2026-11-11
On November 11, the Douyin account of Shandong News reported that a car hit pedestrians near a subway station in California, USA, resulting in 3 deaths. In the comment section, a large number of Chinese netizens listed domestic malicious incidents to mock the official media for only reporting good news and ignoring the bad.
2026-11-11
On November 11, a large number of shops along the street near the Ganzhou Bus Station in Jiangxi closed their doors. Grid workers patrolled, knocked on doors, and repeatedly used loudspeakers to demand that the merchants resume normal business operations.
2026-11-09
On November 9, a netizen posted that they were fired the day after leaving a negative review of their factory employer on Amap, and were forced to sign a resignation letter. The companies involved are Jiangsu Hongji Metal Products Co., Ltd. and Hongji Weiye (Suzhou) Auto Parts Co., Ltd. The factory identified the account that left the review by checking employees' phones and refused to settle wages in person.
2026-11-06
On November 6, a car rammed into multiple spots at the Jiehu Park night market in Yinan County, Linyi City, Shandong Province. The driver fled the scene, leaving the area in chaos.
2026-11-05
A salesperson claiming to be a third-party contract worker for Li Auto in the Guangdong region posted that their monthly performance pay was wiped out by the city general manager in October. After multiple failed attempts at communication and reporting the issue to HR, their work phone was deactivated, their WeChat Work contacts were migrated, and their devices were remotely locked.
2026-11-03
On November 3, Shenzhen announced temporary traffic control measures during the APEC meeting via the "Shenzhen Fabu" WeChat official account: from November 17 to 20, between 6:00 and 22:00 daily, non-Guangdong B licensed passenger cars are prohibited from driving in the six districts of Futian, Luohu, Nanshan, Bao'an, Longgang, and Longhua, and trucks are also subject to restricted access by category and time period.
2026-11-01
A serious car-ramming incident occurred on Jiefang Avenue in Wuhan, resulting in multiple casualties. Related information was subsequently censored online by the Cyberspace Administration of China.
2026-10-29
On October 29, netizens posted a video claiming that the comment section of a promotional video for Huawei's AITO car was flooded with suspected bot accounts. Multiple accounts with different avatars and nicknames all posted the same photo of a "hand wearing a green bracelet" on their homepages. Netizens in the comment section mocked this as "the passing of the winning army."
2026-10-29
On October 29, a Wenjie car rear-ended a truck in Harbin. The front of the vehicle slid under the truck's cargo bed, the windshield was shattered, and the front part of the roof was severely deformed.
2026-10-28
On October 28, a Weibo auto influencer posted a discussion regarding an AITO M9 owner's claim of automatic emergency braking on a highway. The influencer questioned why the battery level displayed 0% and compared it with other models, subsequently receiving an infringement complaint notice, leading to the post being taken down.
2026-10-28
Before the National Day holiday, Li Auto held its autumn strategy meeting. Wang Xing, founder of Meituan and a director of Li Auto, suggested that involution in the automotive industry might last for three to five years, and advised making cost reduction and efficiency improvement the core strategy to prepare for a long-term response.
2026-10-28
After 36Kr reported on Li Auto's autumn strategic meeting and Wang Xing's suggestions on cost reduction and efficiency improvement on October 28, the article was deleted.
2026-10-24
According to a Nikkei Asia report on October 24, against the backdrop of intensifying competition among Chinese automakers and Europe's expanding armaments, Volkswagen's 125-year-old plant in Osnabrück, Germany, plans to halt car production in the summer of 2027 and shift to producing air-defense equipment and parts. In cooperation with Rafael, it aims to retain about 1,200 of its 1,800 jobs. Stickers opposing the conversion to military production have appeared near the plant.
2026-10-23
On October 23, car influencer "Racing Frappuccino" publicly apologized to MAEXTRO on Xiaohongshu (RedNote), saying he would pay 300,000 yuan as determined by the court; the content involved included "Squatting Realm Private Gathering" and a video imitating anime characters to disparage the MAEXTRO S800.
2026-10-23
Before Lei Jun publicly emphasized vehicle safety, a large number of Xiaomi car owners reported suspected faults in the vehicles' intelligent brake boosters, with problems such as brake pedals that could not be pressed down.
2026-10-23
In an apology letter, the car blogger “Racing Star Ice Cream” said that his Weibo, Douyin and WeChat Channels accounts had all been banned from posting for one year due to complaints, and that he would make the apology once the bans are lifted.
2026-10-23
On October 23, netizens found that AITO Auto's official Xiaohongshu account had disabled the @ mention feature in its comment section. When users tried to @ AITO Auto, the system prompted "This user has turned off comment mentions," sparking jokes among netizens.
2026-10-22
On October 22, Sohu Auto was banned from posting by the platform for 15 days for publishing content related to an AITO vehicle explosion and fire, drawing public attention to automaker PR and speech control.
2026-10-22
On October 22, Sohu Auto's official account was banned from posting by the platform for 15 days for publishing content related to the AITO explosion and fire accident. Netizens questioned whether the authorities were silencing those who spoke out in order to suppress attention to the accident.
