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SAIC Motor

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Chairman / President

Jia Jianxu

CEO / Managing Director

Zhou Langhui

CFO / Finance Director

Wei Yong

Industry

Automobile

Website

saicmotor.com

Headquarters address

Shanghai, No. 400 Caoxi North Road, Xuhui District, China

Stock Code

SSE:600104

Year founded

1958

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China technology

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Electric & new energy vehicles

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Electric & new energy vehicles

Volkswagen tests China’s appetite for locally developed EVs

The three models, which will be launched over the next two weeks, use technology developed by Volkswagen’s Chinese partners.

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Electric & new energy vehicles

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Carmakers push next-generation battery tech as they chase longer range and improved safety, despite high costs.

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Mainland China

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At Beijing’s urging, an industry largely built on discounting must hold the line on prices and convince buyers to pay for better technology.

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Mainland China

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26 Mar 2026 - 6:11PM

China economy

Opinion | Innovation and exports will winnow China’s car industry in 2026

Exports will be key to profitability and chips will be the new battleground but consolidation is likely to be confined to the battery sector.

6 Jan 2026 - 4:30PMvideocam

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Electric & new energy vehicles

China’s EV makers to corner one-third of global market by 2030, UBS says

Analysts see China’s EV edge enduring, citing overseas profits and supply chain strengths despite tariffs and Western protectionism.

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Volkswagen

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Volkswagen, which once had 50 per cent of China’s vehicle market, has invested €3 billion in its largest R&D centre outside its home country in Hefei.

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Electric & new energy vehicles

EU launches 1st formal review of Chinese EV tariffs after VW Anhui’s submission

Bloc’s acceptance of a narrow review process from a manufacturer may give others hope that tariffs could be reduced or removed.

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Made in China 2025

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Chinese carmakers are expected to climb the global league tables over the next five years, as technology and scale disrupt the leaders.

28 Nov 2025 - 8:30AM

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Electric & new energy vehicles

Chinese EV makers step on gas abroad amid weakening mainland sales

A growing export drive by Chinese EV makers aims to soak up overcapacity and secure better profits as incentives fade.

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20 Oct 2025 - 8:30PMvideocam

China-EU relations

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Electric & new energy vehicles

China’s state-owned car giants embrace home-grown tech to dominate EV market

State-owned carmakers like SAIC and FAW are tying up with domestic firms to recover market share from nimble privately owned rivals.

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IPO

Alibaba to spin off Banma self-driving business via Hong Kong IPO

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India

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The entry of Elon Musk’s company has electrified India’s EV market, fuelling a new era of competition with local rivals.

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Autonomous vehicles

Pony.ai steps up mass production of robotaxis, targets overseas expansion

Co-founder says firm to partner with carmakers GAC, BAIC and Toyota on production, targeting a fleet of 1,000 robotaxis this year.

29 Jul 2025 - 7:30AMvideocam

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Electric & new energy vehicles

BYD outsells Tesla, BMW in Hong Kong’s right-hand drive EV market

Hong Kong sells fewer than 40,000 cars a year, but mainland carmakers consider it the beachhead for breaking into the global right-hand-drive market.

22 Jul 2025 - 10:23PMvideocam

Science

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After Chinese scientists pinpoint causes of EV motion sickness, Japanese researchers say a simple sound therapy may be the answer.

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US-China relations

Carmakers GM, Tesla and Ford lead list of US companies in China exposure: report

Corporate giants Amazon, Apple, Meta and Nvidia rank outside top 10 but still among tech firms at risk.

27 Jun 2025 - 5:01AM

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Electric & new energy vehicles

China’s BYD expands car-carrier fleet in bet on EV exports

Carmaker’s six vessels can carry 48,600 cars, and two more ships will add 16,200 to that total soon, company says.

25 Jun 2025 - 4:41PM

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Electric & new energy vehicles

Exclusive | SemiDrive to supply cockpit chips in European EVs as Chinese firms go global

‘Striving to be a top global chip supplier, we need to expand from the China market to the global market,’ general manager Eugene Wang says.

17 Jun 2025 - 7:30AM

Electric & new energy vehicles

Xpeng and Chinese EV peers aim to win over Hongkongers amid global push

‘Xpeng and other mainland Chinese companies have abundant new technologies that can be introduced to Hong Kong,’ CEO says at expo in city.

12 Jun 2025 - 8:39PM

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China’s EV battery giants thrive while carmakers’ profits shrink amid price wars

Carmakers’ profit margin stood at 3.2 per cent in the first quarter, versus 6 per cent for downstream industrial firms, according to CPCA.

Foxconn, BYD among top exporters as China-listed firms hit overseas revenue mark

Brazil blacklists BYD, some foreign brands may exit China: 7 EV reads

How China’s EV battery king CATL powers up profits while EV makers struggle

Consolidation, scale and technology advantages enhance pricing power as firm’s domestic market share hits 18-month high.

