I was in town for an event by Chinese electric car company Nio , which was vying with Huawei's big Connect conference for literal space and attention in a week of tech news. Electric car manufacturers are abuzz In the world of electric cars alone, Baidu -backed startup Jidu launched its car on Tuesday afternoon; Xpeng also unveiled its new G9 electric SUV. Nio, which had just wrapped its fifth car release in four months the prior week, launched a smartphone on Thursday. A competitive spirit, particularly in tech China's cutthroat competition hasn't been lost with the slowdown. While she hasn't had time to give the Nio phone a good look yet, she said she's a regular at the local Nio House, and invites family and friends there.

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Persons: Xpeng, Leapmotor, William Li, Li, that's, Meng Wanzhou, JD.com, JD, Peter Alexander, Alexander, Frank Fan, Nio, Angela Cai, Cai, hasn't, she's, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Baidu, Wednesday, CNBC, Companies, Huawei, Netflix, Ben Advisors, ., Starbucks, Apple, China, Bank of America Locations: Beijing, Shanghai, Arcfox, U.S, China, China .