CnEVPost Newsletter: NIO reaffirms 150-kWh battery delivery in Q4; BYD marches into Japan

NIO reaffirms 150-kWh solid-state battery for delivery in Q4, with flexible upgrades for users - CnEVPost — cnevpost.com The battery will give the NIO ES8 a range of 850 kilometers, the ES6 a range of 900 kilometers and the ET7 a range of more than 1,000 kilometers.

NIO warns of illegal token offerings in its name - CnEVPost NIO has no plans to issue any digital currencies, nor has it authorized any third parties to issue digital currencies, it said.

NIO Day 2022 to be held in one of these 10 cities - CnEVPost Guangzhou, Harbin, Haikou, Hangzhou, Hefei, Jinan, Qingdao, Shijiazhuang, Wuhan and Xi'an are the 10 cities that have made the shortlist for NIO Day 2022.

Deutsche Bank tells how they feel about Chinese EVs after test drives in Norway - CnEVPost Edison Yu's team hosted their first China EV Ride & Drive event with investors in Oslo last week, where participants had the opportunity to test drive models including the NIO ES8, XPeng P7, Zeekr 001, and Aiways U5.

Giga Shanghai becomes Tesla's largest facility with annual capacity of over 750,000 vehicles - CnEVPost Tesla's California plant has an annual capacity of 650,000 units, while its Berlin and Texas plants both have an annual capacity of more than 250,000 units.

BYD marches into Japan, home turf of Toyota and Honda - CnEVPost The BYD Atto 3 is expected to launch in Japan in January 2023, the Dolphin in mid-2023 and the Seal in the second half of 2023.

CATL to provide LFP battery packs for Ford EVs sold in North America starting next year - CnEVPost CATL will provide LFP battery packs for the Ford Mustang Mach-E sold in North America starting next year and for the F-150 Lightning starting in 2024.

Audi Q4 e-tron officially launched in China to take on Tesla Model Y, NIO ES6 - CnEVPost The Audi Q4 e-tron is priced in China in the range of RMB 299,900 ($44,330) - RMB 377,100 and will compete with models including the Tesla Model Y and NIO ES6.

Baidu unveils Apollo RT6, its sixth-gen autonomous vehicle, at about half cost of its predecessor - CnEVPost Baidu aims to put a large fleet of mass-produced Apollo RT6 vehicles into trial operation on its Robotaxi platform Apollo Go in the second half of 2023.

Didi fined $1.2 billion as cybersecurity case comes to end - CnEVPost Didi had a total of 16 violations and also engaged in data processing activities that seriously affected China's national security, according to an announcement.

SAIC expects deliveries of its premium EV brand IM Motors to exceed 1,000 units by end of July - CnEVPost The IM Motors L7 is positioned similarly to the NIO ET7, and SAIC says the sedan will have stronger deliveries in August.