2026-10-22
On October 22, according to Jiupai News, regarding the dispute over vehicle speed in the AITO (Wenjie) crash and fire incident in Shenmu, Shaanxi, AITO customer service responded that 139.1 km/h was verified based on backend data and that they are cooperating with relevant authorities in the investigation.
2026-10-21
On October 21, the state media outlet People's Sharp Commentary published "Tesla 'Can Fly' — Have We Been Left Behind?", stressing the advantages of China's new energy vehicles. In the comment section, netizens responded with sarcasm, asking when the two-day weekend, the eight-hour work system, and the problem of unpaid wages will ever be resolved.
2026-10-21
On October 21, Lei Jun, founder, chairman and CEO of Xiaomi Group, said at the 2026 World Intelligent Connected Vehicles Conference that without safety, all intelligence, performance, design and innovation lose their meaning; multiple media outlets including Chang'an Jie Zhishi and The Beijing News republished his press release.
2026-10-20
On October 20, at a press conference of the State Council Information Office, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said that some automakers follow the trend in launching new products and that testing and validation are insufficient, and that it will prevent unreasonable innovative designs and vehicle products that have not undergone sufficient research, development, testing and validation from entering the market.
2026-10-19
In mid-October 2026, some BYD car owners reported that the BYD Auto app could not open normally. Owners accustomed to controlling their cars with their phones, who had not brought their physical keys, could only wait helplessly beside their vehicles. After reporting the problem to the platform, the issue remained unresolved.
2026-10-19
On October 19, a netizen claiming to be the actual driver of an AITO M9 posted on Autohome saying that while traveling with his young daughter in late August, the vehicle lost power twice in a single day, with one instance leaving it stopped in a highway traffic lane until traffic police handled it; after mediation through the 12315 hotline he still failed to obtain the backend driving logs, and the SD card footage from the two periods of power loss is missing, so he is demanding a written report based on real data.
2026-10-17
On October 17, Economic Daily published an article titled "The 'Brake Gate' Questions More Than Quality and Safety," criticizing Dongchedi for profiting from car company advertisements while conducting evaluations, combining the roles of referee and athlete, and claiming that the abuse of non-standard extreme tests will harm the ecosystem of China's automotive industry.
2026-10-17
On October 17, in Yulin, Shaanxi, a vehicle suspected to be an Aito M9 hit a traffic light pole and quickly caught fire about two seconds after the collision; the cause of the accident and any casualties are not yet clear.
2026-10-16
On October 16, according to media reports, Huawei Executive Director and Terminal BG Chairman Yu Chengdong reposted MAEXTRO's statement on cooperating with a joint investigation by three departments, stating that justice may be late, but it will never be absent.
2026-10-15
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Cyberspace Administration of China and the State Administration for Market Regulation announced on the evening of October 15 that they had set up a joint investigation team to investigate automobile quality.
2026-10-15
Germany is pushing the EU to propose safeguard measures by the end of the year to impose quotas on Chinese imports of chemical products, machinery, and potentially pharmaceuticals, in addition to planned quotas on Chinese hybrid vehicles.
2026-10-15
According to a report by Sound of Hope, on October 15, 2026, a netizen posted a video showing a Xiaomi car losing control while driving, crashing through three or four roadside trees one after another, with the scene being quite gruesome. The specific cause of the accident and any casualties remain to be further verified.
2026-10-15
According to a report by the South China Morning Post, after successfully pressing China to cap its exports of hybrid vehicles to Europe at 350,000 units per year, EU member states are emboldened and have now reached a consensus on adopting a tougher trade stance toward China, preparing to speed up a series of follow-up unilateral actions.
2026-10-14
Chinese auto media platform Dongchedi has been accused by some Chinese netizens of being a “foreign force.” It is currently unclear the specific reason, but tweets show that this accusation is related to content published by Dongchedi or its stance.
2026-10-14
Huawei and Seres disclosed on October 14 that they had filed a civil lawsuit against a short-video blogger, accusing the blogger of using AI to fabricate false footage showing the body of an AITO vehicle collapsing, and demanding the removal of the video, a pinned apology for 90 days, and 1 million yuan in compensation. The case is set to be heard on October 23 at the Liangjiang New Area People's Court in Chongqing. The blogger's video had fewer than 3,000 views and only a few dozen followers.
2026-10-14
On October 14, according to information posted by netizens, Desay SV Automotive Electronics Co., Ltd. in Chengdu, Sichuan, owes payments for engineering materials and migrant workers' wages, and several people involved went to the company's entrance to hold banners and defend their rights.
2026-10-13
In response to the scandal of its brake pedal breaking three times in a row, Huawei's Maextro publicly released a test report issued by the Testing Center of the China Automotive Engineering Research Institute, claiming that it passed a 3000-newton force test.
2026-10-13
On October 13, MAEXTRO Auto released third-party test results for the brake pedal, stating that the October 11 inspection met the QC/T 788—2018 standard, and that after the longitudinal force was tightened to 3000 newtons, the pedal showed no cracks or damage. Previously, a Dongchedi test video claimed that the pedal bracket broke during continuous emergency braking of three V800 vehicles. MAEXTRO has announced free upgrades for delivered users, with the plan expected to be finalized by the end of October and implemented starting November.
