Real-time reporting on the electrification revolution — covering new EVs, batteries and storage, charging infrastructure, clean power and humanoid robots. Built on first-hand English sources, not translation.
BEIJING — China set a 50 GW V2G target for 2030, a 400% jump from 2025’s 10 GW. The “15th Five-Year Plan” was issued August 3. The plan envisions 40 million chargers supporting 110 million EVs. China now has 49 million…
Denza Z9S Pre-Sale Opens at 1,100km Range as BYD Builds Out Charging Network | evsays BYD’s premium sedan pairs a record-breaking battery with a proprietary charging network expanding at a pace no rival is matching SHENZHEN — Denza, BYD’s premium…
Unitree IPO: The First A-Share Humanoid Robot Stock Unitree Technology (宇树科技) — China’s largest humanoid robot manufacturer — confirmed its STAR Market IPO timeline on August 3: August 5 pricing, August 10 public subscription, late August listing. This makes it the first…
The Big Picture The Number That Broke the Silence: 542 Cars in 150 Days At the 2026 China Auto Forum, Beijing Hyundai’s general manager Li Fenggang did something that rarely happens in an industry forum: he called out his competitors…
The Big Picture The Arena Where Skating Became Coding The last time Shougang Park’s Ice Hockey Hall drew international attention, it was February 2022 and athletes were competing for Winter Olympics medals. On August 1, 2026, the ice was gone…
Xiaomi’s first range-extender SUVs undercut Li Auto’s L6 and L9 by as much as ¥130,000, betting a flat-floor “Kunlun” platform can win a segment that is already shrinking. Xiaomi opened presales for its first range-extender SUVs, the Sky Nomad N70…
July 2026 Delivery Report: Leapmotor Hits 100K. Li Auto Slides for Third Month. The Big Picture BYD: 419,211 vehicles, +21.8% YoY. 62nd consecutive month as China’s #1 NEV brand. Overseas sales hit a record 179,841 units — 43% of total…
The Architecture: Why “Kunlun” Matters Xiaomi calls it Kunlun — a name meant to evoke the mountain range that divides China’s geography, and a deliberate signal that this architecture divides Xiaomi’s product line. SU7 and YU7 sit on one side:…
The Standard That Changes the Game On July 29, BYD Automotive made an announcement that sounded like a routine regulatory update — and it was, technically — but the competitive implications are anything but routine. BYD confirmed it co-authored GB 47955-2026,…
The Car That Japan Didn’t See Coming On July 28 in Tokyo, BYD Japan president Liu Xueliang stood next to a boxy little vehicle that looked like something Honda or Suzuki would build — because it was. The BYD Racco (海獭) wasn’t…
