CnEVPost Newsletter: NIO has built its first European marketing team

NIO has built its first European marketing team, battery swap station has been shipped to Europe — cnevpost.com

The flagship NIO House in Europe has already been renovated and a battery swap station has been shipped to Europe.

NIO president says EV maker has capacity expansion plans - CnEVPost NIO has further plans for capacity deployment and aims to announce them by May 1, Qin Lihong, co-founder and president of the Chinese electric vehicle company, said Monday.

NIO president says long-term preparations must be made for chip shortage - CnEVPost With many black swan events happening in the world that are affecting chip supply, "we have to be prepared for the long term, which is a new subject," Qin Lihong, co-founder and president of Chinese electric vehicle company NIO, said Monday.

This is how much money you can make if you work at NIO, XPeng, Li Auto - CnEVPost NIO offers a salary range of RMB 26,000-50,000 for smart cockpit recommendation algorithm development positions, while the chief system architect for intelligent human-computer interaction is paid as much as RMB 80,000-111,000 per month.

Li Auto says its self-driving system can compete with Huawei and Tesla by next year - CnEVPost Li Auto's autonomous driving system, equipped with 508 Tops of computing power and LiDAR, could compete with Huawei and Tesla by next year, Li Xiang, CEO of the Chinese electric car company, said on Weibo on April 20.

Huawei officially starts selling cars in flagship stores, says it can make up for lost profits in phone business - CnEVPost After being repeatedly sanctioned by the United States, Huawei's cell phone business has suffered, and selling cars can compensate for the decline in profits caused by the impact on sales of the cell phone business, Yu said.

Baidu Apollo signs deal with Hyundai Kia to strengthen its dominance in self-driving - CnEVPost Baidu Apollo and Hyundai Kia signed a strategic cooperation agreement on April 19, marking a further step in the former's cooperation with car companies to strengthen its dominant position in the autonomous driving field.

SAIC-GM-Wuling to be first car company to use DJI's smart driving solution - CnEVPost SAIC-GM-Wuling announced on April 19 that Chinese drone company DJI's smart driving solutions will be used in BAOJUN models, which will start mass production within the year.

SAIC-GM-Wuling says orders for Hongguang Mini EV Macaron exceed 45,000 units in just 10 days of launch - CnEVPost Sales of the Hongguang Mini EV exceeded 270,000 units in 270 days after its launch last July, the company said.

China's best-selling EV appears to have a strong competitor - CnEVPost Its pre-sale price starts at RMB 29,800 ($4,588), not far off the Wuling Hongguang Mini EV's starting price of RMB 28,800.

Great Wall Motor's EV brand Ora unveils supercar for about $30,000 - CnEVPost Ora, Great Wall Motor's EV brand, unveiled the Lightning Cat, a supercar priced under RMB 200,000 ($30,783), on April 19.