Electric Car

  • NIO starts autopilot 'arms race' with launch of NOP driver assistance feature

    In October 2018, Tesla pushed the NOA (Navigate on Autopilot) feature, unlocking advanced autopilot functions in highway conditions.

  • BYD sells 19,881 new energy vehicles in Sept, up 45% year-on-year

    BYD, the Chinese auto giant backed by Warren Buffett, sold 19,881 new energy vehicles in September, up 45.32 percent from 13,681 in the same month last year, the company's announcement on the Hong Kong stock exchange showed today.

  • NIO officially opens its China headquarters in Hefei

    Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker NIO (NYSE: NIO) today announced the official opening of NIO China's headquarters in the Anhui Pilot Free Trade Zone.

  • NIO selects conversational AI firm Cerence for collaboration on voice technologies

    Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker NIO (NYSE: NIO) has selected Cerence (NASDAQ: CRNC), a conversational AI technology company that focuses on the automotive industry, for collaboration to deploy voice technologies in its products.

  • Chinese firm releases a car that costs more than NIO ES8, will the market buy it?

    The HiPhi X, the first product of Shanghai-based Human Horizons' luxury smart electric car brand HiPhi, was recently launched, with a four-seat founder edition priced at RMB 800,000 ($117,800) and a six-seat founder edition priced at RMB 680,000, much higher than the RMB 468,000 price tag of the new NIO ES8.

  • Why isn't NIO worried about Tesla's frequent price cuts in China?

    No other automaker has ever lowered prices as frequently as Tesla. In just one year, the official price of the Model 3 has been slashed by more than RMB 100,000 yuan, faster than the depreciation of used cars.

  • NIO to hold NIO Day in Chengdu on Jan 9, its first sedan likely to be unveiled

    Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker NIO (NYSE: NIO) said today that its next NIO Day event will be held in Chengdu on January 9, 2021.

  • With launch of NOP, is NIO better positioned to handle competition from Tesla?

    At the recent 2020 Beijing International Auto Show, NIO unveiled Navigate on Pilot (NOP) pilot assistance feature, which will be pushed to customers as soon as mid-October.

  • Tesla Model S Plaid starts taking orders in China, prices start from about $173,000

    Shortly after taking reservations on the North American website, the Tesla Model S Plaid started taking reservations in China, with the same expected delivery date of late 2021.

  • How has NIO changed its fortunes in the past year?

    For a year, the stock price of Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker NIO (NYSE: NIO) seemed to be out of gravity.