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Roskill: Yahua-Tesla deal indicative of increasing capability and numbers of Chinese lithium convertors

Green Car Congress

Until recently, there have been only five Chinese mineral-based convertors supplying or scheduled to supply battery-grade lithium hydroxide to the overseas market: Ganfeng Lithium, Tianqi Lithium, Zhiyuan Lithium, General Lithium, and Yahua Lithium.

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Geely and Renault sign agreement to take on S. Korean car market, together

Electrek

Chinese automotive giant and Volvo/Polestar parent company, Geely, has signed an agreement with the French Renault Group to launch a new collaboration intended to bring fuel-efficient hybrid electric cars to South Korea, as well as export sales into other Asian markets.

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Hyundai, Kia join China’s Baidu to develop connected cars – ET Auto

Baua Electric

The South Korean companies will seek to find new business models harnessing artificial intelligence technologies with the Chinese counterpart as well. The South Korean companies will seek to find new business models harnessing artificial intelligence technologies with the Chinese counterpart as well, they added.

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Rystad Energy: Synthetic graphite key to meeting battery demand surge, despite ESG concerns

Green Car Congress

Rystad Energy forecasts total EV sales this year will reach nearly 10 million units, a 43% jump from 2021 sales. On the current trajectory of EV sales and other Li-ion battery demand, total battery anode materials (BAM) demand will increase 300% by 2025, reaching 2.9 million tonnes from around 774,000 tonnes last year.

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New fka and Roland Berger E-Mobility Index finds China best prepared for electric mobility among all automotive nations

Green Car Congress

The joint country comparison combines the three key areas of technology, industry and the market and enables an objective examination of the status quo in the field of electric mobility in China, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, South Korea and the USA. Chinese vehicles are improving significantly and becoming safer and more efficient.

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BYD aims to sell at least 3 million vehicles this year

CN EV Post

million unit sales target BYD is striving to reach, 2.8 The company discontinued production and sales of vehicles powered entirely by internal combustion engines in March 2022. It first announced overseas NEV sales figures in July 2022. If it can achieve its sales target of reaching 2.8 If it can reach 3.6

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Kia to launch new Carens EV, two other mass-market EVs in India

Baua Electric

With EV electric vehicle sales surging in India, several automakers are looking to grab their share. The move comes as Kia looks to fend off low-cost Chinese automakers like BYD. The Korean automaker plans to expand EV sales with low-cost electric cars, including the EV2, EV3, EV4, and EV5.

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