Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2022

Designers and engineers initially created the Audi urbansphere for use in traffic-dense Chinese megacities, although the concept is also suitable for any other metropolitan center in the world. —Markus Duesmann, Chairman of the Board Management at AUDI AG and responsible for the Chinese market.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 28, 2025

Chinese brands produce a staggering variety of EVs, making it hard for foreign companies to compete, even Porsche. Electric vehicles are a tough business anywhere in the world, but the situation in China is brutal for outside automakers.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 1, 2022

Chinese lithium carbonate prices soared in 2021, due to a surge in demand for lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries in the country, according to the end-of-year analysis by Benchmark Minerals Intelligence. Transacted prices in China began to breach the RMB 200,000/tonne mark in November—a historical milestone for lithium pricing.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 27, 2025

The consumers who were surveyed also noted that they would consider a Chinese-made electric vehicle. About 61% of current EV owners and 56% of those who were planning to buy an electric car noted that they were open to purchasing an EV from Chinese manufacturers instead, as noted in a Car Dealer Magazine report.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2021

We are very pleased to conclude our discussions with Yibin Tianyi and to sign another binding offtake agreement for SC6 to a Chinese converter. AVZ is responsible for funding expenditure to completion of a feasibility study and a decision to mine.

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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

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The Chinese company is a provider of graphene materials that improve the range, robustness, charging speed, and service life of lithium-ion batteries. The company’s materials are already used in products from leading Chinese battery manufacturers. Specialty chemicals company Evonik has invested in battery specialist SuperC.

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EV Central

APRIL 4, 2025

READ MORE: Omoda and Jaecoo the latest new Chinese brands to take on BYD and GWM READ MORE: IM Motors locked in for Australian arrival as MG’s luxury arm READ MORE: Hating on Chinese EVs? It’s fabulous, but will anyone buy a $135,000 Chinese MPV? Bloody hell. The Zeekr 009 is on sale in Australia.

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Electrek

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Farley said that Chinese EV makers are becoming a major global force, and even with tariffs, Ford needs to beat them straight up in a street fight. After announcing its electric vehicle business lost over $5 billion in 2024, Ford could face even more headwinds this year. This is the electric car he was referring to.

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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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Electrek

MAY 8, 2025

The Radar R6 was Chinas first mass-market 100% electric pickup. Now, its rolling out overseas into new markets. The R6 is already the top-selling EV pickup in China, but will it win over buyers in global markets?

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China EV

MAY 7, 2025

The stories about Chinese brands going international are both telling and, in some cases, prescient. Remember, back then electric vehicles were just a gleam in Beijing and some Chinese automakers eye. Chinese manufacturers lacked the engineering and design chops to produce cars for international markets. What did they expect?

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Chinese companies make up 56% of the EV battery market, followed by Korean companies (26%) and Japanese manufacturers (10%). One-third of the world’s EV batteries come from the Chinese company, which provides lithium-ion batteries to Tesla, Peugeot, Hyundai, Honda, BMW, Toyota, Volkswagen, and Volvo.

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EV Central

MARCH 9, 2025

Throw in the fact that questions have been raised in Canberra about whether Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke is or isnt creating a security risk because he may or may not be driving a Chinese EV, and its hard to escape the conclusion that large parts of our community seem to have issues with our largest two-way trading partner.

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EV Central

APRIL 23, 2025

Chinese auto giant Geely could soon offer Aussies another electrified 4×4 off-roader rival for the Toyota Prado. The post Yet another Chinese Toyota Prado Fighter! Unveiled at the Shanghai Auto Show yesterday, the Geely Galaxy Cruiser is as far from an orthodox diesel 4×4 as possible.

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Electric Cars Report

MARCH 24, 2025

The post Chinese EV brands outsell Tesla in Europe in February appeared first on Electric Cars Report. Europe's new car registrations took a dip in February, but the electric vehicle sector is charging ahead, according to the latest data provided by JATO Dynamics.

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EV Central

APRIL 15, 2025

Emphasising the advantage Chinese brands currently have when it comes to EV pricing in Australia, the tiny Hyundai Inster SUV is now on-sale from $39,000 plus on-road costs. It is also the cheapest non-Chinese EV sold in Australia today thanks to the departure of the current generation Nissan Leaf.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Total visible copper stocks (LME + COMEX + SHFE + Chinese bonded warehouses) amounted to just 560kt at the end of January, noted critical materials supply chain intelligence company Roskill—only 11kt more than the lowest recent stock level of 549kt in December 2019.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2020

As a result, by late January, factories were closed and streets were cleared as Chinese authorities had ceased daily activities to stop the spread of the illness. We currently see around a 40% reduction over Chinese cities, however these are just rough estimates, as weather also has an impact on emissions.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2021

Lithium prices continued to rise in November, with Chinese battery-grade prices surpassing the RMB 200,000/tonne (US$31,395/tonne) mark, according to Benchmark’s Lithium Price Assessment. Source: Benchmark Mineral Intelligence.

