Yang Jian

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.

VW began producing high-voltage battery systems at a new plant in Hefei in east China’s Anhui province as the automaker 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.

Vivian Zhang will succeed Catherine Peng as VW's PR boss in China, moving to the post from German sports shoe maker Adidas.

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

Since Carlos Tavares took the helm at Stellantis in early 2021, he has moved quickly to overhaul the automaker's troubled China operations, from Jeep to Peugeot and Citroen.

Klaus Zyciora will lead global vehicle design for Changan, which produces sedans, crossovers, SUVs, multipurpose vehicles and minibuses under multiple brands.

While deterring low-cost China-made EVs from entering the European market, it might cause upheaval and a backlash for major European EV makers that produce in China and export to China.

NaaS Technology, a NASDAQ-listed Chinese company providing battery charging for electric vehicles, has signed a deal to acquire its Swedish counterpart Charge Amps AB for 724 million SEK ($66.4 million).

General Motors has received a permit from local authorities to test its Level 4 autonomous vehicles in Shanghai. 

Volvo's new China sales boss, Martin Persson, is tasked with boosting the automaker's EV sales.

BYD, China’s largest electrified-vehicle maker, has signed a deal with Stingray, a Canadian music, media and technology company, to bring Karaoke into its vehicles. 

China surpassed Japan to become the world’s largest vehicle exporting country in the first half of this year, according to data from trade groups of the two countries.

Geely Holding is set to start selling the first intelligent EV developed with domestic technology giant Baidu Inc. in the fourth quarter of this year to strengthen its position as a maker of smart EVs.