Credit: Xiaomi Xiaomi yesterday issued an urgent clarification regarding circulating online claims that a fire had broken out on the battery production line at the company’s auto factory. Xiaomi said a small fire in the battery workshop of its auto factory in 2024 stemmed from an operational error during equipment testing, not from any defects in its vehicle batteries. The company said an operator, working in manual mode during debugging and optimisation, mistakenly caused a collision between...

Huawei announced today that its upcoming Mate 80 series, set to launch on Nov. 25, will make a debut of a new Outdoor Exploration Mode designed to deliver up to 14 days of extreme battery life. A newly released promotional video contrasts a constantly charging adventurer with a Mate 80 user in the field, though the company has not yet disclosed detailed specifications. Tech blogger Digital Chat Station earlier said the Mate 80 Pro Max and Mate 80 RS models will feature next-generation 6.89-inch...

Chinese EV maker XPeng has unveiled its next-generation IRON humanoid robot at the 2025 XPeng Tech Day, calling it “the most human-like humanoid robot.” The IRON robot features a bionic “bone–muscle–skin” structure with a flexible spine, synthetic muscles, soft full-body skin, and 22 degrees of freedom in its dexterous hands. It runs on a physical-world foundation model powered by three Turing AI chips, combining advanced vision, language, and locomotion capabilities as part of a mul...

DJI is expected to launch the Osmo Action 6 action camera on November 19, according to tipster PhotoRabz. The new model will feature a 1/1.1-inch stacked CMOS sensor co-developed with Sony, a variable aperture of F2.0–F4.0, and up to four hours of battery life. The base version is expected to start at US$329 (about RMB 2,334). Compared with the previous Action 5 Pro’s 1/1.3-inch sensor, the new unit increases the photosensitive area by nearly 40%, enhancing low-light performance and dynamic...

A tipster on Weibo, China’s X-like platform, reports that Honor has filed a new smartphone equipped with a 10,000 mAh battery. The battery is rated at 37.37 Wh, with a rated capacity of 9,886 mAh and a typical value around 10,000 mAh. The device is said to feature a 6.79-inch 1.5K LTPS display, a MediaTek Dimensity 8500 processor, an optical fingerprint sensor, and a durable body, while remaining under 9 mm thick. Industry chatter suggests it could debut as the Honor Power 2 in the first quart...

NIO announced yesterday that its battery swap service has exceeded 90 million swaps, with an average of over 100,000 swaps per day. This brings the company closer to reaching 100 million battery swaps. The company said it took 1,506 days to reach the first 10 million swaps, while the jump from 80 million to 90 million took only 100 days. Currently, NIO has deployed 3,539 battery swap stations nationwide, including over 1,000 on highways, covering 550 cities across China. To date, the 90 million...