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Changan Automobile

(长安汽车)

Changan Automobile

长安汽车

The latest news on Changan Automobile, a Chinese car manufacturer headquartered in Chongqing, including automobile and technology news.

Chairman / President

Zhu Huarong

CEO / Managing Director

Tan Benhong

CFO / Finance Director

Zhang Deyong

Industry

Automobiles

Website

globalchangan.com

Headquarters address

Chongqing, China

Stock Code

SZSE: 000625

Year founded

1862

Semi-autonomous cars with L3 technology are likely to spur sales on the mainland next year. Photo: Reuters

Electric & new energy vehicles

China’s approval for L3 self-driving cars to stimulate slowing mainland market

Chinese carmakers could sell about 270,000 semi-autonomous vehicles next year, representing 1 per cent of the total market, Daiwa says.

22 Dec 2025 - 7:30AMvideocam

Robotics

CATL marks trailblazing deployment of humanoid robots at scale in China plant

18 Dec 2025 - 9:00PM

Electric & new energy vehicles

BYD ups the ante on L3 autonomous cars, begins testing for mass production

18 Dec 2025 - 11:11AM

Electric & new energy vehicles

Xpeng, Li Auto given approval to test ‘hands-off’ L3 cars amid slowing market

Deregulation to legalise L3 technology represents a leap forward in commercialising autonomous driving systems in China.

16 Dec 2025 - 7:45PM

A Li Auto vehicle draws crowds at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, April 25, 2024. Photo: Reuters

Electric & new energy vehicles

Beijing approves first L3 autonomous cars in leap towards ‘hands-off’ driving

The cars, both pure EVs, can only navigate urban streets and highways in designated areas, according to the ministry.

16 Dec 2025 - 1:13PM

China Future Tech briefing

Aerospace | Flying cars take off as China extends drone-market domination

Chinese electric-vehicle makers are branching into making flying cars, adding to the nation’s booming low-altitude economy.

4 Dec 2025 - 12:50PM

Robotics

Changan Auto becomes latest Chinese carmaker to join humanoid robot bandwagon

State-owned carmaker invests US$31.8 million to take a 50 per cent stake in Changan Tianshu Intelligent Robotics Technology.

1 Dec 2025 - 9:00PMvideocam

Xpeng’s next-generation Iron humanoid robot interacts with the media during a tour of the company’s headquarters in Guangzhou last month. Photo: AFP

Made in China 2025

Chinese EV makers tipped to storm global top 10 carmakers by 2030, McKinsey says

Chinese carmakers are expected to climb the global league tables over the next five years, as technology and scale disrupt the leaders.

28 Nov 2025 - 8:30AM

Mainland China

Geely’s third-quarter revenue and profit soar on surging EV sales on mainland

Carmaker posts a 27 per cent jump in revenue to 89 billion yuan (US$12.5 billion) and a 59 per cent increase in net profit to 3.8 billion yuan.

17 Nov 2025 - 4:29PM

China exports

China cracks down on export of ‘zero-mileage’ cars falsely declared to be used

Critics say exports of these vehicles, typically sold at lower prices but without guaranteed after-sales service, distort the market.

15 Nov 2025 - 8:57PMvideocam

Cars for export are seen at a port in Nanjing in eastern China on November 12. Photo: AFP

Electric & new energy vehicles

Chinese robotaxi firms Pony.ai, WeRide on road to Hong Kong IPOs

The firms stand to raise US$2.3 billion and US$1.1 billion, respectively, based on the prices of their US-listed shares.

14 Oct 2025 - 9:08PM

A self-driving taxi sits on a street in Daxing district in Beijing on September 2, 2024. Photo: EPA-EFE

Huawei

Huawei’s Ren Zhengfei, Dongfeng Motor’s Yang Qing talk deeper EV collaboration

Dongfeng and Huawei ‘will collaborate in product definition, intelligent technologies and marketing’, the state-owned carmaker says.

23 Sep 2025 - 8:00PM

Electric & new energy vehicles

Dongfeng Motor to list EV unit in Hong Kong, privatise parent firm

State-owned giants are facing growing challenges amid competition from privately owned EV makers like BYD and Xiaomi.

23 Aug 2025 - 4:35PM

US-China relations

Opinion | Unlike the US, China is not trying to shut out the future

The green transition is likely to define the 21st century. Rather than resisting change, China is choosing to shape it.

13 Aug 2025 - 8:30PMvideocam

Huawei

Huawei’s Ren Zhengfei shares EV sector insights with Changan Automobile chairman

The meeting reflects how Chinese industry leaders look to Ren for possible direction, as Trump’s tariffs disrupt global trade.

