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On November 22, Li Yunfei, the General Manager of Brand and Public Relations Department of BYD Group, posted on his personal Weibo account stating, “The investment and cooperation information related to BYD and NIO circulating on the internet is seriously untrue! Please do not believe or spread rumors.” Earlier, there were reports that BYD and […]
Xiaomi founder, chairman and chief executive Lei Jun on Wednesday marked the roll-out of the firm’s 100,000th electric vehicle (EV) from the assembly line with a social-media post of himself sleeping on the factory floor, paying homage to what Elon Musk did during the early days of Tesla. In a post published at 7:57am on […]
The presidential race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris comes at a time of rising geopolitical tensions on multiple fronts. In the 14th report of an in-depth series, we look at China’s rise in hi-tech manufacturing and the US’ efforts to contain it. After decades spent working around the clock to produce an almost unimaginable […]
Ryan Xu was a dream customer for Germany’s car makers. The Guangdong-based entrepreneur and her husband own a Porsche 911 and a Mercedes-Benz G-Class and were among the first buyers of the electric Porsche Taycan. But her views on German cars have soured as Chinese consumers increasingly favour tech refinement over traditional selling points like […]