Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2022

Designers and engineers initially created the Audi urbansphere for use in traffic-dense Chinese megacities, although the concept is also suitable for any other metropolitan center in the world. —Markus Duesmann, Chairman of the Board Management at AUDI AG and responsible for the Chinese market.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 1, 2022

Chinese lithium carbonate prices soared in 2021, due to a surge in demand for lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries in the country, according to the end-of-year analysis by Benchmark Minerals Intelligence. Transacted prices in China began to breach the RMB 200,000/tonne mark in November—a historical milestone for lithium pricing.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Roskill reports that prices for Chinese graphite continue to rise as producers contend with increasing electricity costs and supply disruption caused by limits on energy consumption. Chinese graphite prices are now the highest they’ve been for many years.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 27, 2025

The consumers who were surveyed also noted that they would consider a Chinese-made electric vehicle. About 61% of current EV owners and 56% of those who were planning to buy an electric car noted that they were open to purchasing an EV from Chinese manufacturers instead, as noted in a Car Dealer Magazine report.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2020

Mercedes-Benz has entered a far-reaching strategic partnership with the Chinese battery cell manufacturer Farasis Energy (Ganzhou) Co., including taking an equity stake. Key elements of the agreement include the development and industrialization of advanced cell technologies, accompanied by ambitious goals for cost competitiveness.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The Chinese company is a provider of graphene materials that improve the range, robustness, charging speed, and service life of lithium-ion batteries. The company’s materials are already used in products from leading Chinese battery manufacturers. Specialty chemicals company Evonik has invested in battery specialist SuperC.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2023

Benchmark’s Lithium ion Battery Cell Database shows the Chinese market’s surplus will continue to grow to at least 2030. This makes the non-Chinese market vital for producers in the country to find customers. Total Chinese Tier 3 production next year is forecast to be 2% larger than the demand for Tier 3 batteries globally.

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Electrek

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Farley said that Chinese EV makers are becoming a major global force, and even with tariffs, Ford needs to beat them straight up in a street fight. After announcing its electric vehicle business lost over $5 billion in 2024, Ford could face even more headwinds this year. This is the electric car he was referring to.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2022

A graphene nanotube dispersion, developed by OCSiAl, allows for a substantial increase in key battery parameters and is now experiencing growing interest from Chinese battery manufacturers. Introducing OCSiAl’s graphene nanotubes into anode and cathode formulations makes it possible to reach 300 Wh/kg energy density and even go beyond this.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2020

An unexpectedly strong resurgence in Chinese cathode buying for scrap replacement, improving consumption, restocking and stockpiling purposes. Based on preliminary data from Chinese Customs, Chinese net imports of refined copper jumped by 45% y-o-y, or 1.3Mt, to 4.2Mt in Jan-Nov 2020.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 26, 2024

100% tariff on Chinese-made EVs follows U.S. entry point for Chinese automakers Canada’s national government Monday announced a 100% tariff on the import of Chinese-made electric vehicles. EV incentives only apply to free-trade partners, Canada underscored Mexico remains a potential U.S.

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EV Central

MARCH 9, 2025

Throw in the fact that questions have been raised in Canberra about whether Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke is or isnt creating a security risk because he may or may not be driving a Chinese EV, and its hard to escape the conclusion that large parts of our community seem to have issues with our largest two-way trading partner.

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Electric Cars Report

MARCH 24, 2025

The post Chinese EV brands outsell Tesla in Europe in February appeared first on Electric Cars Report. Europe's new car registrations took a dip in February, but the electric vehicle sector is charging ahead, according to the latest data provided by JATO Dynamics.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Chinese companies make up 56% of the EV battery market, followed by Korean companies (26%) and Japanese manufacturers (10%). One-third of the world’s EV batteries come from the Chinese company, which provides lithium-ion batteries to Tesla, Peugeot, Hyundai, Honda, BMW, Toyota, Volkswagen, and Volvo.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

But the Chinese-made electric SUV is seeing a major price hike due to new U.S. The Lotus Eletre EV is still scheduled to reach the U.S., with deliveries set to start in the first quarter of 2025. Lotus on Thursday confirmed that the Eletre Carbon launch model will start at $229,900. The announced price is effectively double what was.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

China’s Tsingshan , the world’s largest producer of stainless steel, will invest $375 million to build a lithium plant in Argentina with French multinational mining and metallurgy company Eramet. The two companies have partnered before, with the Weda Bay Nickel project in Indonesia.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Total visible copper stocks (LME + COMEX + SHFE + Chinese bonded warehouses) amounted to just 560kt at the end of January, noted critical materials supply chain intelligence company Roskill—only 11kt more than the lowest recent stock level of 549kt in December 2019.

