XPeng unveils GX flagship SUV with 750 km range, L4-ready hardware for $58,000
XPeng unveils GX flagship SUV with 750 km range, L4-ready hardware for $58,000

XPeng officially unveiled the GX, its new flagship SUV, at the Beijing Auto Show today. The full-size six-seater starts at 399,800 yuan (~$58,000) and packs up to 750 km (466 miles) of AWD range in its pure electric version.

The GX represents XPeng’…

Hyundai unveils sleek new IONIQ V: a production car that looks like a concept
Hyundai unveils sleek new IONIQ V: a production car that looks like a concept

Hyundai unveiled the IONIQ V at Auto China 2026 in Beijing today, a sleek electric liftback with over 600 km of CLTC range built on an 800V platform with CATL batteries. It’s the production version of the Venus concept the automaker revealed earlier th…

White House accuses China of industrial-scale AI model distillation, commits to intelligence sharing with OpenAI, Anthropic, Google
White House accuses China of industrial-scale AI model distillation, commits to intelligence sharing with OpenAI, Anthropic, Google

Summary: The White House OSTP released a policy memo accusing China of “industrial-scale” distillation of US AI models, committing to share intelligence with US AI companies and explore accountability measures. OpenAI accused DeepSeek of distilling its…

AITO joins BMW, Mercedes-Benz charging JV in China as equal partner
AITO joins BMW, Mercedes-Benz charging JV in China as equal partner

SERES Group’s Huawei-powered AITO brand is joining IONCHI, the premium charging joint venture between BMW and Mercedes-Benz in China, as an equal 33.3% shareholder. The deal restructures what was a 50:50 German partnership into a three-way collaboratio…

TikTok is making Americans want Chinese EVs they cannot buy, and tariffs were not designed for this
TikTok is making Americans want Chinese EVs they cannot buy, and tariffs were not designed for this

The United States imposed 100% tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles to keep them out of the American market. TikTok and YouTube are making that strategy irrelevant. A survey of 9,000 potential EV buyers by AlixPartners found that 58% had seen Chinese E…

DeepWay closes $310M in pre-IPO financing as it seeks to take Baidu-backed autonomous electric trucks global
DeepWay closes $310M in pre-IPO financing as it seeks to take Baidu-backed autonomous electric trucks global

The Hefei-based company, which has delivered 6,400 intelligent electric heavy-duty trucks in China and is targeting a Hong Kong stock market listing, has attracted an Australian superannuation fund among its latest investors, a sign that its clean frei…

A humanoid robot just beat the human half-marathon world record by seven minutes in Beijing
A humanoid robot just beat the human half-marathon world record by seven minutes in Beijing

A humanoid robot named Lightning completed the Beijing E-Town Half-Marathon today in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, beating the human world record by nearly seven minutes. The robot, built by Shenzhen Honor Smart Technology Development Co., navigated the 2…

Stanford’s AI Index finds China has nearly closed the performance gap with the US despite spending 23 times less
Stanford’s AI Index finds China has nearly closed the performance gap with the US despite spending 23 times less

In short: Stanford’s 2026 AI Index Report finds the performance gap between the best American and Chinese AI models has collapsed to 2.7%, down from 17.5-31.6 percentage points in May 2023, despite the US spending 23 times more on private AI investment…

A 1,380 hp Volvo XC hybrid? The new Zeekr 8X makes it feel inevitable
A 1,380 hp Volvo XC hybrid? The new Zeekr 8X makes it feel inevitable

Packing just over 1,380 hp and up to 255 miles of all-electric range, the new, tri-motor, extended-range hybrid Zeekr X8 is redefining what buyers could and should expect from their next SUV – and parent company Geely’s global ambitions could mean the …

Volvo’s parent Geely is selling a $15,000 electric SUV with massaging seats and 600 km of range
Volvo’s parent Geely is selling a $15,000 electric SUV with massaging seats and 600 km of range

In short: Geely, which owns Volvo, Polestar, Lotus, and Zeekr, has launched the EX5, a battery-electric SUV starting at 109,800 yuan (~$15,300) with massaging seats, a 1,000-watt sound system, and up to 610 km of range. Already sold in 35 countries and…