Tesla employees have returned to work at the giant’s Covid-hit Shanghai plant, and they aim to restart production with 1,000 cars a day after a stoppage of more than three weeks.

Xpeng CEO warns that if suppliers in and around Shanghai can’t resume operations and production, all of China's carmakers will have to stop production in May

China now has Covid curbs in 87 cities – blocking highways and ports, stranding workers, shutting countless factories – disruptions that could hammer global supply chains

General Motors' joint venture in Shanghai maintained production by asking workers to sleep on factory floors and getting passes for trucks to continue deliveries

The 2022 auto show was scheduled to take place from April 21 to April 30 in the new China International Exhibition Center in Beijing

Tesla's restart came as movement controls imposed on its workers as part of the city's efforts to curb the latest Covid-19 outbreak eased

A ban on flights from nine countries, quarantine of up to 14 days for arrivals, online classes only and the closing public venues have frustrated many

Shenzhen, which is close to Hong Kong, saw local confirmed transmissions pick up to 71 on Wednesday from 55 the previous day