Highlight of Beijing International Auto Show 2018

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The 2018 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition opened its doors on Wednesday. The 10-day event attracted 1,200 exhibitors from 14 countries.

This year’s theme “Steering To A New Era” comes against a background of accelerating combinations between innovative technology and the auto industry. Carmakers including Volkswagen, Nissan, BMW and Ford take the spotlight of their electric car over the show.

Luxury names under Volkswagen such as Bentley, Porsche and Lamborghini get sort of electric offering and focus on fast pivoting towards e-cars after its diesel gate scandal.

BMW took the covers off the IX3 electric SUV and shows its pure electric Vision Dynamics concept car, which will be called i4 for mass production.

Ford is bringing five new models to China this year, and plans to have its own fleet of autonomous driving vehicles by 2021 for both passengers and freight transport.

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Meanwhile, the new breed of automakers is becoming a force to be reckoned with.

Carmakers’ benchmark Tesla is expected to set up a fully owned China factory since China opens up its auto sector.

However, with fast technology growth in China, Tesla bumps into China’s domestic car brands. NIO, local electric auto maker, has set up a NIO House at the show to deliver their new EP8 model. At the same time, Weltmeister is offering much cheaper electric SUVs than most of the competitors.