Gasgoo Daily: BYD Tang EV said to hit market in April

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BYD Tang EV said to hit market in April

BYD released a tease photo of its 2022 Tang EV, a midsized SUV. The car is reportedly starting presale in March and will be officially on the market at the Beijing auto show in April.

Photo credit: BYD

Li Shufu withdraws from Zhejiang Geely Automobile’s board of directors

Founder and chairman of Geely Holding, Li Shufu, resigned as one of the board directors of Zhejiang Geely Automobile Co., Ltd., a sub-subsidiary of Zhejiang Geely Holding (Group), on February 22nd, according to China’s corporate database, Qichacha.

China’s Jan. PV sales rise 6.7% YoY: CAAM

In the first month of 2022, China produced 2.077 million passenger vehicles, indicating an 8.8% increase year on year but down 17.8% from December 2021. In the same month, there were 2.186 vehicles sold in the country, up 6.7% from a year ago, but dropped 9.7% month over month, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.

Leapmotor’s C01 sedan to debut in April

China’s EV startup, Leapmotor, is unveiling its new battery-electric mid-to-large size sedan in April. Presale of the vehicle will start in June, and the C01 will be officially on the market in August. According to Leapmotor, the new sedan model offers a maximum of 700 km NEDC range.

China releases world-first open-source C-V2X dataset DAIR-V2X

On February 24th, China released the world’s first C-V2X autonomous driving dataset based on real-life scenarios, the DAIR-V2X.

Volkswagen (Anhui) MEB factory completes body shop construction

On February 23rd, Volkswagen China announced that the body workshop in its Volkswagen (Anhui)’s MEB factory has completed construction, and equipment installation is scheduled in March.

Ford buys ADAS mapping service from China’s navigation company eMapgo

China's navigation service provider, eMapgo Technology, has struck a deal with Ford Motor for implementing its mapping service to the auto giant's EVOS and Mustang Mach-E models.

iFLYTEK said to foray into autonomous driving field with jobs posted

China’s AI intelligent speech developer, iFLYTEK, might be actively entering the autonomous driving playfield, for it has started to recruit autonomous driving talents this year.

All-new MPV under BYD’s DENZA premium auto brand seen in spy shots

The all-new MPV under DENZA, a premium auto brand majority owned by BYD, has been caught in spy shots, which were recently released by Zhao Changjiang, the director of BYD's high-end brand preparation office, on his twitter-like Weibo account. 

“Polestar 0 Project”: Together to the Climate Neutral Car

Along with its partners, ZF continues to drive the decarbonization of mobility forward as the first tier 1 supplier group in the automotive industry to participate in the “Polestar 0 Project”. The Swedish automaker’s initiative aims to create a fully climate neutral vehicle by 2030. The main goal is to avoid emissions throughout the entire vehicle life cycle — not to compensate for them by planting trees or buying emission credits.