CEO He Xiaopeng said the carmaker would hire 4,000 new workers and invest $486m in AI, as China faces a year seen as the first of a “knockout round” for Chinese auto brands

VW has said it is reviewing “the future direction of business" in Xinjiang, where a test track was constructed for the German carmaker, allegedly using forced labour

Hackers used large language models to seek information on rival intelligence agencies and "notable individuals" and also to develop code “with potential malicious intent”

The new facility to be built in Szeged, in southern Hungary, China's biggest carmaker by sales, said on Friday

China exported some 1.63 million vehicles to Europe in the first 10 months of this year, but attacks on ships in the Red Sea mean it will now take longer for their EVs to reach EU ports

US lawmakers discussed raising tariffs on Chinese EVs amid reports that Chinese carmakers plan to build factories in Mexico and export cheap vehicles across the border

The deal, expected late this month, will take CYVN's shareholding to 20.1% of Nio's total shares, the carmaker said in a statement

The premium electric vehicle brand is the latest marque to develop a homegrown battery system as brands look to shore up supply lines

France's revamped rules on EV subsidies include a new criteria for eligibility — the amount of carbon emitted in the making of cars, which is reportedly much higher in China

Every facet of electric vehicles and EV batteries is being assessed by carmakers around the world keen to produce EVs that can compete with China's cheap EV models

The International Energy Agency expects world oil consumption to hit its peak in 2030 at 103 million barrels per day – a decade faster than initially predicted

The US automaker still plans to start making low-cost lithium-iron batteries by 2026 based on technology licensed from China’s CATL