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  • XPeng P7 gets first major OTA upgrade since launch, brings autopilot assist functionality

    Ahead of its "1024 XPeng Smart Day" event, Tesla's Chinese rival and Alibaba-backed XPeng Motors said it will push out the Xmart OS 2.1.0 OTA upgrade to P7 users from the evening of October 22.

  • NIO owner warns others to be cautious about using assisted driving as he crashes on highway

    Assisted driving feature is one of the main selling points of new energy vehicles, but even leading manufacturers like Tesla and Chinese premium electric car maker NIO (NYSE: NIO) can't fully guarantee that this feature is completely safe and reliable, and drivers still have to be ready to take over the vehicle at any time, or they could be in danger.

  • Tesla Shanghai plant phase II project passes phase review, Model Y production expected early next year

    Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory Phase II project has passed a phase review and is expected to go into full production of the Model Y early next year, cls.cn said, citing sources with knowledge of the project.

  • Tesla says it has increased Model 3 capacity at its Shanghai plant to 250,000 units per year

    Tesla says it has increased the capacity of the Model 3 at the Gigafactory in Shanghai to 250,000 units per year, meeting its goal.

  • Experts say hard to judge NIO's prospects for developing self-driving chip

    Commenting on media reports that NIO is planning to develop a self-driving computing chip, experts in the car industry said it was difficult to predict the future of the move.

  • NIO says it will communicate when time is right in response to report on self-driving chip

    In response to media reports that it is planning to develop a self-driving computing chip, Chinese EV maker NIO (NYSE: NIO) said it will communicate with the market when the time is right and could not respond to all of the rumors.

  • EV makers vie for autopilot 'crown' as NIO reportedly plans to develop self-driving chip

    Chinese media reported today said that NIO is planning to develop its own self-driving computing chip and the program, mainly driven by NIO chairman and CEO William Li Bin, is still in the early stages.

  • NIO plans to develop its own self-driving chip, report says

    Chinese EV maker NIO (NYSE: NIO) is planning to develop its own computing chip for self-driving, Chinese tech website 36kr.com said, citing industry sources, adding that the program is still in its early stages and is being driven primarily by NIO chairman and CEO William Li Bin.

  • Tesla exec says 'price of China-made Model 3 will drop to RMB 199,000' fake news

    In response to the rumors spread among Chinese Internet users that Tesla's China-made Model 3 will drop in price to RMB 199,000, Tesla China general manager Allan Wang responded in a Tesla owners' chat group on October 20 saying, "It's a complete rumor," according to Tencent Tech. 

  • XPeng announces 10,000th P7 off the production line

    Chinese electric car company XPeng Motors (NYSE: XPEV)s announced on October 20 that the 10,000th XPeng P7 has rolled off the production line. This is less than 160 days since the launch of XPeng P7 on April 17, making XPeng P7 the fastest from product launch to 10,000 units off the production line.