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PHEVs sold a record 217,000 units at retail in June, contributing 32.6 percent of NEV retail sales and up 100.2 percent year-on-year.
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BYD has brought the Dolphin to the Australian, Brazilian and Singaporean markets in the past 10 days.
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SAIC-Volkswagen is offering discounts of up to RMB 42,000 for the ID.3, while FAW-Volkswagen's ID.6 CROZZ is priced at RMB 63,000 less than its website shows.
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Tesla sold 93,680 China-made vehicles in June, including exports, the second-highest number on record after November 2022's 100,291 vehicles.
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Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) has increased referral incentives in China for the Model 3 and Model Y to boost sales of the two locally produced models.
Starting July 7, Tesla owners who refer others to buy the Model 3 and Model Y will receive an upgraded benefits package, the US electric vehicle (EV) maker said today on Weibo.
The package includes a RMB 3,500 ($410) cash bonus for the purchaser, which can be used against the purchase price, and a free 90-day trial of Enhanced Autopilot (EAP) assisted driving software.
Referrals will be rewarded with 7,000 points that can be redeemed for gifts including a TeslaMic, Model Y for toddlers, or supercharging miles.
Tesla has previously run an owner referral program in China for several years, which offers 1,500 kilometers of free supercharging for both the referrer and the purchaser.
The referral program was discontinued on September 18, 2021, and reinstated on October 24, 2022, but only offered bonus points.
The upgrade to the referral bonus for the Model 3 and Model Y comes on the heels of Tesla's July 1 announcement of an RMB 35,000 to RMB 45,000 discount for the full line of Model S and Model X in China.
The Model S and Model X are not produced in China, and their deliveries here began in late March.
Tesla was also encouraging owners to recommend friends to buy the two models. If a customer buy the Model S and Model X on someone else's referral, they would receive an additional RMB 7,000 bonus, free supercharging benefits for three or six years, and 90 days of free EAP benefits. The referrer will then receive a 48,000-point bonus that can be redeemed for supercharger miles.
Tesla sold 93,680 China-made vehicles in June, including exports, the second highest on record after 100,291 in November 2022, according to data released by the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) on July 4.
That's up 18.72 percent from 78,906 units a year ago and up 20.57 percent from 77,695 units in May.
Tesla's June sales in China and the breakdown of China-made vehicles exported are expected to be known in the coming days.
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Tesla offers up to $6,200 discounts for Model S and Model X in China
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BYD launched the Dolphin in Hong Kong in late May and brought the model to Australia and Brazil in late June.
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BYD (OTCMKTS: BYDDY) has launched the Dolphin in Singapore as it introduces the compact electric vehicle (EV) to more markets.
The Chinese new energy vehicle (NEV) giant held a launch event for the BYD Dolphin with Singapore dealer Vantage Automotive on July 3, its second all-electric passenger car model offered in the Southeast Asian country after the Atto 3, according to an announcement from the company today.
BYD launched the Atto 3 in Singapore in 2022, and the model was the top-selling all-electric vehicle in the region in the January-May period, according to James Ng, managing director of BYD Singapore.
The BYD Dolphin is expected to be popular with customers of all ages in Singapore and will enter the lives of more Singaporeans, he said.
The BYD Dolphin, which went on sale on August 29, 2021, is an all-electric compact car with a current starting price of RMB 116,800 ($16,120) in China.
The model is the first to be built on BYD's pure electric platform e-Platform 3.0 and is equipped with a blade battery.
The BYD Dolphin currently has a starting price of S$156,888 ($115,990) in Singapore, a price that includes COE (Certificate of Entitlement), which gives residents the right to own and use the vehicle in Singapore.
This is the latest market that the Dolphin has entered, with the model entering the Hong Kong market in late May and Australia and Brazil in late June.
BYD sold 253,046 NEVs in June, up 88.79 percent from 134,036 units in the same month last year and up 5.34 percent from 240,220 units in May, according to data released earlier this month.
In June, BYD sold 10,536 NEVs in overseas markets, up 3.26 percent from 10,203 units in May.
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The plant will have two production lines for assembling battery modules and packs, with construction expected to be completed by the end of 2023.
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Svolt Energy, the battery maker that became independent from Great Wall Motor, has started construction of its battery module and pack plant in Thailand, as the Chinese electric vehicle (EV) industry chain targets international markets.
Svolt Energy held a ceremony on July 5 local time to celebrate the start of construction of the plant based in Sriracha Chonburi, according to an announcement yesterday.
The ceremony was attended by Thai officials, Svolt Energy's chairman and CEO Yang Hongxin, and representatives from Hozon Auto, the Chinese EV company that owns the Neta brand.
Svolt Energy's plant is based on the renovation and upgrade of a locally leased facility with a projected capacity of 60,000 packs per year, according to its announcement.
According to current plans, the plant will have two production lines, one for HEV, PHEV and BEV battery module production and the other for battery pack assembly.
Construction of the plant is expected to be completed by the end of 2023, Svolt Energy said.
