BYD launched the Shark, its first pickup truck in the UK and Europe, priced from $63,000 with 56 miles of pure-electric range powered by Super Hybrid DMO plug-in powertrain.
The Shark features dual electric motors delivering 430 hp and 479 lb-ft of torque; BYD's EVP Stella Li noted the PHEV pickup market in Europe is "expanding rapidly."
The vehicle is already available in Mexico, Brazil, Australia, Chile, Peru and other markets, marking BYD's strategic entry into the UK and European pickup segment.
Chery Group's new energy vehicle sales reached 475,238 units in H1 2026, up 32.3% year-on-year, with June delivering 113,583 units (up 58.7%) marking the third consecutive month exceeding 100,000 units.
The company unveiled a carbon-reduction lifecycle framework featuring 100% recycled aluminum die-casting (reducing emissions 80% vs. virgin aluminum), 52.77% renewable energy in manufacturing, and seven green factories with plans to reach 25 by 2030.
'Rhino' battery cells achieved 400 Wh/kg energy density targeting 600 Wh/kg, enabling 1,500-kilometer range and 5,000-cycle longevity; overseas NEV shipments surged 164.9% in H1, with European sales up 458.62% year-on-year to 68,949 units.
BYD produced its 17 millionth NEV on July 8, 2026, with the milestone vehicle being the newly launched Seal 08 flagship sedan from the Ocean lineup, which debuted July 2, 2026 at a starting price of 196,900 yuan ($28,950).
The milestone came just 82 days after BYD's 16 millionth NEV rolled off the line on April 17, 2026, when the second-generation Denza D9 MPV took the milestone spot.
By comparison, the previous million-unit interval took about 120 days, indicating BYD (HKEX: 1211) is accelerating its production cadence between successive NEV milestones.
Nio Inc reached 150,000 cumulative vehicle deliveries in Shanghai on July 8, 2026, through a group delivery involving its Nio, Onvo, and Firefly brands at the Nanxiang delivery center.
As of end of June 2026, Nio delivered 1.19 million vehicles in China with Shanghai accounting for over 10%; Nio ranked first in Shanghai's overall passenger vehicle market from January to May 2026 with 16,582 units across all energy types and price ranges.
The ES9 premium SUV launched May 27 at 498,000 yuan (or 390,000 yuan with battery-as-a-service), surpassing 10,000 deliveries in 30 days and setting a record for fastest deliveries among premium all-electric models in China's 500,000-yuan segment.
On July 8 (Wednesday), Leapmotor (HKEX: 9863) opened China pre-orders for refreshed versions of its B01 sedan and B10 SUV, letting customers secure three limited-time benefits with a 99 yuan ($15) deposit: 10,000 exclusive energy points, a complimentary new exterior color, and priority access to preview test drives.
Both refreshed models will be built on an 800-volt high-voltage architecture, per Leapmotor's Weibo announcement.
The B-series refresh extends the update cadence already applied to Leapmotor's C-series, part of a broader product blitz aimed at supporting the company's target of delivering 1 million vehicles in 2026.
GAC Energy, GAC International, Brazilian charging operator GreenV, and mobility platform 99 announced a strategic partnership to accelerate Brazil's EV charging infrastructure deployment.
The quartet aims to roll out 242 fast-charging stations (60kW and 120kW) by 2030, addressing Brazil's critical charging bottleneck where 395,000 plug-in vehicles share only 21,060 stations (18.7:1 car-to-charger ratio).
GAC will supply high-quality EVs and technical solutions, GreenV will leverage its 15,000+ existing stations for platform investment and operations, while 99 will use mobility incentives to drive consumer electrification adoption.
GAC Energy、GAC International 与巴西充电运营商 GreenV 及移动平台 99 宣布战略合作，加快巴西电动汽车充电网络建设。
BYD's flagship electric sedan Seal 08 received 65,000 locked-in orders within 30 hours of launching on June 2 in China, comprising 40,000 blind orders from June 12 plus over 25,000 after the official sale began.
Priced under $30,000, the Seal 08 features a dual-motor setup delivering 683 hp (510 kW) with 0-100 km/h acceleration in 3.3 seconds; the pure-electric version accounted for over 65% of orders, with buyers favoring the all-wheel-drive configuration.
BYD launched the Seal 08 on June 2 with pure-electric and plug-in-hybrid powertrains available across six variants, part of the company's rapid expansion of its electric vehicle lineup.
比亚迪旗舰电动轿车 Seal 08 于6月2日在中国上市后30小时内锁定6.5万个订单，包括6月12日以来的4万个盲订和上市后超2.5万个订单。
Nio brand's average transaction price reached 443,000 yuan ($65,300) in June, driven by deliveries of the ES9 flagship SUV which starts at 498,000 yuan.
The ES9 surpassed 10,000 deliveries in approximately 30 days from its May 28 launch, setting the fastest delivery record for premium all-electric models.
