XPeng’s humanoid robot IRON is on display during the 2026 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area International Auto Show on May 31, 2026 in Shenzhen, Guangdong province of China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Chinese companies rushed into electric cars a decade ago, and now they are expanding into humanoid robots as the…
It’s Nvidia earnings week, which means investors will get their clearest read yet on the AI boom. Oh, and there’s also the not-so-small matter of the Fed’s influential confab at Jackson Hole and what it could signal about the future path of interest rates. Those are the biggest market-moving events of the week, but we’ll…
Exterior view of the Tesla Gigafactory during a government-organised media trip in Shanghai, China, April 14, 2026. Go Nakamura | Reuters BEIJING — Survivors have emerged in China’s fiercely competitive car market, which is increasingly dominated by electric-powered vehicles. Here are brands that have emerged as Chinese consumers’ favorite, according to industry data from Autohome:…
Humanoid robot startup LimX Dynamics shows off its products at its Shenzhen, China, office on July 3, 2026. Evelyn Cheng | CNBC BEIJING — Humanoid startup LimX Dynamics is getting ready to go public, just over four years after it was founded during the pandemic. “Listing is a must,” said founder Will Zhang, emphasizing the…
NANJING, CHINA – APRIL 30, 2026 – Tourists visit the BYD exhibition area at the Auto Expo in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China on April 30, 2026. (Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images) Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images BYD‘s passenger vehicle sales fell for an eighth consecutive month in April, while…
AI signage at the Robert Bosch booth at the Beijing Auto Show in Beijing, China, on Saturday, April 25, 2026. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — Electric carmakers in China are layering on more of the same artificial intelligence features as they try to survive a prolonged price war in the world’s largest…
Audi’s electric SUV, the E7X, will begin presales on May 8. The vehicle will incorporate AI features from ByteDance’s Doubao and iFlyTek. Evelyn Cheng | CNBC BEIJING — Chinese tech giant Alibaba said Friday that its Qwen artificial intelligence model will be integrated into vehicles from automakers including BYD and a local joint venture of…
JINHUA, CHINA – JULY 16: Employees work on the assembly line of new energy vehicles at an intelligent factory of Leapmotor on July 16, 2025 in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province of China. (Photo by Jin Sicheng, Zheng Yali, Shi Kuanbing/Zhejiang Daily Press Group/VCG via Getty Images) Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images A Hong…
CHENGDU, CHINA – SEPTEMBER 28: Two women walk past the Tesla storefront on September 28, 2024, in Chengdu, China. Tesla continues to expand its presence in China, showcasing its electric vehicles and promoting its Gigafactory innovations. (Photo by Cheng Xin/Getty Images) Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty Images Tesla’s China-made electric vehicle sales…
Mount Fuji and the Shinjuku skyline in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets traded mostly higher Wednesday as investors assessed the ongoing Middle East war. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.59% to close at 8,743.5. Japan’s Nikkei 225 jumped 1.43% to end…