2026-10-13
On October 13, at the gate of Northeast Normal University in Changchun, Jilin, a car violently crashed into a facial-recognition turnstile, smashed it open and drove onto the campus. The identity and motive of the perpetrator are unknown.
2026-10-13
On October 13, Autohome confirmed with Maextro customer service that, in addition to the V800, the S800 Dazang Daguan edition can also receive a free upgrade of the brake pedal bracket. Owners need to proactively contact customer service or register at a user center; the plan is expected to be finalized by the end of October and rolled out starting in November. Previously, Maextro had responded that its braking system is developed and verified to standards higher than the national standard, to which netizens sarcastically replied, "If it's already above the testing standard, why replace it at all?"
2026-10-11
People's Daily and four major joint organizations have formally entered the fray, sharply criticizing the breakage of a Chinese car's brake pedal during driving, saying it should never occur, drawing public attention.
2026-10-11
The People's Daily app published an article on October 11 about the fracture of the brake pedal bracket in the Maextro vehicle, pointing out that a car's brake pedal should never break while driving.
2026-10-11
Recently, multiple Xiaomi EV owners have reported suspected malfunctions in the vehicle's intelligent brake booster, which could cause the brake pedal to become impossible to press down; the issue appears not to be an isolated case. The manufacturer is currently handling it with free replacements, without a recall.
2026-10-10
The [Niuma.ICU] team compiled a shame list of China's auto industry based on netizen submissions, with BYD ranking first with 54 complaints, accused of "one life for 200,000 yuan" and "two days off per month at most"; overtime work and pressure-based assessments accounted for more than half of the industry's problems.
2026-10-10
On October 10, four departments including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released a draft for public comment, proposing to ban cars from being equipped with fully flush door handles, prohibiting the use of zero-gravity seats, rotating seats, or seats folded flat into a bed while driving, and requiring models already announced to submit supplementary verification materials before July 1, 2027; those with safety hazards past the deadline must halt production and issue recalls, while new models must undergo environmental adaptability verification of no less than 1 year and reliability verification of no less than 30,000 kilometers. The document is still under public comment.
2026-10-10
Recently, a netizen-made parody video titled “The Wise One” has gone viral, using the melody of “Lonely Warrior” to satirize Huawei’s broken-axle controversy, account bans and gagging, the deployment of legal staff, and celebrity marketing tactics.
2026-10-09
During emergency braking tests, the brake pedal of Huawei's Stelato V800, priced at over one million yuan, snapped multiple times in a row, drawing widespread attention online and raising questions about product quality.
2026-10-09
Dongchedi released a video testing three new Zunjie V800 vehicles developed through Huawei-JAC cooperation; after repeated hard braking the brake pedal bracket snapped, and the video was subsequently taken down.
2026-10-09
According to a post by the Twitter account @ChinaSelect on October 9, 2026, allowing connected cars linked to the Chinese Communist Party into the U.S. market would threaten U.S. national security and the auto industry. The Connected Vehicle Security Act introduced by House Representative Moolenaar (@RepMoolenaar) is gaining increasingly strong bipartisan support and aims to protect American workers and safeguard the security of the auto industry.
2026-10-08
On October 8, a Dongchedi test video showed that the brake pedal bracket of Huawei's Maextro V800 broke one after another during consecutive emergency braking tests, triggering netizen doubts and a wave of order cancellations, while JAC Motors' stock price hit the limit down at midday.
2026-10-08
Affected by a video showing a broken brake pedal bracket on the Huawei Stelato V800 during a test, JAC Motors shares hit the daily limit down at midday the same day, closing at 24.72 yuan, a drop of 10%.
2026-10-08
Affected by the brake pedal breakage incident involving the Maextro V800, JAC Motors' closing price fell to 24.72 yuan on October 8, with more than 6 billion yuan wiped off its market cap in a single day.
2026-10-08
On October 8, Dongchedi released a test video claiming that during a continuous emergency braking test from 100km/h to 0, the brake pedal brackets of three Zunjie V800 units priced between 766,000 and 1,016,000 yuan broke in succession, with none lasting more than 4 hard stops, contrasting with the official website's promotion of "multiple redundancy, steady as Mount Tai." There is online dispute over the force readings in the test, and the cause of the breakage remains to be verified.
2026-10-08
Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an publicly addressed mainland China, asking it to respect the realities of Taiwanese society, not to treat Kevin Tsai differently, and saying he supports and respects Kevin Tsai in voicing any position.此前 Kevin Tsai appeared in support of Puma Shen, triggering a backlash in mainland public opinion, and brands such as Leapmotor have already cut ties with him.
2026-10-07
After the controversy over Kevin Tsai's attendance at Shen Boyang's campaign event escalated, Leapmotor, which had just signed a contract in September, issued a statement within hours affirming its adherence to the one-China principle, and took down the promotional content created in collaboration with Kevin Tsai.
2026-10-06
Within two days after the incident escalated, all posts on Kevin Tsai's Weibo account, which has more than 36 million followers, were cleared; Leapmotor announced it was taking down related content, Harper's Bazaar deleted promotional materials, and several programs were pulled.
