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Mullen banks on Chinese electric sports car and SUVs for going public

Green Car Reports

California-based Mullen Technologies wants to do more than sell the swoopy Qiantu K50 electric coupe it teased at the New York Auto Show last year. Mullen maintains that model will arrive in the U.S.—in —in the second quarter of 2021.

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Nio becomes first Chinese automaker to go public in US

Green Car Reports

Electric carmaker Nio became the first Chinese automaker to go public on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday. DON'T MISS: Chinese electric carmaker Nio seeks public. In August, the Nio [NYSE: NIO] announced that it hoped to raise $1.3 billion in its initial public offering.

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ZEEKR teases its first sedan model, the 007, ahead of pre-orders this month

Electrek

Less than a week after we shared details of a visit with ZEEKR in New York, detailing how quickly the Chinese automaker is expanding, it is now teasing its fourth electric model – the 007. The ZEEKR 007 will be the company’s first sedan and as a result, the first designed for the mass EV market. Have a look below.

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Pending homologation, Qiantu K50 electric sports car will be assembled in Washington state

Green Car Reports

The glamorous, supercar-shaped, Chinese-built Qiantu K50 that was shown last week at the New York auto show garnered much attention and likely changed some attendees’ conceptions of what kinds of vehicles might be imported from China. Importing the K50 directly from China isn’t what U.S.

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Tesla in talks to open Gigafactory Thailand: official

Teslarati

Prime Minister Srettha also met with CEO Elon Musk in September in New York, where they discussed Tesla, SpaceX, and Starlink , he said. billion in investments from Chinese automotive companies, according to Reuters. It has already landed over $1.44

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Electric carmaker Nio begins trading on NYSE, aims to sell cars in US

Green Car Reports

Chinese electric carmaker Nio raised roughly $1 billion in its initial public offering Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange. In August, Nio [NYSE: NIO] announced that it hoped to raise $1.3 billion in its initial public offering.

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Baker Institute: China positioning itself to dominate world’s copper supply

Green Car Congress

Green-energy optimism and the prospects of a supply crunch helped drive copper prices to a 10-year high on the New York Mercantile Exchange in late February. Chinese domestic production constitutes almost 8% of global mined copper tonnage, slightly ahead of the US with about 6%. to-4 t per MW. —Koelsch et al.

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