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JANUARY 9, 2021

On 29 December 2020, Sichuan Yahua Industrial Group announced thatits subsidiary, Yahua Lithium, had signed a five-year supply agreement with Tesla. Alongside its State Lithium and Blossom Lithium operations, this increased the Groups’ total lithium compounds capacity to 32ktpy lithium hydroxide and 6ktpy lithium carbonate.

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APRIL 16, 2020

Groupe Renault is setting a new strategy for China, based on Electric Vehicles (EV) and Light Commercial Vehicles (LCV). EV sales are expected to reach 25% of the Chinese market by 2030. Chinese ICE passenger car market. Ltd (eGT) and Jiangxi Jiangling Group Electric Vehicle Co. Ltd (JMEV). JMEV was created in 2015.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Volkswagen Group Components is the central supplier for the first models of the new Volkswagen ID. family and numerous other Group brand models based on the modular electric drive matrix (MEB). The independent corporate business unit is responsible for the development and manufacturing of strategic components for the Group’s brands.

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JULY 30, 2023

In November 2021, Finnish Minerals Group announced that it was negotiating with China-based Beijing Easpring Material Technology on the possibility to establish a cathode active materials (CAM) plant in Kotka, Finland. Finnish Materials Group owns 40% of that joint venture. Rendering of the Kotka CAM plant.

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APRIL 19, 2023

The Volkswagen Group is investing around €1 billion in a new development, innovation, and procurement center for fully connected intelligent electric vehicles in the southern Chinese city of Hefei. The Group made the announcement at the Shanghai Auto Show.

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JANUARY 15, 2021

Hyundai Motor Group signed an investment contract with the government of Guangdong Province to establish an offshore fuel cell system production facility in Guangzhou, China. The investment advances the Group’s global hydrogen leadership and supports its push into China’s rapidly developing hydrogen industry.

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APRIL 19, 2014

Fiat Group Automobiles S.p.A., Chrysler Group International LLC and Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., GAC Group) have reached an agreement to expand the joint venture partnership. The expansion of the cooperation and the related projects have already been approved by the relevant government authorities.

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JULY 10, 2018

The Chinese EV battery manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd. The project agreement between CATL and the Free State of Thuringia was signed on Monday in the framework of the German-Chinese intergovernmental consultations in the Federal Chancellery in Berlin. European knowledge in battery manufacturing.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2024

The group also commissioned a market report from Oxford Economics that explains the rationale behind reinstating the tariffs, and the likely impact on the market. As regular Charged readers know, China completely controls the global graphite market. In response, companies are rushing to establish domestic graphite production and processing.

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OCTOBER 14, 2022

A new partnership between the Volkswgen Group’s software company CARIAD and Horizon Robotics , one of the leading providers of computing solutions for smart vehicles in China, will accelerate the regional development of Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) and Autonomous Driving (AD) systems for the Chinese market.

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MAY 2, 2024

However, as usual, the Chinese are on the case. The state-owned China Ocean Shipping Group (Cosco) has developed and manufactured an all-electric container ship, the Greenwater 01, which is now operating a regular service route between Shanghai and Nanjing.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Volkswagen Group China is commencing construction of a battery system production factory in Hefei (Anhui province). VW Anhui Components Company is the first battery system plant to be wholly owned by the Group in China. Volkswagen Group's platform strategy is a competitive advantage which we are transferring into the e-mobility era.

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JULY 10, 2018

The Chinese EV battery manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd. The project agreement between CATL and the Free State of Thuringia was signed on Monday in the framework of the German-Chinese intergovernmental consultations in the Federal Chancellery in Berlin. European knowledge in battery manufacturing.

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AUGUST 23, 2013

Chinese government authorities have approved Volvo Car Group’s (Volvo Cars) establishment of manufacturing plants in Daqing and Zhangjiakou. As a result, Volvo Cars’ full Chinese industrial footprint, including Chengdu, has been approved. The remaining part will be held by companies within Geely Holding Group.

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OCTOBER 24, 2021

A cross-industry group of European metals-producing and -using industries and their workers have issued a warning about the potentially catastrophic impact of the Chinese magnesium supply shortage. The current Chinese supply shortfall has already resulted in record prices and worldwide distortions in the supply chain.

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JULY 16, 2020

The BMW Group has signed a long-term supply contract worth €2 billion for battery cells with the Swedish company Northvolt. That is why we now have a contractual agreement with our cell manufacturers that they will only use green power to produce our fifth-generation battery cells. —Andreas Wendt.

