Phate Zhang

  • Nio, Xpeng to help Volkswagen cut carbon emissions in Europe

    For the first time, Nio and Xpeng are joining Volkswagen's EU CO2 pool in 2021 and 2022 to help the automotive giant cut its average CO2 emissions.

  • Tesla China's wholesale sales figures

    This table tracks Tesla China's wholesale sales data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA). The CPCA first published export data in April.

  • Tesla Model Y best-selling premium SUV in China in Nov, CPCA data show

    The Model Y ranked first with 23,117 units, followed by the Li ONE with 13,485 units and the Mercedes-Benz GLC with 12,269 units. The Nio ES6 ranked eighth with 4,713 units.

  • Xpeng makes driver's license points-like system available to all users to prevent abuse of assisted driving

    Xpeng owners have an initial point of 100, and those with more than 90 points get priority access to the public beta OTA upgrades.

  • Great Wall Motor's Ora brand mired in user outcry over downgraded chip usage

    Ora previously claimed that its hot-selling Good Cat model used Qualcomm's octa-core chip, but it was discovered that it was actually Intel's quad-core chip, released five years ago.

  • China's power battery recycling market size projected to reach $4.1 billion by 2025

    The amount of retired power batteries in China is going up year by year, with the scrap volume expected to exceed 18 GWh in 2021 and reach 91 GWh by 2025, according to TrendForce.

  • Nio reaches 699 swap stations, 700 goal to be achieved Friday

    Nio said its 700th battery swap station will go live on December 10, reaching its annual goal ahead of schedule.

  • CATL to form joint venture with copper foil supplier

    CATL's joint venture with Guangdong Jiayuan will build projects with an annual capacity of 100,000 tons of high-performance copper foil.

  • BAIC sold 2,471 NEVs in Nov, up 41% year-on-year

    BAIC BluePark is now pinning its hopes for a turnaround on the Arcfox α-S model under its Arcfox brand.

  • BYD reportedly starts buying IGBT modules from suppliers besides its semiconductor unit

    That's partly because BYD Semiconductor's production capacity is really tight, and partly because it's trying to cut back its affiliate deals with BYD Group.