article thumbnail

Volkswagen Group China building first factory specifically for MEB production; 300K unit capacity; 1st model a new VW e-SUV in 2020

Green Car Congress

Volkswagen Group China is beginning construction in Anting of the Group’s first factory specifically designed for the Modular Electric Drive Kit (MEB) platform. < Through Volkswagen’s MEB platform, we will be able to easily produce state-of-the-art electric vehicles for our Chinese customers on a high scale.

2020 207
article thumbnail

Are Homemade CPUs Alibaba’s Bid For Independence?

Cars That Think

But, impressive as that feat is, an even more significant chip design development by the Chinese tech giant may be making available the source code to a RISC-V CPU core its own engineers designed. The Chinese government is funding a lot of startups that are designing a variety of chips.

Taiwan 100
article thumbnail

GM Shanghai GM Sign $600M Agreement to Export Vehicles, Machinery and Equipment from US to China

Green Car Congress

In the presence of Chinese National People's Congress Chairman Wu Bangguo and Chinese Vice Minister of Commerce Ma Xiuhong, representatives from GM and Shanghai GM formalized an agreement for the purchase of complete vehicles, vehicle kits, machinery and equipment by the GM joint venture from its parent company. Group (SAIC).

GM 186
article thumbnail

GM Egypt to produce the Chevrolet Move in 2012; first SAIC-GM-Wuling vehicle assembled outside of China

Green Car Congress

Vehicle kits will be supplied by GM China’s SAIC-GM-Wuling (SGMW) joint venture. The Chevrolet Move will be the first Chinese vehicle assembled by GM in Egypt and the first SGMW vehicle assembled outside China. SGMW is a joint venture between GM China, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation Group (SAIC) and Wuling Motors.

Egypt 210
article thumbnail

Alibaba-backed DeepRoute unveils self-driving solution that doesn't require HD maps

CN EV Post

The high cost of self-driving kits is one of the factors preventing the technology from being used at scale, and one of the goals of DeepRoute's efforts over the past few years has been to bring the cost down. for under $10,000, nearly the same price as FSD and the lowest recorded in the industry.

article thumbnail

Top 10 questions Tesla (TSLA) investors want to know from the Q2 2022 earnings call

Teslarati

Is Tesla still planning a software development kit and app store for third-party developers to make and sell Tesla apps? Chinese EV manufacturers seem to be doing a better job than their western competitors (excluding Tesla) at innovating in software and design. And what do you think 4680 production output will be by the end of 2022?

Tesla 82
article thumbnail

Volkswagen’s MEB for EVs: long electric range, open-platform, open-space, pricing for the volume market; “tablet on wheels”

Green Car Congress

These four main kits are now joined by the all-new Modularer Elektrifizierungsbaukasten (“Modular Electric Drive kit”, or MEB), being developed by the Volkswagen brand. Connectivity is one of the ineluctable trends of the automotive industry. Earlier post.) —Christian Senger. Earlier post.).

Market 284