On July 8, autonomous driving solution provider Pony.ai announced that it was among the three companies who obtained the first batch of road test permits for autonomous vehicles without drivers onboard issued by Shanghai's Pudong New Area authority.

For those cruxes, Chinese battery startup Greater Bay Technology, or GBT, presented its new solutions.

On July 6th, Beijing Foton Daimler Automotive Co., Ltd. and Aulton established a strategic partnership to jointly promote the rapid implementation of the battery swapping project for heavy-duty trucks.