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BYD's users in Europe granted right to use Shell's charging piles

At the Paris Motor Show 2022, Shell announced it will offer exceptional charging service to BYD's car owners in Europe, including giving them the right to use its 300,000 charging piles in total, according to BYD's WeChat account.

Photo credit: Shell

Dongfeng Sokon puts D71/D72 logistics pickups onto market

On Oct. 18, the all-new logistics pickup models, the D71/D72, under Dongfeng Sokon, one of the joint ventures of Dongfeng Motor Group, officially hit the market. Coming with 8 trim levels, they are priced between 49,900 yuan (US$6,930) and 57,900 yuan ($8,040).

D71; photo credit: Dongfeng Sokon

Dongfeng Nissan's Venucia D60EV PLUS goes on sale

On Oct. 18, Dongfeng Nissan saw the Venucia D60EV PLUS go on sale with a post-subsidy price range of 129,800-132,800 yuan (US$18,030-18,450). The LFP battery-powered version features a range of 420km, while the ternary-lithium-battery-installed one has a range of 450km.

Venucia D60EV PLUS; photo credit: Venucia

China's Hunan Province eyes 1.5 million units of annual automobile output by 2025

China's Hunan province is ambitious to hit an annual automobile output of 1.5 million units by 2025, over 1 million units of which will be new energy vehicles (NEV), according to a document released by the Industry and Information Technology Department of Hunan Province.

Newly upgraded China-made Tesla Model Y put into production in Oct.

The U.S. EV maker, Tesla, made some changes to the China-made Model Y for the Chinese market, and the newly upgraded version was put into production in October.

CATL teams up with U.S.-based Primergy for solar/energy storage project

CATL announced on Oct. 18 its cooperation with Primergy Solar LLC ("Primergy"), a U.S.-based owner and operator of utility and distributed scale solar and energy storage facilities. The two parties signed a battery supply agreement for the Gemini Solar + Storage Project near Las Vegas, Nevada, with a total of US$1.2 billion planned to be poured.

NIO already starts ET7 delivery in four European countries

NIO on Tuesday said via its WeChat account that it has already kicked off deliveries of its ET7 all-electric sedan in four European countries, namely, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Sweden, marking a further substantial progress for NIO's overseas business development.

Changan Shenlan sees 10,000th SL03 roll off production lines

On October 17, China's major auto group, Changan Automobile, saw the 10,000th Shenlan SL03 new energy vehicle roll off the production lines at its factory in Liangjiang New Area, Chongqing city.

WEY Coffee 01 PHEV hits European markets, starting from €55,900

On October 17, Great Wall Motor's WEY brand showcased its two new energy vehicle models, the Coffee 01 and Coffee 02 PHEVs, at the Paris Motor Show 2022.

BYD forecasts 272.48%-288.85% YoY hike in Q1-Q3 2022 net profit

BYD Company Limited ("BYD") expects its net profit attributable to shareholders to reach 9.1 billion-9.5 billion yuan (US$1.264 billion-1.32 billion) for the first three quarters of 2022 (Q1-Q3 2022), which would be 272.48%-288.85% more than that of the year-ago period, according to the announced the company issued on Monday.