BYD has told China Securities Journal it will unveil its first humanoid robot in August following Stella Li’s comments in June hinting at an upcoming announcement. BYD will show its first humanoid robot to the public in August. CnEVPost’s Phate Zhang broke the story, reporting that BYD confirmed the plan directly to China Securities Journal…
Xpeng has locked in five new models for Australia inside six months. Two more sat behind a curtain in Melbourne that nobody was allowed to film, and Xpeng isn’t yet saying whether they’re two of that same five, or something else altogether. Xpeng parked a cutaway X9 on the front lawn at Essendon Fields last…
Hyundai has completed Australia’s first Vehicle-to-Grid discharge running the real bidirectional standard, not a workaround bolted onto an older one. An IONIQ 9 sent power back through a StarCharge Halo charger this month using ISO 15118-20, the protocol actually built for two-way energy flow. Hyundai Motor Company Australia (HMCA) is calling it the country’s first…
Xiaomi has unveiled a home robotic arm that autonomously plugs and unplugs your EV — a Q4 2026 launch target that puts it ahead of every competitor who has promised this and never delivered. Xiaomi Auto dropped a demonstration video on 11 June showing a robotic arm mounted to a garage wall, locating a vehicle’s…
GAC has done what most eVTOL players are still years away from — rolled an actual flying car off an actual production line that is certified to aerospace quality standards. GAC Group’s low-altitude mobility brand GOVY has officially opened its Guangzhou manufacturing facility and produced its first AirCab multicopter. The aircraft rolled off the line…
Nearly 5,000 BYD vehicles. One ship. One maiden voyage. And Beyond EV got to go on board. When the BYD Zhengzhou docked at the Port of Melbourne recently, it wasn’t just another cargo vessel pulling into the bay. It was BYD’s seventh purpose-built roll-on/roll-off car carrier completing its maiden voyage to Australia, and we were…
Version 1.1.0 delivers genuine improvements to towing, off-road capability and in-cabin safety…and it won’t cost owners a cent. DENZA has rolled out its first significant over-the-air software update for Australian B5 and B8 owners, and on paper at least, Version 1.1.0 is a meaningful one. The update targets three areas where early owner feedback has…