R7 is about to get a facelift, honestly will look better than the current R7, which is not very good looking.
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New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) in China
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Despite BYD's numbers are down year-over-year, it's actually normal seasonal change for many automaker's sales to drop in July in China. Meanwhile, BYD was the top selling brand in 7 overseas markets in the first half of 2025.
A summary of China's auto exports in the first half of 2025:
A summary of China's domestic auto market in H1 2025:
German car sales decreased at least 10% while total passenger car sales increased 13%. Chinese car brands have a market share of 68.5%.
Unlike the idiotic iCar V23 which doesn't has a spare tire even as an option, Chery's global SUV iCar V27 (called iCaur V27 overseas) looks like a real off-road 4x4.
Personally I don't think Huawei is going to succeed unless they take over operations and launch under Huawei
Their strategy of spawning 5-6 JV brands is just not a long term sustainable strategy.
HIMA is not JV. Each of 5 HIMA OEMs is an independent business, none of which has equity by Huawei. HIMA model is new in the auto industry, which is somewhere between Bosch and OEM and is more like ODM in the electronics business. BTW, ODM is the secret weapon that Foxconn (Hong Hai Precision) beat likes of Sanmina SCI and Flextronics. One major difference is that (1) ODM such as Foxconn did not have technologies that OEMs did not possess or master, rather it was an economical model and a supplier chain revamp; (2) HIMA has technologies and solutions that ICE auto OEMs don't have, and Huawei has experience in high-end branding that those Chinese ICE auto OEMs don't have.
In the long run, after HIMA brands establish themselves as viable luxury auto OEMs, Huawei is going to evolve more like Bosch than OEM. Go research on "" and you may get the idea. Yes, HIMA is going to be "深圳引望", not Huawei.