2026-10-06
On October 6, a netizen posted a video on Douyin showing a wiring harness inside a car and saying they were a bit scared to have bought something they had helped make. Many people in the comments described quality problems such as cutting corners during production, snapping clips, and outsourced wiring. The video was subsequently taken down.
2026-10-05
After a boycott broke out over Kevin Tsai's endorsement appearance, Leapmotor and Harper's Bazaar promptly removed collaboration content related to him.
2026-10-04
After Kevin Tsai attended a campaign event, Leapmotor stated that it firmly adheres to the One China principle and announced that it would take offline all content related to Kevin Tsai.
2026-10-04
On October 4, Taiwanese host Kevin Tsai made a low-profile appearance at the opening ceremony of the campaign headquarters for DPP Taipei mayoral candidate Shen Po-yang. Over 120,000 people attended the event, which featured key figures from the Green camp, including Lai Ching-te and Tsai Ing-wen. Kevin Tsai stated he was only there to observe and did not express support.
2026-10-04
On the evening of October 4, Leapmotor issued a statement clarifying that Kevin Tsai is not a brand ambassador, removed all related collaboration content, and reserved the right to pursue legal action. VOGUE China, Harper's Bazaar, and others simultaneously deleted collaboration materials, and Kevin Tsai's Weibo account was wiped.
2026-10-04
After footage of Kevin Tsai attending Shen Poyang's campaign event spread in China and sparked calls for him to be banned, Leapmotor issued a statement that night saying he was only an artist who had appeared in past collaborative content rather than a brand ambassador, that all related content had been taken down, and that it would strengthen reviews of partners' backgrounds and stances.
2026-10-04
In the late night of October 4, 2026, Leapmotor's official Weibo account stated that Kevin Tsai was only a participating artist in past collaborative content rather than a brand ambassador, took down all related promotional materials, and reserved the right to pursue legal responsibility.
2026-10-04
After the incident escalated, in the early hours of October 4 Leapmotor was the first to issue a statement setting out its position, followed by Weikang China and Bist Series China, which also released bilingual statements condemning Kevin Tsai and stating a One-China position; Harper's Bazaar removed the cover, and Mango TV took down related content.
2026-10-03
On the evening of October 3, Mr. Huang's car ran out of fuel at the Qianxi service area on the Guiqian Expressway, only a little over 20 meters from the gas station. His request to buy a small amount of loose gasoline was refused by the employee on duty, and he ended up spending 350 yuan to call a tow truck to move the car to the gas station. On the 7th, the station apologized, saying that emergency fuel drums were kept on site and that fuel could be obtained simply by signing and filing a report, and that the person on duty that night was a new employee who had been on the job for two weeks and was unfamiliar with the procedures.
2026-10
When Dongchedi conducted braking distance tests on the Stelato V800, a collaboration between Huawei and JAC Motors, the brake pedal brackets of all three vehicles tested in succession broke, drawing widespread public attention and causing JAC Motors' stock price to hit the limit down.
2026-10
After Kevin Tsai attended the inauguration of Puma Shen's campaign headquarters, mainland media criticized him for "standing up for Taiwan independence" figures, related variety shows were taken down in the mainland, and Leapmotor and the Biste series issued statements distancing themselves or removing collaborative content.
2026-10
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, and the State Administration for Market Regulation jointly issued a document demanding an end to the phenomenon of "instant cars" in the auto industry, and will launch a one-year special rectification and improvement campaign on vehicle quality and reliability.
2026-10
A 2023 OMODA 5 suffered a severe accident while driving in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, when the rear axle trailing arm suddenly tore apart and the rear axle, together with both rear wheels, detached from the body.
2026-10
After the controversy over Kevin Tsai appearing at a Taiwan independence activist's campaign rally escalated, brands such as Leapmotor severed ties overnight and deleted all of their materials. His Weibo account with more than 30 million followers was emptied overnight, the platform imposed a full traffic throttle, and his commercial partnerships on the mainland were wiped out overnight.
2026-10-01
EU Trade Commissioner Šefčovič warned during the G20 trade ministers' meeting that Chinese exports are threatening key European industries such as automobiles and steel, and that overcapacity combined with global market turmoil could endanger entire sectors within weeks or months.
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2026-10
China and the EU recently reached an arrangement on import quotas for Chinese hybrid vehicles, against the backdrop of EU concerns over the impact of low-priced Chinese goods on domestic industries.
2026-10
A netizen posted a video sharing a car mini-game that satirizes Huawei's AITO (Wenjie), featuring satirical plots such as the intelligent driving system being forcibly exited and the user being held fully liable for collisions and explosions. The video was taken down shortly after it was posted.
2026-09-26
In the early hours of September 26, Yang Ziyi, a 23-year-old graduate student in energy and power engineering at Tongji University's School of Automotive Studies, fell to her death at the Jiading campus. Her family said she had already bought a train ticket to go home for the Mid-Autumn Festival but refunded it because the school had something going on.
