Lexus up 27% in first five months, exceeded 1m users

In 2018, Lexus hit a record high in sales in China with a total of 160,468 new cars been sold, a year-on-year increase of 21%. In 2019, Lexus continued to maintain rapid growth. On June 1, IIA learned from Lexus that the company sold nearly 76,000 vehicles in the first five months, a year-on-year increase of 27%. It is worth mentioning that, at present, the number of Lexus's users in China have exceeded 1 million.

English2019-06-03 16:07:17

Mercedes-Benz unveils GLE-based experimental safety vehicle

New hybrid SUV previews safety technology for future production models Mercedes-Benz has unveiled the latest in a long line of experimental vehicles in an ongoing project into advanced safety technology.

English2019-05-21 10:22:25

“The last crazy”before NEV subsidies phase-out

This year, the policy of NEV subsidies that will continue to phase-out caused a strong reaction from consumers. At the same time, car companies also introduced different response policies. Thus, “The last crazy” in the new energy passenger vehicle market appeared before the subsidy removal. IIA learnt from China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) that in April, the sales volume of new energy passenger vehicles in narrow sense was 86,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 24.6% but a decrease of 18.9% over the previous month. The cumulative sales volume from January to April was 335,000 units, an increase of 83.9% year-on-year.

English2019-05-16 15:41:23

China Auto Trending Hashtag| National VI/ Q1 interim report

Recently, the Shanghai Municipal People's Government issued the "Notice of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government on the Implementation of the Sixth Phrase of National Motor Vehicle Emission Standard of Air Pollutant for Light-duty Vehicles in Shanghai". The notice states that since July 1, 2019, light-duty vehicles that have been registered in Shanghai, including vehicles that were transferred from other provinces and cities, will implement the National VI B standard.

English2019-05-07 14:39:28

Benz to add 120k NEVs in China, first are two pure electric SUVs

Recently,with many of Mercedes-Benz's major models have been launched or been exposed their spy photos, attracting many fans in the car industry. IIA learned from Beijing Municipal Ecological Environment Bureau that Beijing Benz Automotive Co.,Ltd. (BBAC) plans to rebuild a new automobile factory for the production of pure electric vehicles. After the completion of the factory renovation, it will mainly produce EQC and EQB five-seat and seven-seat models,of which EQC has an annual production capacity of 15,000 units,EQB five-seat and seven-seat versions with annual production capacity of 65,000 and 40,000 units respectively. In addition, EQC will be available in the next Q4.

English2018-12-04 10:57:09

Commentary on China and the 2018 Guangzhou motor show

Nineteen million. That is how many passenger cars have been sold in China in 2018, at least up to the end of October. And with the overall sales figure growing at the rate of one million or so every two weeks, it has likely already topped the twenty million mark by now. And that's even before light commercial vehicles, which also do big business here, are taken into consideration.

English2018-11-17 15:51:37

Seriously? NEVs are easier to be caught on fire than fuel ones?

ecently, new energy vehicles have triggered a wave of attention, because both domestic and foreign, in the past two months, there have been incidents of spontaneous combustion of pure electric vehicles. In addition, we also found an interesting trend from the incidents of electric vehicles: when a fuel car catches fire, people often say, "VW is on fire" or "Ford is on fire", while one pure electric vehicle catches fire, almost all the people may only say "The NEV is on fire." Although it is just a joke, this phenomenon is indeed worth pondering. Isn't the NEV, which has always been called the future trend of automobile, so unpopular? Are NEVs really prone to spontaneous combustion than fuel vehicles?

English2018-09-27 18:00:33