1. Four departments held a symposium with power and energy storage battery companies to further promote efforts to address issues such as "internal competition and externalization."
2. China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM): March automobile exports increased by 30.2% month-on-month and 72.7% year-on-year.
3. China Passenger Car Association (CPCA): March passenger car exports reached 695,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 74.3%.
4. Cui Dongshu of the CPCA: The auto market is expected to see positive growth in the second half of the year.
5. CPCA: The auto market production and sales are expected to continue their slow recovery in April.
6. Tesla denies rumors of developing a smaller electric SUV: The news is false.
7. Sunwoda becomes Tesla's fifth global power battery supplier.
8. Pony.ai releases PonyWorld 2.0.
9. Yueda Automobile Group: The news that Chery Automobile has fully taken over HiPhi's Yancheng plant is false.
10. Volkswagen will discontinue pure electric vehicle production in the United States.
11. Mercedes-Benz Group's global sales fell 6% to 499,700 vehicles in the first quarter.