Electric Cars News

Tesla has also started hiring for top positions ahead of its country debut.

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk tweeted on Monday that preliminary data downloaded by Tesla indicate the vehicle was not operating on Autopilot, and was not part of the automaker's "Full Self-Driving" (FSD) system.

Adding yet another electric model to its ID. range, Volkswagen has now unveiled the new ID.6 three-row electric SUV, at the 2021 Shanghai Auto Show. The third model to join the ID. family, after the ID.3 and ID.4, the new 7-seater electric SUV has been exclusively developed for the Chinese market.

Polestar, which is making vehicles in China's eastern city of Taizhou, raised $550 million from investors last week.

Volvo Cars will initially provide Didi with hundreds of vehicles, with the aim of adding more as the self-driving test fleet expands.

Jaguar Land Rover's Chief Finance Officer for China, Tim Howard, expects premium car sales to continue to grow this year in the country. Jaguar Land Rover will start making first plug-in hybrid vehicles in China this year.

Feng Xingya also said that GAC aims for half of its sales to be electric in 2035, with hybrid cars accounting for the rest.

The seven-seater all-electric SUV will be launched in the China market later this year. Moreover, the European version will also be launched this year, while the US market will see its arrival in 2022.