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Baidu ranks No.1 in autonomous driving patent application volume worldwide

On April 26th, Baidu disclosed that the company had the most patent applications in deep learning and autonomous driving fields across the world in 2021. In addition, 23% of the company’s core income was poured into R&D.

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HUAWEI, Xiaomi facilitate HUD standards

Xiaomi EV, Geely, Changan Auto, ADAYO, HUAWEI, Desay SV, and many other enterprises within the automotive industrial chain were invited to co-construct the standards and regulations for HUD technology by China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM).

CPCA: Shanghai's NEV sales account for 47% Q1 new car sales

According to the China Passenger Car Association, in the first three months of 2022, a total of 58,000 new energy passenger vehicles were sold in Shanghai, accounting for 47% of the city's overall new car sales. 

Presale of Changan Auto’s LUMIN starts April 29th

Changan Auto announced that its new mini battery-electric model, the LUMIN, will start presale on April 29th and hit the market in the second half of 2022.

China's Boonray becomes top 3 autonomous mining solution developer nationwide

China’s driverless mining solution developer Boonray Technology has accumulated a safe operating mileage of 958,000 km through its mining vehicles, entering the top three list of autonomous mining companies regarding market shares in China.

Black Sesame Technologies starts scale production of Huashan 2 A1000 auto chip

China’s automotive chip developer Black Sesame Technologies disclosed that its Huashan 2 A1000 autonomous driving computing chip has started scale production and expects to deploy onto vehicles within the year.

Joyson Electronics turns profit to loss in Q1 2022

China’s automotive electronics supplier Joyson Electronics saw its net profit attributable to shareholders plummet 171.32% year on year in the first three months of 2022, according to its report issued on April 25th.

GAC's On Time mobility bags over RMB1 billion, to launch Robotaxis with Pony.ai

On April 26th, GAC Group-backed mobility platform On Time announced the completion of its series A financing round, raising over a billion yuan.

GAC Honda to start presale of e:NP1 BEV in May

On April 25, Honda Motor (China) Investment Co., Ltd., (“Honda China”) held an online event to announce the “e:N brand declaration” that embodies the automaker's 70-year car-building genes，and the brand slogan “reshaping the driving fun of EV”.

EVE Energy’s power battery business scores 146.25% YoY hike in 2021 revenue

EVE Energy Co., Ltd. (“EVE Energy”), a Chinese battery maker headquartered in Huizhou, saw its annual revenue surge 107.06% year on year to around 16.9 billion yuan ($2.576 billion) in 2021, according to the annual earnings results the company released earlier this week.

NIO hits production milestone of 200,000 vehicles

On April 26, NIO saw its 200,000th mass-produced vehicle come off the production line at the JAC-NIO Advanced Manufacturing Center in Hefei, according to the startup’s press release. The significant vehicle was an ET7 in “Polestar Blue”.