Category: Automotive

China’s BYD has climbed into Indonesia’s top three car brands by monthly wholesale sales, and top six on yearly sales to date, underscoring how quickly Chinese automakers are gaining ground in a market long led by Japanese rivals. Industry ...

Almost two in every five new cars sold worldwide in October were bought in China, according to China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) Secretary-General Cui Dongshu. CPCA data put global auto sales in October at 8.64 million units, up 4 percent ...

Thailand has rewritten its electric-vehicle incentive rules, revamping Thailand EV incentives by shifting deadlines and tightening subsidy conditions. The National Electric Vehicle Policy Board approved the changes at its first meeting under the new administration, ...

China's solid-state EV battery makers are moving faster than many of their global rivals to commercialize the technology, rolling out pilot production lines and high-density prototypes that could shape the next generation of electric vehicles. Their projects already range from ...

China's BYD 2026 target aims to sell 1.5 million to 1.6 million vehicles outside China in 2026. The number is up from a projected 900,000 to 1 million in 2025, Citi said Tuesday after meetings with company management. Citi ...

BYD, a Chinese carmaker, broke into Indonesia’s top three auto sellers in October with 10,593 vehicles shipped to dealers. The record is up 873% from September, according to GAIKINDO, the national automotive industry association that compiles official sales data. Toyota ...

The Israel Defense Force (IDF) reportedly recalled 700 Chinese-made vehicles, mostly the Chery Tiggo 8 Pro, used by senior officers in response to concerns that the cameras on the SUVs could be used to spy, according to two separate Israeli media reports.

Chinese automakers are ramping up their sales outreach and manufacturing operations in South Africa, Africa's dominant auto market that accounts for somewhere between a third to a half of all sales on the continent. State-owned auto giant BAIC announced it will ...

BYD quarterly profit declined after price cuts to fight slowing domestic demand; export growth couldn’t fully offset the China slide. Net profit for the three months to September was $1.10 billion, down 32.6% from $1.64 billion a year earlier, ...

China has published its economic and industrial priorities for 2026–2030 without explicitly naming new energy vehicles (NEVs) or electric vehicles (EVs) among the “strategic emerging fields” it wants to accelerate. This signals that carmakers will have to compete under tighter national ...

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has made an unusually public endorsement of a Chinese automaker. On October 9, Lula became the owner of a BYD Song Pro SUV, the company’s 14 millionth new energy vehicle. He also released a ...

The competition among China's EVs in Indonesia tightened in September. Indonesia’s automakers’ association, Gaikindo, announced that Chery tops September, BYD still leads the year, and the contest is shifting from imports to local assembly. Local assembly can cut taxes ...