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JUNE 13, 2012

National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB (NEVS)—an international consortium formed by Chinese, Japanese and Swedish stakeholders—and the Receivers of the Saab Automobile bankruptcy estate ( earlier post) signed a purchase agreement covering the main assets of Saab Automobile AB, Saab Automobile Powertrain AB and Saab Automobile Tools AB.

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MARCH 25, 2021

Geely Auto Group (Geely Auto) officially announced the widely reported formation of Zeekr—a new electric mobility technology and solutions company based in China that will serve growing global demand for premium electric vehicles. Zeekr aims to deliver a new electric vehicle to market each year in the coming five years.

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JANUARY 11, 2021

a leading China-based Internet platform and AI company, plans to establish a company to produce intelligent electric vehicles (EV), and that it has entered into a strategic partnership with multinational auto manufacturer Zhejiang Geely Holding Group. Baidu, Inc., —Robin Li, Co-founder and CEO of Baidu.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Ford announced that Mustang Mach-E, its first global pioneering SUV built on an all-new, all-electric platform, will be manufactured in China by Changan Ford for local customers. billion in electric vehicle development through 2022. Mustang Mach-E will become available in China later this year. Ford is investing more than $11.5

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MAY 9, 2017

China-based automobile manufacturer Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC Group), the parent company of GAC Motor, has begun construction of a large industrial park for electric and intelligent vehicles as part of its efforts to boost its electric vehicle business. billion yuan (US$679 million). Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The BMW Group is speeding up the shift towards electromobility and strengthening its global network for production of electrified vehicles. The company is investing €400 million in a new vehicle assembly at the main plant in Munich. The Chinese plant in Dadong also began producing the BMW iX3 this year.

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DECEMBER 3, 2022

In October, a startup called Jidu Automotive , backed by Chinese AI giant Baidu and Chinese carmaker Geely , officially released an autonomous electric car, the Robo-01 Lunar Edition. China has yet to establish laws or regulations governing autonomous vehicles for the consumer market. In 2023, the car will go on sale.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 13, 2024

At a time when global electric vehicle major Tesla is set to announce its big-bang entry into the Indian market this month, the world’s third largest passenger vehicle market is set to take a big leap into electric vehicle exports, with the Make in India tag well proven over the last couple of decades.

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APRIL 5, 2024

To boost sales and fend off low-cost Chinese rivals, Kia will introduce a new lineup of affordable EVs in addition to hybrids starting this year. After global sales slipped 2% last month, Kia is shaking things up with a new mid-to-long-term business plan. However, Ford’s new low-cost electric vehicles will not be available until 2026.

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APRIL 5, 2024

To boost sales and fend off low-cost Chinese rivals, Kia will introduce a new lineup of affordable EVs in addition to hybrids starting this year. After global sales slipped 2% last month, Kia is shaking things up with a new mid-to-long-term business plan. However, Ford’s new low-cost electric vehicles will not be available until 2026.

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JULY 17, 2023

Within the race to shed carbon emissions, international locations from the United States to Untouched Zealand are meting out incentives to spur electric-vehicle gross sales — ways China impaired for years because it became the largest EV marketplace on Earth. REUTERS) Beijing’s luck is breathtaking. REUTERS) Beijing’s luck is breathtaking.

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JUNE 2, 2017

In the presence of Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Berlin, Volkswagen signed a joint venture agreement with the Chinese automaker Anhui Jianghuai Automobile (JAC). The objective is to deliver 400,000 electric vehicles to the Chinese market in 2020 and 1.5 over the previous year.

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JUNE 13, 2010

Global Atlanta. The state-owned Chinese vehicle maker Ankai Automobile Co. Ankai is China’s third-largest bus company; it has partnered since 1993 with Daimler Buses, producing Setra brand buses under license for the Chinese market. is developing a plug-in hybrid electric bus for the US market. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

The BMW Group is in advanced discussions to ramp up the global success of its MINI brand through a new joint venture in China. A key element of the brand’s continued strategic development will be local production of future battery-electric MINI vehicles in the world’s largest market for electromobility. million vehicles per year.

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JUNE 23, 2016

Chinese truck and utility vehicle manufacturer Beijing Foton has launched the China Internet Super Truck Global Innovation Alliance and showcased the Auman EST (Energy Super Truck) at an event in Athens, Greece.

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MAY 26, 2015

The Volkswagen Group continues to expand its production capacity in China with a new vehicle plant for Shanghai-Volkswagen (SVW) in Changsha, southern China. This plant is the Group’s 119 th global facility and its 20 th in China. The total capacity of the plant is about 300,000 vehicles per year. —Prof.

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JUNE 1, 2021

The Tesla Model Y crossover has overtaken its sibling vehicle in the Tesla Model 3 in April’s global electric vehicle sales figures, new data shows. In April, around 392,000 electric vehicles were registered globally, making it the fourth-best month in the history of electrification. Credit: EV Sales Blog.

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MAY 3, 2011

and Saab Automobile AB (Saab Automobile) have signed an agreement with Hawtai Motor Group Company Limited (Hawtai). We expect that Saab’s unique brand values based on its aviation heritage, Scandinavian origins and innovation-driven character will do very well in the Chinese market. Spyker Cars N.V.

