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Beyonca, a start-up will start making new premium electric vehicles next year with superior features such as health monitoring. Beyonca was founded by a group of former Volkswagen executives and plans to compete with many manufacturers in China’s growing electric vehicle market. Beyonca, backed by Renault and Dongfeng Motor, plans to launch its first production car in the first quarter of next year with deliveries starting in 2024, Soh confirmed to Reuters. On October 30, Beyonca has launched a concept car with excellent features such as sensors that can monitor the driver’s blood pressure, alarms to alert doctors in an…

The Chinese automotive manufacturer Zeekr, which is owned by Geely, has again presented a teaser image for the electric Zeekr 009 minivan that emphasizes luxury and comfort on the inside. The Zeekr 009 electric minivan previously appeared in August and will make its official debut on November 1. The overall shape of the Zeekr 009 is no different from a minivan in general. However, the front fascia has a difference thanks to the “N”-shaped LED headlights and a fully enclosed grille with 154 LED lights. This newly shared image reveals that the 009 will be sold as standard with six…

The Chinese new energy vehicle giant said the company’s third-quarter net profit rose 350% over the same period last year. The company’s profit gains were helped by a wider product offering to several new countries and strong sales making it competitive with Tesla in the global electric vehicle market. BYD’s third-quarter net profit was 5.72 billion yuan ($788.75 million). For the January to September period, BYD’s net profit increased 281% to 9.31 billion yuan, the company said on Friday. BYD itself is currently focusing on developing new energy vehicles and discontinuing the development of vehicles with internal combustion engines. BYD…

Evergrande New Energy Vehicle Group has started deliveries of Hengchi 5 electric vehicles to its first 100 customers, the company said on its official Wechat account. The first 100 customers got their electric vehicles on Saturday. The Hengchi 5 electric SUV alone retails for 179,000 yuan ($24,690.00). Dimensionally, the Hengchi 5 is 4.73 meters long with a lithium-phosphate battery supplied by CATL. Using a 201 hp electric motor, the Hengchi has a range of 435 miles (700 km) on a single charge according to the NEDC test cycle. Evergrande New Energy Vehicle Group is a unit of Chinese property developer…

Huawei will sell the Avatr 11 electric car through the company’s main chain of outlets in Beijing and Shenzhen. It is known, the company has 60 outlets operating directly, more than 70 regional distributors and 150 other partner outlets throughout China. Previously, Avatr was known as Changan Nio. However, the name was changed after Nio’s investment was diluted to less than 1 percent in favor of Huawei and CATL. Quoted from GSM Arena, Saturday (10/29/2022), Huawei and CATL’s first electric car went on sale recently. The car features the AVATRANS steering system, which enables advanced intelligent driving assist functions in…

Chinese electric car manufacturer Aiways will work with European partners to recycle expired batteries and electric vehicles. Aiways is also targeting accident-damaged vehicles to enter the program. For the German region, Aiways has signed a cooperation agreement with the Priorec vehicle recycler. Aiways did not provide details on how to recycle batteries and electric vehicles including their location. Priorec itself is a “specialist provider for the recycling of high-voltage systems, prototypes, cables and airbags,” but also reconditioning of whole end-of-life vehicles. Priorec is part of the Büchl Group and is based in Ingolstadt. In France, Aiways will cooperate with Green…

Toyota Motor Corporation said Monday that it is preparing to manufacture a small electric sedan in China powered by BYD Blade batteries. Quoted from Reuters, Tuesday (10/25/2022) a Japanese car manufacturer will name the small electric sedan BZ3. As is known, the China-only bZ3 electric sedan, jointly developed with BYD, will be the second model in Toyota’s new “Beyond Zero” (bZ) battery electric vehicle (BEV) series. Toyota had originally planned to unveil the bZ3 electric sedan at the Beijing auto show last April, but the event was canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, a source says that the bZ3…

Tesla has slashed starting prices for its Model 3 and Model Y cars by 9% in China, which is one of the world’s largest electric vehicle markets besides North America and Europe. According to a listing on Tesla China’s website on Monday, the price of the Model 3 electric sedan was lowered to 265,900 yuan ($36,727.03) from the previous 279,900 yuan. Meanwhile the price of the Model Y fell to 288,900 yuan from 316,900 yuan. According to Tesla, it is adjusting prices according to costs, the company told Reuters in a statement. The company had previously upgraded the Shanghai Giga,…

The Venucia D60EV PLUS is an electric vehicle with a 5 seater layout based on the internal combustion engine version of the Venucia D60 Plus. This electric vehicle comes with two battery options, lithium iron phosphate and ternary lithium, with a range of 420km and 450km, respectively. The Venucia D60EV PLUS comes with a price range of 129,800 – 132,800 RMB (17,900 – 18,400 USD) after the subsidy. Venucia is a sub-brand under Dongfeng-Nissan, a joint venture that makes various Nissan-branded cars for the Chinese market. From January to September, 22,287 Venucia D60EV Series have been sold. Dimensionally, the Venucia…

