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Seres to launch new model with semi-solid-state battery this year
The Seres 5 will be powered by a ternary solid-liquid hybrid lithium battery from Ganfeng Lithium, with a 90-kWh version expected to offer a 530 km WLTP range.
China's Jan passenger vehicle retail sales fall 41% year-on-year, preliminary CPCA data show
The CPCA's preliminary figures were 8.8 percent below its January 28 estimate of 1.36 million units, implying a worse-than-expected performance in the final days of January.
BYD-backed RoboSense to provide LiDARs for multiple Toyota models
RoboSense will provide RS-LiDAR-M series LiDARs for a number of FAW Toyota's best-selling models, promising accurate sensing capabilities for vehicles.
CICC expects China NEV sales to reach 1.5 million in Q1, with Jan as recent low point
CICC expects the first quarter to contribute 15.7 percent of China's 2023 NEV sales, with 20.7 percent, 27.6 percent and 35.9 percent from the second to fourth quarters, respectively.
GAC Aion sees sales drop 66% month-on-month, starts offering car-buying incentives
GAC Aion sales dropped to 10,206 units in January, and its local counterpart, Leapmotor, also saw sales plunge more than 80 percent to 1,139 units.
Chery sends 24,000 vehicles to 11 countries during Chinese New Year holiday
In 2022, 3.11 million vehicles were exported from China, of which Chery contributed 452,000, or 14.5 percent.
Shanghai's NEV ownership approaches 1 million, 55% BEVs
In terms of penetration, new registrations of NEVs in Shanghai contributed 53 percent of all new vehicle registrations in 2022.
China Jan passenger NEV retail sales expected to fall over 40% from Dec, CPCA says
Auto dealers' sales pace was disrupted in January due to the impact of the Covid infection wave and the early timing of the Chinese New Year, the CPCA said.
China's NEV sales at 814,000 units in Dec, contributing 31.8% of all vehicle sales, CAAM data show
For the full year 2022, China's NEV sales were 6.887 million units, up 93.4 percent year-on-year, accounting for 25.6 percent of all vehicle sales.
CPCA rankings: Top-selling automakers and models in China in Dec 2022
Here is the CPCA's ranking of the top performers and models for December and the full year 2022.