5 star rating (along with the Nio Firefly, Hyundai Ionic 9, smart #5 and MINI Cooper). Although 5-star ratings have become an expectation, they are by no means guaranteed. The BMW 1 Series, Toyota Urban Cruiser, Suzuki e Vitara, MG3 and Citroen C5 Aircross all came up short to score 4 stars. However, when watching the crash test videos of the Dolphin Surf, it is particularly impressive how well it did, considering its size and short crumple zones.

Dealers say awareness is growing ahead of the minicar launch, but barriers remain.

As the EV industry evolves, BYD, QuantumScape, and EVgo are emerging as key players. Learn why these undervalued EV stocks are poised for growth in 2025 and beyond.

I previous wrote about BYD’s sales transition in China, with the new Sealion 06 poised to replace their previous Song Plus model at Ocean dealerships. As anticipated, the Sealion 06 sales took off in its first month to become BYD’s second best-selling model, the best-selling model in the Sealion family, and one of the best-selling vehicles in China overall. However, new reports of an order backlog indicate limited supply.

The Yangwang U8L can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 3.5 seconds, has a minimum turning radius of 5.45 m, and supports tank turn, crab walk, and water floatation.