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NIO’s battery swap network completes initial coverage of Beijing-Taipei highway
The G3 Beijing-Taipei highway is a 2,030-kilometer road linking northern, eastern and southeastern China.
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NIO's (NYSE: NIO) battery swap station network is extending its coverage to a broader area, completing initial coverage of a major highway from northern to southern China.
On April 23, NIO's battery swap station network completed initial coverage of the G3 Beijing-Taipei highway with 21 battery swap stations along the route, the electric vehicle (EV) maker announced today.
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By now, NIO has completed coverage of five major highways connecting to Beijing, the other four being the G1 Beijing-Harbin highway, the G2 Beijing-Shanghai highway, the G4 Beijing-Hong Kong-Macau highway and the G5 Beijing-Kunming highway.
The G3 Beijing-Taipei highway is a trunk line linking northern, eastern and southeastern China, with a total length of 2,030 kilometers, running through Beijing, Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Fujian and Taiwan. The Fuzhou-Taipei section is not yet open.
Along the highway, there is an average of one battery swap station every 112 kilometers, according to NIO.
Here's a video NIO shared on its mobile app.
On July 6, 2022, NIO said at the second NIO Power Day event that it will complete a battery swap network covering nine vertical highways, nine horizontal highways and 19 urban clusters in China by 2025.
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NIO expects to have more than 4,000 battery swap stations worldwide by 2025, with 1,000 of them located overseas, the company said at the time.
By 2025, more than 90 percent of NIO customers will have at least one battery swap station within three kilometers of their homes.
As of today, NIO's battery swap station network covers 6 vertical highways, 3 horizontal highways and 8 urban clusters.
NIO announced plans late last year to add 400 battery swap stations in 2023, but that plan was raised to 1,000 on February 21.
William Li, NIO's founder, chairman and CEO, said at the time that the company would further accelerate the deployment of battery swap stations, aiming to have more than 2,300 battery swap stations in China by the end of 2023.
On April 12, NIO's first 10 third-generation swap stations went into operation, after the next-generation station was launched at NIO Day late last year.
On April 18, Li said at a press event on the first day of the Shanghai auto show that NIO will add about 200 battery swap stations every month starting in June.
NIO added two battery swap stations in China today, bringing the total number of facilities to 1,366. It also added five charging stations, bringing the total to 2,506, providing 14,857 charging piles, according to data monitored by CnEVPost.
April 23 and May 6 are working days in China, according to the country's schedule for the upcoming Labor Day holiday, even though they are Sunday and Saturday, respectively. The holiday runs from April 29 to May 3.
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BYD Seagull to be officially launched on Apr 26, gets strong acceptance in pre-sale
BYD Seagull was unveiled and started pre-sale on April 18 with a pre-sale starting price of RMB 78,800 and received more than 10,000 orders in 24 hours.
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BYD's (OTCMKTS: BYDDY) mini electric vehicle (EV) Seagull will officially launch in three days, and its performance in the pre-sale phase bodes well for strong future performance.
The new energy vehicle (NEV) maker posted a countdown to the Seagull's upcoming arrival on Weibo today, saying the model will be available on April 26.
In addition to the 3-day countdown image, BYD also shared a video of the Seagull, showing the exterior and interior details of the model.
BYD unveiled the Seagull and started pre-sales on the first day of the Shanghai auto show on April 18. The car is available in 3 versions with pre-sale prices of RMB 78,800 ($11,430), 83,800 and 95,800 respectively.
This is not the final price of the model, and BYD's previous practice was that the final price is slightly lower than the pre-sale price.
The Seagull received more than 10,000 orders 24 hours after pre-sales began, BYD said earlier this week.
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The model, the latest addition to BYD's Ocean series, is an A0-class EV based on the e-Platform 3.0 with a length, width and height of 3,780 mm, 1,715 mm and 1,540 mm, respectively, and a wheelbase of 2,500 mm.
The BYD Seagull is powered by a permanent magnet synchronous motor with a maximum power of 55 kW and peak torque of 135 Nm, accelerating from 0 to 50 km/h in 4.9 seconds.
