OEM Trend | Automaker NewsFast Tech: The 200,000th mass-produced ZEEKR 7X rolled off the assembly line at the Ningbo Meishan Smart Plant on September 8. It took exactly two years for the model to reach this milestone since its initial production run in September 2024. Global orders had already surpassed 200,000 on August 24, with the 200,000th order placed by a customer in Mexico — and the vehicle just produced is destined for that overseas buyer.Interface News: Volkswagen Group is considering selling its motorcycle brand, Ducati, according to reports on September 8. Audi CEO Gernot Döllner noted that Ducati is among roughly 600 businesses currently under review by the group, though no final decision has been made.Gasgoo Embodied Intelligence: XPENG Group launched the world's first automated production line for advanced general humanoid robots on September 8. The first such robot completed automated assembly and walked off the line on its own, signaling a critical transition for XPENG’s robotics division from R&D prototyping to full-scale manufacturing.Yicai: Zotye Auto shares surged to the daily limit up on September 8, closing at 1.84 yuan with a total market capitalization of 92.78 billion yuan. The move comes after the automaker held its fourth extraordinary shareholders' meeting of 2026 on the previous day, approving the election of three non-independent directors. On an investor platform, the company also confirmed that development of its new self-developed models is advancing steadily. However, a spokesperson for Zotye Auto downplayed any link between the shareholder vote and the stock surge, describing the rally as a spontaneous market move with various drivers. The company does plan to launch a new vehicle this year, the spokesperson noted, "but that is just the plan for now."Gasgoo Auto: A new batch of highway battery swap stations, a joint venture between NIO Power and Yunnan Communications Investment, went fully operational on September 8. This marks the second phase of collaboration between the two parties following the initial rollout in 2024, signaling that Yunnan’s highway EV charging network has entered a new phase of large-scale, grid-connected development.Fast Tech: GAC Group has drawn a line in the sand: it will not build "quick cars." The automaker vowed not to rush schedules or compress verification timelines, insisting that quality must stand the test of time. Leveraging its GAC Production Way, the company enforces strict controls at every step, adhering to a "do not accept, do not manufacture, do not pass on defects" philosophy. New model development strictly follows a "two winters and one summer" verification cycle and employs extreme testing standards—"five highs, one mountain, one dust"—that far exceed industry norms across all environmental scenarios. For the Trumpchi Yue 7 alone, GAC deployed 685 prototypes for road testing, covering millions of kilometers and becoming the first to achieve an equivalent durability benchmark of 500,000 kilometers for a single vehicle.Supply Chain News | ComponentsInterface News: CATL’s Choco-Swapp unit announced on September 8 that its station at the Laohekou service area in Hubei has officially gone live. Situated on the Hubei-Henan border, the site serves as a critical hub on the Central China highway trunk and marks the first operational highway station for the service. Choco-Swapp noted that with bulk agreements for hundreds of stations across multiple provinces, signed highway sites are expected to top 1,000 by year-end. By 2027, the company plans to complete construction of 1,000 highway swap stations, establishing a national backbone network described as "11 vertical and 9 horizontal lines."IT Home: Huawei’s Intelligent Automotive Solutions BU announced on Weibo on September 8 that installations of its Qiankun Smart Driving and HarmonyOS Cockpit systems, alongside users of the Huawei Qiankun App, have simultaneously hit the 2 million mark. The Qiankun system has already logged over 14.9 billion kilometers of driving, nearing a 15 billion-kilometer milestone. Additionally, vehicles equipped with Qiankun Smart Driving have collectively traveled more than 42.7 billion kilometers, while the system has actively averted potential collisions 6.4 million times.CLS: Hyou New Material told investors at its 2026 semi-annual earnings briefing on September 8 that dimming film is a core new business it is aggressively cultivating, citing its strong value proposition. The company has already launched an expansion project with an annual capacity of 2 million square meters. Beyond gaining traction in overseas construction, Hyou sees significant potential for dimming films in automotive original equipment, aftermarket upgrades, and architectural applications. The business is poised to become a key growth driver for the company moving forward.Gasgoo Auto: Nidec, the Japanese motor manufacturer embroiled in scandal, has released the findings of an internal investigation revealing 844 quality control violations over the past decade. Most infractions involved unauthorized changes to product materials or manufacturing processes. Others included falsified test results and misleading labeling, such as incorrect country-of-origin data. Company executives acknowledged that nearly all violations were committed by employees under intense performance pressure who were striving to meet targets.Industrial Economy | FocusCLS: Commenting on recent price cuts by Tesla and other brands since the start of September, Cui Dongshu, a senior official at the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA), described the discounts as a standard market move to balance supply and demand. With September marking the start of the critical "Golden September, Silver October" sales period, Cui argued that the current wave of promotions is a tactical sprint to boost volumes and clear inventory—not the opening shot of a full-blown price war. He expects promotional activity to cluster around key sales periods, leaving the broader pricing structure relatively stable.CLS: The CPCA reported on September 8 that exports of new energy passenger vehicles reached 518,000 units in August. While this represents a 5.0% decline from July, it marks a staggering 154.7% surge year-over-year. NEVs now account for 58.4% of total passenger vehicle exports, an 18-percentage-point increase from last year. Pure electric vehicles comprised 63.4% of NEV exports, down slightly from 66.0% a year earlier.CLS: Organizers of the 22nd Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition, known as Auto Shanghai 2027, held a press conference in the city on September 8. The event will feature an experimental "Embodied Intelligence" zone, showcasing application scenarios for cutting-edge technologies like physical AI and high-end chips. This initiative aims to expand the definition, architecture, and industrial landscape of smart vehicles, driving a global transformation from traditional manufacturing to "intelligent manufacturing."Gasgoo Auto: The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) recently released trade data for auto parts in July 2026, based on figures from the General Administration of Customs. The data reveals that while both import and export volumes retreated from June levels, their year-on-year trajectories diverged sharply: exports grew compared to the previous year, while imports declined.Personnel Changes | Management21st Century Business Herald: Wang Naiyan, the former head of Xiaomi’s Level 3 autonomous driving division, has pivoted to the "embodied brain" startup sector, according to sources familiar with the matter on September 8. His new venture is currently in the fundraising stage. An investor revealed that Wang’s team includes several former colleagues from his time at TuSimple, with roughly a dozen core R&D staff already on board.