While working with existing customers including Great Wall Motor and Hozon, Svolt Energy will also develop new customers and has started business talks with local Thai companies, it said.
The company will also join with local Thai partners to expand into energy storage, lightweight power batteries and battery recycling, Svolt Energy said.
Svolt Energy's announcement did not mention the amount of investment, although last month local media Cailian reported that the battery maker was planning to invest $30 million in the plant.
Svolt Energy was originally Great Wall Motor's power cell division, which began research and development of power cells in 2012.
It became independent from Great Wall Motor in February 2018 and works on next-generation battery materials, cells, modules, packs, BMS, and energy storage technologies.
The battery manufacturer currently has 11 production sites in China and one overseas production site in Heusweiler, Saarland, Germany, according to its website.
Svolt Energy is one of the largest battery manufacturers in China, with 0.35 GWh of batteries installed in May, ranking 11th in the country with a 1.23 percent share, according to the China Automotive Battery Innovation Alliance (CABIA).
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Never before has any Xpeng model been so popular, said a store employee, according to a local media report.
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Xpeng (NYSE: XPEV) previously announced pre-orders for its new SUV, the G6, but did not mention firm orders for the model after its official launch. Now, a new report provides some reference.
As of July 3, the Xpeng G6 had received about 28,000 firm orders with non-refundable deposits in China, just four days after the model's official launch on June 29, according to a report today from local automotive outlet D1EV.
Staff at an Xpeng store in Beijing said that never before has any other model from the company been so popular, according to the report.
Judging by the Xpeng G6's performance in Tier 1 and Tier 2 cities, the overall conversion rate of pre-orders to firm orders reached 60 percent, the report said.
The model performs better in Tier 1 cities, which are more friendly to new energy vehicles (NEVs), with one store in Beijing already having more than 300 orders for the Xpeng G6, according to the report.
The most popular version of the Xpeng G6 is the 755 Max version, followed by the 580 Max, and they both come with XNGP driver assistance software, the report said, adding that this reflects the appeal of the assisted driving capability to customers.
Xpeng officially launched the G6 in China on June 29, offering five versions, including two Pro versions as well as three Max versions, the former with the Xpilot assisted driving software only and the latter with the more powerful XNGP.
The five versions start at RMB 209,900 ($28,960), RMB 229,900, RMB 234,900, RMB 254,900 and RMB 276,900 respectively.
Xpeng began pre-sales for the G6 on June 9 and subsequently announced that the model had received more than 25,000 pre-orders within 72 hours.
He Xiaopeng, the company's chairman and CEO, said at the model's launch event that the G6 had more than 35,000 pre-orders as of June 28 since it began pre-sales on June 9.
The G6 is expected to become the top-selling smart electric SUV priced at the RMB 250,000 level in China within two months, he said.
While the G6 has received good initial acceptance, Xpeng needs to ramp up production capacity soon to avoid long waits that could lead to potential orders being lost.
Customers have been very enthusiastic about the G6, and those who order it now will have to wait about 10 weeks, Brain Gu, Xpeng's vice chairman and president, told English-language media reporters, including CnEVPost, at an online conference Wednesday night.
Xpeng wants shorter and shorter delivery cycles for the G6, but right now the model still needs capacity ramp-up, Gu said.
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Xpeng works to boost capacity as G6 wait time exceeds 10 weeks
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Volkswagen China and FAW-Volkswagen plan to jointly invest about 800 million yuan in charging station operator CAMS to accelerate the deployment of charging network in China.
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Volkswagen plans to invest more in a charging joint ventures in China to increase its bet on the world's largest electric vehicle (EV) market.
Volkswagen China and FAW-Volkswagen plan to jointly invest about 800 million yuan ($110 million) in charging station operator CAMS New Energy Technology (CAMS) to accelerate the layout of charging network in China, according to a July 3 press release.
The transaction, which will be completed after regulatory approvals are obtained, is intended to further accelerate the layout of the charging network in China and enhance the user experience, Volkswagen said.
CAMS was founded in May 2019 and is based in Changzhou, Jiangsu province. Volkswagen China holds a 30 percent stake in the company, China FAW holds 30 percent, and two other local companies hold 40 percent of the remaining shares.
By June 2023, CAMS had established 1,250 supercharging stations in China, offering 10,950 charging terminals covering more than 180 cities and serving more than 2 million registered users, according to the Volkswagen press release.
By 2025, CAMS plans to have 17,000 fast charging terminals in China with superchargers ranging from 120 kW to 180 kW and even 300 kW to 480 kW, it said.
In addition, Volkswagen China and CAMS have joined forces with a subsidiary of State Grid to launch a managed charging (V1G) pilot in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.
The pilot's intelligent remote-control technology can control charging power according to the requirements of grid load regulation, thus balancing power supply and demand and contributing to grid stability, according to Volkswagen.
The first phase of the pilot program will run from July 2023 to June 2024, with 2,400 EV customers initially planned to be recruited in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.