The car is available in two range versions, with the lower-priced two models having a CLTC range of 305 km and the highest-priced version having a range of 405 km.
The Seagull uses BYD's blade batteries with pack capacities of 30.08 kWh and 38.88 kWh respectively.
The car supports fast charging, taking 30 minutes to charge from 30 percent to 80 percent.
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There were rumors last year that the Seagull would have a version with sodium-ion batteries, but this has not yet become a reality.
However, on April 20, local media outlet 36kr reported that CATL's and BYD's sodium-ion batteries will both be carried in production cars within the year, and they will both be a mix of sodium-ion and lithium-ion batteries.
BYD's sodium-ion battery will be in mass production in the second half of the year, and the first model to carry the battery will be the Seagull, the report said, citing a BYD source.
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CATL, BYD's sodium-ion batteries both to be in mass production within this year, report says
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Li Auto L9 scores five stars in C-NCAP crash test
The Li Auto L9 appeared to be one of the safest Chinese SUVs, according to the C-NCAP assessment program, scoring five stars in crash test.
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Everything you need to know about BYD Yangwang U8, the most expensive mass-produced Chinese car
It's a range extender!
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Shanghai auto show: EVs take center stage, nearly 40 models equipped with LiDARs
There are 38 models equipped with LiDARs, of which BYD-backed RoboSense is the biggest winner, being the supplier of 18 of them.
At the Shanghai auto show two years ago, XPeng's P5 sedan attracted a lot of attention as the world's first LiDAR-equipped production car at the time.
Now, at the latest Shanghai auto show, the number of electric vehicles (EVs) powered by LiDARs has reached dozens, as local EV makers have adopted the component over the past two years to help make vehicles more capable of assisted driving.
The ongoing Shanghai auto show began on April 18 and will run through April 27. EVs are certainly the focus of attention, with traditional fuel vehicles having fallen out of favor, a drastic change from two years ago.
More than 1,500 vehicles are on display at this year's edition of the show, with more than 150 of them making their debut, according to figures released by the event's organizers.
About two-thirds of those debuts were NEVs, including battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids.
Dozens of the NEVs at the show use the same new technology -- LiDARs -- despite the vehicles coming from different brands and having different designs.
Of all the models on display at the Shanghai auto show, 38 were equipped with LiDARs, with BYD-backed RoboSense, founded in 2014, being the biggest winner and the supplier for 18 of them.
Among BYD's models, the high-end Yangwang U8 off-road SUV and Denza N7 SUV are equipped with RoboSense's M Series LiDARs.
XPeng G6, which debuted at the Shanghai auto show, and the company's two flagship models, the P7i sedan and the G9 SUV, are also equipped with RoboSense's M Series LiDARs.
On April 14, 2021, XPeng unveiled the P5, the world's first LiDAR-equipped production car, on the eve of the last Shanghai auto show.
Notably, the P5 used LiDAR provided by Livox, incubated by drone maker DJI. However, XPeng switched to RoboSense's LiDARs for all subsequent models.
AITO, the EV brand jointly created by Huawei and Seres Group, also uses RoboSense's M Series LiDAR in the M5 SUV. Among other high-profile models, the Lotus Eletre, GAC Aion Hyper GT, Arcfox α-S with " Huawei Inside" are also equipped with RoboSense's LiDARs.
In addition to RoboSense, Innovusion and Hesai are the other two major players.
Among the vehicles on display at the Shanghai auto show, six NIO models -- the new ES8, ES7, new ES6, EC7, ET7 and ET5 -- are equipped with Innovusion's Falcon LiDARs.
Innovusion had a booth at the show and used an ET7 as a vehicle to showcase its product.
Li Auto (NASDAQ: LI) currently has three models on sale -- Li L7, Li L8 and Li L9 -- all equipped with Hesai's AT128 LiDARs. HiPhi's HiPhi Z and HiPhi Y are also equipped with the component from Hesai.
For smart driving, vehicles need to detect their surroundings, and a single type of sensor often encounters scenarios that are not covered by its capabilities, a RoboSense source told CnEVPost.
