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  • China's Hainan to completely ban sales of ICE vehicles by 2030

    By 2030, 100 percent of new and replacement vehicles in the private sector in Hainan will be NEVs.

  • First batch of Nio ET7 sedans leave China port for Europe

    The Nio ET7 will be open for pre-order for consumers in countries including Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, and deliveries will begin this year.

  • Largest US pension keeps positions in Nio and Xpeng largely unchanged in Q2, increases bet on Li Auto

    The CalPERS opened a position in Nio in the first quarter of 2019, when it bought 140,451 shares. Nio went public in the US on September 12, 2018.

  • Nio to put swap stations with ability to discharge to grid into trial operation

    Nio's third-generation battery swap stations are nearing the end of development and are being tested and will be introduced in detail by the end of the year or early next year, the company said earlier.

  • Power crunch: How Nio's swap stations help reduce grid peak load

    This summer, a total of 108 Nio battery swap stations participated in peak load reduction initiatives in their cities.

  • Leapmotor's Hong Kong IPO gets mainland regulatory green light

    Leapmotor applied to list in Hong Kong on March 17, and its prospectus shows it plans to launch eight new models by the end of 2025.

  • Chinese Polestar 2 owner faces higher cost than new car in replacing damaged battery pack

    A Polestar 2 owner was told it would cost RMB 540,000 ($79,200) to replace a damaged battery pack, 1.6 times the price of his vehicle.

  • China to extend NEV purchase tax exemption to end of 2023

    China will establish a coordination mechanism for the development of the NEV industry and will vigorously build charging piles.

  • Tianqi Lithium forms JV with Nio's solid-state battery supplier WeLion

    Nio is expected to receive a small batch of 150-kWh semi-solid-state batteries from WeLion in September and start using them in the fourth quarter, according to a previous media report.

  • CPCA expects China to see 520,000 retail sales of passenger NEVs in Aug, up 7% from July

    In early August, some NEV prices rose again, but consumer enthusiasm was not significantly affected, the CPCA said.