Market & Industry
SAIC’s mobility service brand Xiangdao Chuxing bags over 300 mln yuan in Series A round
SAIC’s mobility service brand Xiangdao Chuxing bags over 300 mln yuan in Series A round

Xiangdao Chuxing, SAIC Motor’s mobility service brand, announced on Dec. 18 it has closed its Series A round with over 300 million yuan ($45,846,330) raised from Alibaba Group and CATL.

Dec. 22 , 2020
Faraday Future builds subsidiary in Zhuhai for NEV sale business
Faraday Future builds subsidiary in Zhuhai for NEV sale business

Faraday Future (FF), the California-based electric vehicle (EV) startup with a complicated past, last week set up a subsidiary in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, according to the corporate data platform Tianyancha.

Dec. 21 , 2020
GAC NIO granted 15 mln yuan of loans from GAC Group after talks with Beijing officials
GAC NIO granted 15 mln yuan of loans from GAC Group after talks with Beijing officials

GAC Group agreed on December 18 to offer GAC NIO a loan of 15 million yuan ($2.29 million) with an one-year tenure, according to the automaker’s announcement.

Dec. 21 , 2020
China auto sales in 2020 expected to recover to prior-year level
China auto sales in 2020 expected to recover to prior-year level

China’s auto industry for the year of 2020 is forecasted to recover to the year-ago level, Meng Wei, a spokeswoman for China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said at a press conference held on Dec. 16.

Dec. 17 , 2020
GAC Group to test graphene-enabled battery for in-car volume production at end-2020
GAC Group to test graphene-enabled battery for in-car volume production at end-2020

GAC Group recently said the R&D of the graphene-enhanced battery is well underway and the company is likely to test the battery for volume production in vehicles at the end of this year.

Dec. 16 , 2020
Great Wall Motor unveils ‘L.E.M.O.N. hybrid DHT’ fully developed in-house
Great Wall Motor unveils ‘L.E.M.O.N. hybrid DHT’ fully developed in-house

On December 15, Great Wall Motor (GWM) launched the “L.E.M.O.N. hybrid DHT”, a highly-integrated multi-mode hybrid solution with high working efficiency, which is available for full range of speeds and multiple travelling scenarios.

Dec. 16 , 2020