Chinese and U.S. automakers are racing to put more sophisticated driver-assistance systems in consumers' hands even as a fatal crash in China raises questions about performance of such systems.

Chery has big plans for humanoid robots made by its Aimoga division. At the Shanghai auto show, the robots were an integral part of Chery's event presence.

The plant would build cars for Chery's new volume brand, Lepas. Chery confirmed talks for production in Germany were underway, without naming Volkswagen.

The move is in response to slow demand for EVs in the region and will help the automaker bypass high import tariffs to Europe.

Annual output at the plant, leased from Dongfeng Motor, has only reached about 10,000 units since operations began in 2022.

Michigan-based Gentex now anticipates its 2025 sales to China to be about $100 million less than previous estimates.

VW Group CEO Oliver Blume said the European Union should consider exempting EREVs from the 2035 deadline to sell only zero-emission vehicles.

China’s carmakers are ready with the right technology, designs and prices to dominate in the coming decades — and they want the world to know it. And the number of journalists and influencers invited to cover the 2025 Shanghai auto show from abroad appears to be the highest ever.

Toyota hasn’t disclosed the amount of the factory investment, but Japanese and Shanghai media have put it at around $2 billion and say the plant may lower production costs by as much as 20 percent.

The head of Taiwan’s export promotion council predicts the 25% tariff on auto parts will weigh on domestic parts makers because the U.S. is their biggest export market.

The Future Hybrid Concept from Horse Powertrain includes an internal combustion engine, electric motor and transmission. It could appear in production cars by 2028.

Looking at the top stories in the auto industry today, there’s an unescapable link to China and its influence over the world of automaking. Some might even call it dominance.

The five-seat, dual-purpose Frontier Pro, unveiled at the Shanghai auto show, is Nissan’s first electrified pickup but also its first-ever plug-in hybrid. The powertrain pairs an electric motor to a 1.5-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine.

Nissan sees China’s intensely competitive automobile market as fertile ground to help develop electric vehicles, an area where it needs to improve in order to get back on its feet.

Jetour, which focuses on SUVs, will join Chery's Omoda and Jaecoo brands, which are starting to gain traction in some European countries. It builds plug-in hybrids and nonhybrid gasoline models.

A zigzag slash cuts down the side of the reimagined Lexus ES, which is the Japanese premium marque’s bestselling car in the U.S. and will now be offered as a full battery-electric.

New EV maker Xiaomi also scrapped an unveiling of the YU7 at this week’s Shanghai auto show, Bloomberg reported, in a blow to its ambitions to put pressure on Tesla and BYD.

President Donald Trump's tariff policy seeks to increase U.S. auto production. But it’s virtually impossible to build an EV battery from start to finish in the U.S. today.

More than 70 Chinese and international auto brands will show off more than 100 new or refreshed models this week. But more serious concerns underlie the event this year.

At the 2025 Shanghai auto show, CEO Ola Kallenius said pure tariff barriers are "the crudest instrument." Brussels and Beijing have floated the idea of lifting the tariffs through possible commitments to minimum prices.

The automaker made missteps that included overestimating the appeal of full-electric vehicles, mainly concentrating its dealers in cities and viewing Europe as a single entity rather than a diverse set of markets, Reuters reported.

Following new EU tariffs, sales of Chinese-built EVs rose only 29 percent in the first quarter, about the same as the overall EV market. Overall, Chinese sales were up 78 percent.

Huawei Technologies has forged a dominant position in China’s intensely competitive EV market by creating the intelligent driving software that’s found its way into the cockpits of marques from BYD to BMW.

BYD plans to leap over tariff hurdles to sell all-electric vehicles in Japan's hard-to-crack all-important minicar segment.

Volkswagen, once the top seller of passenger cars in China, lost its crown to domestic EV champion BYD last year. At the Shanghai auto show, it revealed five new models developed for China.

Buick, once a top-selling brand in China, aims to sharpen its focus on premium new-energy vehicles in the world's biggest car market.

Chinese consumers are driving adoption of driver-assistance technology, while the U.S. and Europe lag behind, according to two new studies.

Nio said Firefly, a rival to the Smart and Mini brands, will face delays because of sales and service network challenges in the region.

The Vision V features an airy interior with lounge chairs, a retractable 65-inch cinema screen, a 42-speaker surround-sound system and seven projectors.

Saudi Arabia has set an ambitious target to increase electric vehicle adoption from 1 percent to 30 percent within five years.