CnEVPost Newsletter: CATL cutting battery costs for some clients; Tesla raises Model Y prices

Feb 17, 2023

CATL reportedly cutting battery costs significantly for some clients including NIO, Li Auto

The program is only available to a few strategic customers, including NIO, Li Auto, Huawei and Zeekr, and Tesla is not included, according to local media.

Tesla raises prices of two higher-trim Model Y variants both by $290 in China

Tesla raised the price of the rear-wheel drive entry-level Model Y by the same amount a week ago.

Tesla in spotlight again in China as Model 3 crashes after high-speed driving

The Model 3 nearly landed on its front end after passing over a bridge.

Haomo unveils DriveGPT, a foundation model for self-driving cognition, amid AI frenzy

Haomo DriveGPT has now completed model building and validation of the first phase of data, with parameters comparable in scale to GPT-2.

Chinese academician expects lithium prices to see further drop of up to 20% this year

Chinese Academy of Sciences academician Ouyang Minggao said he expects the price of lithium carbonate in China to drop to between RMB 350,000 yuan ($50,890) and 400,000 yuan per ton in the second half of this year.

BEVs contribute 86% of all NEV miles driven in China in Jan

BEVs contributed 86.47 percent of the 17.1 billion kilometers driven by NEVs in China in January, and PHEVs contributed 13.48 percent.