He Xiaopeng, co-founder and CEO of the Guangzhou-based carmaker, said in Hong Kong on Thursday that testing of its Xpeng Navigation Guided Pilot (X NGP) driver-assistance system in the city would take only two months before sales could begin. However, he added that testing could start only after regulators gave Xpeng the green light to…
Autonomous driving still has more doubters than backers in Hong Kong, but the city is now taking steps that could get more people on board with the technology. Trial runs set for the next five months are worth supporting to develop driverless services. After allowing passenger trials on routes within the airport island, the government…
Deliveries of pure electric and plug-in hybrid cars across mainland China plummeted 50 per cent to 206,000 units in the first 12 days of the year compared with the same period in December, according to the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA). The sharp decline follows a 42 per cent surge in sales last year, making…