New technologies power China’s Tesla challengers to monthly sales records

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Chinese electric vehicle manufacturers Leapmotor and Zeekr achieved record monthly deliveries, leveraging advanced battery and self-driving technologies. These gains come amid a general decline in domestic EV sales, increasing competition for Tesla in China.

Chinese Tesla challengers Leapmotor and Zeekr, banking on their latest battery and self-driving technologies, bucked a downward trend in domestic electric vehicle sales with record deliveries last month, ratcheting up pressure on the US carmaker amid weak consumer sentiment towards big-ticket items. Stellantis-backed Leapmotor delivered 93,376 electric vehicles (EVs) last month, up 94.5 per cent year on year, as it rewrote its sales record for a second consecutive month. Zeekr, a premium EV unit...