11 Aug 2025 - 9:00PM

Huawei Technologies founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei, left and Changan Automobile chairman Zhu Huarong. Photo: SCMP

China Future Tech briefing

EVs | China’s EV makers look overseas for growth

Domestic price wars and overcapacity, as well as tariffs in North America, are spurring Chinese EV makers to boost exports and open new factories in Europe and emerging markets.

5 Aug 2025 - 3:38PM

China trade

Suez Canal on rails? How this Chinese city wants to revolutionise global trade

The metropolis is already a rail-powered gateway to foreign markets – now, it wants to go one step further.

15 Jul 2025 - 3:26PM

China technology

Chinese drone maker EHang sees regular flying taxi services by 2030

EHang, which is conducting trials in Guangzhou and Hefei, will offer services in restricted corridors in these two cities by year-end.

22 May 2025 - 7:30AMvideocam

EHang’s EH216-S unmanned aerial vehicle is displayed at the China International Consumer Products Expo in Haikou, Hainan province, in April. Photo: Xinhua

Made in China 2025

Buy local: China directs state bodies to buy more home-made EVs for official use

Beijing’s latest order follows similar notices in 2024 that aim to increase Made in China electric vehicles in government fleets.

19 May 2025 - 8:00PMvideocam

Electric & new energy vehicles

Chinese EV brands are coming for Hyundai, Kia on their home turf

Success in the Hyundai-dominated country could burnish the image of Chinese-made EVs globally, analysts say.

9 May 2025 - 8:37PM

Electric & new energy vehicles

Xpeng CEO says flying car market will be bigger than EVs over next 2 decades

CEO He Xiaopeng believes the global flying car market could reach US$2 trillion in the next two decades, double the size of land vehicles.

1 Apr 2025 - 11:45AM

Xpeng’s AEROHT flying car on display at Liuye Lake Tourist Resort in Changde City, central China’s Hunan province, March 27, 2025. Photo: Xinhua

Electric & new energy vehicles

China’s Changan launches Deepal EV brand in Hong Kong

Changan to partner with Dah Chong Hong to sell the right-hand drive version of the S07 SUV.

13 Feb 2025 - 6:49PM

Alibaba

Meet Alibaba’s AI coder: an automated system that can build an app ‘in minutes’

AI coder forms part of Alibaba Cloud’s artificial intelligence programming tool called Tongyi Lingma.

10 Jan 2025 - 8:00AM

Electric & new energy vehicles

Beijing sees Hong Kong as launch pad for Chinese EV makers to go global

Hong Kong ‘can act as a two-way gateway for Chinese EV makers to go overseas and bring in new technologies’.

28 Nov 2024 - 8:30AM

Electric & new energy vehicles

A peek at EVs’ future at Beijing show as oil-guzzlers stay on sidelines

The era of battery-powered cars has truly arrived, as EVs dominated the car show. While carmakers still displayed a lot of futuristic concepts, it was the ongoing price war that had people talking.

27 Sep 2024 - 10:39AMvideocam

Tencent

Tencent pushes wider adoption of AI-powered smart mobility system in auto sector

The Chinese tech giant already counts more than 100 carmakers and various automotive industry players as partners.

25 Apr 2024 - 9:00AM

Tencent Holdings expects its smart mobility solution, based on its own Hunyuan AI model, to assist industry partners in vehicle research and development, manufacturing and even customer services. Photo: Shutterstock

Electric & new energy vehicles

Nio working with CATL to develop batteries with longer lifespans

The two companies aim to churn out EV batteries that can last for as long as 15 years, nearly double the current average lifespan, which could help EV users save tens of thousands of yuan, they say.

15 Mar 2024 - 7:00AMvideocam

Electric & new energy vehicles

China’s EV price war to hot up as carmakers price models below 100,000 yuan

Analysts says lower battery costs are enabling EV makers to discount prices amid tougher competition and efforts to take more share from petrol car manufacturers.

20 Feb 2024 - 9:00PM

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Changan Automobile

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China’s approval for L3 self-driving cars to stimulate slowing mainland market

Chinese carmakers could sell about 270,000 semi-autonomous vehicles next year, representing 1 per cent of the total market, Daiwa says.

CATL marks trailblazing deployment of humanoid robots at scale in China plant

BYD ups the ante on L3 autonomous cars, begins testing for mass production

Xpeng, Li Auto given approval to test ‘hands-off’ L3 cars amid slowing market

Deregulation to legalise L3 technology represents a leap forward in commercialising autonomous driving systems in China.

Beijing approves first L3 autonomous cars in leap towards ‘hands-off’ driving

The cars, both pure EVs, can only navigate urban streets and highways in designated areas, according to the ministry.

