Chinese automotive-electronics maker RoadVoyage has changed hands, with a new investor taking control after four years under construction-equipment giant Zoomlion. The deal raises questions about where the in-car tech supplier goes next.
China's producer price index rose at its fastest pace in nearly four years in September, and experts warn that smaller manufacturers face a profit squeeze as raw material costs climb while consumer prices lag.
A prefecture-level city in Anhui is pushing to become a crossroads of China's high-speed rail map, as a new line to Huanggang clears a key environmental review. That would give it eight directions of track — a shape Chinese planners call a 'rice character'.
Two high-profile failures — a luxury Huawei-JAC sedan's brake bracket snapping in tests and a Chery SUV's rear axle tearing off in Malaysia — have overseas buyers asking whether Chinese cars are rushed to market.
China's passenger car retail sales fell 28% year-on-year in September 2026, the steepest monthly drop this year, as both gasoline and electric models slumped. Yet automakers held back from discounting, signaling a shift in how the world's largest car market competes.
Apple has opened pre-orders for the iPhone Duo, its first foldable phone, priced from 15,999 yuan. The company's own repair estimates show an inner-screen fix costs nearly half the phone's price.
Chinese brands made up roughly 30% of the vehicle exhibitors at the 2026 Paris Motor Show, pushing into Europe's toughest market. Volkswagen's CEO called for European carmakers to band together as the competition arrives at their doorstep.
A testing mishap pushed Mercedes-Benz to halt deliveries for 12 weeks while it reworked safety validation. The episode shows how expensive credibility has become in the race toward automated driving.
Applied Materials laid out long-term targets on October 14, projecting service revenue above $12 billion by 2030 and a bigger share of the wafer fab equipment market. The US chip toolmaker also pledged to return most of its free cash flow to shareholders.
A 2023 OMODA 5 in Malaysia lost its rear axle mid-drive, prompting Chery to recall 8,878 vehicles over weak welds on the rear suspension arm. The Chinese automaker apologized as it pushes hard into export markets.
A state broadcaster's investigation found tanker trucks in Shaanxi and Guizhou routinely hauling far more crude oil than their plates allow. One fleet of more than sixty vehicles ran overloaded for over two years, and dozens of safety inspection reports appear to be fabricated.
Chinese tech firms are pitching AI workplace tools that replace headcount, not just software seats. The pitch is shifting from productivity to payroll, changing how companies decide who to hire.
Humanoid robot shipments in China jumped roughly fourfold, but cheap models drive most units while expensive machines generate most revenue. The split reveals where the money in China's robotics boom actually sits.
Seven years after retiring, the founder of display giant BOE has taken his chip design company, ESWIN Computing, public in Hong Kong. It is the third time the 69-year-old has tried to fill a gap in China's semiconductor industry.
Three Maextro V800 luxury sedans suffered identical brake pedal bracket failures in a 100 km/h emergency-stop test. Owner clubs call it a safety defect; the brand frames the fix as a free upgrade, not a recall.
Beijing and Brussels have reached a preliminary understanding on hybrid vehicle trade, a sign that Chinese automakers can no longer rely on export growth alone to win Europe. The details remain vague, but the direction is clear.
Apple reportedly plans to launch a new iPad mini this month with an OLED screen and more base storage, but at a much higher price. The rumor puts the starting price near $799, up from $599 for today's model.
Stacking chips vertically promises faster, denser processors, but Chinese industry analysis argues the real bottleneck is not bonding precision — it is how much each working chip costs to produce. Yield and economics, not physics, decide whether 3D integration scales.
Canyon Semiconductor will begin trading on Shenzhen's ChiNext board on October 13, pricing shares at 12.01 yuan each in a listing that underscores China's push for domestic chip capacity.
A memory chip shortage is squeezing the cheapest smartphones out of the market, rewriting the logic of the entry-level phone and leaving budget buyers with fewer options.
A media outlet's emergency braking test broke the brake pedal bracket on three brand-new Maextro V800 luxury cars. The videos went viral, splitting opinion between those calling it a fatal design flaw and those calling the test unfair.
In 2026, leading Robotaxi operators are no longer winning on test miles or demo stunts. Cheaper sensors, stronger models and policy openings have turned technical leadership into a mere entry ticket, and alliances now decide the race.
Chinese auto-parts makers that supply Tesla are quietly developing their own humanoid robots, betting that car factories can mass-produce machines. Analysts see a race to lock in orders before the market opens.
Porsche's mid-decade strategy drops sales from its core KPIs and targets wealthier buyers, aiming for a break-even point below 200,000 vehicles. It follows a first half of 2026 in which electrification failed to reverse falling revenue and weak profitability.
China's Anta Sports has paid 1.5055 billion euros in cash for a 29.06% stake in Germany's Puma, becoming its largest shareholder without a management board seat. It is a textbook test of non-controlling integration.
A widely watched test of the Maextro V800, a million-yuan luxury car from Huawei and JAC, showed brake pedal brackets cracking in three straight runs. The testers say it was ordinary highway braking; the brand disagrees.
A startup founded by a former SpaceX engineer raised $100 million to run driverless freight on rails, betting that short-haul routes under 500 miles are where automation wins.
At the 2026 Paris Motor Show, 22 Chinese electric carmakers will appear together, pressing an advantage created by Europe's shrinking affordable segment. Stellantis' chairman noted Europe had 49 models under €15,000 in 2019; now only one remains.
China's National Day holiday kicked off a fourth-quarter sales push, with Tesla stores packed and discounts everywhere. Buyers are racing a year-end purchase-tax change that makes 2026 cars thousands of yuan pricier.
