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Tesla newly adds 40 supercharging stations on Chinese mainland in August

In the past month, Tesla newly established 40 supercharging stations and 168 supercharging piles in 25 Chinese cities/counties. 

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Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory completes production line retrofit 

Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory completed the Phase I, Stage 2nd retrofit project on its production lines on September 1 and started debugging. The estimated inspection deadline is between September 1 and November 30.  

XPeng’s urban NGP function goes online in Guangzhou

On September 19, XPeng announced that its latest urban NGP intelligent navigation assistant driving function has gone online on some P5 models in Guangzhou. The eligible P5 users were randomly selected from those who have sent the company suggestions on intelligent driving features.

BYD acquires new subsidiary named BYD New Energy

According to Chinese corporate database Qichacha, the former Nanning Xiaozhongzheng Business Secretary Co., Ltd. has changed its company name to BYD (Guangxi) New Energy Co., Ltd., with its former shareholders all withdrew from the company. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of BYD, the new company has a raised registered capital of 100 million yuan, and an updated business scope including battery manufacture, sales of charging piles, battery-swap facilities, motor vehicle charging, and integrated quick charging stations.

CATL launches Module to Bracket tech for truck battery swapping

CATL's innovative MTB (Module to Bracket) technology will be first applied in the heavy-duty truck battery swapping project under Qiyuan Core Motive Power ("Qiyuan"), a smart energy service provider of State Power Investment Corporation Limited (“SPIC”), Qiyuan announced on Sept. 17 via its WeChat account.

SERES to settle new energy vehicle upgrade project in Chongqing

Huawei’s auto partner SERES inked a strategic cooperation agreement with Management Committe of Chongqing Liangjiang New Area on September 17 to settle its new energy vehicle (NEV) project in the latter’s Longxing Intelligent Connected New Energy Vehicle Industrial Park.

Leapmotor passes listing hearing for Hong Kong IPO

Zhejiang Leapmotor Technology Co., Ltd., the Chinese electric vehicle startup Leapmotor, has passed the listing hearing of its IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and resubmitted its IPO application on September 18.

Chery Holding launches Yaoguang 2025 strategy, to pour over 100 billion yuan in R&D in five years

Chery Holding showcased its GENE electric concept car and its new technological development strategy, Yaoguang 2025, at the Yaoguang 2025 Chery Technology Day on September 16.

Sunwoda EVB inks agreement for 30GWh power battery base project

Chinese power battery manufacturer Sunwoda Electric Vehicle Battery Co., Ltd. ("Sunwoda EVB") on Sept. 18 inked an agreement for an investment project in building a power battery manufacturing base in Yichang city, Hubei Province.