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BYD said to launch premium NEV brand ‘Dolphin’ in 2022
BYD said to launch premium NEV brand ‘Dolphin’ in 2022

BYD plans to launch a standalone upscale new energy vehicle brand in 2022, according to a local media outlet. The vehicles will reportedly ride on an all-new platform and be sold via an independent dealership network.

Jan. 27 , 2021
Liao Bing resigns as CEO of GAC NIO
Liao Bing resigns as CEO of GAC NIO

Liao Bing, founder and CEO of GAC NIO, resigned on Jan. 22 as chief executive officer (CEO) of GAC NIO and dropped all administrative duties at the company’s subsidiaries, according to a posting on Liao’s Weibo account.

Jan. 27 , 2021
Lifan Technology introduces EV model from Geely Technology Group
Lifan Technology introduces EV model from Geely Technology Group

Lifan Technology (Group) Co.,Ltd., whose predecessor is Lifan Industry (Group) Co.,Ltd., was inaugurated on Jan. 25 and formally introduced from Geely Technology Group a new model available for swappable batteries.

Jan. 26 , 2021
Evergrande Auto to raise HK$26 billion by introducing 6 investors
Evergrande Auto to raise HK$26 billion by introducing 6 investors

Evergrande Auto, the NEV arm of Chinese real estate giant China Evergrande Group, announced on Jan. 24, it agreed with six investors to allot and issue a total of 952,383,000 shares, raising an aggregate of HK$26 billion ($3.354 billion).

Jan. 25 , 2021
Summary of eight Chinese public auto groups’ 2020 sales
Summary of eight Chinese public auto groups’ 2020 sales

Affected by the impact of coronavirus outbreak in the first quarter, five major publicly-traded Chinese automobile groups suffered decrease in annual sales.

Jan. 23 , 2021
Dongfeng-backed chip producer to mass produce power semiconductor modules from April
Dongfeng-backed chip producer to mass produce power semiconductor modules from April

Zhixin Semiconductor Co.,Ltd., a chipset manufacturer backed by Dongfeng Motor Group, is expected to start running its power chip module assembly line with an annual capacity of 300,000 sets in April 2021.

Jan. 22 , 2021