CnEVPost Newsletter: What ET7 could mean for NIO; CATL supplying Tesla from its plant next to Giga Shanghai

ET7: Here's why orders may exceed 100,000 in 2022 and what that means for NIO's market cap - CnEVPost — cnevpost.com NIO ET7 orders commence January 20, 2022. Here is why those orders could be over 100,000 in 2022.

Microsoft announces partnership with XPeng on latter's virtual voice assistant - CnEVPost Chinese customers who purchase the XPeng P7 can upgrade the new intelligent voice assistant "Xiao P" via OTA, and XPeng plans to introduce the technology to several other models.

CATL already supplying batteries to Tesla from its new facility few blocks from Giga Shanghai - CnEVPost The plant is in the capacity ramp-up phase and is already at approximately 60 percent of its design capacity.

Cadillac Lyriq enters draft approval list in China, paving way for mid-year deliveries - CnEVPost SAIC said on December 8 that nearly 5,000 orders have been placed for the Lyriq after it opened for pre-sale on November 17.

EV battery maker CALB plans HK IPO, aims to raise $1 billion - CnEVPost CALB is the third largest EV battery maker in China, with a market share behind CATL and BYD.

Svolt Energy begins construction of new $1.57 billion battery plant - CnEVPost The plant has a planned annual capacity of 22.3 GWh and is expected to be fully operational by the first half of 2023.

Chinese self-driving startup DeepRoute partners with LiDAR maker RoboSense to build L4 autonomous driving solutions - CnEVPost The two parties aim to build lower-cost L4 autonomous driving solutions based on solid-state LiDARs to help drive mass adoption of the technology.

WeRide puts self-driving buses without steering wheel or brake pedal into operation - CnEVPost These all-electric Robobuses have no steering wheel, accelerator pedal or brake pedal and operate seven days a week.