On July 5, SAIC released a statement saying that SAIC will formally request the European Commission to hold a hearing on China's provisional countervailing duty measures on electric vehicles, and further exercise its right to defend in accordance with the law. In the above statement, SAIC put forward three points of defense First, the investigation involves commercially sensitive information, such as the provision of chemical formulations related to batteries, which is beyond the normal scope of the investigation. Second, the EC's determination of subsidies is wrong. For example, the subsidies for domestic consumers to purchase new energy vehicles were included in the calculation of the subsidy rate for sales in the EU. Third, the EC ignored some of the information and defenses submitted by SAIC during the investigation. Based on the so-called "non-cooperation with the investigation" in the relevant regulations, the EC made unfavorable presumptions and inflated the subsidy rates of several items.

After Liu Tao's post, the Xiaomi car spokesperson immediately retweeted the previous Weibo, stating that they do not accept "a lightly described, informal apology," and urged IM Motors to immediately make a public clarification.

India's largest steel producer Jindal Southwest (Jindal Southwest) has announced that it has established a joint venture with China's largest automaker SAIC Motor India JSW MG Motor India。At the same time, rumors spread that SAIC may lose control of the brand and technology of the Indian joint venture.。In this regard, SAIC deputy general manager Zhao Aimin responded that the use of "control was robbed" to describe the incident is entirely to attract attention, this statement is not true。"Control is in our own hands and we will not let it go, it is clear.。"

On July 27, German carmaker Volkswagen said it expected to deliver between 9 million and 9.5 million vehicles this year due to the uncertain economic situation, down from its previous target of 9.5 million.。

Today, China's electric car wave has begun to reshape Thailand's auto industry。