Volkswagen's weekly sales of new energy vehicles (NEVs) in China were 3,900 units in the week of June 26 to July 2, according to data shared yesterday by local auto media outlet Dongchedi.
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This is below the CPCA's June 25 estimate of about 670,000 units.
Retail sales of passenger new energy vehicles (NEVs) in China were 638,000 units in June, up 19 percent year-on-year and up 10 percent from May, according to preliminary data released today by the CPCA.
On June 25, the CPCA estimated in a report that China's retail sales of passenger NEVs in June would be around 670,000 units. The latest preliminary figures have been revised downward from the previous estimate.
From January to June, retail sales of passenger NEVs in China were 3.06 million units, up 36 percent year-on-year, according to the CPCA.
Wholesale sales of passenger NEVs in China were 744,000 units in June, up 30 percent year-on-year and up 10 percent from the previous month.
From January to June, wholesale sales of passenger NEVs in China were 3.53 million units, up 43 percent year-on-year.
Retail sales of all passenger vehicles in China were 1.896 million units in June, down 2 percent year-on-year but up 9 percent from May, according to the CPCA.
This means that the penetration of passenger NEVs at retail in June was 33.64 percent, up from 31.66 percent in May.
Retail sales of all passenger vehicles in China from January to June were 9.528 million units, up 3 percent year-on-year.
Wholesale sales of passenger cars in China increased 2.23 million units in June, up 2 percent year-on-year and up 11 percent from May.
From January to June, China's wholesale passenger vehicle sales were 11.06 million units, up 9 percent year-on-year.
The following is the CPCA's weekly retail sales performance for the Chinese passenger vehicle market for June, as announced today:
For the first week of June, June 1-4, passenger vehicle daily retail sales averaged 31,000 units, down 9 percent year-on-year and down 42 percent from the same period in May.
In the second week of June, from June 5-11, the average daily retail sales of passenger cars were 43,000 units, down 10 percent year-on-year and 14 percent lower than the same period in May.
In the third week of June, June 12-18, average daily retail sales of passenger cars were 58,000 units, down 2 percent year-on-year but up 21 percent from the same period in May.
In the fourth week of June, June 19-25, average daily retail sales of passenger cars were 75,000 units, up 9 percent year-on-year and up 53 percent from the same period in May.
In the fifth week of June, from June 26-30, the national passenger car market averaged 108,000 daily retail sales, down 7 percent year-on-year and up 30 percent from the same period in May.
China NEV insurance registrations for week ending Jul 2: BYD 54,000, Nio ES6 1,900
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BYD will invest $620 million in the facility, which will include an electric bus and truck chassis plant, a new energy passenger car plant, and a processing plant specializing in LFP battery materials.
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BYD (OTCMKTS: BYDDY) will invest hundreds of millions of dollars in Brazil to build an industrial complex as it steps up its efforts to expand in international markets.
The Chinese new energy vehicle (NEV) maker will set up a large production base complex of three plants in Brazil, BYD and the Brazilian state government of Bahia jointly announced on July 4, according to a statement.
The facility is located in the Brazilian city of Camacari, with a total investment of 3 billion reais ($620 million), according to a statement from BYD today.
The industrial complex includes a production plant for electric buses and truck chassis, a new energy passenger car production plant, and a processing plant specializing in lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery materials.
The new energy passenger car production line will be able to produce pure electric and plug-in hybrid models with a planned annual capacity of 150,000 units.
The LFP battery material processing plant will utilize local port resources to meet the growing demand for new energy products in the global market, BYD said.
The industrial complex is scheduled to start production in the second half of 2024 and is expected to create more than 5,000 local jobs, according to the BYD statement.
The creation of a large production base complex in Brazil is an important milestone in BYD's development in the Americas market and will help accelerate the penetration of NEVs there, said BYD Americas president Stella Li.
In October 2022, BYD signed a letter of intent with the Bahia state government to build a vehicle production facility in the industrial area left behind by Ford after it closed its plant outside the city's capital, El Salvador.
The Bahia state government said at the time that BYD would build electric bus and truck chassis, as well as electric and hybrid cars, at three plants, and would also process Brazilian lithium for car battery exports to China.
"We have been in Brazil for almost 10 years. We have experienced many political changes in this period, in addition to exchange rate fluctuations, and inflation. But I think that in the long term, Brazil has its own advantages," Li said at the time.
BYD is now bringing its passenger cars to international markets, launching the Dolphin in Brazil on June 28, its fifth model in the country after the Tang EV, Han EV, Yuan Plus EV and Song Plus DM-i.
In addition to NEVs, BYD is already producing photovoltaic modules in Brazil.
On October 21, 2022, the company announced that BYD Energy Brazil's cumulative production of PV modules surpassed 2 million, after five years of local operations.
Last April, BYD opened a new PV module production line at its Campinas, Brazil, plant that is compatible with all sizes of PV cells currently on the market, allowing for increased productivity and efficiency.
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