China’s Nio launches smartphone that can instruct electric cars to park themselves

China’s Nio Inc on Thursday unveiled a high-end smartphone designed to be used with its electric vehicles, touting a plethora of related functions such as using the phone to instruct the car to park itself.

The launch of the Nio Phone – the first car-specific phone to be sold by a Chinese firm, highlights the advanced state of EV technologies in the world’s biggest auto market, where electric cars now account for more than a third of vehicle sales.