CN EV Post

JULY 18, 2025

On March 18, Nio announced a new partnership with its battery supplier CATL (SHE: 300750) to jointly build the worlds largest battery swap service network. In addition to battery swap stations, Nio is also the Chinese automaker with the most charging facilities. On April 1 this year, the service reached 70 million. All rights reserved.

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EV Info

JULY 15, 2025

And no Chinese made EVs. This latest scheme builds on the government’s major £63 million package to support at home charging for households without driveways, transition NHS fleets to electric and create thousands of chargepoints at business depots across the country. ” Ed – Sounds as clear as mud.

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EV Central

APRIL 12, 2025

Sometimes though, the sincerity, the goodness, gets in the way of building truly characterful cars. Not that Im advocating Volvo start building inefficient tanks with enormous V8 engines. The Zeekr X and Smart #1 are in-house rivals because those brands are like Volvo members of the giant Chinese Geely Auto Group.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 2, 2025

At a busy intersection near Wukang Mansion , a century-old landmark reminiscent of New York Citys Flatiron Building, the scene was oddly quiet, as barely audible electric cars and bikes whizzed by. I have the advantage of speaking Chinese, even if my reading abilities are limited, but for most visitors, this shift will prove challenging.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 7, 2025

You might also wonder how tariffs pushed by President Donald Trump will affect the automotive industry -- including the price of cars, both new and used. So we'll do our best to work through what they could mean for the automotive industry. What Does This Mean For the Automotive Industry? Or Use More America-based Suppliers?

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 2, 2025

The automotive industry appears to have come to the realization that China controls nearly every meaningful supply chain that pertains to building cars. In severe cases, this could include the need for reduced production volumes or even a shutdown of vehicle assembly lines," the industry groups noted in the letter. industries.

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EV Central

APRIL 12, 2025

We personally have good relationships with all the major Chinese semi-state owned businesses and suppliers. The post See, you can build lightweight EVs! We’re also told Longbow’s engineering team brings decades of experience in road and motorsport including Formula E, Lotus, Aston Martin, Ariel, and Tesla.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 13, 2025

But any units manufactured under Chinese licenses or using components made by select Chinese companies will be deemed ineligible. But it was the industry groups that had the most to say about the proposal thus far. brands to build batteries domestically. EV batteries produced within the United States would be fine.

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EV Central

MARCH 30, 2025

While legacy auto makers ponder the financial impact of Australia’s new CO2 reduction scheme, the local importer of Chinese XPeng electric vehicles says there is the potential for EV-only brands to make a bundle of cash. Right now, our priority is building a strong foundation for XPengs long-term success in the market.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

makers of the neodymium magnets that underpin huge and vitally important commercial and defense industries, including electric vehicles. To build the US $500 million factory, the company secured $335 million in outside funds, including at least $100 million from the U.S. military data to Chinese agencies. trade relations.

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Electrek

JULY 1, 2025

Like several other automakers using LFP cells, Tesla relies heavily on Chinese manufacturers for its battery cell supply. Tesla’s cheapest electric vehicles all utilize LFP cells, and its entire range of energy storage products, Megapacks and Powerwalls, also employ the more affordable LFP cell chemistry from Chinese manufacturers.

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Charged EVs

MAY 23, 2025

Group 14 takes a modular approach to manufacturing, allowing it to quickly set up production facilities anywhere in the world and begin delivering SCC55 while building additional manufacturing modules. One of our customers is building a cell that they can charge from zero to 100% in 90 seconds. It is really a supply chain constraint.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2020

Toyota Motor and five Chinese OEMs—China FAW Corporation Limited (FAW); Dongfeng Motor Corporation (DFM); Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Toyota is committed to deepening its undertakings for the development of the FCEV industry in China through open collaborative relationships with its partners.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

China’s Tsingshan , the world’s largest producer of stainless steel, will invest $375 million to build a lithium plant in Argentina with French multinational mining and metallurgy company Eramet. The competitiveness of the Eramet DLE process ranks it in the first quartile of the cash cost curve of the lithium industry (cash cost of c.$3,500/t

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2020

Mercedes-Benz has entered a far-reaching strategic partnership with the Chinese battery cell manufacturer Farasis Energy (Ganzhou) Co., Key elements of the agreement include the development and industrialization of advanced cell technologies, accompanied by ambitious goals for cost competitiveness. including taking an equity stake.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

The Government of Canada has ordered three Chinese companies to divest from three Canadian critical mineral companies: Power Metals, Lithium Chile, and Ultra Lithium. Power Metals also expressed surprise at “Canada’s stance towards Chinese investment into Canada’s critical minerals industry”. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2021

Australia-based Lynas Rare Earths Limited entered into an agreement with the US Government to build a commercial Light Rare Earths separation plant in the United States, through a wholly owned subsidiary, Lynas USA LLC. The Texas plant will ensure the US has a secure domestic source of high quality separated Rare Earth materials.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2020

An unexpectedly strong resurgence in Chinese cathode buying for scrap replacement, improving consumption, restocking and stockpiling purposes. Based on preliminary data from Chinese Customs, Chinese net imports of refined copper jumped by 45% y-o-y, or 1.3Mt, to 4.2Mt in Jan-Nov 2020.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Jiangnan Shipyard, owned by China State Shipbuilding Corp (CSSC), has ordered an LPG (liquefied propane gas)-burning MAN B&W 6G60ME-LGIP engine in connection with the building of an 86,000-m 3 VLGC (Very Large Gas Carrier) for Tianjin Southwest Maritime (TSM), the Chinese shipping company.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2023

The lithium industry needs to invest $116 billion by 2030 if the world is to meet the ambitions targets set by governments and the largest automakers, according to a Benchmark analysis. Stellantis aims for 100% of its Chinese vehicles to be electric by 2030. Tesla is targeting production of 20 million passenger EVs by 2030.

