China Auto Daily丨Leapmotor Reports Record May Deliveries of 81,569 Vehicles to Lead Startup Charts

Chinese EV Startups Report Diversified May Delivery Results

On June 1, 2026, China’s prominent electric vehicle startups released their official delivery statistics for the month of May. Leapmotor achieved a new historical milestone for the brand by delivering 81,569 vehicles, securing the top position on the startup sales chart. NIO recovered from its short-term operational alignments in the preceding month, registering a sequential rebound with 37,705 total deliveries across its multi-brand ecosystem. Conversely, Li Auto encountered sequential and year-on-year contractions during the month, delivering 33,350 vehicles. XPENG managed a minor sequential expansion, concluding the month with 32,158 vehicles delivered.

NVIDIA Consolidates Autonomous Alliances with Mainstream Chinese Automakers

NVIDIA Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang confirmed on June 1 that mainstream Chinese passenger vehicle manufacturers and autonomous driving tech firms have adopted or are currently building intelligent driving suites based on the NVIDIA Hyperion platform. The localized roster includes BYD, Geely, Zeekr, Xiaomi, and autonomous mobility developer Pony.ai. The collaboration allows domestic brands to maintain a multi-path developmental layout.

ONVO Opens Pre-Sales for Refreshed L60 SUV

NIO’s mass-market sub-brand, ONVO, hosted the public debut of the refreshed ONVO L60 at the 2026 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area Auto Show, opening national pre-orders ahead of its formal commercial launch scheduled for June 11. The updated mid-size electric crossover incorporates 106 specific architectural enhancements across six distinct operational dimensions. The model leverages the flagship software and hardware frameworks shared with NIO’s executive premium platforms, the ES9 and ET9.

The technical stack features NIO’s in-house developed 5nm automotive-grade autonomous driving processor, designated as the Shenji NX9031. For environmental modeling and path planning, the hardware cluster runs the NIO World Model, representing China’s first dedicated automated driving neural network framework of its class. The computational infrastructure is controlled by SkyOS, the industry’s first native vehicle-wide operating system specifically engineered to manage multi-domain AI processing, chassis vector adjustments, and continuous over-the-air functional updates.

Voyah Discloses Early Order Distribution for Taishan X8

Dongfeng’s premium electric vehicle division, Voyah, released early consumer configuration tracking data for its recently launched Taishan X8 SUV following its regional rollout at the Greater Bay Area Auto Show. The flagship large five-seater crossover enters the market with an official guidance entry price starting from RMB 292,900 (USD 42,400), which moves to an effective post-incentive price spectrum of RMB 282,900 (USD 41,000) to RMB 369,900 (USD 53,600). Early manufacturing order logs reveal that the high-tier Ultra+ configuration accounted for more than 60% of total initial customer allocations.

According to user demographic analytics published by Voyah, approximately 50% of verified buyers completed vehicle acquisitions through trade-in replacements involving legacy global joint-venture luxury brands. Furthermore, 60% of the initial customer cohort consists of working professionals within the information technology, financial services, public administration, and education sectors. More than 93% of the total order backlog specified the premium Ultra or higher equipment trims, validating consumer demand for the vehicle's 6.1-square-meter cabin layout and its integrated Huawei Qiankun ADS four-Lidar hardware matrix.

Audi Launches Intelligent E7X SUV Featuring Momenta L3 Software Architecture

FAW-Audi officially launched the new E7X pure electric SUV at the 2026 Greater Bay Area Auto Show, commencing nationwide customer deliveries immediately. The new model line introduces five product configurations: Pioneer, Pioneer Pro, Pioneer quattro, Pioneer Smart Voyage, and the range-topping Flagship quattro. The vehicle enters the premium segment with a limited-time promotional launch price starting from RMB 269,800 (USD 39,100), representing an aggressive positioning strategy for the German premium brand within China's competitive electrified crossover market.

The E7X comes standard across all variants with Momenta’s advanced reinforcement learning large model software architecture, deeply adapted to handle complex Chinese urban environments using a neural training base of 10 billion kilometers of real-world road data. The processing platform enables the vehicle to autonomously manage multi-lane roundabout passage, automated Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) toll gate transit, and complex user-defined customized parking scenarios. Moving forward, the E7X is designated to serve as Audi’s initial production platform to deploy Level 3 highly automated driving capabilities, while marking the global commercial premiere of Momenta's factory-installed L3 software suite.

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