In the first quarter of 2025, with an export volume of 214,000 vehicles and a year-on-year growth rate of 117.27%, BYD topped the sales charts in seven countries and regions including Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Australia, Brazil, Italy, and the UK, creating a "Chinese automotive whirlwind". BYD, driven by a dual strategy of technological breakthroughs and local market layout, continues to reshape the global automotive industry's competitive landscape.

On May 7, Tesla Motors officially announced that all its models are equipped with auxiliary driving functions as standard, focusing on "high-energy risk avoidance" features, covering active safety functions such as forward collision warning, automatic emergency braking, and lane departure avoidance. Tesla said that vehicles with assisted driving functions can achieve a driving safety factor of more than 10 times that of ordinary vehicles without additional payment.

On May 7th, Tesla is expanding its prefabricated Supercharger station technology, which was first launched in 2021, to regions outside the United States, in order to further expand the global reach of its Supercharger network.

Recently, NIO announced a number of personnel appointments. Gu Yue, the former general manager of NIO's Tianjin regional company, and Gong Dequan, the former general manager of NIO's Dalian regional company, left NIO for personal reasons.

Li Auto officially announced that the self-developed Xinghuan OS was officially open-sourced. It is understood that the ideal Xinghuan OS is Li Auto's self-developed automotive operating system. In March this year, Li Auto founder Li Xiang announced that the system would be open-sourced. The first batch of open-source code has been logged on the Li Auto official website open-source forum.

XPeng Motors is considering an initial public offering of its flying car unit, Xiaopeng Huitian, according to people familiar with the matter. The Chinese electric carmaker has invited several banks to bid for a role in Xiaopeng's IPO, which could take place in Hong Kong or the US.

During the "May Day" holiday in 2025, the popularity of new energy vehicle travel continued to heat up, and charging facilities in many places ushered in a big test, but the overall operation was stable and orderly. According to the data of the State Grid smart vehicle to everything platform, two days before the holiday, the charging volume of new energy vehicles in high-speed service areas across the country surged, increasing by 28% year-on-year, setting a new record.