Samsung’s Jay Y. Lee and Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk’s meeting was the first between the heads of the South Korean chip giant and the US electric-vehicle maker

The move came as data from the China Passenger Car Association showed the electric vehicle maker delivered 14.7% fewer China-made electric vehicles in April, compared to March

The world’s biggest car maker by volume has been slow to join the EV revolution but has pledged to introduce 10 new battery-powered models

The world’s auto executives will be in Shanghai this week for the city’s auto show with Chinese car firms now enjoying unprecedented dominance

The world’s biggest-selling automaker hopes to catch up with its rivals with a host of new electric vehicles by 2026

The automaker has already eclipsed Tesla in China EV sales and now looks set to overtake the country’s best-selling car brand, Volkswagen, too

Nissan Motor Co's new electric crossover has been hampered by problems at its high-tech ‘intelligent factory’

Analysts say an ageing product line, yet-to-be-upgraded navigation systems and an absence of luxury interior touches have also taken a toll on Tesla

The Chinese auto firm says the plant will be able to produce 40-gigawatt hours (GWh) of batteries annually

The US carmaker's aggressive price cuts earlier this year helped it to stoke demand amid rising inventories

The US auto firm plans to ramp up output at its Shanghai plant over the next two months to meet demand sparked by price cuts early last month

Chief executive Elon Musk said the EV-maker's 2023 deliveries could hit 2 million vehicles, so long as there were no external disruptions