Yang Jian

Chinese automotive brands boosted their collective share of the domestic light-vehicle market to 43.3 percent in the first three quarters of the year, up 6.7 percentage points from the same period in 2020.

General Motors’ deliveries in China dropped 19 percent to 623,000 in the third quarter, marking the automaker’s first sales decline in the key market this year.

The widespread semiconductor shortage and resulting inventory squeeze sent China sales of new vehicles slumping for a fifth consecutive month in September, with volume shrinking 20 percent to below 2.07 million in the latest period.

Volvo's China deliveries slumped for the second straight month in September as the severe semiconductor shortage continued to curb the company’s local output.

Monthly deliveries at two major domestic EV startups exceeded 10,000 vehicles for the first time in September. Sales at Nio spiked 126 percent to 10,628 while deliveries at XPeng nearly tripled to 10,421, according to figures the two companies released last week. 

The new plant, Grammer's 11th in China, will assemble center consoles, armrests and other interior components for locally produced BMW vehicles.

Nearly 1.5 million EVs were sold across China in 2021's first nine months, more than triple the tally a year earlier.

German supplier Continental AG signed an agreement Wednesday with Chinese artificial intelligence startup Horizon Robotics to establish a joint venture in Shanghai to apply technology to smart vehicles.

GAC Motor, the state-owned automaker that operates a JV with Stellantis, is set to begin shipping a crossover built at a Hangzhou plant in east China to Mexico, where the vehicle will be marketed under the Dodge marque. 

The first product from Renault-Jiangling, Renault Group’s electric-vehicle joint venture with Jiangling Group Electric Vehicle Co., went on sale in China this week.

The investment will help accelerate adoption of the young Chinese company’s autonomous driving technology in GM's future China products. 

Chinese retail sales of new passenger vehicles -- sedans, crossovers, SUVs and multipurpose vehicles -- are expected to contract for the fourth straight month, slipping 17 percent to 1.58 million in September, the China Passenger Car Association said this week. 

China’s securities regulator ordered Huachen Group, parent of BMW Group’s partner Brilliance China Automotive Holdings, to pay a $8.3 million fine for severe misconduct while disclosing financial information. 

The company is the second major Chinese EV startup to cut third-quarter sales targets amid the chip shortage.

The Chinese auto industry isn't going to restructure anytime soon – even as the government this week began to signal interest in seeing consolidation.