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A Shanghai court recently ordered a man, who published a false story late last year that Chinese EV maker NIO was negotiating a bankruptcy and liquidation with law firms, to pay NIO 300,000 yuan ($44,400) in damages and to publicly apologize for at least 90 days, according to Tencent Auto.

In response to the problem of other people's vehicles appearing in a Chinese Model 3 owner's Tesla app, the car maker responded on Tuesday that it was due to maintenance staff mistakenly entering the vehicle identification number in the on-board computer.

The body shop at the Anhui JAC factory of Chinese EV maker NIO is automated to a 97.5% level, allowing the body shop, which is capable of rolling out 20 complete vehicles an hour, to be operated by only a dozen workers, according to local media Anhuinews.com.

Rich Waterworth, general manager of TikTok Europe, recently said that TikTok has more than 100 million monthly active users in Europe, adding that TikTok will continue to expand its team in Europe in order to better serve the local market.

Huachuang Securities analysts are optimistic about the fundamentals of the Chinese auto industry, and is optimistic about the new energy flagship models of independent and new energy vehicle startups this year, and the models that explode accurately cut consumer demand.

Chinese self-driving taxi operator Hunan Apollo Intelligent Transportation has received a permit from Changsha regulators for unmanned testing of smart internet connected vehicles without any safety officer, becoming the first company in China to receive such a permit.

Baidu Chairman and CEO Robin Li predicted that in five years' time, automated driving will be fully commercialized, greatly reducing congestion and eliminating the need for car purchase and traffic restrictions.

SMIC, China’s leading contract chip maker, said today that it has applied to the US to continue supplying Huawei in accordance with regulations, while reiterating that the company will strictly comply with the laws and regulations of relevant countries and regions, according to thepaper.cn.

Chinese EV maker Li Auto today announced that Wang Kai, the former global chief architect of American automotive electronics supplier Visteon, has been named its first chief technology officer with overall responsibility for the company's smart car-related technology development and mass production work.

A Chinese Tesla owner said on Weibo today that when he opened the Tesla App, instead of seeing his Model 3, someone else's vehicle appeared.