NIO says NIO Pilot range up 278% during May Day holiday over same period last year - CnEVPost — cnevpost.com One user used NIO Pilot for 98.5 percent of the 797- kilometer trip, the highest percentage of any user using the feature.

XPeng's charging stations exceed 1,000 - CnEVPost XPeng Motors announced today that it has reached 1,140 charging stations under its own brand, covering 164 cities in China.

Chinese residential community bans Tesla vehicles from entering - CnEVPost A spate of accidents involving Tesla vehicles in China is spilling over to innocent owners and causing problems in their lives.

Car owner sues Tesla, seeks about $7,720 in damages - CnEVPost Tesla's dispute with a female owner in China continues, and the latter has sued the company, as well as an executive, and is seeking damages.

Tesla involved in another accident resulting in driver's death - CnEVPost Tesla said the company is currently awaiting the results of the investigation and does not yet know the details.

Deliveries of first model sold by Huawei may be delayed due to overwhelming orders - CnEVPost The Seres SF5, the first model sold in Huawei's channels, has become so popular in China that it has led to a significant excess of demand over capacity.

Huawei says Seres SF5 will be delivered this month - CnEVPost The expected delivery time for Seres SF5 vehicles sold in Huawei's channels remains unchanged and will still be delivered in bulk in May, thepaper.cn quoted a Huawei source as saying Friday.

BYD sells 25,662 NEVs in April, up 6% from March - CnEVPost Warren Buffett-backed Chinese electric car company BYD sold 25,662 new energy vehicles in April, up 6% from February and up 97% year-on-year.

Ford China's Mustang Mach-E project leader has reportedly offered to leave, may join Xiaomi - CnEVPost There have been rumors that Zhu Jiang, the head of Ford China's Mustang Mach-E program and a former NIO vice president, may leave the company, and now the news seems closer to confirmation.

Shanghai has reportedly stopped issuing free license plates to China's hottest EV model, Hongguang Mini EV - CnEVPost Small A0-class pure electric cars, including the Mini EV, are no longer eligible for free license plates issued in Shanghai, jiemian.com said Friday, citing car dealers.

China's April auto sales forecast at 2.17 million units, down 13.9% from March - CnEVPost In April, China's auto industry sales were forecast at 2.173 million units, down 13.9 percent from March and up 5 percent from a year earlier, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said.