China holds the world's largest tungsten reserves yet its own output keeps falling, and tighter export controls are repricing the metal for carmakers, chipmakers and toolmakers worldwide.
At its capital markets day in Weissach, Porsche unveiled a strategy to shrink its workforce by 9,000 roles and refocus on brand, product and organisation. The German sports-car maker is betting that a leaner, more profitable company beats chasing volume.
The NAND flash maker owned by South Korea's SK Hynix has reportedly chosen lead banks for a US listing that could value it near $100 billion. The deal would test investor appetite for memory chips as AI demand surges.
A private Chinese fusion company says its spherical tokamak became the first commercial device to run a hydrogen-boron reaction, a fuel that produces almost no neutrons. The milestone is early but points to a cleaner, harder path to fusion power.
BlackBerry's phone business is gone, but its QNX software now runs inside millions of cars. The former $83 billion giant has quietly turned a collapse into a comeback.
Chinese resellers are buying limited-edition goods worldwide and flipping them at markups of up to 400 percent, turning scarcity into a business. The model reveals how hype-driven demand differs from lasting customer loyalty.
In China's smart EV era, one vehicle is increasingly assembled by many partners — automakers, chip designers, software teams, data platforms, dealers and service networks. A new look at the AITO partnership asks what actually makes a brand grow when no single company builds the whole car.
China has poured billions into highway fast-charging, adding more big-power chargers in eight months than in all the years before. Yet holiday queues still stretch for hours, because peak demand outruns even the fastest build-out.
During Golden Week, China's highways turned into a stress test for electric cars, with queues of four hours at charging stations to save a few dollars. Plug-in hybrids and pure EVs are fighting over the same plugs.
At a US robot combat event, a modified Chinese-made EngineAI T800 biped fought a human opponent and sent him flying with a single kick. The clip renews the debate over what humanoid robots should do next.
During China's National Day holiday, Beijing mall showrooms for electric cars drew thin crowds and few special offers, while online launch perks did the persuading. Dealers say the old autumn buying rush no longer works the way it used to.
Bandai Hobby unveiled its new GUNDAM XMX series at Wonder Festival Shanghai 2026, teasing a model kit aimed at first-time builders. The reveal, hidden behind a black curtain until showtime, suggests the company is courting younger fans in its fastest-growing market.
Huawei and Qualcomm have signed a multi-year patent licensing deal covering 5G, computing, AI and networking, with Qualcomm buying some Huawei US patents. The agreement reframes a quarter-century relationship that began with Huawei paying royalties.
At a September industry forum, Chinese car executives stopped repeating optimistic slogans and admitted real problems: rushed development cycles, oversized batteries, and uneasy reliance on rivals' technology. The candor signals a market shifting from growth-at-any-cost to hard choices.
A new State Council notice targets the chronic late payments and interlocking debts that squeeze China's smaller suppliers. The policy push arrives as economists debate whether investment or consumption should drive the next phase of growth.
Taiwan's chipmaking giant is in talks with Elon Musk's Terafab wafer project, with Musk confirming discussions are underway. The move could reshape where advanced chips for Tesla and SpaceX get built.
Chinese automakers are increasingly building their own batteries or signing with second-tier suppliers, loosening CATL's grip on the world's largest EV market. The shift is reshaping who keeps the profits in electric cars.
September brought no broad recovery to China's car market, but the biggest automakers kept growing anyway. Competition is shifting from chasing new buyers to fighting over existing ones.
Tesla shares climbed more than 5% after the company said it delivered over 486,000 vehicles in the third quarter of 2026, outpacing production by roughly 22,000 units. Storage deployments also hit 13.7 gigawatt-hours.
China's electric-vehicle startups posted a mixed September, with Leapmotor holding first place while Xpeng and Xiaomi pushed past 40,000 deliveries and Huawei-backed Aito slipped. The month shows growth is no longer lifting every brand equally.
China's biggest motorcycle show drew 300,000 visitors and 7 billion online views, with 1,120 exhibitors and 3,100 models. Insiders say the industry now has money and attention — but still trails on brand, culture and premium engineering.
Volkswagen's glass-walled Dresden plant, once a showcase for the Phaeton, is closing as Germany buys record numbers of Chinese-made cars. The reversal captures how quickly the global auto trade has flipped.
Huawei and Seres signed a new five-year deal in Shenzhen to upgrade their Aito electric vehicle brand, which now has more than 1.2 million users. The partnership deepens their bet on premium smart cars in China's crowded EV market.
Huawei unveiled its Mate 90 series on October 1, its first flagship to go on sale the same day it launched, with prices starting at 5,999 yuan. Executive Richard Yu called the pricing "sincere" amid soaring memory chip costs.
GAC Group plans to issue shares worth 5.75 yuan each to acquire FAW's 50% stake in their Toyota joint venture, deepening the integration of Toyota's two Chinese partners. The move is a test of whether GAC can return to the fast lane after a bruising few years.
A senior Huawei executive argues that carmakers may spend more developing their own smart driving systems than buying them, urging stronger division of labor between automakers and suppliers.
A Chinese landscaping company plans to buy a chipmaker outright, betting its second act on semiconductors. The deal lands as DRAM prices surge and one domestic memory maker posts a rare half-year profit.
JAC Motors told investors it is in early, non-binding talks with Huawei and Stellantis after its shares jumped over 20% in three days. No deal terms have been set, and the company warned the outcome remains highly uncertain.
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