The price is well above China's overall passenger vehicle market average, with Nio also beginning deliveries of the six-seat ES9 variant and preparing the five-seat ES8 launch for July 9.
Amazon is offering significant discounts on Autel's MaxiCharger AC Pro level 2 EV charger, Anker's SOLIX S2000 power station, and Worx's Landroid robot mower on July 6, 2026.
The Anker SOLIX S2000 is discounted nearly 50% from $1,199 to $599.99, the Worx mower sees a $410+ reduction, and the Autel charger is priced at $909.
These deals are part of ongoing Amazon promotional activity, with the Anker power station price matching close to Prime Day promotional pricing.
亚马逊在 2026 年 7 月 6 日推出 Autel MaxiCharger AC Pro level 2 EV 充电器、Anker SOLIX S2000 电源站和 Worx Landroid 割草机的大幅降价促销。
Chery officially inaugurated its Rosslyn plant in Pretoria, South Africa on July 3, 2026, marking its transition from importer to local manufacturer after acquiring the facility from Nissan in January 2026.
The plant will begin production in mid-2027 with an annual capacity of 50,000 units on a single shift, while retaining all 692 existing employees and creating approximately 3,000 supply chain jobs.
Chery has launched a localization program targeting 40% local content by 2028, with the originally 1963-built facility now undergoing comprehensive upgrades.
China will scrap vehicle tax exemptions for plug-in hybrid vehicles, battery electric commercial vehicles, and fuel cell commercial vehicles from January 1, 2027.
Battery electric passenger cars and fuel cell passenger cars remain exempt from taxation as they lack engine displacement and fall outside the tax law's scope.
The policy adjustment reflects the government's decision to scale back NEV tax incentives as market penetration reaches record highs, with the halved-tax policy for energy-saving vehicles also being canceled.
On July 2, 2026, Xpeng CEO He Xiaopeng projected that China's NEV penetration will exceed 90% by 2030, aligning with Nio founder William Li's forecast from June 26 at the 2026 Nio Partner Day.
He Xiaopeng noted that in 2014-2015 almost no one believed NEVs could reach close to 60% of monthly new-car sales, illustrating the sector's dramatic acceleration.
He Xiaopeng believes the next decade's automotive transformation will center on AI-automobile integration, with each car becoming a "robot on four wheels" and gaining a "soul".
China's NEV retail sales totaled 1,037,000 units in June, declining 7% year-on-year despite recovering 9% month-on-month from May.
The NEV retail penetration rate reached 62.8%, but cumulative sales for the year stood at 4,734,000 units, down 13% compared to the same period in 2025.
Wholesale NEV sales surged 22% year-on-year to 1,506,000 units in June, though overall passenger vehicle retail sales fell 21% year-on-year, signaling continued broad market weakness.
Xpeng announced Friday it will increase GX SUV output by 10% in July, with CEO He Xiaopeng stating the model targets entry into the premium SUV segment's top three by the fourth quarter.
The GX delivered 6,739 units in June and reached the 10,000-unit production milestone on July 1, following its May 20 launch at a starting price of 269,800 yuan that generated 24,000 firm orders within 12 hours.
The GX ramp-up contributed to Xpeng's June deliveries reaching 40,126 vehicles (a 15.93% year-on-year increase and monthly record for 2026).
XPeng delivered 103,295 vehicles in the second quarter of 2026, with June shipments reaching 40,126 units.
The GX model had 6,739 deliveries in June, with the model's 10,000th unit rolling off the production line on July 1, 2026; XPeng will debut the MONA L03 in China on July 2, 2026, with presale commencing the same day and global launch to follow.
First-half 2026 EV deliveries are projected to reduce lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions by more than 2.66 million tons compared to internal combustion engine vehicles, equivalent to the carbon absorption of 43.92 million young trees over 10 years.
BYD launched the Seal 08 sedan on Thursday as its first model to offer flash charging as standard across both plug-in hybrid and all-electric versions.
The model starts at 196,900 yuan ($29,030) and comes in six variants: three PHEV trims with up to 400 km range and three BEV trims with up to 905 km CLTC range, all equipped with the second-generation Blade Battery.
The Seal 08 is the flagship sedan of BYD's Ocean lineup and a key expansion into the premium market in 2026; BYD will provide 12 months of free flash charging for new buyers.
Li Auto is restructuring by splitting key product department functions and merging them into its R&D division to accelerate product decision-making amid fierce competition.
The EV definition team will move to the vehicle R&D division led by Liu Liguo, while the autonomous driving end-product team merges into the foundation model R&D team led by Zhan Kun.
Some experience-related product personnel will join the product line division led by Liu Jie, affecting core areas including EV, spatial intelligence, and autonomous driving previously under product head Fan Haoyu.
BYD outsold Tesla in Q2 2026 BEV sales with 557,090 units compared to Tesla's 480,126 deliveries, extending its lead in battery electric vehicles.
