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Compiled and translated from Chinese and international auto media — every article links back to its original source.
BYD’s Australian Discounts Test China’s Call for Pricing Restraint
Recent cuts make the Atto 1 Australia’s joint-cheapest new car and position the Atto 2 as the country’s lowest-priced plug-in hybrid, even as Chinese authorities urge automakers to avoid disruptive overseas competition.
CarExpert (Australia) · 2026-09-25
BYD's Thailand plant passes 100,000 vehicles built barely two years after production began
The milestone car — a white Atto 3 — rolled off the Rayong line on September 21, roughly 26 months after the facility started up.
CnEVPost · 2026-09-23
GWM keeps polishing its driver-assistance tuning for Australia
After earlier systems were slammed as too intrusive, the Chinese brand's local engineering program reworks ADAS and cruise functions while prepping diesel versions of two flagship models.
CarExpert (Australia) · 2026-09-18
Chery argues shared infrastructure makes its newest Australian brand, Lepas, a low-risk bet
The Chinese automaker's third new local marque this year will run its own dealer network but piggyback on back-end systems it already operates.
CarExpert (Australia) · 2026-09-15
Chery unfazed by Geely's climb in Australia as Stockman ute leads new-model wave
Holding ninth place locally, the Chinese brand argues a rival's one-month top-10 entry is no threat, with its first ute and several other launches set to shore up its position.
CarExpert (Australia) · 2026-09-15
Leapmotor's overseas sales top 105,000 in eight months, doubling its 2025 total
Europe anchors a fast-growing international push, while the brand's million-car goal for 2026 now hinges on record-breaking monthly volumes through December.
CarExpert (Australia) · 2026-09-15
Ship, port, showroom: Leapmotor keeps rewriting its cars after the factory
The Chinese EV maker can push new steering and driving calibrations to vehicles mid-shipment, at the dock, in dealerships or already in driveways — though hardware changes still need nearly a year of certification.
CarExpert (Australia) · 2026-09-15
BYD recalls every Shark 6 plug-in hybrid ute sold in Australia over spare-wheel risk
Some 32,009 plug-in hybrid utes are involved after BYD found the underbody spare wheel could work loose and fall off; owners are told to remove it until a free fix is carried out.
CarExpert (Australia) · 2026-09-15
BYD's Atto 1 hatch now undercuts every other new car in Australia
A limited-time drive-away price of AU$19,990 puts the entry-level electric hatch level with the petrol MG 3 and below everything else on sale.
CarExpert (Australia) · 2026-09-15
GAC's M8 MPV set for E9 rename in Australia amid BMW trademark dispute
BMW has sold the M8 in Australia since 2019 and holds the trademark there, and GAC has reportedly filed paperwork to rebrand its plug-in hybrid people mover as the E9.
Headlight Magazine (Thailand) · 2026-09-04