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Morgan Stanley raises CATL price target & forecasts strong profit growth for 2024

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Morgan Stanley raised its price target for CATL from RMB 184 to RMB 210. Morgan Stanley forecasted that the Chinese battery supplier will return to solid profit growth later in 2024. CATL’s first Beijing battery plant will supply cells to Li Auto and Xiaomi Auto. to RMB 180.85 to RMB 180.85

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Benchmark Mineral: China’s zero-COVID policies weigh on lithium and cobalt prices

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Chinese lithium and cobalt sulfate prices fell this month as strict COVID-19 lockdowns in Shanghai and elsewhere limit demand in the world’s largest electric vehicle market. Prices for cobalt sulfate fell by 6%, according to Benchmark’s Cobalt Price Assessment. Consultancy Rho Motion now forecasts Chinese EV sales of 5.6

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BYD Chairman forecasts falling profit margins in 2024

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BYD Chairman Wang Chuanfu forecasts falling profit margins in 2024 but remains confident that the company will maintain stable profitability. Wang predicted that the intensifying price war in China would result in falling profit margins for BYD. BYD hopes to ensure stable profitability by improving sales.

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BYD sets lower sales growth & warns of looming price war

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BYD set lower sales growth goals for 2024, warning of a looming price war and overcapacity in Mainland China’s electric vehicle (EV) sector. The BYD Chairman also forecasted that exports would more than double to 500,000 units this year. The Chinese automaker estimates account for some challenges BYD expects this year.

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CRU: lithium price downtrend continues, with disappointing EV sales in China the driver

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In August 2019, CRU reported on the steady slide in prices that has occurred in the lithium market since the beginning of the year. Since then, prices have continued to fall, CRU notes. Lithium hydroxide has fallen by 30% to RMB 74,500/t, according to CRU’s price assessments. Although this marks an impressive 41.5%

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Panasonic’s battery unit misses annual profit estimate – ET Auto

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Chinese battery makers grew faster than rivals to account for more than two-thirds of global EV battery capacity last year, according to data from consultancy Counterpoint Research. million) in the year that ended in March, missing its own 113 billion yen forecast, Panasonic said. billion yen (USD 570.18

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NIO keeps goal of doubling sales this year despite price war causing greater challenges

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NIO (NYSE: NIO) is confident it will see sales double this year, despite a rare price war that disrupted the Chinese auto industry in the first quarter. The price war has had a big impact on the auto industry, and NIO will not follow suit. In the short term, NIO will face some pressure as a result, he said.

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