Phate Zhang

Phate is the founder and main author of CnEVPost. He has been reporting since 2009, mainly on macroeconomics and capital markets. He started his career at China Daily and Reuters. Contact via: phate@cnevpost.com.
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Nio to form JV with Svolt Energy to co-develop batteries, report says

Nio and Svolt Energy will jointly invest in a pilot production line in Anhui province, and some of their R&D staff will be merged, according to local media.

Nio says its driver assistance software has logged over 500 million km of driving

Nio released NOP in October 2020 and launched the more powerful NOP+ in December 2022 after accumulating a large amount of user mileage data.

Regulatory filing: Huawei-backed Aito to offer EREV and BEV versions of luxury SUV M9

Huawei's Richard Yu previously said the Aito M9, which will go on sale in the fourth quarter, is a model built from the ground up by the tech giant.

Regulatory filing: Here comes Xpeng's X9 MPV

The Xpeng X9 will be available in single-motor and dual-motor versions and will use LFP cells from Eve Energy as well as Li-ion ternary cells from CALB.

Tesla's new Model 3: Regulatory filing in China reveals key specs

The new Model 3 is slightly longer than the older model, the battery suppliers are CATL and LG Energy Solution, and information on battery pack capacity is not yet available.

SAIC expects to sell over 1.2 million cars overseas this year

SAIC said it is in the process of selecting sites for its European vehicle manufacturing bases. The carmaker currently has four overseas vehicle manufacturing sites, and it sold 733,140 vehicles overseas in the January-August period.

China EV insurance registrations for week ending Sept 10: Tesla 10,700, Li Auto 8,500, Nio 3,800

Most EV makers saw a dip in insurance registrations last week, as it was the beginning of the month, when deliveries are usually slow, while the week before included the last days of August, when deliveries are usually strong.

Kaixin Auto plans to acquire WM Motor as financially troubled EV maker drops plan for backdoor listing in HK

Kaixin Auto has signed a non-binding letter of intent to acquire 100 percent of WM Motor from its shareholders by issuing a certain number of new shares.

BYD's premium Yangwang brand to officially launch U8 SUV on Sept 20

Yangwang began pre-sales of the U8 on the first day of the Shanghai auto show on April 18, with a pre-sale price of RMB 1.098 million.

BYD takes 33.7% of China's NEV market share in Aug, Tesla 9%

In the January-August period, BYD ranked first in China's NEV market with a 36.6 percent share, while Tesla came in second with 8.8 percent.