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  • Wuling's new minicar Nano EV goes on sale, prices start at around $7,800

    The Nano EV is powered by an electric motor with a maximum power of 24 kW and a peak torque of 85 Nm. It has a combined range of 305km.

  • Self-driving firm Pony.ai's car-making plans reportedly stalled

    Some members of Pony.ai's car-building team have left to join other new car-making firms, local media said.

  • Lucid Motors plans to build plant in China by 'mid-decade,' CEO says

    Lucid Motors plans to build factories outside the United States, including in China, the world's largest automotive market.

  • Is battery swap model less sustainable than supercharging? This team of analysts thinks the opposite

    CICC believes that public charging facilities will be difficult to sustain in terms of location and economics. From the perspective of battery standardization, the battery swap model will be further promoted.

  • CATL reportedly sets up branch in South Korea for Hyundai Motor

    CATL may have set up the subsidiary to support Hyundai in supplying its lithium iron phosphate technology.

  • Chinese EV startup Aiways enters Spanish, Portuguese markets

    Aiways plans to release a new model in Europe every year, and its U6 SUV will be available in Europe in 2022.

  • Geely's Lotus, self-driving unicorn Momenta set up joint venture

    The company is the first joint venture between a carmaker and an autonomous driving firm in China, and will be a supplier of autonomous driving solutions to Lotus.

  • Xpeng added 111 supercharging stations in Oct, bringing total to 550

    To date, Xpeng has 550 supercharging stations and 129 destination charging stations.

  • Former Nio, Ford exec Zhu Jiang joins Baidu's car-making arm Jidu

    Zhu joined Nio in 2017 as vice president of user development. He joined Ford China on June 1, 2020 and get the Mustang Mach-E launched in China.