Tesla's 480,126 global deliveries marked a 25% year-over-year increase that far exceeded analyst expectations, while BYD's Q2 sales declined 8.22% year-over-year.
BYD's Q2 rebound was significant at 79.48% growth from Q1 2026's 310,389 units, demonstrating strong sequential recovery despite annual softness.
Tesla delivered 126,157 vehicles in China during Q2 2026, representing just 26.28% of its global deliveries—the first time China's share has fallen below 30% since late 2020.
Chinese deliveries declined 2.05% year-on-year, while the Shanghai plant exported 128,394 vehicles, exceeding domestic China sales for the first time in a single quarter.
The decline reflects weakness in the world's largest electric vehicle market, with Tesla's Chinese sales contribution to global deliveries declining significantly.
Huawei-backed HIMA delivered 50,624 vehicles in June 2026, down 3.73% year-on-year, marking its first YoY decline since May 2025.
June deliveries rose 9.76% month-on-month, continuing a three-month sequential growth streak following April and May gains of 23.17% and 40.79% respectively.
HIMA accumulated 242,229 units in the first half of 2026 with 18.74% YoY growth, and cumulative lifetime deliveries exceeded 1.43 million units, setting the fastest-pace record among China's emerging automotive brands.
Leapmotor delivered 93,376 vehicles globally in June 2026, marking a new monthly delivery record.
June deliveries surged 95% year-on-year and 14.47% month-on-month, with first-half cumulative deliveries reaching 356,487 units, up 60.82% year-on-year.
Q2 2026 deliveries totaled 246,332 units (up 83.68% YoY), bringing cumulative global deliveries to 1,552,590 units by end of June.
Xiaomi EV announced June 2026 deliveries exceeded 30,000 units, marking the third consecutive month above this threshold.
January 2026 deliveries peaked at 39,000+ units; February and March fell to approximately 20,000 due to Spring Festival holiday; Q2 recovery elevated deliveries back above 30,000, supporting the company's 550,000-unit annual target.
The SU7 sedan delivered 24,023 units in May (down 14.24% year-on-year for eight consecutive months), while the YU7 SUV delivered 8,736 units in May, down 11.54% from April.
Xpeng delivered 40,126 vehicles in June 2026, a 15.93% year-on-year increase and the company's highest monthly figure for the year.
June deliveries marked a 24.78% monthly gain from May and ended five consecutive months of year-on-year declines, signaling a sales recovery.
The GX SUV contributed 6,739 units in June and achieved its 10,000th vehicle milestone, while Q2 total deliveries reached 103,295 units within the company's 100,000-106,000 unit guidance range.
Zeekr, Geely Auto's premium EV brand, delivered 35,169 vehicles in June 2026, marking its third consecutive month of record deliveries.
June deliveries surged 110.57% year-on-year and 2.30% month-on-month, with H1 cumulative sales reaching 178,370 units, up 96.57% compared to the same period last year.
Zeekr's total cumulative deliveries reached 821,259 units as of end-June, with the Zeekr 9X plug-in hybrid luxury SUV flagship model surpassing approximately 60,000 units in cumulative sales.
The UN's World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations approved the first global framework for fully autonomous driving systems, backed by the US, China, EU, Japan, UK, and Canada.
The standards require manufacturers to implement audited, lifecycle-wide safety management systems, establish testing environments including virtual toolchains meeting strict credibility criteria, and provide structured evidence that automated driving matches or exceeds competent human driver performance.
Vehicles must implement continuous in-service monitoring and reporting systems while recording safety-relevant automated driving data throughout their operational life.
Researchers introduced SciIR (Scientific Image Reasoning), a comprehensive framework including an 82,000+ image-text pair dataset and evaluation benchmark designed to improve scientific image generation capabilities in text-to-image models.
The SciIR-82k dataset is organized according to Peirce's Semiotic Triad—Entity Structure (Icon), Scientific Process (Index), and Scientific Law (Symbol)—with Chain-of-Thought annotations to capture underlying visual logic.
The Qwen-Image-SciIR model fine-tuned on SciIR-82k achieved 43% on SciIR-Bench, a substantial improvement from the baseline 35%, addressing current models' deficiencies in scientific reasoning capabilities.
BYD announced its God's Eye urban pilot and parking systems at a May 28 intelligence strategy event, pledging to cover all at-fault accident costs with no payout cap, no additional insurance, and no premium increases.
God's Eye B costs 12,000 yuan ($1,800 USD)—roughly one-fifth of Tesla's FSD China pricing at 64,000 yuan ($9,400 USD)—while BYD's new Xuanji A3 chip (4nm, supports L3/L4) delivers over 2,100 TOPS and is already in mass production.
BYD is the only automaker with full-process chip capability from design through wafer manufacturing; shifting crash liability from drivers to the automaker represents a novel trust-building mechanism that sets industry-wide consequences behind marketing claims.