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Lotus ELETRE hits market, starting from 828,000 yuan

The pure-electric Lotus ELETRE went on sale on October 25. Coming with two trim levels, the S+ version starts at 828,000 yuan and R+ starts at 1,028,000 yuan. Deliveries will begin in March 2023 for the S+ and May 2023 for the R+.

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Tesla sued by subsidiary of Chinese music streaming platform KuGou

A lawsuit filed by Guangzhou Fanxing Entertainment Information Technology Co., Ltd. against Tesla (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., and Tesla Automobile Sales and Service (Beijing) Co., Ltd. over copyright ownership and infringement disputes will be held at Pudong New Area People's Court of Shanghai on December 26, according to corporate database Qichacha. The plaintiff Guangzhou Fanxing Entertainment Information Technology Co., Ltd is wholly owned by the Chinese music streaming service provider KuGou.

Photo credit: Tesla

ORA Lightning Cat to hit market on October 31

The all-new ORA Lightning Cat will officially hit the market on October 31. The new pure electric car features a maximum range of 705km. 

Hesai Technology to provide AT128 LiDAR for Changan Auto vehicles

Chinese LiDAR solution provider Hesai Technology announced the formal cooperation with Changan Auto, the company recently announced. 

Dongfeng AEOLUS refreshes annual sales record in 2022 by Oct.25

Dongfeng Motor’s wholly-owned passenger vehicle brand, AEOLUS (Fengshen), celebrated its year-to-date sales volume has reached 150,119 vehicles by October 25 morning. 

WeRide, Hyundai Motor, Hengyun Enterprises to build driverless hydrogen vehicle pilot zone

On October 25, leading autonomous driving solution provider WeRide inked a cooperation framework agreement with Hyundai Motor’s fuel-cell arm, HTWO Guangzhou, and Guangzhou Hengyun Enterprises (Hengyun) to build the world’s first driverless hydrogen-powered vehicle demonstration zone in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province.

NIO, hotel firm Huazhu Group team up on charging, battery swap facility deployment

NIO and Huazhu Group Limited, a China-based hotel group, inked an agreement on Oct. 25 to carry out in-depth strategic cooperation on the deployment of electric vehicle (EV) charging and battery swapping facilities, according to a post on NIO's WeChat account.

Amazon, PATEO to cooperate on V2X cloud service

World-leading cloud computing pioneer‎ Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently announced a strategic partnership with China’s V2X explorer, PATEO, to help Chinese and foreign carmakers explore their desired auto markets worldwide.