From Tesla sales surging in China to BYD and Chery charting their overseas growth, here are seven EV stories you may have missed
2-MIN READ2-MIN ListenSCMPPublished: 1:30pm, 10 Jun 2026We have put together stories from our coverage on electric and new energy vehicles from the past two weeks to help you stay informed. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing.1. China’s EV giants challenge Tesla in race to commercialise humanoid robotsChinese electric vehicle (EV) makers are opening a new front in their battle with Tesla: humanoid robots. After spending years competing on electric cars and autonomous driving technology, leading Chinese manufacturers including BYD and Xpeng are now accelerating plans to mass-produce humanoid robots, betting that advances in artificial intelligence will unlock a vast new market beyond transportation.
