Yang Jian

Retail sales of new sedans, crossovers, SUVs and multipurpose vehicles are on track to advance 26 percent to 2.08 million in November, the China Automobile Dealers Car Association predicted.

At least 1,000 high-power charging stations with around 7,000 charging piles are expected to be installed in China by the end of 2026, the companies said, with the first coming online next year.

U.S. supplier seeks to fill 25 roles in five units that oversee software, autonomous driving platforms, system integration and testing, mapping and simulation, and product planning and customer experience.

Neta Auto, previously known as Hozon Auto, becomes the third Chinese automaker to tap a factory in Thailand as a production hub of right-hand-drive vehicles for the Southeast Asian market. 

Xingji Meizu Group, an affiliate of Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, is set to become the second Chinese smartphone maker following Xiaomi to develop intelligent electric vehicles. 

Pickup shipments industrywide rose 1 percent to around 42,000 in October after sliding four straight months, the China Passenger Car Association said.

Volkswagen Group began building high-voltage battery systems at a newly constructed plant in Hefei in east China’s Anhui province as the German auto giant launches local production of MEB platform-based electric vehicles. 

GAC Motor plans to start installing solid-state batteries in electric vehicles in 2026 after achieving a breakthrough recently in developing the batteries in-house.

Automotive technology supplier Aptiv signed an agreement with the local government to produce high-voltage connectors in central China's Wuhan as the Chinese market shifts to intelligent electric vehicles.

Owners of Cadillac and Buick Ultium battery-powered electric vehicles will be able to recharge at some of the charging stations Tesla operates in China, starting at the end of this year, GM’s China unit said.

The market for used light vehicles expanded 19 percent year to year to exceed 1.29 million last month after rising 7.4 percent in September, the China Automobile Dealers Association said.

The recall, to begin May 31, 2024, covers 611,260 Buick models, 195,819 Chevrolet vehicles and 327,006 Cadillac models, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation said.

Vivian Zhang will succeed Catherine Peng as vice president for public relations and communications, Volkswagen Group’s China unit said.

The factory, with 1,200 employees, can supply up to 2 million electronic components annually for in-vehicle display, cockpits and automated driving to global and Chinese automakers.  

Automakers producing in China shipped 2.5 million sedans, crossovers, SUVs, multipurpose vehicles and minibuses in October, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said, unchanged from September but up 11 percent from a year earlier.