The US carmaker said on Monday that it would price the Shanghai-made car, which boasts a driving range of 830km, at 259,500 yuan (US$36,391), 10,000 yuan lower than the price it touted on August 12. Deliveries are expected to begin this month. The company is also offering mainland buyers of the car, and some other…
DeepSeek’s namesake chatbot would be used for “AI interaction”, which enables a Tesla EV’s driver to have casual conversations with the system, while also getting the latest news and weather information, according to the updated terms of use posted this month on the US carmaker’s mainland website. ByteDance’s Doubao large language model (LLM) would facilitate…
As per reports, Chinese tech giant Xiaomi is gearing up to launch its first electric vehicles (EVs) in Europe by 2027. The announcement came during the company’s second-quarter 2025 earnings call, where President Lu Weibing revealed the milestone. The move marks Xiaomi’s first international expansion for its automotive division and reflects the brand’s rising ambitions…
Tesla opened its first showroom in India last month with little of its usual pomp, but the entry of Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company still made a splash – and is further driving expectations for the South Asian nation’s EV market. Indians have been quietly buying EVs. While still a niche segment in the world’s…
Tesla has begun offering its longer-range Model 3 variant to Chinese customers as it fights to regain market share from local rivals amid intense competition in the country’s premium electric vehicle (EV) segment. The US company announced on Tuesday that the new car, which has a range of 830km, would be priced at 269,500 yuan…
Tesla will introduce a longer, six-seat version of its popular Model Y SUV in China, a strategic move aimed at reclaiming market share in the world’s largest electric vehicle (EV) market amid increasing competition from domestic rivals. The new variant, dubbed the Model Y L, is set to debut this autumn, the US EV giant…
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Xpeng launched its G7 SUV on Thursday, sending another contender into a fierce battle in the premium SUV segment of the world’s largest EV market, where it joins Xiaomi’s recently introduced YU7 in taking on Tesla’s market-leading Model Y. Dubbed Xpeng’s first “Super AI [artificial intelligence] car”, the G7 starts…
Tesla has officially started deploying its first software update for the recently refreshed Model Y, and it appears to add additional parts of a beta version of the Auto Shift feature, as highlighted by one owner this week. After Tesla began deploying its software update 2025.8.6 over the past few days, photos from a couple…
The new Model Y variant will be 20 per cent cheaper than the existing editions, which are priced from 263,500 yuan (US$36,406) to 303,500 yuan, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. The US carmaker plans to start producing the car next year at its Shanghai factory. The company has also sent engineers…
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…