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

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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.

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2024 GWM Cannon Alpha Review

Baua Electric

Overview GWM has been selling utes Down Under for quite some time; and as with most Chinese-made marques, the GWM utility range offers good bang for your buck, and a continual commitment to improvement, which has helped grow its volume in what it must be said is a bustling segment.

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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. parts or technology.

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2024 BYD Sealion 6 PHEV review: Is this the new Chinese medium SUV that knocks over the Toyota RAV4 hybrid?

EV Central

Firstly, it lands the Chinese maker in Australia’s biggest sales segment and, as a plug-in hybrid , it is BYD’s first ICE-powered , CO2-emitting vehicle to go on sale here following the launch of three BEVs since 2022 – the Atto 3 , Dolphin and Shark. But you won’t find a spare tyre, just a repair kit. 2024 BYD Sealion 6 rear seat.

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

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Until recently, the four main modular toolkits (modularen Baukästen) of the Group were: the MQB (transverse, driven by the Volkswagen brand); the MLB (longitudinal, driven by the Audi brand); the MSB (standard drive, driven by Porsche); and the NSF (New Small Family). This is Linux-based, that’s an new automotive standard in progress.

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Volkswagen unveils ID.6 EV in China; third ID. model on market

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4, the third member of the fully electric family is also based on the Modular Electric Drive Kit (MEB). 6 makes full use of the strengths of MEB: It enables consistently high quality worldwide, with equally high standards, and also leaves room to develop individual models specifically for certain markets or regions of the world.

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Target BYD Atto 3! China’s Chery Omoda E5 wants a big slice of the affordable electric SUV action

EV Central

That’s the task BYD’s rival Chinese brand Chery has set its incoming Omoda E5 electric compact SUV. Chery will offer two model grades of the E5 – Standard and Premium – each sharing the same battery and motor. Give the BYD Atto 3 something to think about! READ MORE: Chery on top? 2024 Chery Omoda E5 interior. Both get a 12.3-inch

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