Phate Zhang

  • China's October new energy vehicle sales double from same month last year

    A total of 160,000 new energy vehicles were sold in China in October, up 104.5% year-on-year, data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers showed on Wednesday.

  • Li ONE continues to top China's new energy SUV sales with 3,438 insurance registrations in October

    The Li ONE, the only model of Chinese electric vehicle maker Li Auto (NASDAQ: LI), saw 3,438 insurance registrations in October, according to data released by the Beijing CATARC Data Technology Center on November 10. 

  • Bitauto, created by NIO founder, delists from US stock market in $1.1bn deal

    Bitauto (NYSE: BITA), the Chinese Internet car service provider founded by NIO (NYSE: NIO) founder William Li Bin, has completed a merger and delisted from the New York Stock Exchange on Friday.

  • Huawei said to release AMD-powered desktops at the end of this month

    Huawei is likely to announce an AMD processor-powered desktop aimed at enterprise customers with a 23.8-inch display at the end of this month, Weibo digital blogger @路飞科技说 said, adding that a new product with Kunpeng processor will also be released along with it.

  • NIO and Tesla are starting to face each other

    "Now that NIO's average unit sales price is about RMB 150,000 higher than Tesla's in China, our customers are not quite the same class of user as Tesla, and there's a significant differentiation in the brand range," NIO founder, chairman and CEO William Li Bin said at the launch of NIO's 100-degree battery pack on November 6.

  • Coolpad ends patent infringement lawsuit against Xiaomi, says advancing the industry is a priority

    Chinese technology firm Coolpad announced today that it is voluntarily terminating its patent infringement lawsuit against Xiaomi. In early 2018, Coolpad initiated a series of patent infringement lawsuits against Xiaomi, some of which are still pending in court as of today.

  • OPPO said to launch tablet and laptop products next year

    Chinese smartphone maker OPPO has been planning tablet computer and laptop products, which are expected to be launched next year to seize the market, well-known Weibo digital blogger @数码闲聊站 said today.

  • Tesla extends multimedia memory card warranty on select Model S, X models

    Tesla said today that it is adjusting its 8GB embedded multimedia memory card (eMMC) warranty from four years or 80,000 km, whichever comes first, to eight years or 160,000 km, whichever comes first, for Model S and Model X manufactured before March 2018.

  • NIO ES6 tops pure electric SUV sales in China for 13th straight month in October

    The number of NIO models registered for insurance in China went up 94% year-on-year to reach 4,880 in October, with the ES6 and ES8 being the top two pure electric models in the ranking, the latest data showed.

  • Tesla exec denies discriminating against mainland customers on Model 3 supply

    Recently, Tesla came back into the spotlight when several tech bloggers claimed that the US carmaker launched a revised version of the Model 3 produced by the Shanghai Gigafactory in the Hong Kong market, instead of supplying this new model to Chinese mainland customers.