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Cars That Think

MAY 5, 2025

Some time in next ten years, a Chinese mission aims to do whats never been done before: collect cloud particles from Venus and bring them home. As is typical for Chinese space missions, few details were made public. But information in a recent presentation shared on Chinese social media gives us new insight into early mission plans.

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EV Central

APRIL 4, 2025

Leading Chinese car maker MG has joined the plug-in hybrid ute rush in Australia. Like MG, LDV – or Maxus as it is known in other markets – is a subsidiary of the giant Chinese SAIC Motor conglomerate. A turbo-diesel U9 will be on-sale before the end of 2024, with the PHEV to arrive in 2026. 2025 MG U9.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2022

Through this pilot project, we are bringing Volkswagen’s long tradition of precision engineering, design, and innovation to the next level, by developing a premium product that will serve the vertical mobility needs of our future tech savvy Chinese customers. In the first phase of its commercial use, V.MO

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The supply of rare earths has become an increasingly geopolitical issue in the US, Europe and Japan, with Chinese market dominance seen as a supply risk for critical elements including neodymium (Nd), praseodymium (Pr) and dysprosium (Dy).

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 11, 2025

continued] The post General Motors Has a Promising Strategy for Export Markets with Chinese-Made EVs But Whats Taking So Long? The model has not only outsold every other GM EV, but it has also outsold all GM EVs built outside China together, and by. appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Electrek

APRIL 21, 2025

Tesla is being squeezed out of the Chinese market, and the pressure is currently falling on the sales workers, who are reportedly being pushed to their limits.

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InsideEVs

MAY 7, 2025

Volvos first long-range PHEV promises 124 miles of pure electric driving, albeit based on the optimistic Chinese test cycle.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 19, 2025

Plugin vehicles are all the rage in the Chinese auto market, even in one of the slowest months of the year due to the Chinese New Year celebrations with plugins scoring 686,000 sales (in a 1.39-million-unit million-unit overall market). Looking deeper at the numbers, BEVs were the fastest growing.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2021

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence has elevated Chinese lithium-ion battery cell and automaker BYD to Benchmark’s top tier EV battery cell manufacturer status joining CATL, Envision AESC, LG Energy Solution, Panasonic, Samsung, and SK Innovation as tier one cell manufacturers. Supplier to domestic Chinese EV market.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The corresponding amendment to the contract comes into force with the new “business licence”, which BBA received today from the relevant Chinese authorities. BMW Group now holds 75% of the shares in BBA, while its Chinese partner, Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd. CBA), indirectly holds the remaining 25%. BMW iX in Shanghai.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2021

Last year, Toyota Motor and five Chinese OEMs—China FAW Corporation Limited (FAW); Dongfeng Motor Corporation (DFM); Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Plans are to launch this system into the Chinese market this year. The planned joint venture will be based in Beijing and named Toyota SinoHytec Fuel Cell (FCTS).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2023

In a paper in Chinese Physical Letters , researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences report manufacturing practical pouch-type rechargeable lithium batteries with a gravimetric energy density of 711.3 2023) “A 700 Wh kg −1 Rechargeable Pouch Type Lithium Battery” Chinese Phys. —Li et al. Resources Quan Li et al.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

continued] The post No Tech Transfer Requirements in Chinese-European Battery Partnerships Despite EU Subsidies Study appeared first on CleanTechnica. T&E calls on clear foreign investment rules and a comprehensive European strategy for battery supply chains. Despite receiving 900 million in state aid.

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Electrek

MARCH 5, 2025

The Tesla Model 3, once the most popular EV in the critical Chinese EV market, has been quickly surpassed by the Xiaomi SU7, and now they are going after Teslas Model Y. Is the mystical prophecy of the Tesla killer finally coming true?

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Electrek

MARCH 17, 2025

As previously teased, Chinese auto conglomerate BYD has introduced a new 1,000-volt EV platform that can enable charging rates as fast (or perhaps faster) than a trip to the gas station. What are you gonna do with all those batteries? Theres just not enough range, and, of course, Charging takes so much longer than a gas station visit.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Ltd (formerly known as SIH Truck), a premium Chinese brand in the manufacturing, service and support of heavy-duty vehicles, signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under which the two companies will integrate the Allison eGen Power 130D e-Axle into SAIC Hongyan’s regional and long haul tractors.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

seconds (Performance) The post 2025 BYD Sealion 7 Review: Chinese giant unleashes its alternative to the Tesla Model Y Juniper in Australia appeared first on EV Central. Twin-motor AWD, 390kW/690Nm AC charging: Up to 11kW, Type 2 plug DC charging: 150kW, CCS combo plug 0-100km/h: 4.5

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