The addition of LiDAR makes up for the weaknesses of other sensors, thus making the perception system capability more comprehensive and the smart driving decisions safer and more reasonable, the source said.
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LiDAR suppliers for models at Shanghai auto show.xlsx
| LiDAR Supplier | Brand | Model | Booth | LiDAR Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RoboSense | IM Motors | LS7 | Hall 3 | M Series |
| RoboSense | IM Motors | L7 | Hall 3 | M Series |
| RoboSense | BYD | Denza N7 | Hall 4.1 | MSeries |
| RoboSense | BYD | Yangwang U8 | Hall 8.1 | M Series |
| RoboSense | Arcfox | Arcfox α-S HI | Hall 4.1 | M Series |
| RoboSense | FAW Hongqi | EV E001 | Hall 5.1 | M Series |
| RoboSense | FAW Hongqi | EV SUV E202 | Hall 5.1 | M Series |
| RoboSense | XPeng | G6 | Hall 6.1 | M Series |
| RoboSense | XPeng | P7i | Hall 6.1 | M Series |
| RoboSense | XPeng | G9 | Hall 6.1 | M Series |
| RoboSense | AITO | M5 | Hall 6.1 | M Series |
| RoboSense | GWM WEY | Lanshan DHT -PHEV | Hall 6.2 | M Series |
| RoboSense | Chery Exeed | Sterra ES | Hall 7.2 | M Series |
| RoboSense | Chery Exeed | Sterra ET | Hall 7.2 | M Series |
| RoboSense | Geely Livan | Livan 7 | Hall 8.2 | M Series |
| RoboSense | GAC Aion | LX Plus | Hall 8.2 | M Series |
| RoboSense | GAC Aion | Hyper GT | Hall 8.2 | M Series |
| RoboSense | Lotus | Eletre | Hall 8.1 | M Series |
| Hesai | Lotus | Eletre | Hall 8.1 | AT128 |
| Hesai | HiPhi | HiPhi Z | Hall 7.1 | AT128 |
| Hesai | HiPhi | HiPhi Y | Hall 7.1 | AT129 |
| Hesai | Li Auto | Li L9 | Hall 6.1 | AT128 |
| Hesai | Li Auto | Li L8 | Hall 6.1 | AT128 |
| Hesai | Li Auto | Li L7 | Hall 6.1 | AT128 |
| Innovusion | NIO | New ES8 | Hall 6.1 | Falcon |
| Innovusion | NIO | ES7 | Hall 6.1 | Falcon |
| Innovusion | NIO | EC7 | Hall 6.1 | Falcon |
| Innovusion | NIO | New ES6 | Hall 6.1 | Falcon |
| Innovusion | NIO | ET7 | Hall 6.1 | Falcon |
| Innovusion | NIO | ET5 | Hall 6.1 | Falcon |
| Valeo | Audi | A8L | Hall 5.1 | Scala |
| Valeo | Audi | A7L | Hall 5.1 | Scala |
| Valeo | Audi | A6L | Hall 5.1 | Scala |
| Valeo | Audi | Q8 | Hall 5.1 | Scala |
| Valeo | Mercedes-Benz | EQS | Hall 4.1 | Scala |
| Luminar | Volvo | EX90 | Hall 6.2 | lris |
| Luminar | Polestar | Polestar 3 | Hall 6.2 | Iris |
| Huawei | Avatr | Avatr 11 | Hall 6.1 | 96 Beams |
| Tanway | Hycan | V09 | Hal 6.1 | 130 Beams |
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Voyah’s first electric sedan launched with starting price of $46,980
Voyah Zhuiguang's starting price of RMB 322,900 is higher than the Rising F7's RMB 209,900 and lower than the NIO ET7's RMB 458,000.
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Voyah, Dongfeng Motor's new energy vehicle (NEV) brand, made its first sedan model available to tap into the increasingly crowded mid-to-large-size electric sedan market.
Voyah officially launched the Zhuiguang (literally, chasing the light) on the first day of the Shanghai auto show on April 18, offering three versions with starting prices of RMB 322,900 ($46,980), RMB 352,900 and RMB 432,900, respectively.