2026-09-26
On September 26, an employee of Shanghai Yihai Car Rental (Group) Co., Ltd. submitted a post to Teacher Li Is Not Your Teacher, stating that employees are getting more and more exhausted each day, that everything is required of employees, and self-mocking as being more beast than a beast.
2026
Domestic retail sales data for China's auto industry fell by more than double digits year-on-year, while overseas export data rose sharply. The author questions the inconsistency in the statistical criteria used, arguing that the actual situation is not optimistic.
2026-09-23
A Palestinian attacker drove a car into Israeli police and soldiers at a checkpoint on Highway 443, leaving Neria Leiter, son of Israeli Ambassador Yechiel Leiter, seriously injured. The attacker was shot dead by security personnel.
2026-09-23
On September 23, dozens of workers at Hongxing Automobile Manufacturing Co., Ltd. in Xingtai, Hebei hung banners at the factory gate to demand unpaid wages, saying the controlling listed company, Shanzi Hi-Tech, had failed to pay wages and stopped paying social insurance contributions, leading some employees to be forced to terminate their labor contracts.
2026-09-22
On September 22, Li Auto released an advertisement in collaboration with actor Xie Mian. Due to its striking similarities in creativity, composition, and camera movement with Volvo's 2013 ad starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, it triggered netizens' accusations of plagiarism.
2026-09-21
An employee submission from Shanghai Gree Auto exposes that the company has a severe excessive overtime issue, and project site managers subject employees to verbal insults and sexual harassment.
2026-09-20
On September 20, a car crash occurred at the Beiguo Xiantianxia Shopping Mall in Baoding City, Hebei Province, causing damage to mall facilities. The High-Tech Zone Detachment of the Traffic Management Branch of the Baoding Public Security Bureau subsequently issued a notice stating that the accident was caused by the driver's improper operation, which caused the vehicle to go out of control.
2026-09-19
On September 19, netizens in multiple regions posted pictures of car decals on social media platforms. By displaying patterns and slogans such as "Remember Wangwang" and "Be kind to every life," they expressed their concern and solidarity regarding the recent dog incident.
2026-09-20
Recently, a conflict broke out between a food delivery worker and a car driver. The driver violently kicked the delivery worker's e-bike, prompting the delivery worker to pull out a knife in a standoff. Eventually, thanks to the persuasion of a woman accompanying the driver, the dispute was calmed down.
2026-09-17
On September 17, the Financial Times reported that the EU has asked China to restrict exports of hybrid vehicles to Europe, setting a 15% market share cap. EU officials warned that if Beijing fails to cooperate voluntarily, the EU will take mandatory restrictive measures aimed at protecting domestic European industries from shocks.
2026-09-17
On September 17, Evergrande Auto released its 2026 interim results, showing that the company has only 7 employees left, with total assets of approximately 182 million yuan and liabilities as high as 32.722 billion yuan. The company explicitly stated that it has exited the vehicle manufacturing business and has no intention to resume it, with the net profit for the first half of the year mainly derived from exchange gains on borrowings.
2026-09-18
On September 18, six major auto industry associations including the Alliance for Automotive Innovation sent a joint letter to Trump, saying that Chinese automakers hold zero market share in the U.S. and demanding a ban on Chinese automakers selling, importing, or manufacturing in the U.S.; the White House responded that it is working with U.S. automakers to defend national and economic security.
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2026-09-18
According to the blogger in the video, the EU has been in long-term talks with China over Chinese dumping in the EU of new energy vehicles, steel, medical equipment and other products, and has set October of this year as the final deadline. If the negotiations break down, the EU market will be closed and the relevant Chinese products will be unable to enter.
2026-09-18
Moolenaar, chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, sent a letter to the White House on Friday, urging Trump to emphasize four key points at the summit: holding China accountable for supporting Iran's attacks on U.S. troops, continuing to restrict Chinese automobiles from entering the United States, opposing Chinese interference in arms sales to Taiwan and the Indo-Pacific, and maintaining a competitive advantage over China in artificial intelligence.
2026-08
A work schedule for August from a new energy vehicle supplier shows that employees worked 31 days without a single day off, totaling 474 hours of work. With a total income of 10,428 yuan, the average hourly wage is 22 yuan, reflecting the extreme labor intensity faced by grassroots workers.
2026-09-10
On September 10, 2026, during the auto parts expo held in Frankfurt, Germany, several Chinese participants ate the Chinese boxed meals provided on site and subsequently experienced vomiting, diarrhea and other symptoms, with preliminary suspicion of food poisoning. On-site staff did not immediately disclose the exact number of cases, and those affected have gone to local hospitals for treatment. German health authorities have intervened to investigate.
2026-09-13
Trump said on September 13 that Chinese cars will continue to be barred.
2026-09-13
Trump stated on September 13 that Chinese cars will continue to be blocked from the U.S. market, adding that tariffs have prevented the import of Chinese vehicles.
2026-09-10
On September 10, news spread on social media platforms that BYD had suspended profit-sharing bonuses for the 2025 fiscal year. After an internal employee posted to confirm this, they were called in for a talk and forced to delete the post. Meanwhile, multiple employees leaked that they had not received pay raises for a long time, housing subsidies had decreased, and performance bonuses had dropped, leaving concentrated satirical satirical own comments under the company's official account.