This year’s Paris Motor Show automotive exhibition is arguably quite interesting. The reason is, the exhibition which was held on European soil was actually enlivened by Chinese cars compared to European manufacturers. In the exhibition, which will start on October 18, 2022, the Chinese manufacturers with the most luxurious areas are Great Wall and BYD. Great Wall was even present at the prestigious auto show on the blue continent. They come with other brand divisions such as ORA, WEY and SERES. The dominance of Chinese manufacturers at the French exhibition was due to the large number of European manufacturers who…

Electric vehicle battery giant CATL has slowed plans for a new plant in North America due to new rules on sourcing battery material as an excuse to push costs higher in production, Reuters cited two insiders familiar with the matter as saying. CATL previously planned to build electric vehicle battery production facilities in Kentucky, South Carolina and Mexico. The plan, the production facility will be used to supply electric vehicle manufacturers such as Ford and BMW. However, plans have been pushed back several times. First, because of the visit of Nancy Pelosi, Chair of the US House of Representatives to…

Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun wants his company to be able to compete with the world’s largest automakers and sell 10 million electric cars a year with the global top 5 in mind. According to the CEO of Xiaomi, the world’s top five brands will have more than 80% market share. But in order to be at that level, Xiaomi must market 10 million vehicles per year. Lei Jun argues that cars are no longer cars, but forms of electronic goods with software and user experience at the core of their services. https://twitter.com/leijun/status/1582724255711580165 Lei Jun said that cars evolved from mechanical…

Guangdong province, a coastal region bordering Hong Kong, has built hundreds of thousands of public charging points for electric vehicles in recent years. There were 345,126 public chargers and 19,116 charging stations at the end of September 2022. Guangdong also has the largest electric vehicle charging network in China, which has more than doubled from last year. In fact, according to BloombergNEF data, that’s about three times as many public chargers across the United States. A BloombergNEF analysis calculated there were about 112,900 public chargers across the US and 442,000 chargers in Europe at the end of 2021, compared to…

NIO officially entered the European electric vehicle market earlier this month. NIO brought its three electric vehicle portfolios namely ET7, EL7 and ET5 to European consumers at the NIO Berlin event. NIO to the European market brought a business model of leasing rather than buying sparking some controversy in the old continent. After communicating with local users over the past two weeks, NIO confirmed that they will be offering a buy option for their electric vehicles. Consumers in Europe will have purchase options for the NIO ET7, EL7 and ET5 starting on November 21, 2022 with deliveries starting in 2023,…

Foxconn has expanded its vehicle model lineup with the launch of the Model V pickup truck. The Model V joins Foxconn’s previous models, the Model C SUV and Model E sedan. As a hardware supplier for Apple, Foxconn was previously rumored to be a manufacturer of electric cars made by Apple. This is unlikely to happen because Foxconn has signed partnerships with several large companies such as Stellantis, Rivian, and Geely. The Model V pickup truck is built on Foxconn’s latest Hon Hai platform, which is also designed to cater to the sporty sedan, SUV and GT market. Foxconn previously…

IM Motors will launch a performance variant of the L7 model after thousands of electric sedans have been delivered. IM Motors is a premium electric vehicle (EV) brand created by China’s largest automaker SAIC and Alibaba. The variant which will be called L7 Snake Performance will be launched this year and the company has released some official images of the variant. The L7 Snake Performance is built after a year of dedicated development. The exterior of the L7 Snake Performance remains the same as the L7 model, but is painted in matte black to accentuate its sporty character. Dimensionally, it…

VinFast is increasingly aggressive in marketing its electric car, this time the blue continent of Europe is the target. Appearing at the Paris Motor Show 2022, VinFast is confident in bringing the entire line-up of electric cars to open the eyes of European consumers. The confidence of the new automotive player from Vietnam deserves thumbs up. Fully supported by the Vietnamese Government, now the EV deserves to compete with Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Mercedes-Benz and so on. VinFast has also confirmed that it will set up headquarters in three European countries to transform itself into a global car brand. The new offices…

Former Volkswagen executive, Herbert Diess, said that consumers in China prefer electric vehicles from local brands to foreign-made brands, such as from European or US brands. Launching from China Daily, Tuesday (18/10/2022), Edward Wang, managing director of syndicated research at J.D. Power China, said that electric vehicle manufacturers from China are more aware of what local customers want. Local electric vehicle manufacturers will also be quicker to adopt new technology because they are always open to new ideas. For example, international automakers that are joint ventures based in China usually have to follow schedules set by their overseas headquarters. This…

The rival of the Tesla Model 3, the BYD Seal was introduced to the European market with its debut at the 2022 Paris Motor Show. The manufacturer from China is also increasingly adaptive to expand into other markets, saying the BYD Seal can be built for countries with the steering wheel on the right. It is possible that the BYD Seal will set its wheels in a country with a steering wheel configuration on the right. This aggressive expansion is also part of the competition to compete with the Tesla Model 3. The Seal is the production version of BYD’s…

BYD has previously confirmed its entry into the European market with three electric vehicles namely the Atto 3, Tang and Han. As part of its efforts to enter the European market, the Chinese new energy vehicle manufacturer showcased the three electric vehicles at the Paris Motor Show. The Paris Motor Show is the most important biennial auto show event in the world. This year’s event is the first since four years ago due to the Covid-19 pandemic. At the Paris Motor Show, BYD came up with a nearly 1,000 square meter booth in Hall 4 to bring new energy technologies…