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  • CATL reportedly asks suppliers to offer up to 10% discount on lithium carbonate prices

    CATL asked cathode material suppliers in early July to offer a 5 percent to 10 percent discount in settling lithium carbonate prices, according to local media.

  • SAIC confirms it's working with Audi on EV platform

    SAIC and Audi believe that China's auto market is undergoing an unprecedented and dramatic transformation, and will therefore further deepen their strategic cooperation.

  • Nio Power Day 2023: What you need to know

    Aggressive infrastructure plans will continue, car sales are picking up, but the 150-kWh battery pack will probably be slightly delayed again.

  • Nio Power Day 2023: live updates

    Nio is hosting a new Nio Power Day event, the EV maker's third annual presentation on its power-up system.

  • Chinese EV startup Leapmotor reportedly in talks to license technology to foreign firm

    Leapmotor is set to become the first Chinese car-making startup to license EV technology to an overseas company once the deal is finalized.

  • Pacific Securities initiates coverage on Nio, expects 160,000 EV deliveries in 2023

    Pacific Securities has a buy rating on Nio's Hong Kong-traded shares, with a target price of HK$103.62, implying an upside of 26.14 percent.

  • BYD sees 1st production cars of Seal DM-i roll off line

    BYD's Seal DM-i will hit the market in the third quarter, and the Zhengzhou base is expected to have a monthly production capacity of up to 30,000 units.

  • Pacific Securities initiates coverage on Xpeng, expects new models X9 and G7 to launch in H2

    The team has a HK$71.86 price target on Xpeng's Hong Kong-traded shares, implying an upside of 25.63 percent.

  • Mercedes-Benz recalls 32,786 imported S-Class and EQS vehicles in China due to software issue

    Due to a software issue, the ESP internal monitoring program in the vehicles covered by this recall may incorrectly determine a malfunction at the start of the driving cycle.

  • China recycles more waste power batteries in first 5 months than all of last year

    China recycled 115,000 tons of used power batteries in January-May, more than the total for the whole of last year.