New car and light-truck production in China continues to increase steadily following the coronavirus outbreak, rising 9.6 percent to top 1.61 million in the first 20 days of November, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said, as automakers bank on a sustained market recovery and year-end rally in consumer demand. 

Huawei Technologies, a major global supplier of communications equipment and smart phones, admonished managers this week who are pressing the Chinese company to expand beyond its core business and build connected vehicles. 

Nissan Motor Co. expanded its production footprint in China when a Nissan Qashqai compact crossover this week rolled out of a renovated assembly plant in Changzhou.

The companies could export the powertrains jointly developed for Volvo and Mercedes cars.