A recent video by a Chinese auto blogger has renewed debate over advertising inside navigation apps.

Mercedes-Benz delivered 417,800 passenger cars worldwide in the second quarter, but the headline figure concealed a widening divide between its major markets. Sales rose in Germany and North America, while deliveries in China fell 30% from a year earlier.

BYD has produced its 17 millionth new-energy vehicle, extending a manufacturing run that underlines the Chinese carmaker’s rapid rise into one of the world’s largest electrified-vehicle groups.

Nissan has begun exporting vehicles made in China, marking a strategic shift for a company that once treated the country mainly as a domestic manufacturing and sales base.

Leapmotor is turning to an unusual shipping solution as Chinese carmakers race to move vehicles into overseas markets faster.

Chinese carmakers have surpassed their Japanese rivals in monthly European sales for the first time, marking another milestone in the continent's accelerating transition toward electrified vehicles and highlighting a structural shift in global automotive competition.