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JIDU, a new energy smart vehicle company with joint investment from Chinese internet giant Baidu and leading automobile maker Geely, unveiled its ROBO-01 standard version vehicle, a medium to large-sized SUV, and the new pure electric coupe ROBO-02, at an automotive exhibition in Guangzhou on December 30. The ROBO-01 and…

A subsidiary of leading Chinese automaker Geely has recently become the sole shareholder of Meizu, a Zhuhai-based smartphone company, as shown by public business inquiry platforms on December 30. The former shareholders of Meizu, including firm founder Jack Wong, Telling Communication Holding Co., Ltd. and other companies, have withdrawn. In…

A Shanghai court has ordered Chinese electric vehicle maker WM Motor to pay Geely RMB 7 million ($1 million) in compensation for misappropriating trade secrets involving several of the latter’s proprietary car parts drawings. WM Motor was ordered to stop using the trade secrets on its EX5 electric crossovers, which…

In 2018, Chinese automaker Geely sued its rival WM Motor on the grounds of infringing upon its trade secrets, demanding WM Motor to compensate 2.1 billion yuan ($301 million). As a result, the case has been tried many times over the last few years. According to Caijing Automobile‘s report on…

The M3 Pro. (Source: Meizu)Meizu has officially confirmed a launch window for its new, 20-series premium Android smartphone. It seems the flagship will not arrive alone, however – it will be joined by a new dedicated audio player. The OEM claims to have developed new in-house DAC technology for the…

Chinese phone maker Meizu plans to enrich its product ecosystem by expanding into new categories of device, including AR glasses, watches, tablets, and smart home products from 2023 to 2025, a sales executive at the company revealed in a post on his Weibo account on Dec. 16. The phone maker…

ECARX Holdings, a Chinese automotive technology startup, listed its shares on the Nasdaq on December 21 alongside special purpose acquisition company COVA Acquisition Corp. The new entity retains the ECARX name and its shares and warrants have commenced trading under the symbols “ECX” and “ECXWW.” As early as May of…

Chinese electric vehicle maker Zeekr is looking to raise at least $1 billion at a valuation of more than $10 billion in a US initial public offering and last week confidentially filed its IPO paperwork with the US security regulators, according to a Monday report from Reuters. A premium EV…

The last Meizu flagships. (Source: Meizu)Meizu is said to make a surprise return to the Android smartphone market in 2023 - and to shoot for the top of it again, too, with a new flagship powered by the latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor from Qualcomm. Now, a device that…

On Saturday, Hú Huázhì 胡华智, CEO and founder of the world’s first publicly traded flying car company, EHang 亿航智能, delivered his company’s results for the third quarter: Revenues were 8.22 million yuan ($1.70 million), a decrease of 36.6% year-over-year. The company made a net loss of 76.54 million yuan ($10.89…