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NIO opens five NIO Houses last weekend

Last weekend, NIO opened five NIO Houses at one go, which are located in Hangzhou, Jinan, Foshan, Kunshan, and Nanchong cities, respectively.

Photo credit: NIO

China builds innovation alliance for new-type energy storage industry

On August 8, China's innovation alliance for new-type energy storage industry was formally set up. The alliance was jointly initiated by such entities as China Energy Engineering Corporation, CATL, and Trinasolar.

All-new Mercedes-Benz EQE to hit market at end of August in China

The all-new Mercedes-Benz EQE will hit the Chinese market at the end of August. It will be locally produced by Beijing Benz.

Chengdu Motor Show 2022 to kick off on August 26

The 25th Chengdu Motor Show is to be held between August 26 and September 4.

Geometry G6/M6 to use Huawei's HarmonyOS

The Geometry G6, M6 are about to carry Huawei's HarmonyOS, and may be priced below 200,000 yuan ($29,600), according to the Geely-backed EV maker.

Black Sesame Technologies bags over $500 million in C, C+ rounds

Chinese autonomous driving computing chip supplier Black Sesame Technologies announced the completion of its C+ funding round on August 8th.

Chery Holding export volume exceeds 50,000 units in July

In July, Chery Holding saw its monthly export volume exceed 50,000 vehicles for the first time, setting a fresh record for Chinese indigenous auto brands.

SGMW hits sales milestone of 1 million new energy vehicles

SAIC-GM-Wuling (SGMW), General Motors' joint venture with Chinese partners SAIC Motor and Guangxi Automobile Group, announced today its cumulative new energy vehicle ("NEV") sales had reached 1 million units, becoming the first automaker in the world to hit the milestone.

Geely Automobile July sales jump 24% YoY

In July, China's major automaker, Geely Automobile Holdings Limited (Geely Automobile), sold a total of 122,633 vehicles, jumping 24% from a year earlier.

Baidu greenlighted for China's first-ever commercial driverless Robotaxi service

On August 8th, China's tech giant Baidu was greenlighted to conduct fully autonomous Robotaxi service without drivers or safety operators onboard and charge fares as China's first.

Autoliv inks agreement to build Jiading factory's 2nd phase

Autoliv, a global automotive safety system supplier, signed an agreement a few days ago to expand its production capacity in its Shanghai factory, according to a post on the company's WeChat account.

MAXIEYE closes C1 strategic round to boost R&D, mass production

China's intelligent driving solution provider MAXIEYE announced on August 8th the completion of its C1 strategic financing round.

Faurecia announces appointment of new president for China operation

Faurecia, the company of the Group FORVIA, announced today that Ma Chuan, President of Faurecia Seating in China, will assume the role of President of Faurecia China, effective September 1, 2022.

Geely's ZEEKR releases images of ZEEKR 009 MPV

ZEEKR, the premium electric vehicle ("EV") brand of Geely Holding, released some photos last Friday to show the side profile, rear end, and light clusters of the ZEEKR 009, its yet-to-be-launched all-electric MPV model.

Baidu greenlighted for China's first-ever commercial driverless Robotaxi service

On August 8th, China's tech giant Baidu was greenlighted to conduct fully autonomous Robotaxi service without drivers or safety operators onboard and charge fares as China's first.