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China is now the most important automotive market on earth — and increasingly, the most important manufacturer of electric vehicles. What happens in Chinese boardrooms, on Chinese production lines, and at Chinese motor shows shapes the global industry in ways that Western manufacturers are only now fully reckoning with. Cars & Code covers China’s automotive story without the geopolitical noise: the products, the sales numbers, the brands, and the implications for everyone else.
8 articles about China
The International Energy Agency does not typically deal in dramatic flourishes. It publishes data, runs projections, and issues reports in the measured tone of an institution that has decided facts are sufficient. Which makes the opening line of its 2026…
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There is a certain poetry in the situation Europe's automotive industry now finds itself in. Brussels spent 2024…
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Lithium has had a good run. It powered the electric vehicle revolution, made China's battery industry the most…
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On the opening day of the 2026 Beijing Auto Show, BYD opened pre-sales of its new Great Tang…
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Cheap, cheerful, increasingly competent — but not a threat to the leather-and-walnut end of the market. That era…
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One name conspicuously absent from the exhibitor list is Tesla. Draw your own conclusions. Auto China 2026 is…
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In January, Canada agreed to allow 49,000 Chinese-built EVs into the country annually at a tariff rate of…
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