The company said that it will establish a "fully fledged ecosystem" in Norway, going beyond vehicles and servicing to include a lifestyle brand and community app.

GM has established a battery lab in Shanghai's Pudong new area with fully fledged research and development capability and expertise to design, validate and test batteries.

"Tesla could in the future launch fully fledged production in China, and we could produce jointly," said Panasonic CEO Kazuhiro Tsuga last week.

[Photo provided to China Daily]Volkswagen China has joined hands with local charging facility operators to pursue integrated one-stop charging solutions, a progressive move ahead of its fully fledged launch of electric models in the country that is leading development in the world's new energy vehicle market.

"Unlocking the benefits of these next-generation networks, flexible policies, including for spectrum and infrastructure, are strategically important to support China's ongoing transformation into a fully fledged digital economy," she added.