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.
The Big Picture 1. BYD Seal 08 Interior: Four Colors, One Screen, No Buttons The BYD Seal 08 interior flash charging flagship sedan gets its first public cabin reveal. Zhang Zhuo published the images on Weibo rather than through an official press…
The Big Picture 1. Chery Jetour Zongheng F700 PHEV: The Spec Sheet Specification Detail Powertrain Kunpeng CDM-O PHEV (2.0TD + electric motor) Engine power 155 kW / 340 Nm Thermal efficiency 45.5% Battery CATL 4C double-layer Shenxing Fast charge 20-80%…
The Big Picture 1. The Lap: 10:29.483 Without a Driver The Nürburgring Nordschleife is not a sanitized test track. It has 73 corners, a 300-meter elevation change, and surfaces that shift from smooth to broken without warning. Racing drivers call…
The Big Picture Xiaomi’s third automotive brand, “Sky Nomad” (寻天, Xun Tian), will launch with an EREV — not a pure EV. Spy shots posted Friday on Weibo by SugarDesign, Dou Dou Che, and DSP-Charles, and corroborated by CarNewsChina, reveal the N90: a…
The Big Picture The European Commission is preparing to impose countervailing duties on Chinese-made plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) in the coming weeks, according to a Handelsblatt report on Friday, closing a loophole that Chinese automakers — led by BYD — have exploited…
The Big Picture BYD is undertaking the most significant organizational restructuring in its history. The company will split its all-powerful engineering academy into five brand research institutes — Dynasty, Ocean, Fang Cheng Bao, Denza, and Yangwang — and force each…
The Big Picture BYD delivered its 100,000th new energy vehicle in the UK this week — a milestone that took Tesla roughly eight years to reach. The striking part: BYD achieved it without qualifying for UK government EV subsidies that…
On June 10, 2026, Xiaomi EV cleared a long-anticipated regulatory hurdle. The latest MIIT announcement confirmed the company has been granted production qualification for extended-range electric passenger vehicles, A Xiaomi spokesperson had previously clarified online that the leaked photos of…
[Washington D.C. — Breaking Automotive News] The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has officially updated its statutory list of “Chinese Military Companies” operating directly or indirectly in the United States under Section 1260H of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).…
On May 31, XPeng Motors’ acquisition of a 90.1% stake in EIDO, an electric vehicle manufacturing entity under Indonesian listed company PT Sinar Eka Selaras Tbk, officially took effect. The core asset of this acquisition is an electric vehicle production…