2026-09-08
Chery Automobile employees posted on an internal forum questioning the ban on combining holidays during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day, sparking resonance among employees regarding high-pressure overtime and strict leave policies; the post was subsequently deleted.
2026-09-08
In the first half of 2026, China's domestic auto sales were only 9.92 million units, a year-on-year decline of 21.1%, a drop larger than the 16.6% recorded during the pandemic lockdowns of 2020.
2026-09-08
In 2023, China's passenger car production capacity had already reached 55 million units, and it is now at least 60 million units, while actual automobile output is about 34.4 million units, with capacity utilization of at most 50%. The idle capacity is mainly concentrated in domestically produced electric vehicles.
2026-09-08
According to data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, China's automobile exports reached 5.096 million units in the first half of 2026, a year-on-year increase of 65.3%.
2026-09-08
Former auto giant Ford has been retreating step by step in the Chinese market, and has even exited the Chinese market.
2026-09-08
Chinese car sales in Thailand have overtaken Japanese cars, breaking the long-standing dominance of Japanese automakers in the Southeast Asian market; in Australia they have also surpassed Japan to become the largest source country of car imports.
2026-09-03
The Alliance for Automotive Innovation has written to bipartisan leaders of the U.S. Congress, urging the current Congress to pass a permanent ban restricting Chinese connected vehicles and their software and hardware from entering the U.S. market.
2026-09-03
On September 3, 2026, the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, representing major automakers such as General Motors and Toyota, wrote to the U.S. Congress, strongly urging legislation to comprehensively ban the sale and import of Chinese vehicles in the United States on the grounds of government subsidies and data security risks.
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2026-09-03
On September 3, 2026, an AITO car owner posted a video revealing that while filming the old battery during a faulty power battery replacement at a 4S dealership, after-sales staff snatched his phone twice and forcibly unlocked his photo album to delete the photos.
2026-09-02
On September 2, 2026, Diantou Town in Fuding City, Fujian Province, was hit by torrential rain that triggered severe flooding. Many areas were heavily waterlogged, ground-floor shops and residences were submerged, and multiple vehicles and goods were washed away.
2026-09
A car in Jiaxing rammed into passengers waiting at a bus stop, hitting more than ten people, with multiple deaths at the scene.
2026-09
BYD announced the recall of more than 180,000 related vehicles because fiber blocks on the brake pedals of some cars may crack and come loose, causing the brake lights to stay on.
2026-09-01
On August 24, 2026, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the State Administration for Market Regulation jointly issued guidelines requiring Chinese automakers to avoid frequent and large price adjustments overseas and not to disrupt market order.
2026-09-01
On September 1, 2026, Volkswagen's China unit responded to complaints that Changzhou-based Xingyu Shares had collectively pushed out fresh graduates, saying the group had launched a special investigation into supply chain companies and stressing that respecting workers' rights is a core principle of its operations.
2026-09
Members of the U.S. House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party questioned Ford Motor over its cooperation with Chinese companies such as Geely and CATL, expressing concern that such cooperation helps CCP enterprises expand in the United States and globally and harms U.S. security; Ford responded.
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2026-08-24
U.S. President Trump announced on Truth Social that due to the breakdown of trade talks between the two countries, a 50% tariff will be imposed on Canadian automobiles, auto parts, and steel starting next January.
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2026-08-21
The South Korean Hyundai Motor union held its first full-scale strike in 10 years on August 21 due to a deadlock in wage negotiations, demanding an increase in the retirement age and job security for AI-related positions.
2026-08-19
On August 19, 2026, multiple employees of Shanghai Huate Auto Parts Co., Ltd. gathered at the factory gate to collectively defend their rights and demand unpaid wages, reporting that the company had been in arrears for as long as five months.
2026-08-18
Xiaomi's interim results show that its auto business posted an operating loss of 5.7 billion yuan in the first half of the year; 104,199 vehicles were delivered in the second quarter, generating revenue of 23.9 billion yuan.
2026-08-17
Geely Auto released its first-half financial report, showing a 46% year-on-year increase in core net profit, but announced on the same day that founder Li Shufu has resigned as Chairman of the Board to become Lifetime Honorary Chairman, with An Conghui succeeding him.
2026-08-11
On August 11, 2026, data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) showed that China's overseas auto shipments reached 918,000 units in July, up 88% year-on-year and accounting for more than 40% of production; however, domestic passenger vehicle retail sales plunged 21% year-on-year, with fuel-powered vehicles down 41%.
2026-08-04
The Cyberspace Administration of China has announced a batch of enforcement actions against malicious hype of company-related information, involving accounts that published false information about Li Auto, hyped negative information about companies, and maliciously attacked corporate executives.
2026-08-04
On August 4, Zhangjiajie in Hunan was hit by heavy rainfall. Roads in the urban area were severely flooded in many places, shops and plazas were inundated, many cars were completely submerged, and traffic was severely disrupted.