That is higher than the starting price of RMB 209,900 for Rising Auto's F7 sedan, which went on sale late last month, and lower than RMB 458,000 for the NIO ET7.
The Voyah Zhuiguang is 5,088 mm long, 1,970 mm wide, with a height of 1,515 mm and 1,505 mm in two specifications, and a wheelbase of 3,000 mm.
The Rising F7 measures 5,000 mm in length, 19,53 mm in width and 1,494 mm in height, with a wheelbase of 3,000 mm. The NIO ET7 measures 5,101 mm in length, 1,987 mm in width and 1,509 mm in height, with a wheelbase of 3,060 mm.
The Voyah Zhuiguang is equipped with a dual-motor four-wheel drive system with a maximum power of 160 kW for the front motor and 215 kW for the rear motor.
Its powertrain has a total power of 375 kW and a maximum torque of 730 Nm, enabling the vehicle to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 3.8 seconds.
The two less expensive versions of the car are equipped with a semi-solid-state battery with a capacity of 82 kWh, while the long-range version is equipped with a ternary lithium battery with a capacity of 109 kWh.
It is worth noting that the semi-solid-state battery does not give the model a significantly longer range: the 82 kWh version has a CLTC range of 580 km, while the 109 kWh version has a range of 730 km.
On fast charge, the Voyah Zhuiguang can achieve a range of 230 km in 10 minutes.
Voyah is the brand launched by Dongfeng Motor in late 2020, with the first model, the Voyah FREE, going on sale in China in June 2021, available in extended-range technology and in all-electric versions.
On May 7, 2022, Voyah's second model, the Dreamer MPV, was launched and deliveries began on July 16.
Voyah delivered 3,027 vehicles in March, up 116.21 percent year-on-year and up 173.44 percent from February, according to figures it announced earlier this month.
The brand delivered 5,682 vehicles in the first quarter, up 53.86 percent year-on-year.
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Changan’s NEV brand Shenlan aims for 200,000 sales this year
Shenlan's goals for 2023 include selling 200,000 vehicles and making both the SL03 and S7 hot sellers, the brand's CEO said.
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Shenlan, Changan Automobile's new energy vehicle (NEV) brand, aims to sell 200,000 vehicles this year, becoming the latest to reveal aggressive plans.
Shenlan's goals for 2023 include selling 200,000 vehicles and making both the SL03 and S7 hot-sellers, the brand's CEO Deng Chenghao said in an interview with Auto Home, according to the text of the interview released yesterday.
The Shenlan brand, which was officially launched by Changan on April 13 last year, unveiled the Shenlan SL03 electric sedan on July 25, another strong competitor to the Tesla Model 3.
The brand unveiled its first SUV, the Shenlan S7, a similar model to the Tesla Model Y crossover, on March 5, with pricing information yet to be announced.
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Shenlan began deliveries of the SL03 in late August 2022 and has accumulated nearly 50,000 deliveries through the end of March this year, including 8,568 units in March.
Deng did not disclose how Shenlan will meet its goal of selling 200,000 vehicles this year, and the brand offered up to 42,000 yuan ($6,090) in purchase discounts during last month's price war in the Chinese auto industry. The offer was valid from March 10 to March 31 and was limited to 10,000 units.
The price war was a short-term behavior, automakers ultimately need to compete with product competitiveness, technology, brand, channels, and service capabilities, Deng said in the interview.
"I think the whole industry will be sustainable only if there is a value war," he said.
Deng believes that the current trend of electrification in China's auto industry is very clear, and that the penetration rate of electric vehicles (EVs) will exceed 50 percent in the next three years, with EVs becoming absolutely mainstream.
As the primary adopters of EVs shift from tastemakers to the average consumer, the product definition, research and development of vehicles will need to be able to address consumer anxiety and meet demand, he said.
Consumer anxiety is not about the amount of infrastructure or the range of EVs, but about the time it takes to replenish energy, according to Deng.
There is still a long way to go in terms of technology to get charging times from 0.5-1 hour to 5-10 minutes, he said, adding that this anxiety will be there for another 5-10 years.
