CnEVPost Newsletter: China EV sales; Nio Firefly spy shots
China EV sales for week ending Apr 7: Nio 2,110, Tesla 1,880, BYD 46,250
Major EV makers saw sales in China fall last week, partly due to the Tomb Sweeping Day holiday.
Nio opens smart driving tech center in Germany, its 1st outside of China
The facility will help complete Nio's global development network and provide tailored, user-friendly technology solutions "from Europe for Europe", said Nio vice president Zhang Hui.
Nio Firefly: New spy shots revealed
Nio's Firefly project will offer smaller models and is expected to target the market with a price tag of less than RMB 200,000 yuan.
Nio reaches 2,400 swap stations in China
Nio's pace of building battery swap stations was slow at the start of the year, possibly waiting for fourth-generation station capacity to ramp up. It's aiming to end the year with a total of more than 3,310 stations.
Tesla EV sales in China double to 62,398 in Mar
In the first quarter, Tesla sold 132,420 vehicles in China, contributing 34.23 percent of its global deliveries.
BYD gets 5,345 orders at Bangkok auto show
BYD received 5,345 orders at the Bangkok auto show, which ended on April 7, placing it in second place in terms of orders received at the event.
BYD-FAW joint venture battery project begins mass production
The PA75 project's battery is the first battery swap-enabled pack for FAW's HME battery platform for its Hongqi brand, FAW-FinDreams said.
GAC Aion's Hyper brand to unveil all-solid-state battery on Apr 12
Hyper said its solid-state batteries will utilize 100 percent solid-state electrolytes with features including ultra-high energy density and ultra-wide operating temperature range.
China's NEV retail rebounds to 709,000 in Mar, penetration reaches record 41.6%
China's retail penetration of NEVs was 41.6 percent in March, up 5.8 percentage points from 35.8 percent in February.