Gasgoo Daily: Shanghai Jan.-Aug. auto export up by 247.8% YoY

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Shanghai Jan.-Aug. auto export up by 247.8% YoY

For the first eight months of this year, Shanghai’s vehicle export surged 247.8% year on year to RMB34.93 billion. During the period, the export volume of battery electric passenger vehicles soared 1430% to RMB20.68 billion.

ArcSoft provides solutions to Great Wall Motor

As Great Wall Motor’s long-term partner, China’s ArcSoft has provided full-stack vision perception technologies to the automaker based on its VisDrive vision solutions.

Photo credit: ArcSoft

XPeng sets up new firm in Linyi

XPeng sets up a new sales service company in Linyi, Shandong province with a registered capital of RMB10 million. The new company’s business covers sales of new energy vehicles, sales of battery swapping equipment and sales of charging piles.

SVOLT to build 60GWh power battery manufacturing base in Chengdu

SVOLT Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (SVOLT), a leading Chinese battery manufacturer carved out of Great Wall Motor (GWM), entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with Chengdu Municipal Government to build a power battery manufacturing and R&D base in the capital of Sichuan Province.

HUAWEI invests $1 billion in auto parts R&D

According to the COO, HUAWEI has invested more than $1 billion in auto parts R&D, with a team of over 5000 members, and put over 30 intelligent vehicle part products on the market. HUAWEI is consistent in its “platform + ecology” strategy and focuses on building operating systems for autonomous driving, smart cabin and vehicle control domain platforms.

SAIC-GM releases all-new brand emblem

SAIC General Motors (SAIC-GM), a 50/50 joint venture between SAIC Motor and General Motors, announced on Sept. 16 it has switched to a fire new brand logo, demonstrating the automaker's transformation towards auto electrification, intelligence, and connectivity.

NIO ET7’s first tooling trial prototypes come off line

The first tooling trial (TT) prototypes of the NIO ET7, the fourth production model and first sedan model of NIO, rolled off the production line on September 15 at the JAC-NIO Advanced Manufacturing Center in Hefei, NIO announced via its WeChat account.

NIO ET7's first TT prototypes rolling off assembly line; photo credit: NIO

Parkopedia partners with CenNavi to provide digitalized parking service in China

Connected vehicle parking solutions provider Parkopedia has partnered with location data supplier CenNavi, a subsidiary of the mapping giant NavInfo to provide digitalized off-street parking information for automakers in China.