Sources claim state-owned SAIC Motor plans to cut 30% of workers at its JV with General Motors, 10% at its unit with Germany's Volkswagen, plus half the staff at its Rising Auto EV unit

Xiaomi co-founder and CEO, Lei Jun, believes his newly launched electric sedan is a direct competitor of Tesla — both in price and capabilities

BYD has set back plans for an EV factory in Vietnam, while CATL has said solid-state batteries are problematic and have safety issues

Beijing claims Washington is using the cover of climate change and emissions reductions to avoid subsidising Chinese products in its EV supply chain

US chipmakers Intel and AMD, plus software giant Microsoft are likely to be hit hard as China ramps up its push to replace foreign tech with locally made products, analysts say

The Japanese automaker now plans for hybrids and fully electric cars to make up 60% of its sales by the end of the decade

Xinjiang shipped goods worth $312 million to Europe with lithium-ion batteries among the region's key exports to the bloc

Apple is battling depressed smartphone sales in China and rising competition from resurgent domestic rivals like Huawei

Chinese carmakers are turning to Nvidia for advanced technology in an effort to compensate for what they currently lack in global brand recognition

Chinese military researchers have been studying the role of Starlink satellites in the Ukraine war and warned about its risks to Beijing, while calling for the creation of a similar network

Chinese EV maker set to unveil cheaper EV models in coming weeks, while Tesla says it will raise the price of its Model Ys in parts of Europe and the US

SpaceX signed a $1.8-billion contract in 2021 with the National Reconnaissance Office, which will manage a network of hundreds of low-earth satellites. China and others look to have similar plans