Gasgoo Daily: Geely’s civil aviation aircraft manufacturing base in Wuhan starts production

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Geely's civil aviation aircraft manufacturing base in Wuhan starts production

Photo credit: Geely

On Oct. 27, Geely Technology Group announced the launch of a general aviation (GA) device manufacturing base in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province, meaning that China’s first automatic assembly line of civil aviation aircraft-used composite materials started production.

Geely's ZEEKR builds car sales service subsidiary in Haikou

Zhejiang ZEEKR Intelligent Technology Co.,Ltd, Geely's premium electric vehicle company, on Oct. 26 set up a wholly-owned car sales service subsidiary in Haikou, Hainan province, according to Tianyancha. The new company has a line of businesses including NEV sales, used car dealership, battery and charging pile sales.

China's Q1-Q3 auto export volume reaches 1.492 million units

According to the data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), China imported and exported roughly 754,000 and 1.492 million complete vehicles respectively in the first three quarters of 2021, representing year-on-year growth of 21.9% and 110%.

SAIC Motor applies for registration of trademarks “Z-UNIVERSE”

SAIC Motor recently applied for registration of nearly one hundred trademarks related to the trendy concept “Metaverse”. According to Tianyancha, most of the trademarks carry the letters “Z UNIVERSE”, whose Chinese name “Che Yuanyuzhou” can be translated as “Auto Metaverse”.

GAC Toyota’s all-new SUV ‘Venza’ named ‘Weisa” in Chinese

GAC Toyota announced the Chinese name “Weisa” for its all-new SUV “Venza”, which will make its debut at the Auto Guangzhou 2021 next month.

CATL licenses Hyundai Mobis to use CTP technology

CATL and Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd. (MOBIS), a South Korean auto parts supplier, on Oct. 27 signed a technology licensing and partnership agreement, under which CATL will grant its CTP (cell to pack) technology to MOBIS and support MOBIS in the supply of related CTP products not only in South Korea, but also worldwide.

TikTok's parent ByteDance builds car sales service subsidiary

ByteDance, a Chinese social media titan operating several machine learning-enabled content platforms such as TikTok and Toutiao, recently established a car sales service subsidiary.

SAIC's Z-ONE to build joint innovation hub with ZTE for auto OS, chips, 5G-V2X tech

Z-ONE, SAIC Motor's software unit, signed on Oct. 26 a strategic cooperation memorandum of understanding (MoU) with ZTE Corporation to build a joint innovation center dedicated to the R&D of in-car operating systems, automotive-grade chips, 5G-V2X-enabled auto communications, and other technologies, according to a post on SAIC Motor's WeChat account.

XPeng to deliver P5 with delayed radar installation due to millimeter-wave radar shortage

Affected by the dearth of millimeter-wave radars, XPeng has designed two optional car delivery solutions for P5’s users, one of which will allow a buyer to get his car delivered first and have the radars installed later from the end of March 2022, according to the Guangzhou-based EV startup.

Baidu Apollo launches Apollo Moon Robotaix based on AION BEVs

Chinese tech giant Baidu and GAC AION, the wholly-owned NEV subsidiary of GAC Group, on Oct. 26 announced the launch of a new version of the Apollo Moon Robotaxi, which is based on GAC AION's all-electric vehicles and Baidu's factory-installed autonomous driving system (hereinafter referred to as "the Apollo Moon AION version").