[Auto Insight Industry] Let's review the major events that happened in the automotive circle on June 9, 2026.
Car Event 1: Chery Responds to Rumors of Cooperation with India's Tata Group
On June 8, the Chery Group issued a clarification statement on its official public account regarding false reports about Chery's cooperation matters. Chery stated that we noticed that recently many media outlets cited foreign media information to interpret the cooperation between Chery and India's Tata Group. While there was no shortage of benevolent concern, it also gave rise to a large number of false speculations. The actual situation is explained as follows:
The cooperation agreement being negotiated between Chery and India's Tata Group is limited to supply of model-related parts, providing them with semi-knocked-down car kits. Chery has no arrangements such as direct investment and technology transfer in the Indian market. The expressions such as "platform transfer", "platform licensing", "technology licensing", "technology export", "technology output" mentioned by some media and accounts are all inconsistent with the facts.
We sincerely thank the sectors of society for their concern and attention to Chery.
Car Event 2: Saite Technology Announces New Brand Name AIVA
Recently, Saite Technology officially announced the new brand name AIVA, which will realize AI-defined cars. It is a partner that can perceive, think, and empathize, a new life form. The AIVA brand launch event will be held at 19:00 on June 9. The official side also released the first teaser image of the new car.
Previously, ByteDance issued a statement that ByteDance has no plans to build cars or launch an automotive brand. Saite and ByteDance also have no equity cooperation, and Saite is not an automotive brand launched by ByteDance or Doubao. The cooperation between Doubao, Volcano Engine, and automotive industry partners is mainly to provide Doubao large models, smart cockpit and other technical services to industry partners, helping partners improve in-vehicle intelligent interaction experience.
Car Event 3: Yueda Kia May Sales 22,275 Units
Recently, Yueda Kia announced the latest sales data. May 2026 sales were 22,275 units, a 11.4% increase month-over-month and a 0.9% increase year-over-year; cumulative sales from January to May exceeded 90,000 units, showing a steady growth trend overall.
As of now, Yueda Kia has cumulatively exported over 598,000 complete vehicles, with export sales exceeding 6.55 billion US dollars, constructing an export matrix composed of 6 car models including EV5, Sportage, Seltos, K5, Sonet, and Ray. It covers 90 countries and regions worldwide such as Australia, Mexico, Saudi Arabia. Engine exports also achieved remarkable results. In May, 8,474 engines were exported, with cumulative exports exceeding 523,000 units, sold to countries such as Russia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, South Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia, India, Kazakhstan, and Turkey.
Car Event 4: BYD Li Ke Meets with F1/FIA High-Level Officials
Recently, during the F1 Monaco Grand Prix, BYD Vice President Li Ke held talks with F1 Management CEO Stefano Domenicali and FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem, and Mohammed Ben Sulayem also posted a photo of the meeting with Li Ke on his personal social platform. Li Ke did not clarify that BYD will establish a brand new F1 team, but hinted that it is exploring all options.
In an interview with foreign media, Li Ke stated, "This is very interesting, because they (FIA President) are also exploring the future and technology very seriously, and they also understand what BYD possesses." In March this year, some media reported first that BYD was assessing the feasibility plan to enter F1 and WEC. In April this year, Li Ke told the media that BYD is conducting substantive negotiations on entering F1. She also stated that F1 is an "excellent opportunity" to test BYD's technical strength, because the new rules for the 2026 season will raise the proportion of power component output in the hybrid system to about 50%, which highly aligns with BYD's core technology.
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