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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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

The Government of Canada has ordered three Chinese companies to divest from three Canadian critical mineral companies: Power Metals, Lithium Chile, and Ultra Lithium. Ultra Lithium has now issued a statement noting that the company has been advised that Zangge Mining Investment (Chengdu) Co. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2020

executed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with its Japanese offtake partner and a leading Chinese processor of graphite anode material to collaborate on the construction of a value-add, battery anode plant in a jurisdiction that is proximal to the Company’s Molo graphite project in Madagascar. Canada-based NextSource Materials Inc.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2021

Lithium carbonate’s premium over lithium hydroxide in the Chinese domestic market, seen in the first quarter of 2021, is beginning to narrow, as shifting cathode chemistry demand continues to support hydroxide prices in China while carbonate gains soften amid limited spot transactions, according to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Volvo Cars and Geely Auto have agreed on a wide-ranging collaboration that will maximize the strengths of the Swedish and Chinese automotive groups, delivering synergies in powertrains, sharing of electric vehicle architecture, joint procurement, autonomous drive technologies and aftersales.

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EV Central

APRIL 4, 2025

READ MORE: Omoda and Jaecoo the latest new Chinese brands to take on BYD and GWM READ MORE: IM Motors locked in for Australian arrival as MG’s luxury arm READ MORE: Hating on Chinese EVs? It’s fabulous, but will anyone buy a $135,000 Chinese MPV? Bloody hell. The Zeekr 009 is on sale in Australia.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2022

Audi FAW NEV Company Ltd.—the —the first cooperation company with a majority interest held by Audi in China—is set too begin construction on its new EV plant in Changchun, following approval by the Chinese authorities.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 5, 2024

EV sales have reached more than 14 million so far this year, with more than three-quarters of them coming from Chinese companies. The post Chinese Companies Responsible For 76% Of Global EV Sales appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Chinese car companies are having success in Mexico. The post Chinese EV Companies Are Getting A Warm Welcome In Mexico appeared first on CleanTechnica. How long will it be before they enter the US new car market?

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2021

Toyota Motor Company and Beijing SinoHytec have established a joint venture company to promote the commercial vehicle fuel cell system industry in China. Last year, Toyota Motor and five Chinese OEMs—China FAW Corporation Limited (FAW); Dongfeng Motor Corporation (DFM); Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Earlier post.).

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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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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The post BYD Smashes Sales Records In August As Other Chinese Companies Struggle appeared first on CleanTechnica. BYD had a big month in August, as sales of its plug-in hybrid cars were up strongly over the same month last year.

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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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InsideEVs

MARCH 31, 2025

megawatt and 1.5-megawatt megawatt chargers from Zeekr and Huawei are absolutely nuts. But are they really needed?

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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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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2020

But the company plans to gradually roll out its on-demand autonomous service over a larger area in Jiading, where Shanghai’s main autonomous driving zone is located. While Didi is the first ride-hailing company to roll out a robotaxi service in Shanghai, a few companies launched similar services in other Chinese cities earlier this year.

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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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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 17, 2024

It’s time for another robotaxi company to get a lot more attention in the US — Pony AI. continued] The post Chinese Robotaxi Company Going Public In US — I’m Shocked The Stock Symbol Is Free appeared first on CleanTechnica. Waymo is now providing 100,000 customer rides a week in its robotaxis.

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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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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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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Although Roskill expects that demand fell in 2020 as a result of the disruptions of the pandemic, the company is forecasting a strong reovery in demand in 2021, increasing by 10% y-on-y. China supplied roughly 85% of global total refined rare earth production in 2020, though for Dy alone, this increases to around 95% of global production.

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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. She also stated that Beijing is more open to sharing innovations with foreign companies, even if there are rising trade tensions in Europe and the United States.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2020

The two companies will also discuss the development of an efficient production system to ensure stable supply capacity for jointly developed batteries. The companies are also considering the joint establishment of a secure supply structure geared toward future global business opportunities. Nissan Motor Co., Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2022

F) Arctic conditions in the frigid northern Chinese province of Heilongjiang. With methanol fuel price at Chinese pumps around 3RMB/L (€0.42/L The company has launched more than 20 methanol vehicles and obtained 256 patents for methanol technologies. Geely is testing the world’s first methanol hybrid sedan in sub -40 °C (-40 ?F)

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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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The Driven EV News

JULY 22, 2024

Chinese smart EV company to debut what it says will be Australia’s first flying car, alongside four premium EVs it plans to bring to the country. The post Chinese auto giant XPeng to debut Australia’s first flying car next month appeared first on The Driven.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The new TTTech Auto branch in Shanghai will bring its expertise and the series proven safe vehicle software platform, MotionWise , to car manufacturers, Tier 1 suppliers and partners to the rapidly developing Chinese automotive market. Software has become a key competitive advantage for automotive companies around the world.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2022

Geely recently launched its Methanol Hybrid Emgrand ( earlier post ) in the Chinese market. The methanol hybrid is based on Geely’s fourth-generation B-segment Modular Architecture (BMA) Emgrand sedan. Geely also offers a non-hybrid methanol-fueled version of the Emgrand. The hybrid houses a 1.8L

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 20, 2024

Better Place tried battery swapping for real in Israel, but then the company went bankrupt. continued] The post Chinese Battery & Auto Giants Looking To Follow & Rival NIO In Battery Swapping appeared first on CleanTechnica. NIO decided it would include battery.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Hyundai Motor Company is spearheading the development of a hydrogen fuel cell commercial vehicle ecosystem in China with regional partners. The company is committed to becoming a FCEV solution provider by creating a business cluster across the entire hydrogen ecosystem in China. Shanghai Sunwise New Energy System Co.,

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 3, 2024

These numbers, while falling short of the Street’s whisper numbers, were enough for Tesla to become the world’s largest seller of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in Q3 2024, exceeding Chinese automaker BYD. The post Tesla beats BYD to become world’s best selling BEV company in Q3 appeared first on TESLARATI.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 10, 2024

I’ll break it down by region and also discuss individual companies. continued] The post China & US Auto Market — Chinese Auto Disrupting Everyone Else appeared first on CleanTechnica. In this article, I’m analyzing at a high level what is happening to the auto industry across propulsion types.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2023

The parties have now agreed to set up a joint venture company by the end of 2023, of which Beijing Easpring Material Technology will own 70% and Finnish Minerals Group 30%. The goal of the company is a state-of-the-art production plant capable of offering precursor cathode active material with an unprecedentedly low carbon footprint.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2022

Shanghai Metals Market data pointed to a supply deficit of 1,361 tonnes in July, swinging from the supply surplus in the prior month as the re-opening of the Chinese economy and cash subsidies for new energy vehicles lifted car manufacturer’s demand. Source: Trading Economics. Earlier post.). Source: Statista.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2021

Baidu Apollo is moving forward to a new stage of scalable commercialized operations with the launch of the fully driverless robotaxi services in the capital, as a starting point of commercialized operations in first-tier Chinese cities.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2021

In March, China’s Ganfeng Lithium—the sixth-largest lithium company by production in 2019—said that its board approved a plan to acquire a 49% equity interest in Yiliping for 1.47 billion Chinese yuan (US$229 million). The project, located in the Tibetan Plateau’s Qaidam Basin, has a mining license that will expire in 2028.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2022

Joint ventures between automakers and battery companies have been central to this growth. The 300 th gigafactory added to Benchmark’s Gigafactory Assessment is being developed by Chinese cell manufacturer EVE Energy in Chengdu, Sichuan. Europe has increased its pipeline by eight gigafactories over the same period.

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