The D+ flagship luxury sedan jointly built by Huawei and JAC Motors, MAEXTRO S800, has attracted great attention from the market since its launch on May 30. According to the latest official news, the first batch of 599 pioneers of the car will be delivered on June 26, and large-scale batch delivery is scheduled to start in mid-August.
Recently, Leapmotor Automobile will launch the C16 five-seater layout version on June 6, 2025. Combined with the 394th batch of declaration information from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China, the new car product model is FZ6490BEVC16L, continuing the six-seater version of 4915×1905×1770mm body size and 2825mm wheelbase, but the rated passenger capacity is adjusted to 5/6 people optional, and the trunk volume is expected to increase significantly.
On June 3, Geely Galaxy Automobile officially released the official pictures of the medium-sized plug-in hybrid sedan A7 EM-i. Its Thor electric hybrid system caused a stir in the industry with 2L fuel consumption when out of power and 2100km+ comprehensive range. According to the previous information reported by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the wheelbase of the car is 2845mm, the length is over 4.9 meters, and it is positioned in the medium-sized sedan market.
With the release of the 15th batch of purchase tax exemption catalogs by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China, the electric vehicle market will usher in an explosive period in the summer of 2025. This month, a number of heavyweight smart electric models were launched, covering the mainstream price range of RMB 120,000-300,000, and intelligent configuration and endurance performance became the core competitive points.
The official website of the State Administration for Market Regulation of China announced on May 30 that Spotlight Automotive Ltd (a joint venture between BMW and Great Wall Motors) has launched a new round of active recalls, involving 55 domestically produced MINI COOPERs and 15 domestically produced MINI ACEMAN pure electric models. This is the second special treatment of power battery problems after the recall of 177 models of the same brand in February this year.
On May 30, Huawei's Executive Director Yu Chengdong released a demonstration video on social media, showing the latest intelligent sensing system developed by MAEXTRO S800: after passengers sit down, they only need to wave their hands into the car, and the electric door will automatically close, and with the door opening angle of nearly 90°, it creates a noble entry and exit experience comparable to Rolls-Royce. This function will appear as a standard configuration on the MAEXTRO S800 mass-produced model released at 19:30 tonight.
On May 30, GAC AION officially announced that the 2025 AION Y Plus will be launched on June 3 at 20:00 through the "Make Friends Live Room" of Chinese Internet celebrities. Internet celebrity Luo Yonghao will promote new energy vehicles for the first time. The biggest highlight of the new car is the new ventilation/heating function added to the main driver, and it is equipped with a new generation of magazine battery technology. The heat pump system can achieve an energy efficiency performance of saving 16 kWh of electricity per day in winter.
On May 30, NIO Auto announced that the first version of "NIO World Model NWM" was officially launched, covering more than 400,000 Banyan models in the first batch, and Cedar models (including ET9, new ES6, etc.) will be pushed at the end of June. This upgrade focuses on the field of active safety and launches three industry-first functions, marking the leapfrog evolution of intelligent driving from "freeing hands" to "protecting life".
On May 29, at the Lixiang Auto earnings call, CEO Lixiang officially confirmed that the second pure electric SUV i6 will be released in September, forming a "five-seat + six-seat" dual-car matrix with the i8 launched in July, fully covering the mainstream pure electric market of RMB 250,000-350,000. As the pure electric model with the lowest price threshold of the brand, i6 will bear the heavy responsibility of volume sales, and its mass production test mileage has exceeded 9.5 million kilometers.
On May 28, 2025, according to multiple sources, the state-owned investor shareholders of NETA Auto's parent company, Hozon New Energy Automobile, have been planning to convene a board of directors to dismiss founder Fangyunzhou from his position as chairman and CEO. If the resolution is passed, the helmsman who founded the brand in 2014 will completely lose control of the company. It is worth noting that the company just experienced a high-level adjustment in December last year, with former CEO Zhang Yong becoming a consultant and Fangyunzhou personally taking over daily operations.
