Renault plans to roll out five China-built vans through 2023 with local partner Brilliance. The new products include small, medium and large vans, some of which will be electrified.

Zhejiang Geely Holding Group and Mercedes formed a German subsidiary under their China-based joint venture that will produce and market electric vehicles for the Smart brand. 

Sales at PSA’s China joint venture, Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen, remain stuck in a downward spiral, with just 5,380 Peugeot and Citroen deliveries in June, a decline of 47 percent year over year. 

Inspired by Tesla and enticed by Beijing’s generous subsidies, EV companies have proliferated in China over the past few years, but now the coronavirus epidemic has further weakened the economy and made it far more difficult for remaining startups to raise capital. 

BMW and Great Wall started construction on a joint venture plant in the east China city of Zhangjiagang. Despite lingering coronavirus infections in China, the project is “progressing smoothly,” Great Wall said. 

Renault opened an R&D center at its light commercial-vehicle joint venture with Brilliance China Automotive to help the partnership improve products. 

PSA is extending a joint venture contract with Chinese partner Dongfeng Motor by 10 years to 2037. The move is intended to ease concerns about the future of the partnership, Dongfeng said last week.

A decade ago CATL did not exist, now it is the world's biggest EV battery maker. Last year it broke ground on a German plant to supply BMW and other European automakers.

May volume rose nearly 12 percent to 2.14 million, helped by heavy marketing promotions, incentives and pent-up demand following lockdowns during the coronavirus outbreak.

China's auto industry, the first to encounter the coronavirus outbreak, is coming back, but in fits and starts, with a few green shoots to show.

MG, the British brand owned by SAIC Motor, is expanding into a key European market with an electric crossover despite the coronavirus pandemic. 

Valeo expects second-quarter business activities in China to recover to levels of a year earlier, after reporting a steep sales decline during the first three months.

Chinese EV maker Suda Electric Vehicle Technology has started shipping vehicles to Germany as part of a major export push. 

Leading Chinese electric vehicle battery maker CATL has more than tripled the size of a planned overseas bond issue to raise capital for a plant under construction in Germany, as well as for other purposes. 

Showroom traffic at dealerships in China remains subdued, with average revenue generated by new-vehicle sales at 64 percent of normal levels, even though the coronavirus epidemic has largely been brought under control in the country.