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Cars That Think

JULY 18, 2025

We are interested in deploying autonomous legged robots in diverse environments, such as industrial facilities and forests. As part of the DigiForest project, we are working on new systems to autonomously build forest inventories with legged platforms, which we have deployed in the UK, Finland, and Switzerland. Cobot ] Yes please.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2013

California-based Balqon Corporation, a developer of heavy-duty electric vehicles, drive systems and lithium battery storage devices ( earlier post ), has entered into a Joint Development Agreement with China-based Sichuan Automobile Industry Co., Sichuan Automobile Industry Co. Ltd (SAIG) to manufacture inner-city electric buses.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2012

China’s State Council has published a plan to develop the domestic energy-saving and new energy vehicle industry, which includes battery-electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid vehicles and fuel cell vehicles. 2012 Chinese Auto Industry Development Report. Developing the industrial system. L/100km (40 mpg US) or less.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2019

The rapid increase in vehicle electrification in the automotive industry will have a major impact on global raw material markets. This specialized team is focusing on building close relationships with the raw material industry. Stefan Sommer, Group Board Member for Components and Procurement at Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2022

All deposits have high quality flake graphite that is suitable for all battery and industrial applications. The acquisitions will provide Northern with 40-50,000 tonnes per year (tpy) of graphite production capacity in Québec and Namibia, which will make it the third-largest non-Chinese natural graphite producing company.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2021

The investment advances the Group’s global hydrogen leadership and supports its push into China’s rapidly developing hydrogen industry. In October 2020, the China Society of Automotive Engineers released a technology roadmap, under the guidance of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Siemens Digital Industries Software has partnered with Tianmu Lake Institute of Advanced Energy Storage Technologies (TIES), a major Chinese energy storage research and development center, to build an Advanced Battery Technology Innovation Center. —Professor Hong Li, Chief Executive Officer at TIES.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2021

Chinese EV manufacturer XPeng signed an agreement with the Zhaoqing Municipal Government and the Zhaoqing High Technology Industry Development Zone to build the Phase Two expansion project of the XPeng Zhaoqing Smart EV Manufacturing Base located in Guangdong Province. Zhaoqing Xpeng Motors Intelligent Industrial Park.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2018

The Chinese EV battery manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd. CATL) is building its first plant outside of China in Thuringia, Germany. CATL will invest €240 million by 2022 in the German plant, which will be located on a 70-hectare site in the industrial area Erfurt Cross. GWh in 2017—making it Nº 1 globally.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2020

In Indonesia, state miners MIND ID (Mining Industry Indonesia) and Aneka Tambang (ANTAM); state utility Perusahan Listrik Negara (PLN); and state oil company Pertamina have agreed to form a new venture: Indonesia Battery Holding. The company would collaborate with Chinese and South Korean partners on projects valued at US$12 billion.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2021

Haldor Topsoe and Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum have formed a joint venture with the aim of delivering locally produced MK-151+ methanol synthesis catalysts to the Chinese market. Together, the two companies will build a production facility in Shaanxi Fupin in China to produce methanol synthesis catalysts.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2021

China-based battery maker CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd) and its subsidiary Shenzhen Dynanonic signed an agreement with Jiang’an county government (located in south-west China’s Sichuan province) to build a lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cathode materials plant with a production capacity of 80 tpy. —Zeng Yuqun.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The new TTTech Auto branch in Shanghai will bring its expertise and the series proven safe vehicle software platform, MotionWise , to car manufacturers, Tier 1 suppliers and partners to the rapidly developing Chinese automotive market. Asia is one of the most important growth regions.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2018

The Zhenjiang facility where Magna and BJEV plan to engineer and build electric vehicles for the Chinese market. The plant has the capacity to build up to 180,000 vehicles per year. —Xu Heyi, Chairman of BAIC Group. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2018

The Chinese EV battery manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd. CATL) is building its first plant outside of China in Thuringia, Germany. CATL will invest €240 million by 2022 in the German plant, which will be located on a 70-hectare site in the industrial area Erfurt Cross. GWh in 2017—making it Nº 1 globally.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

China’s dominance of the industry is to be expected given its huge investments and the policies the country has implemented over the past decade. Chinese manufacturers, like CATL, have come from nothing to being world-leading in less than 10 years. —James Frith, BNEF’s head of energy storage.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Borgward Group AG, the reincarnation of the German automaker that ceased operations in 1961 ( earlier post ), will be returning to Bremen and building a production facility there. From the start, Borgward’s Bremen plant will base the technological aspects of its manufacturing system, processes, and equipment on the Industry 4.0

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