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China’s EV Upstarts Hit a February Cool Patch — Winners Lean on Networks and Incentives as Xpeng Stumbles
February deliveries among China’s electric vehicle newcomers cooled under a long Lunar New Year break and softer demand, producing divergent results. Leapmotor, Li Auto and NIO returned to roughly 20,000 monthly deliveries while Xpeng’s volumes halved, underscoring a market shift from volume to networks, software and international expansion.
China’s EV Upstarts Hit a Chilly February — Winners Hold Ground, XPeng Slumps as Market Shifts from Volume to Tech
February deliveries among China’s new EV makers showed divergence: Leapmotor, Li Auto and NIO returned to roughly 20,000‑unit monthly ranges, while XPeng’s sales halved year‑on‑year. The slowdown reflects a long Lunar New Year holiday and fading tax incentives, but also signals a strategic pivot across the sector toward charging networks, AI features and global expansion.
Li Auto Keeps Up Momentum — February Deliveries Reach 26,421 as Cumulative Sales Top 1.59 Million
Li Auto reported 26,421 vehicle deliveries in February 2026, lifting its cumulative deliveries to 1,594,304. The figure signals continued demand for the company’s family‑oriented new‑energy vehicles, even as it contends with safety concerns and intensifying competition in China’s EV market.
China Moves from Testing to Commercialisation of Higher‑Level Autonomous Driving — What That Means for Tech, OEMs and Investors
China has taken concrete regulatory and market steps to commercialise L3 and L4 autonomous driving, issuing a draft national safety standard and granting local L3 road‑test licences to manufacturers. The moves accelerate demand for AI chips, sensors and compute, and create sizable market opportunities while also heightening safety and regulatory risks. Index funds tracking China’s AI ecosystem have posted strong recent returns, offering retail investors an accessible route to exposure.
China’s EVs Are Trying to Turn Cars into ‘Robots’ — But the First Step Is the Hardest
China’s Li Auto and Xpeng are reorganising to build ‘car robots’ by fusing smart cockpits and autonomous driving onto a shared AI platform. Technical, safety and organisational barriers mean the transition will be incremental: common base models and compute may be shared, but driving functions will require strict isolation and staged deployment in low-risk scenarios.
Li Auto Recasts the Car as a Robot with New L9 — A Decade in the Making
Li Xiang announced that Li Auto’s next-generation L9 will be marketed as an ‘‘embodied-intelligence’’ robot, turning the vehicle into an active, personalised partner. The claim signals a strategic move from product to platform but will require heavy investment in sensors, compute, software and regulatory compliance to be realised.
Beyond Cars: Tesla and Chinese Automakers Race to Dominate Humanoid Robots
Tesla's pivot from Model S/X to Optimus has turned humanoid robots into a new battleground between Elon Musk and Chinese automakers. Shared technology stacks and supply chains make the transition low-cost for carmakers, and 2026–27 looks set to be the decisive window for scale competition.
Former Huawei and Li Auto Executive Joins Avita as Vice‑President to Lead Marketing and Product Operations
Sun Baigong, who has held senior roles at Huawei and Li Auto, has been appointed vice‑president of Avita Technology to lead marketing and product operations. The hire underscores Avita’s focus on commercialisation and reflects a wider trend of consumer‑tech executives moving into China’s EV sector.
Li Auto’s Big Bet: From Electric SUVs to Humanoid Robots and the Push for ‘Embodied Intelligence’
Li Xiang told Li Auto staff that the firm will evolve from an electric‑vehicle maker into an "embodied intelligence" company, pursuing base models, inference chips, an OS and humanoid robots. The strategic shift reflects investor pressure for higher‑margin AI products, recruitment of robotics talent, and significant technical and regulatory hurdles ahead.
China’s QCraft Sees 2026 as the Start of a ‘Golden Decade’ for Driverless Cars — City NOA to Reach Mass Market
QCraft CEO Yu Qian says 2026 will mark the start of a decade‑long expansion in autonomous driving, with city NOA expected on mass‑market cars priced around ¥100,000. The company has passed one million vehicle deployments and argues that end‑to‑end learning, VLA and world models plus massive data loops will drive safety and scale, while pragmatic sensor choices and local adaptation will shape competition.
Li Auto Tightens Its Retail Network as Growth Slows — From Rapid Expansion to Efficiency Drive
Li Auto is assessing the closure of some low‑efficiency retail stores after an aggressive multi‑year network build‑out, denying plans to close 100 outlets but confirming a targeted optimisation. The retrenchment follows a 19% fall in 2025 deliveries and recent quarterly losses, and accompanies a product and organisational reset aimed at restoring growth and margins amid fiercer competition in the range‑extended EV segment.