.css-sioo19{color:#c79a00;}Aerospace | Flying cars take off as China extends drone-market domination

Chinese electric-vehicle makers are branching into making flying cars, adding to the nation’s booming low-altitude economy.

Changan Auto becomes latest Chinese carmaker to join humanoid robot bandwagon

State-owned carmaker invests US$31.8 million to take a 50 per cent stake in Changan Tianshu Intelligent Robotics Technology.

Chinese EV makers tipped to storm global top 10 carmakers by 2030, McKinsey says

Chinese carmakers are expected to climb the global league tables over the next five years, as technology and scale disrupt the leaders.

Geely’s third-quarter revenue and profit soar on surging EV sales on mainland

Carmaker posts a 27 per cent jump in revenue to 89 billion yuan (US$12.5 billion) and a 59 per cent increase in net profit to 3.8 billion yuan.

China cracks down on export of ‘zero-mileage’ cars falsely declared to be used

Critics say exports of these vehicles, typically sold at lower prices but without guaranteed after-sales service, distort the market.

Chinese robotaxi firms Pony.ai, WeRide on road to Hong Kong IPOs

The firms stand to raise US$2.3 billion and US$1.1 billion, respectively, based on the prices of their US-listed shares.

Huawei’s Ren Zhengfei, Dongfeng Motor’s Yang Qing talk deeper EV collaboration

Dongfeng and Huawei ‘will collaborate in product definition, intelligent technologies and marketing’, the state-owned carmaker says.

Dongfeng Motor to list EV unit in Hong Kong, privatise parent firm

State-owned giants are facing growing challenges amid competition from privately owned EV makers like BYD and Xiaomi.

.css-1m2rp1p{color:#34b8b5;}Opinion | Unlike the US, China is not trying to shut out the future

The green transition is likely to define the 21st century. Rather than resisting change, China is choosing to shape it.

Huawei’s Ren Zhengfei shares EV sector insights with Changan Automobile chairman

The meeting reflects how Chinese industry leaders look to Ren for possible direction, as Trump’s tariffs disrupt global trade.

EVs | China’s EV makers look overseas for growth

Domestic price wars and overcapacity, as well as tariffs in North America, are spurring Chinese EV makers to boost exports and open new factories in Europe and emerging markets.

Suez Canal on rails? How this Chinese city wants to revolutionise global trade

The metropolis is already a rail-powered gateway to foreign markets – now, it wants to go one step further.

Chinese drone maker EHang sees regular flying taxi services by 2030

EHang, which is conducting trials in Guangzhou and Hefei, will offer services in restricted corridors in these two cities by year-end.

Buy local: China directs state bodies to buy more home-made EVs for official use

Beijing’s latest order follows similar notices in 2024 that aim to increase Made in China electric vehicles in government fleets.

Chinese EV brands are coming for Hyundai, Kia on their home turf

Success in the Hyundai-dominated country could burnish the image of Chinese-made EVs globally, analysts say.

Xpeng CEO says flying car market will be bigger than EVs over next 2 decades

CEO He Xiaopeng believes the global flying car market could reach US$2 trillion in the next two decades, double the size of land vehicles.

China’s Changan launches Deepal EV brand in Hong Kong

Changan to partner with Dah Chong Hong to sell the right-hand drive version of the S07 SUV.

Meet Alibaba’s AI coder: an automated system that can build an app ‘in minutes’

AI coder forms part of Alibaba Cloud’s artificial intelligence programming tool called Tongyi Lingma.

Beijing sees Hong Kong as launch pad for Chinese EV makers to go global

Hong Kong ‘can act as a two-way gateway for Chinese EV makers to go overseas and bring in new technologies’.

A peek at EVs’ future at Beijing show as oil-guzzlers stay on sidelines

The era of battery-powered cars has truly arrived, as EVs dominated the car show. While carmakers still displayed a lot of futuristic concepts, it was the ongoing price war that had people talking.

Tencent pushes wider adoption of AI-powered smart mobility system in auto sector

The Chinese tech giant already counts more than 100 carmakers and various automotive industry players as partners.

Nio working with CATL to develop batteries with longer lifespans

The two companies aim to churn out EV batteries that can last for as long as 15 years, nearly double the current average lifespan, which could help EV users save tens of thousands of yuan, they say.

China’s EV price war to hot up as carmakers price models below 100,000 yuan

Analysts says lower battery costs are enabling EV makers to discount prices amid tougher competition and efforts to take more share from petrol car manufacturers.

Aerospace | Flying cars take off as China extends drone-market domination

Opinion | Unlike the US, China is not trying to shut out the future