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JANUARY 31, 2024

Volkswagen operates a plant in Xinjiang as part of a joint venture with Chinese state-owned carmaker SAIC Motor. The Chinese Foreign Ministry did not immediately answer questions about the report sent by fax by The Associated Press. The companies listed in the new report also include Chinese electrical vehicle giant BYD.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Volkswagen Group China, together with its Chinese partners, plans to invest more than €4 billion next year, with around 40% of this investment going towards e-mobility. Both factories are specifically designed for manufacturing all-electric cars. Today, almost every fifth car sold in China comes from the Volkswagen Group.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Hyundai Motor Group (HMG) has completed its creation of a global innovation network with the establishment of Hyundai CRADLE Beijing. Hyundai Motor Group has a track record for future technology partnerships in China. —John Suh, Head of Hyundai CRADLE Silicon Valley.

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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., The signing provides new impetus in the growing partnership between Volkswagen Group China, SEAT and JAC, working together in the important e-mobility market in China.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2019

The BMW Group and Great Wall Motor have launched a new joint venture—Spotlight Automotive Limited—and are building a joint plant in China, where the BMW Group will produce future fully-electric models of its MINI brand. The BMW Group is already a leading supplier of electrified vehicles.

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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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JULY 11, 2019

The core components for electric cars are developed and produced for the new electric vehicles at the Volkswagen Group Components plants: the electric drive comes from Kassel; the Salzgitter plant supplies its colleagues in Hessen with rotors and stators. 3 start-up marks a milestone for our Group. The success of the ID.3

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JULY 21, 2021

The Volkswagen Group continued to gain momentum with its electric offensive in the first half of 2021. The Group has also consistently expanded its portfolio of PHEV models. As regards BEV deliveries by regions, the Group’s home market of Europe was clearly in the lead in the first half year, with 128,078 vehicles (share: 74.9%).

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JANUARY 23, 2014

China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) approved the establishment of a joint venture between the Volvo Group and Dongfeng Motor Group Company Limited. Completion is subject to certain conditions including the approvals of other Chinese authorities, which have not yet been obtained.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

better known as Shacman Trucks outside China, is one of the largest truck manufacturers in China. At the first stage of the project, InnovizPro lidar is being utilized in Shaanxi Truck’s autonomous proof of concept project at the Chinese port, with Shaanxi’s ultimate goal being the deployment of up to 600 trucks at this site.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH (RBVC), the corporate venture capital arm of the Bosch Group, has invested in Trunk, a startup based in Beijing. Trunk is a full-stack supplier for truck manufacturers. Trunk’s founders are Chinese pioneers in autonomous driving. Ingo Ramesohl, the managing director of RBVC.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Daimler AG is taking a major step forward in its China strategy with the closing of the company’s 12% investment in long-standing partner BAIC Motor, the passenger car unit of Beijing Automotive Group (BAIC Group), one of the top automotive companies in China. As one of China’s largest automakers, BAIC Group sold more than 1.7

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MARCH 31, 2024

Chinese-made cars drive growth In Europe, sale of cars made in China saw the highest levels of year-on-year growth in February 2024 (+45%) and in January-February 2024 (+43%). Munoz added: “Chinese brands still have a long way to go before they occupy a significant part of the European market.

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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. More than 45 billion yuan (US$6.5 billion yuan (US$679 million).

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MAY 18, 2009

The European Automobile Manufacturers’s Association (ACEA) has signed a cooperation agreement with the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) in Beijing.

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JULY 11, 2018

The Volkswagen Group is expanding its successful business relationships in China with a particular focus on e-mobility. A day earlier, the Volkswagen Group China joined the automakers JAC and SEAT in signing letters of intent in which the three underscored their commitment to e-mobility. Earlier post.)

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JANUARY 26, 2013

AB Volvo has signed an agreement with the Chinese vehicle manufacturer Dongfeng Motor Group Company Limited (DFG) to acquire 45% of a new subsidiary of DFG, Dongfeng Commercial Vehicles (DFCV), which will include the major part of DFG’s medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles business. and 15.7%, respectively.

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MAY 17, 2018

The BMW Group thus has become the first international auto maker to obtain the Autonomous Driving road test license in China, marking a big step on its path to Autonomous Driving. This achievement underlines BMW Group’s leading role in the development of autonomous driving in the Chinese automotive industry.

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APRIL 2, 2021

Last year, Toyota Motor and five Chinese OEMs—China FAW Corporation Limited (FAW); Dongfeng Motor Corporation (DFM); Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., GAC Group); Beijing Automotive Group Co., BAIC Group); and Beijing SinoHytec—formed a joint venture: United Fuel Cell System R&D (Beijing) Co.,

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JULY 7, 2009

The agreement was signed in Rome by Zhang Fangyou, Chairman of GAC Group, and Sergio Marchionne, CEO of Fiat Group, in the presence of the President of the People’s Republic of China, Hu Jintao, and the Prime Minister of Italy, Silvio Berlusconi. Fiat Group and Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 9, 2020

announced that Zhengzhou Yutong Group Co., Yutong Group), a large-scale industrial Chinese manufacturer of commercial vehicles that specializes in electric buses, is using Cree 1200V silicon carbide devices in a StarPower power module for its new, high-efficiency powertrain system for electric buses.

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