2026-08-03
On August 3, 2026, Seres Group, which works closely with Huawei, released its vehicle production and sales data for July 2026. Its vehicle sales fell sharply, with a year-on-year decline of more than 50%, drawing market attention to the new energy vehicle cooperation model.
2026-08
An employee of a new mobilization automobile supplier worked 31 days in August, with a total work time of 474 hours, averaging 15.8 hours per day, and a maximum of 17.5 hours in a single day, sparking concerns over labor exploitation.
2026-08
According to National Bureau of Statistics data compiled by the Continuation Index, retail sales of automobiles by enterprises above the designated size in August 2026 stood at 327.89 billion RMB, 100 million RMB less than the 327.99 billion RMB in August 2021, representing a year-on-year decline of 18.5% and marking the 9th consecutive month of decline.
2026-08
According to a blogger's statistics, China's auto sales in August 2026 were about 100 million fewer than in the same period of 2021, wiping out all the gains of the five years, and have now declined for the 9th consecutive month. Auto consumption is collapsing at an accelerating pace, reflecting weak domestic demand.
2026-07-22
The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee has passed the bipartisan Connected Vehicle Security Act, which would restrict connected vehicles, as well as software, hardware, and critical components, linked to China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea.
2026-07-21
Multiple locations in Hebei experienced heavy rain and strong winds, causing damage to many houses, and a car was hit by a steel pipe blown by the wind.
2026-07-17
On July 17, 2026, reports circulated online that a vehicle struck pedestrians near the bustling Jiefangbei commercial district in Yuzhong District, Chongqing, leaving several passers-by injured and lying on the ground.
2026-07-13
Seres released a 2026 half-year performance loss warning, forecasting a loss of 1.5 to 1.8 billion yuan, with its core brand Wenjie Auto's losses being the main cause. On the same day, Seres' A-share price hit the daily limit down.
2026-07-13
To avoid water accumulation in underground garages, some car owners in Zhejiang parked their vehicles on closed elevated roads. Strong winds knocked down road signs and guardrails, smashing multiple cars and causing traffic congestion.
2026-07-12
A Zhejiang driver, while driving a Wenjie M8 car, pressed the SOS rescue button due to a sudden tire pressure drop, but the system prompted “phone bill overdue”, raising doubts about the reliability of the vehicle’s emergency rescue function.
2026-07-12
On July 12, 2026, sudden heavy rainfall in Kuancheng Manchu Autonomous County, Chengde, Hebei, triggered severe flash floods. Multiple roads were inundated, and some parked and moving vehicles were swept away by the floodwaters.
2026-07-10
On July 10, 2026, media reported that Xiaomi has been laying off staff in batches since March in divisions such as smartphones and automobiles, with the initial ratio reportedly reaching 30%. Xiaomi responded that there is no large-scale layoff and that it is merely a normal business adjustment.
2026-07-08
Severe convective weather struck Changzhi, Shanxi, uprooting multiple roadside trees, damaging several cars, and causing severe flooding on some roads.
2026-07
Relevant data show that the profit margin of China's automobile industry has dropped from 7.8% in 2017 to 4.3% in 2024, and is expected to fall to a historic low of 3.4% in 2026.
2026-07
At a press conference, Trump mentioned that Toyota built its largest factory in Texas due to tariff considerations, in order to avoid high tariffs on cars manufactured in Mexico and sold to the U.S. market. He believes this is a measure to protect American workers.
2026-07
China's total retail sales of consumer goods rose 0.6% year-on-year in July; retail sales of automobiles fell 13.2% year-on-year from January to July.
2026-06-29
On June 29, 2026, in Tongchuan District, Dazhou, Sichuan, a Xiaomi new-energy vehicle caused a series of vicious collisions along the street, killing one pedestrian on the spot and seriously injuring a food delivery rider, with several vehicles damaged at the scene.
2026-06-28
In June 2026, netizens reported that security guards at Guangzhou Huali College blocked a Xiaomi car from entering the campus; the security office confirmed that the ban had been in place for about a year. Public opinion questioned whether the school was imposing discriminatory restrictions on cars of other brands because it had jointly established a college with Huawei and signed a comprehensive cooperation agreement.
2026-06-25
On June 25, 2026, Reuters reported that the U.S. government has denied market access authorization to Polestar, an electric vehicle brand majority-held by China's Geely Holding, banning it from selling new vehicles in the United States starting with the 2027 model year.
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2026-06-23
On June 23, 2026, the State Council Information Office held a press conference, at which the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and the municipal governments of Hangzhou and Chengdu introduced measures to expand automobile consumption, such as trade-in car purchases and self-drive tour consumption scenarios; official media said this was in response to a Qiushi article on boosting consumption.
2026-06-16
On the afternoon of June 16, a Xiaomi vehicle disintegrated into two parts on the spot and burst into flames within seconds, sparking public doubts about the quality of domestic automobiles.
2026-06-16
On June 15, 2026, officially released data showed that China's total retail sales of consumer goods fell 0.6% year on year in May, the first negative year-on-year growth in this consumption indicator since the adjustment of epidemic prevention and control measures ended.