Solid-state battery firms in China and US charged up for IPO run

A trio of battery developers are advancing listing plans as high oil prices and geopolitical tensions boost interest in energy storage.

Volkswagen tests China’s appetite for locally developed EVs

The three models, which will be launched over the next two weeks, use technology developed by Volkswagen’s Chinese partners.

Chinese carmakers bet on solid-state batteries to drive next EV phase

Carmakers push next-generation battery tech as they chase longer range and improved safety, despite high costs.

How China’s EV makers think they can outrun disastrous price wars

At Beijing’s urging, an industry largely built on discounting must hold the line on prices and convince buyers to pay for better technology.

.css-1t72pn8{color:#C79A00;}Video | Will oil shocks trigger a Chinese EV buying spree?

Oil shock from the Iran war might speed up the global EV shift and boost China’s auto industry, analysts say.

.css-1pcrwvc{color:#2aa191;}Opinion | Innovation and exports will winnow China’s car industry in 2026

Exports will be key to profitability and chips will be the new battleground but consolidation is likely to be confined to the battery sector.

China’s EV makers to corner one-third of global market by 2030, UBS says

Analysts see China’s EV edge enduring, citing overseas profits and supply chain strengths despite tariffs and Western protectionism.

Can Volkswagen regain its China market share with its US$3.5 billion bet?

Volkswagen, which once had 50 per cent of China’s vehicle market, has invested €3 billion in its largest R&D centre outside its home country in Hefei.

EU launches 1st formal review of Chinese EV tariffs after VW Anhui’s submission

Bloc’s acceptance of a narrow review process from a manufacturer may give others hope that tariffs could be reduced or removed.

Chinese EV makers tipped to storm global top 10 carmakers by 2030, McKinsey says

Chinese carmakers are expected to climb the global league tables over the next five years, as technology and scale disrupt the leaders.

Chinese EV makers step on gas abroad amid weakening mainland sales

A growing export drive by Chinese EV makers aims to soak up overcapacity and secure better profits as incentives fade.

NRL side Rabbitohs, Super League club St Helens eye Hong Kong for 2027 clash

St Helens boss Eamonn McManus played rugby union for Hong Kong and lived in the city for 20 years.

Opinion | How China’s self-driving cars are shaping Europe’s tech sovereignty

Europe has become a proxy battleground between competing visions of AI governance as China makes inroads in the autonomous vehicle market.

As China’s EV boom makes the EU anxious, is it too late to work together?

Decades after their first joint venture, EU carmakers fear losing their markets to China’s upstarts. Is it too late for them to work together?

China’s state-owned car giants embrace home-grown tech to dominate EV market

State-owned carmakers like SAIC and FAW are tying up with domestic firms to recover market share from nimble privately owned rivals.

Alibaba to spin off Banma self-driving business via Hong Kong IPO

Alibaba’s stake in Banma will drop to 30 per cent from the current 44.72 per cent after the IPO, the tech behemoth says.

India’s EV market heats up as Tesla takes on Tata and JSW MG

The entry of Elon Musk’s company has electrified India’s EV market, fuelling a new era of competition with local rivals.

Pony.ai steps up mass production of robotaxis, targets overseas expansion

Co-founder says firm to partner with carmakers GAC, BAIC and Toyota on production, targeting a fleet of 1,000 robotaxis this year.

BYD outsells Tesla, BMW in Hong Kong’s right-hand drive EV market

Hong Kong sells fewer than 40,000 cars a year, but mainland carmakers consider it the beachhead for breaking into the global right-hand-drive market.

Sound advice: why EVs make you queasy – and a fix-it hack that’s easy

After Chinese scientists pinpoint causes of EV motion sickness, Japanese researchers say a simple sound therapy may be the answer.

Carmakers GM, Tesla and Ford lead list of US companies in China exposure: report

Corporate giants Amazon, Apple, Meta and Nvidia rank outside top 10 but still among tech firms at risk.

China’s BYD expands car-carrier fleet in bet on EV exports

Carmaker’s six vessels can carry 48,600 cars, and two more ships will add 16,200 to that total soon, company says.

.css-19im5qg{color:#c79a00;}Exclusive | SemiDrive to supply cockpit chips in European EVs as Chinese firms go global

‘Striving to be a top global chip supplier, we need to expand from the China market to the global market,’ general manager Eugene Wang says.

Xpeng and Chinese EV peers aim to win over Hongkongers amid global push

‘Xpeng and other mainland Chinese companies have abundant new technologies that can be introduced to Hong Kong,’ CEO says at expo in city.

Video | Will oil shocks trigger a Chinese EV buying spree?

Opinion | Innovation and exports will winnow China’s car industry in 2026

Exclusive | SemiDrive to supply cockpit chips in European EVs as Chinese firms go global