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NIO Day 2021 to be held in December

NIO Day 2021 will be held on December 18, 2021 at Suzhou’s Olympic Sports Center.

Suzhou Olympic Sports Center; photo credit: NIO

CATL Chengdu subsidiary increases capital by 600%

Registered capital of Chengdu Jintang Times New Material Technology Co., Ltd, a wholy-owned subsidiary of CATL, increased from RMB100 million to RMB700 million. The company was founded in July 2021 with businesses covering development and manufacturing of electronic-dedicated materials.

Zhejiang Geely Holding adds manufacturing of batteries, ICs into businesses scope

Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (Geely Holding), the parent of China's largest private-owned automaker Geely Auto, recently added many new businesses into its business scope, including the manufacturing of batteries, electric motors and integrated circuits (ICs), according to the corporate information inquiry platform Tianyancha.

Bosch China executive expects chip shortage to drag on to 2022

During the 2021 China Auto Supply Chain Conference, the vice president of Bosch China, Jiang Jian, said the chip supply crunch is expected to last through 2022 as chips carry increasingly significant weight with the auto intellectual transformation.

SAIC-GM Ultium factory starts production

SAIC General Motors (SAIC-GM) recently announced its Ultium super factory (Ultium Center) in Shanghai started operation, providing strong support for the production of those battery electric vehicles built on the Ultium platform.

WM Motor to launch first sedan model M7 in late October

Chinese EV startup WM Motor unveiled on Oct. 18 the teaser photo of its first sedan model “M7” and said the new car model will make its global premiere on October 22.

China's association to launch standard for shared battery swap station construction

A new group standard for electric passenger vehicle-used shared battery swapping stations in China has sailed through review and is expected to be launched this year, according to the China Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Promotion Alliance (EVCIPA).

Li Auto breaks ground for Beijing plant, production starting 2023

Li Auto announced the ground breaking for its green and smart plant building on the automaker’s recently acquired former Beijing Hyundai first plant.

Dongfeng Motor’s upscale EV brand VOYAH to unveil second model at Auto Guangzhou 2021

VOYAH announced on Oct. 16 its second mass-produced model will make its debut at the Auto Guangzhou 2021. In the meantime, the automaker launched its “six-in-one” EV charging service dubbed “VOYAH POWER”, which covers six charging scenarios, namely, the dedicated private charging pile, the public charging pile, the charging at VOYAH's service outlets, the destination charging, the valet charging, and the portable charging gun.