Phate Zhang

  • Tesla allows Chinese users to pay for power tailgate upgrade

    Tesla begins delivering China-made Model 3s in January 2020, all versions without a power tailgate.

  • Nio-backed self-driving trucking service provider Trunk Tech closes Series B funding round

    Trunk Tech closed its Series A funding round in October 2018, when Nio Capital was one of the lead investors.

  • Xpeng clarifies after latest move sparks rumors of its involvement in battery swap business

    Xpeng has been expanding its network of supercharging stations, and it has no information related to battery swap, at least for the currently planned models, it said.

  • Chinese home appliance giant Midea starts construction of $1.7 billion EV parts plant

    The project will have an annual production capacity of 60 million sets and an estimated annual output of RMB 40 billion.

  • Nio will only slow down infrastructure buildout when power-up experience rivals refueling, says president

    Nio will only slow down infrastructure buildout when the charging and battery swap experience is comparable to refueling and even better in some scenarios, according to Qin Lihong.

  • Audi-FAW's plant to produce 150,000 EVs per year set to begin construction in April

    The plant is expected to be completed in December 2024 and will introduce the PPE (Premium Platform Electric) platform developed by Audi with Porsche.

  • Xpeng invests in local SiC chip supplier

    The Xpeng G9 will use an 800-volt high-voltage SiC electric drive system, and Nio's soon-to-be-delivered ET7 also uses SiC chips.

  • Another Nio affiliate sees changes in corporate information

    Shanghai Nio Technology Co Ltd has seen changes in shareholder and company type.

  • CATL contributes 50.24% of China's Jan power battery installations

    CATL's share of the ternary battery market was 57.17 percent in January, and 44.6 percent in the LFP battery market.

  • China's power battery installations rise 86.9% year-on-year to 16.2 GWh in Jan

    LFP batteries led ternary batteries in China for the seventh consecutive month.