CEO Matthias Mueller announced three new "Volkswagen Group Future Centers" in Potsdam, California and China, on Monday in Geneva at the Volkswagen Group Night event.
For Nevijo Mance, a vice-president of BMW China, buying a car would always be more than just looking for mobility.
China's Internet and tech giants are driving autonomous car technology that brings 'disruptive innovation' to the automobile industry.
Ford Motor is looking beyond making and selling cars and trucks into becoming a customer-oriented mobility solutions provider.
Tianjin plans to continue developing parallel auto imports in its free trade zone this year after it recently reported a surge in such imports last year.
Chinese carmaker Chongqing Changan Automobile Co has joined hands with Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co in a subsidiary joint venture to develop hybrid powertrains, hoping to realize an ambitious new energy vehicle plan.
China announced on Thursday, 500 million yuan ($76.6 million) will be invested in a research and development institute for new energy vehicle batteries, with the government leading nine companies in search of breakthroughs in advanced traction battery technology.
Beijing may sell automobile license plates by auction instead of the current lottery system from April, as one of planned new measures to ease the city's traffic congestion.
More Chinese vehicle users will switch to independent service providers for after-sale service instead of 4S stores as the whole industry is getting more customer-oriented.
China is to increase to more than half the proportion of new energy vehicle purchases made by some government departments, the State Council said.
Chinese automaker Chery began work on a new plant capable of making 60,000 pure electric vehicles a year, on Tuesday in east China.
SAIC VOLKSWAGEN unveiled an environmental-friendly power system at its No 3 car plant in Shanghai on Feb 19, marking another milestone in the carmaker's green and sustainable development strategy.
Recent research has found Chinese are open to paying more to have auto-driving features in their vehicles and the country is expected to become the largest market for autonomous vehicles in 20 years.
The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers announced on Friday that passenger car sales totaled 2.2 million units in January, 9.3 percent more than a year earlier, and the production of new-energy vehicles surged by 144 percent.
The State Grid Corp of China has opened an online mall as a trial for selling new-energy vehicles, charging posts and services, but it is only open to employees at present.
Czech car manufacturer is to unveil a concept car Vision S, Skoda’s first vehicle to feature six seats across three rows, at the Geneva auto show set to open to the public on Mar 3.
The percentage of down payments needed on new-energy vehicles and secondhand cars in China is expected to fall, as the central government attempts to maintain stable growth in the country's manufacturing, adjust the nation's economic structure and raise the level of performance.
Chinese passenger vehicle sales hit a three-year high in January, official data showed Friday.
China's biggest power transmission company has installed electric-vehicle rapid charging stations in eight major expressways in the country.
Public institutions in China should take the lead and add more new energy vehicles to their car pools, according to a statement from the National Government Offices Administration.