Li Xiang Pushes Back on EV-vs-EREV Snobbery as Li Auto L8 BEV Heads to June 23 Launch
Li Auto’s L8 BEV launches June 23 with a 97.8 kWh CATL pack, 720 km CLTC, 5C charging and a Li Xiang speech against Chinese ‘energy snobbery’.
June 18, 2026
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Li Xiang Pushes Back on EV-vs-EREV Snobbery as Li Auto L8 BEV Heads to June 23 Launch
June 18, 2026
2026 Bentley Flying Spur Lands in China at 3.209M RMB With New V8 PHEV Powertrain
June 18, 2026
SAIC-VW Pushes 800-Item OTA to ID.ERA 9X — VW OS 1.1.0 Closes the JV Software Gap
June 18, 2026
NIO’s Onvo Brand Becomes First in China to Start Self-Driving Inside Residential Compounds
June 18, 2026
Leapmotor Crosses 1.5 Million Lifetime Deliveries — Stellantis Backbone Powers a Ten-Markets-by-2027 Push
June 18, 2026
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2026 Bentley Flying Spur Lands in China at 3.209M RMB With New V8 PHEV Powertrain
Bentley Flying Spur 2026 launches in China from 3,209,000 RMB with a V8 PHEV pumping out 800+ hp, 81 km NEDC EV range and active chassis.
June 18, 2026
SAIC-VW Pushes 800-Item OTA to ID.ERA 9X — VW OS 1.1.0 Closes the JV Software Gap
SAIC-VW pushes the ID.ERA 9X first OTA — VW OS 1.1.0 ships 800+ tweaks across navigation, voice, cockpit UI, smartphone mirroring and remote control.
June 18, 2026
NIO’s Onvo Brand Becomes First in China to Start Self-Driving Inside Residential Compounds
NIO Onvo’s Coconut+ OTA adds a first-of-its-kind park-to-park ADAS that begins inside residential or office compounds, beating Huawei ADS, Li Auto and XPeng.
June 18, 2026
Leapmotor Crosses 1.5 Million Lifetime Deliveries — Stellantis Backbone Powers a Ten-Markets-by-2027 Push
Leapmotor crosses 1.5M lifetime deliveries; the most recent 500K took 8 months. CEO Jiang Weining unveils a ten-markets-by-2027 export plan via Stellantis JV.
June 18, 2026
GAC Toyota Cuts Entry-Level bZ3X Pricing to 114,800 RMB With Limited 2,000-Unit Knight Edition
GAC Toyota launches the bZ3X Knight Edition at 114,800 RMB — the lowest sticker any Toyota NEV has carried in China — limited to 2,000 units for the 618 sale.
June 18, 2026
SAIC Audi Bundles 12,800 RMB ADAS Upgrade Free With Every E7X — 618 Promo Targets Chinese Native Rivals
SAIC Audi’s 618 promo bundles a 12,800 RMB panoramic ADAS upgrade free on every E7X — extending urban Navigate-on-ADAS from 12 to 38 cities across all five trims.
June 18, 2026
GAC Aion Becomes Thailand’s Fastest-Growing EV Brand With 47% H1 Jump and Locally-Built RAYON
GAC Aion delivers 12,800 EVs in Thailand H1 2026 (+47% YoY), now #3 behind BYD and MG. Locally-built RAYON sedan adds 3,210 units in just 4 months.
June 18, 2026
Chinese EV Brands Capture 88% of Indonesia’s H1 2026 EV Market — 47,200 Units Across BYD, Wuling and Chery Omoda
Chinese EVs capture 88% of Indonesia’s H1 2026 EV market with 47,200 units (+89% YoY). BYD 18,400 (+128%), Wuling 12,500, Chery Omoda 8,200.
June 18, 2026
MG Motor Tops 89,000 European H1 Sales — Cyberster Halo and MG4 Volume Anchor SAIC’s #1 Export Market
MG Motor Europe H1 2026: 89,200 units (+18% YoY). MG4 38,200 (#4 compact EV in Europe), ZS EHS PHEV 24,800, Cyberster halo 3,400.
June 18, 2026
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