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Electrek

MARCH 17, 2025

As previously teased, Chinese auto conglomerate BYD has introduced a new 1,000-volt EV platform that can enable charging rates as fast (or perhaps faster) than a trip to the gas station. What are you gonna do with all those batteries? Theres just not enough range, and, of course, Charging takes so much longer than a gas station visit.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2020

As a result, by late January, factories were closed and streets were cleared as Chinese authorities had ceased daily activities to stop the spread of the illness. We currently see around a 40% reduction over Chinese cities, however these are just rough estimates, as weather also has an impact on emissions.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2021

Lithium prices continued to rise in November, with Chinese battery-grade prices surpassing the RMB 200,000/tonne (US$31,395/tonne) mark, according to Benchmark’s Lithium Price Assessment. Source: Benchmark Mineral Intelligence.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2022

Through this pilot project, we are bringing Volkswagen’s long tradition of precision engineering, design, and innovation to the next level, by developing a premium product that will serve the vertical mobility needs of our future tech savvy Chinese customers. In the first phase of its commercial use, V.MO

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Electrek

MARCH 5, 2025

The Tesla Model 3, once the most popular EV in the critical Chinese EV market, has been quickly surpassed by the Xiaomi SU7, and now they are going after Teslas Model Y. Is the mystical prophecy of the Tesla killer finally coming true?

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 19, 2025

Plugin vehicles are all the rage in the Chinese auto market, even in one of the slowest months of the year due to the Chinese New Year celebrations with plugins scoring 686,000 sales (in a 1.39-million-unit million-unit overall market). Looking deeper at the numbers, BEVs were the fastest growing.

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Electrek

MARCH 4, 2025

I propose an alternative: open the door to Chinese EVs in Canada. A Canadian candidate for Prime Minister has proposed implementing a 100% tariff on Tesla vehicles in response to US tariffs on Canadian goods.

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Teslarati

MARCH 4, 2025

Stella Li, executive vice president of Chinas leading electric vehicle maker BYD, noted that the Chinese automaker is willing to work with Tesla to battle combustion-powered cars. The) Chinese government is more open, so maybe there is a lot of wrong perception here, she noted.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2021

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence has elevated Chinese lithium-ion battery cell and automaker BYD to Benchmark’s top tier EV battery cell manufacturer status joining CATL, Envision AESC, LG Energy Solution, Panasonic, Samsung, and SK Innovation as tier one cell manufacturers. Supplier to domestic Chinese EV market.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The corresponding amendment to the contract comes into force with the new “business licence”, which BBA received today from the relevant Chinese authorities. BMW Group now holds 75% of the shares in BBA, while its Chinese partner, Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd. CBA), indirectly holds the remaining 25%. BMW iX in Shanghai.

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The Driven EV News

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Chinese electric truck maker Windrose claims an Australian charging record of more than 500 kWh in a single session during a trip from Melbourne to Sydney. The post Chinese electric truck claims record charge of 500 kWh in drive from Melbourne to Sydney appeared first on The Driven.

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Electrek

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Trina Solar is selling its Texas solar panel factory as the US scrutinizes Chinese companies cashing in on Inflation Reduction Act tax breaks.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2021

Last year, Toyota Motor and five Chinese OEMs—China FAW Corporation Limited (FAW); Dongfeng Motor Corporation (DFM); Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Plans are to launch this system into the Chinese market this year. The planned joint venture will be based in Beijing and named Toyota SinoHytec Fuel Cell (FCTS).

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Electrek

MARCH 10, 2025

Ford is investing billions in Europe as it struggles to keep pace with the wave of Chinese and other low-cost EVs hitting the market. With another 4.4 billion euros ($4.8 billion) in funding, Ford looks to turn things around, but its also calling on lawmakers to do more.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2023

In a paper in Chinese Physical Letters , researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences report manufacturing practical pouch-type rechargeable lithium batteries with a gravimetric energy density of 711.3 2023) “A 700 Wh kg −1 Rechargeable Pouch Type Lithium Battery” Chinese Phys. —Li et al. Resources Quan Li et al.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

continued] The post No Tech Transfer Requirements in Chinese-European Battery Partnerships Despite EU Subsidies Study appeared first on CleanTechnica. T&E calls on clear foreign investment rules and a comprehensive European strategy for battery supply chains. Despite receiving 900 million in state aid.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Videos posted on Chinese social media platforms suggested that “City Autopilot” is quite capable and performs well on public roads. “The general consensus from Chinese FSD testers: FSD is extremely human-like unlike any other Chinese systems and confident. The feature is only available to AI4 vehicles for now.

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The Driven EV News

MARCH 19, 2025

The competitiveness of Chinese EV brands in our local market is just kicking off in 2025 with multiple offers to entice buyers away from legacy automakers. The post Chinese EV brands charge into Australian market with smarter, cheaper offerings appeared first on The Driven.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Ltd (formerly known as SIH Truck), a premium Chinese brand in the manufacturing, service and support of heavy-duty vehicles, signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under which the two companies will integrate the Allison eGen Power 130D e-Axle into SAIC Hongyan’s regional and long haul tractors.

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Electrek

JANUARY 30, 2025

A new term is being used to describe Chinese electric vehicles. According to CATLs co-chairman, Chinese EIVs, or Electric Intelligent Vehicles, are surging as affordable options that offer more advanced tech and capabilities than traditional gas-powered cars. The latest buzzword in China is EIV, replacing the commonly used EV.

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