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AUGUST 29, 2017

(Dongfeng) have formed a new joint venture to co-develop and sell electric vehicles (EV) in China. eGT will design a new EV with intelligent interconnectivity, that will be in line with the expectations of Chinese customers. (eGT), According to the China Association of automobile manufacturers, China is the world’s largest BEV market.

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JANUARY 2, 2018

The Volkswagen brand produced more than six million vehicles in 2017, setting a new record. The Chinese Santana sedan is an especially popular model. The Volkswagen brand produces vehicles at more than 50 plants in 14 countries. The brand’s global product portfolio now includes over 60 models. Crozz and I.D.

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JULY 25, 2018

With collaboration between German and Chinese companies accelerating in the areas of automated driving and intelligent connected vehicles, Daimler and Baidu recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance their Sino-German cooperation in these strategic fields. —Robin Li, Chairman and CEO, Baidu.

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DECEMBER 16, 2022

China is the world’s largest producer of electric vehicles. 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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MARCH 26, 2023

Image credit: Chery New Energy) Chinese auto giant Chery's new energy vehicle (NEV) division has slashed the prices of several models, becoming the latest car company to do so. In January-February, Chery's NEV sales were 13,293 units, down 57.6 percent from 31,367 units in the same period last year.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Volvo Cars and Geely Auto have agreed on a wide-ranging collaboration that will maximize the strengths of the Swedish and Chinese automotive groups, delivering synergies in powertrains, sharing of electric vehicle architecture, joint procurement, autonomous drive technologies and aftersales.

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AUGUST 22, 2017

Ford has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Anhui Zotye Automobile Co., a major manufacturer of all-electric vehicles in China, to explore the establishment of a 50:50 joint venture for the development, production, marketing and servicing of a new line of all-electric passenger vehicles in China.

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

The new electric car brand Aion S—recently unveiled at Auto Guangzhou 2018 by GAC NE, GAC MOTOR’s new energy vehicle arm—will be the first line of cars to adopt Nidec’s fully integrated traction motor system (E-Axle) ( earlier post ).

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MAY 8, 2024

Many readers know NIO Inc. ($NIO) for its growing portfolio of premium EVs and sub-brands, but the Chinese automaker is also the global leader in EV battery swap stations. Just a couple of weeks later, NIO announced a similar agreement with a heavy hitter in Chinese automotive—Guangzhou Automobile Group Co.,

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OCTOBER 17, 2018

Under the terms of the agreement, Anjie Wireless will license WiTricity’s patented magnetic resonance technology and industry-leading designs to develop and commercialize highly efficient wireless electric vehicle (EV) charging systems for sale to leading carmaker brands in the China market.

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AUGUST 17, 2015

National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB (NEVS)—the rebirthed Saab—and Dongfeng Motor Corporation (Dongfeng) have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to achieve global industrial synergies. Dongfeng will also support NEVS to achieve the new energy vehicle mass production. —Mattias Bergman, President, NEVS.

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JUNE 6, 2018

Swedish electric vehicle manufacturer NEVS is using Phantom Auto’s teleoperation safety technology to ensure safe deployment of electric autonomous vehicles. NEVS is shaping mobility for a more sustainable future with its global portfolio of electric AVs. —Stefan Tilk, CEO of NEVS.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2016

FHI), the manufacturer of Subaru automobiles, will debut its EyeSight driver assist technology in China. EyeSight’s launch on the Chinese market, following on from its introduction to the Japanese, Australian, North American and European markets, enables FHI to extend EyeSight’s deployment across markets globally.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Results from a study by a team from Carnegie Mellon University, Ford and Drexel University suggest that Chinese consumers are more receptive to adopting battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) than their American counterparts, regardless of subsidies. The study is published in the journal Transportation Research Part A.

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APRIL 28, 2024

This is according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. Meanwhile, Reuters reported citing sources that Baidu, a prominent Chinese internet search company, has reportedly struck a deal with Tesla, allowing the car manufacturer access to its mapping license for gathering data on public roads in China. Tesla Inc.’s

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NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Stellantis recently repurchased €934 million in shares from Chinese auto company Dongfeng as per a pre-existing share repurchase framework. is a state-owned automobile manufacturer headquartered in Wuhan, Hubei. In October, the legacy automaker invested in China-based Leapmotor to expand its global electric vehicle (EV) sales.

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AUGUST 24, 2015

PwC Strategy&’s annual list of top auto supplier consolidators includes 23 companies: 12 are North American, six European, two Japanese, two South Korean and one Chinese. —Dietmar Ostermann, PwC Strategy&’s Global Automotive Advisory Leader. “In In the automotive supplier world, clearly most acquisitions are successful.”

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APRIL 14, 2020

As part of its global R&D networking in Korea, North America, Europe, China and India, Hyundai Mobis will expand its technical center in India, which develops and validates automotive software. Through this, the company aims to strengthen its R&D activities in India, particularly software development for autonomous vehicles.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Spain-based SEAT, a member of the Volkswagen Group, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Volkswagen Group China and Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Corp., Under the agreement, all parties will leverage their technology and product strengths to develop a battery electric vehicle platform for production at JAC Volkswagen.

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