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Audi is considering buying a platform from a competitor for the first time in China to shorten the development time of its models, according to German media outlet Automobilwoche.
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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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Cadillac has turned a package of benefits into an option that reduces the Lyriq's prices in China by RMB 60,000 and also offers a limited-time discount of RMB 18,000 on the model.
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By the end of June, China's pure electric vehicle ownership stood at 12.594 million, accounting for 77.8 percent of total NEVs.
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The statement in the pledge, "not to disrupt the fair competition order of the market with abnormal prices," was inappropriate and inconsistent with the principles of China's anti-monopoly law, the CAAM said.
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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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Auto industry players should not disrupt fair competition with abnormal prices and should avoid cutting prices in a reckless manner, a MIIT official said.
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Price wars are clearly not what China's main industry regulator wants to see.
An official from China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said at the 2023 China Auto Forum in Shanghai on July 6 that participants in the country's auto industry should not compete with abnormal prices, according to a report on state broadcaster CCTV today.
So far this year, the Chinese auto industry has seen the largest wave of price cuts in its history, including more than 100 models from more than 30 brands, some at any cost, the report noted.
In response to the phenomenon, the MIIT source said that the development of China's auto industry has entered a new phase, with new energy vehicles (NEVs) forming a certain lead and auto companies should regulate their marketing activities, the report said.
Auto industry players should not disrupt fair competition with abnormal prices and should avoid reckless price cuts, while strengthening technological innovation and improving product quality, the MIIT official Miao Changxing was quoted as saying in the report.
Yesterday, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) and 16 major automakers jointly signed a pledge to maintain fair market order in the auto industry.
The 16 car companies include BYD, Nio, Li Auto, Xpeng, Tesla, SAIC, Geely and Great Wall Motor, who pledged to maintain a fair competition order and not to disrupt the order in the market with abnormal prices.
The initiative is just the beginning, and further restraint on bad behavior, including malicious price cuts, will depend on self-regulation and regulatory means, Fu Bingfeng, executive vice-president and secretary general of the CAAM, was quoted by CCTV in the report today.
Separately, Xu Changming, vice director of the National Information Center, said yesterday at the 2023 China Auto Forum that Tesla's average profit per vehicle is high enough that it has ammunition if it wants to fight price wars.
Tesla has previously cut its price in China by RMB 30,000 yuan ($4,140), and its average profit per vehicle is $10,426, leaving room for a 40,000 yuan price cut if the price war continues, Xu said, according to a video circulating on social media.
The calculation is based only on Tesla's 1.31 million global deliveries last year, and if it reaches its 1.8 million delivery target this year, then costs are expected to fall further, Xu noted.
Tesla's average profit per vehicle is 8.5 times that of BYD, whose figure last year was RMB 8,854 yuan per vehicle, according to Xu.
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China has revised its dual-credit policy, one of the key drivers of the rapid growth of the NEV industry, and the changes will take effect on August 1.
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China's so-called dual-credit policy, implemented over the past several years, has been a key driver of the rapid growth of the new energy vehicle (NEV) industry. Now the policy is seeing the latest revisions, with car companies earning fewer credits for producing NEVs.
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) today released the latest update to the policy, which will go into effect on August 1.
One of the most significant changes is the average reduction of about 40 percent in credits for standard models of new energy passenger vehicles, according to the MIIT.
After the adjustment, car companies will receive credits for each NEV produced calculated as follows:
For pure electric passenger cars, the credit calculation formula for standard models is 0.0034 x R + 0.2, where R is the range in km.
For plug-in hybrid passenger cars, a standard model's credit is 1.
For fuel cell vehicles, the credit formula for a standard model is 0.05×P, where P is the rated power of the fuel cell system in kW.
The upper limit of the standard model credit for pure electric passenger vehicles is 2.3, and the upper limit of the standard model credit for fuel cell passenger vehicles is 4.
Prior to this adjustment, NEV credits were calculated as follows:
For pure electric passenger vehicles, the standard model credit calculation formula was 0.0056 x R + 0.4.
For plug-in hybrid passenger vehicles, the standard model credit was 1.6.
For fuel cell vehicles, the standard model credit calculation formula is 0.08×P.
The upper limit of standard model credit for pure electric passenger cars is 3.4, and the upper limit of standard model credit for fuel cell passenger cars is 6.
Take a model with a CLTC range of 500 km as an example, before the latest adjustment, a car company could earn 3.2 credits. After August 1, the credit will be 1.9, a reduction of 40.63 percent.
China released the dual-credit policy in 2017, which is known as the " Parallel Management Measures for Average Fuel Consumption of Passenger Vehicle Enterprises and New Energy Vehicle Credits". The policy has been in effect since April 1, 2018.
Automakers that fail to meet the fuel consumption control requirements can offset the negative credits from excessive fuel consumption by generating their own NEV credits, or by purchasing credits from other companies.
If a car company is unable to get its negative credits to zero, then they need to submit a product adjustment plan to the MIIT and set a deadline for compliance.
Until their negative credits are zeroed out, the substandard products cannot be sold to the public.
In essence, this amounts to penalizing car companies that continue to produce vehicles powered entirely by internal combustion engines and using these fines to subsidize the production of NEVs.
In addition to reducing the number of credits generated per NEV produced, the latest adjustments include the establishment of a credit pool management system.
Under this system, when there are too many credits, automakers can voluntarily store positive credits in the pool, which is valid for five years. When the number of credits is too low, they can withdraw their stored positive credits.
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These car companies have pledged to regulate their marketing activities and not to disrupt the order of fair competition in the market with abnormal prices.
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More than 10 car companies, including major electric vehicle (EV) startups, have pledged to jointly maintain a fair market order in China's auto market, at a time when the EV industry is growing rapidly.
At the 2023 China Auto Forum in Jiading, Shanghai, today, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) and 16 major automakers signed a pledge to uphold fair market order in the automotive industry.
This is to maintain a good auto market order, jointly create a good consumer environment, and actively stabilize and promote auto consumption, they said at the conference.
The car companies that signed the commitment include:
China FAW, Dongfeng Motor, SAIC, Changan Automobile, BAIC, GAC, China National Heavy Duty Truck, Chery, JAC, Geely, Great Wall Motor, BYD, Nio, Li Auto, Xpeng, and Tesla.
The following is the main content of the commitment letter:
First, we will abide by the rules and regulations of the industry, regulate marketing activities, maintain a fair competition order, and not disrupt the fair competition order of the market with abnormal prices.
Second, we will pay attention to marketing methods, will not exaggerate or conduct false marketing, not to mislead consumers to attract attention and increase customer acquisition.
Third, we will put quality first, use quality-oriented, high-quality products and services to meet the people's needs for a better life.
Fourth, we will actively fulfill our social responsibility, and take an active role in helping to stabilize economic growth, increase confidence and prevent risks, and work together to make a contribution to national economic growth.
It should be noted that the commitment is self-regulatory and not legally binding, and it was signed after the price war at the beginning of the year and the emergence of a war of words between several EV companies and their supporters.
Since early March, a rare price war has erupted in China's auto industry, which has not boosted sales but has instead triggered a wait-and-see mood among consumers, resulting in car sales not seeing an increase.
On March 22, the CAAM called for the hype about price cuts in China's auto industry to cool down to return the industry to normal operation and ensure healthy and stable development of the industry throughout the year.
After that, the price war in China's auto industry gradually subsided.
It is worth noting that although these car companies pledged today not to disrupt the fair order with abnormal prices, it does not mean that they cannot cut prices when facing future challenges.
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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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China NEV insurance registrations for week ending Jul 2: BYD 54,000, Nio ES6 1,900
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