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NIO and GAC Partner on EV Charging and Battery Swapping

Electric Cars Report

Chinese premium EV maker NIO and Chinese state-owned automobile manufacturer GAC Group signed a strategic cooperation agreement on charging and swapping in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province.

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China realizes charging piles, complete vehicles and accessories to go overseas

Setec Powerr

Demand for charging piles soars. Judging from the customs data for the first eight months of this year, the contribution rate of my country’s new energy vehicle exports to the growth of automobile exports reached 26.7%, becoming a new bright spot in the foreign trade of the automobile industry.

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StreetScooter showcases all-new versions of successful WORK and WORK L electric light commercial vehicles

Green Car Congress

Plus, with a new faster charging system of 11kW, the vehicles can reach an 80% charge in approximately five hours. The new version of the WORK L will also serve as the basis for electric light commercial vehicles for the Chinese market. StreetScooter is a well-known early bird in the electric light commercial vehicle sector.

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Huawei Asks Mercedes, Audi to Collab on Software

The Truth About Cars

Chinese smartphone giant Huawei has apparently broached the topic of software collaboration with a pair of German automotive companies. Ze Germans seemed to have rebuffed the offer, citing a desire to remain in charge of its own software destiny instead of sloughing it off to a supplier.

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Oil companies “break the circle”! Total Energy to build tens of thousands of charging piles in China

Setec Powerr

Among the oil companies breaking through the siege of new energy vehicles, the international giant Total Energy has found a suitable breakthrough: charging piles. In fact, this is not the first time that Total Energy has set foot in the charging pile business in China. Total Energy’s first independent charging station in Wuhan.

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BYD to stop making pouch batteries for its hybrid EVs on leakage concerns – sources – ET Auto

Baua Electric

BYD sold 98% of its hybrid cars at home last year, and eight of the 10 top-selling plug-in hybrid cars in China, according to data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. No cases of battery leakages from BYD cars have been reported by the automaker or Chinese regulators to the public.

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ZAP, Zhejiang Jonway Partner to Target China and Export EV Markets

Green Car Congress

In 2009, China overtook the United States as the world’s largest automobile market with sales increasing 46 percent from 2008 to 13.6 million vehicles in 2009, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. ZAP hopes to leverage a stimulus from the government for plug-in forms of transportation.

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