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GM’s Upcoming Wuling Electric Sedan Revealed In China

General Motors’ second joint venture in China, has just officially revealed the exterior design of Wuling’s upcoming all-electric sedan.  The automaker revealed the first official images of Wuling’s new fully electric sedan, showing the exterior look of the midsize vehicle…

CATL Unveils Ultra-fast Charging Battery

Wu Kai, chief scientist of CATL, delivers a speech during the launch of its ultra-fast charging battery online in August. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]  Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd, the world’s largest electric vehicle battery maker, unveiled a new battery…

Siemens To Help Digitally Transform Ceer’s EV Development Process

Ceer, Saudi Arabia’s first electric vehicle brand, announced on Tuesday that it is collaborating with Siemens Digital Industries Software to accelerate Ceer’s digital transformation.  Under the collaboration, Ceer’s engineers to design and build next-generation electric vehicles using the Siemens Xcelerator…

EV Battery Market Holds Steady Amid Downtrend In Lithium Salt Prices

Electric vehicle (EV) battery prices in China demonstrated stability, with lithium salt prices registering a marginal decline, in July. The prices of EV square ternary cells, LFP cells, and pouch ternary power cells during the month remained relatively consistent with…

China Evergrande EV Unit To Issue Fresh Shares In Restructuring Plan

Embattled property developer China Evergrande Group said on Monday (Aug 14) its listed electric-vehicle arm has agreed to issue new shares to certain subscribers to ease loan burden and improve liquidity as part of its restructuring proposal.  Under the terms,…

Hyundai partners Chinese EV firm for charging services in China

Hyundai Motor Group said on Monday it has partnered with Chinese electric vehicle (EV) charging service information provider NaaS Technology for future EV charging business opportunities.  Hyundai signed an initial pact with Naas at the Chinese firm’s headquarters in Beijing on Monday to jointly develop customized EV…

Chery & Huawei’s Luxeed EV Unveiled in China

The Luxeed pure electric sedan, which Huawei and Chery jointly developed, has garnered a lot of interest in the Chinese auto industry & motoring press alike.  Soon after Yu Chengdong, Executive Director of Huawei, made the announcement, Luxeed’s official photographs…

General Motors JV Launches Baojun Cloud EV In China Starting Under $14K

GM’s joint venture (SGMW) launched the Baojun Cloud electric hatchback on Thursday in China, starting at 95,800 yuan ($13.2K).  SGMW is a joint venture between General Motors, SAIC, and Wuling Motors in China. The company sells vehicles under the Wuling and…

Routes Of Electric Trackless Vehicles May Be Inspired By Honeybees

The foraging behaviour of honeybees might be a useful tool in figuring out the best, most energy-efficient routes for electric trackless rubber-tired vehicles (ETRVs) which are crucial for mining operations and transportation.  New research out of Tsinghua University explains that…

General Motors JV Launches Baojun Cloud EV In China Starting Under $14K

GM’s joint venture (SGMW) launched the Baojun Cloud electric hatchback on Thursday in China, starting at 95,800 yuan ($13.2K).  SGMW is a joint venture between General Motors, SAIC, and Wuling Motors in China. The company sells vehicles under the Wuling and…