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NIO signs a new agreement with GAC Group to co-develop battery standards, charging, and swaps

Baua Electric

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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The révolution is on: France has record year in EV sales

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According to French auto industry group Plateforme automobile and reported by RFI , 26% of new cars sold in France were battery electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles, amounting to 1,774,729 new cars. However, things could change for Tesla as new stricter incentives, excluding Chinese-made models and Tesla’s Model 3 , are now put in place.

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Tesla Giga Shanghai has resumed over 80% production

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Tesla Giga Shanghai has resumed over 80% production along with several other companies, according to Chinese official Zhang Hongtao — the chief engineer of the Shanghai Economics and Information Technology Commission. During a press conference, Zhang stated that Shanghai created a second list of 1,188 companies that can resume work.

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BMW: China Biggest Electric Car Market By 2019, i3 On Sale Soon

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BMW has become the latest in a growing list of automakers to put its faith in the Chinese electric car market. The Chinese automobile market is huge: 18 million passenger cars alone were sold in 2013. That''s ten times that of similarly-populated India, and around 2.4 million more than were sold in the U.S.

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VW annual assembly rocked by way of cake assault, protests on China document

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Twin function worries Buyers reiterated their longstanding critique of Blume’s twin function as head of each VW Team and Porsche, and the low valuation of Volkswagen retain, which has been in freefall for the generation two years and not using a respite from the list of Porsche closing September.

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IBM releases fifth annual Next Five in Five list of near-term significant innovations; personalized routing for commuting/transportation makes the cut

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IBM unveiled the fifth annual “Next Five in Five”—a list of innovations that have the potential to change the way people work, live and play over the next five years. Also on the list of five is the arrival of advanced batteries, including air batteries (e.g., Lithium air), but targeted initially at small devices.

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PwC’s Strategy&: Auto supplier M&A activity likely to hit record $48B transaction value globally in 2015

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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.

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