2026-06
The video claims that in June 2026 another 4 new energy vehicle companies, including IM Motors, showed a clear decline, and that some IM Motors dealers took payments from customers and then left.
2026-06
In June 2026, the "World" trademark applied for by Huawei was approved in the publication by the Trademark Office of the National Intellectual Property Administration and registered under Class 12 related to automobiles, sparking controversy over whether generic terms can be registered as trademarks.
2026-06-01
On June 1, 2026, a netizen posted a video showing multiple city and rural public buses parked together at the main gate of the bus and passenger transport terminal in Qingfeng County, Puyang, Henan Province, blocking the entrance and suspending operations, apparently in a collective rights defense by bus drivers over pay or operational disputes.
2026-05-26
Bloomberg reported on May 26, 2026 that Xiaomi Group's profit in the first quarter of 2026 fell sharply, driven by manufacturing costs pushed up by surging global DRAM and flash memory prices as well as heavy investment in new businesses such as automobiles.
2026-05
According to statistics from Liji Consulting cited by Securities Times, as of May 2026, 23 new energy vehicle companies have undergone bankruptcy liquidation, restructuring, or a full halt in operations, having sold a cumulative total of about 850,000 new energy passenger vehicles, with after-sales guarantees affected.
2026-05
A Wuhan man found a Xiaomi Auto recruitment posting on BOSS Zhipin, traveled to Xiangyang for an interview, and was charged accommodation, bedding, and cleaning fees by an intermediary, only to discover that the position did not exist and that he had been blocked by the other party.
2026-03-15
On March 15, 2026, at the Guangzhou 315 Problem Car Show, several AITO (Wenjie) staff members used a huge rain tarp in front of the exhibition booth of car owners seeking redress to forcibly cover up the faulty vehicle logo and protest slogans, drawing onlookers' mockery.
2026-02-24
On February 24, Xiaomi's legal department announced that, in the lawsuit against the self-media account "AutoReport Auto Industry & Economics" for infringement, the company received the court's first-instance judgment, and the account was ordered to pay 5 million yuan in compensation.
2026
On September 10, 2026, the AP reported that China's total auto exports in the first eight months of 2026 have already exceeded the total exports for the whole of 2025, with electric vehicle exports rising sharply. Morgan Stanley analysts noted in a latest research report that weak domestic demand is prompting automakers to shift capacity overseas and gradually move from exporting complete vehicles to local assembly, to avoid trade barriers and reduce logistics costs.
2025-10-28
The Fourth Plenary Session of the 15th Central Committee in Ningbo deliberated on the 15th Five-Year Plan, where new energy vehicles were removed from the core position of strategic emerging industries, signaling the downgrading of the automotive industry into an object of governance.
2025-08-06
On August 3, 2025, China Automotive Research Institute stated that the test outline was drafted by Li Auto and was a simulated test for a specific scenario; on August 6, Li Auto, China Automotive Research Institute, and Dongfeng Liuzhou Motor issued a joint statement, in which China Automotive Research Institute apologized for not explaining the purpose of the Chenglong truck promptly and clearly.
2025-07-30
At the Li Auto i8 launch event on July 30, Li Auto released a video claiming that when the Li Auto i8 collided with an eight-ton truck, the truck's four wheels flew up and the cab separated.
2025-07-29
On July 29, 2025, Li Auto released a video of a head-on collision test between its i8 and a Chenglong truck. In the footage, all four wheels of the truck leave the ground and the cab tips over, raising questions about the safety of Chenglong trucks.
2025-05-31
On May 31, 2025, Yu Chengdong stated at the Shenzhen Future Automobile Pioneers Conference that Huawei has strict quality standards, and not a single vehicle that fails to meet the standards can leave the factory; the cars of some automakers, by Huawei's standards, cannot be shipped at all.
2025
Huawei has released its financial report for the full year 2025. The group's overall revenue was 880.9 billion yuan, up 2% year on year; among them, terminal business revenue was 344.5 billion yuan, and intelligent automotive solutions business revenue was 45 billion yuan, up 72% year on year.
2024
In 2024, blogger Hui Jian publicly reported Liu Ren, president of the Cambodia Anhui Chamber of Commerce, for telecom fraud; afterwards the article was deleted and he lost contact. Acquaintances told Jiemian News that Liu Ren's side had proposed paying for post deletion before calling the police, and Hui Jian was criminally detained on extortion charges; reporters contacted multiple parties but received no response.
2016-09-08
In 2016, a Ministry of Finance investigation found that 72 of 93 automakers were suspected of defrauding subsidies, with the case rate reaching as high as 80%.
2015
China's auto production capacity soared after 2015, with the government offering subsidies of up to 90% for building electric vehicle plants, giving rise to overcapacity.
2010-08-02
Geely completed the acquisition of Volvo for $1.8 billion, with local state-owned capital from Daqing and Jiading, Shanghai, participating in the funding and securing commitments for industrial bases.
2009
Since 2015, the Chinese government has begun providing large-scale subsidies for the electric vehicle industry, with cumulative direct and indirect subsidies reaching 3 trillion yuan. This policy drove the rapid development of China's electric vehicle industry, but also laid the groundwork for subsequent overcapacity.