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Date set for next Beijing auto show as Shanghai auto show just started
The 17th Beijing auto show will be held from April 25 to May 4, 2024, after the biennial event was canceled last time due to Covid concerns.
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While the Shanghai auto show has just started, the next Beijing auto show is on its way.
The 17th Beijing International Automotive Exhibition (Auto China 2024) will be held from April 25 to May 4, 2024, marking the event's return after a four-year hiatus, according to an announcement made today by the event's organizers.
The auto show will be held at the China International Exhibition Center Shunyi New Venue in Beijing. Meanwhile, the parts show at the China International Exhibition Center Chaoyang Hall will be held from April 25-27.
The Beijing auto show, or Auto China, has been held in Beijing every two years since 1990.
The 17th Beijing auto show was originally scheduled for April 21 - April 30, 2022, but was canceled due to Covid concerns.
Prior to that, the 16th Beijing auto show was postponed to September 26 - October 5, 2020, due to Covid.
The theme of the 2024 Beijing auto show is "New Era, New Auto," the event's organizers said, adding, "We invite the global automotive and related industries to participate in the 2024 Beijing auto show."
Notably, the biennial Shanghai auto show began only three days ago, on April 18, and will run through April 27.
The show attracted more than 1,000 exhibitors with a total exhibition area of more than 360,000 square meters, opening 13 indoor halls at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai, with passenger cars occupying nine of them.
NIO (NYSE: NIO) officially launched the 2023 ET7 and unveiled the new ES6 at the show, XPeng's (NYSE: XPEV) new SUV G6 was unveiled, and BYD (OTCMKTS: BYDDY) also unveiled several new models.
(A picture taken by CnEVPost at the Shanghai auto show, which started on April 18, shows the NIO booth.)
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Svolt Energy’s Dragon Armor Battery makes real-life debut at Shanghai auto show
In a 4C fast-charging solution, the Dragon Armor Battery has 32 percent higher pack capacity compared to the 46 series high nickel cylindrical battery, according to Svolt Energy.
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Svolt Energy, which was spun off from Great Wall Motor, gave its Dragon Armor Battery its real-life debut at the ongoing Shanghai auto show, after unveiling the battery late last year.
The battery maker showcased the Dragon Armor Battery at the Shanghai auto show -- which began April 18 and runs through April 27 -- with a video of a previous thermal runaway test on display.
In the test, heating triggered a thermal runaway of a cell in the middle of the pack, but no open fire was seen throughout the pack, Svolt Energy said in an April 19 post on its WeChat account.
The single cell runaway did not spread to adjacent cells, achieving the ultimate power battery safety, the article said.
Compared to the 46-series high nickel large cylindrical battery, the Dragon Armor Battery has 5 percent higher capacity on a 2C fast-charging solution, according to Svolt Energy.
On the 4C fast-charging solution, the Dragon Armor Battery has a 32 percent higher pack capacity compared to 46-series high nickel cylindrical batteries, the company said.
In addition, the highly integrated design of the Dragon Armor Battery reduces size and weight, effectively lowering battery costs, according to Svolt Energy.
The battery is compatible with a wide range of chemistries and can be carried in the A00-D class models, it said.
The strong compatibility shortens the development cycle of new models for car companies, and the versatility of the battery pack further reduces procurement costs, according to the company.
Since the announcement, Dragon Armor batteries have received multiple intent orders from customers, Svolt Energy said, without disclosing customer names.
Svolt Energy unveiled the Dragon Armor Battery at its third Battery Day event on December 15 in Changzhou, Jiangsu province, where it is headquartered.
Like BYD's Blade Battery and CATL's Qilin Battery, Svolt Energy's Dragon Armor is an innovation in battery pack structure that does not involve battery chemistry.
The Dragon Armor Battery system with lithium iron phosphate cells has improved volumetric pack efficiency to 76 percent and can have a range of more than 800 kilometers, the company said at the time.
Dragon Armor batteries with high-manganese iron-nickel cells can achieve a range of more than 900 kilometers, while such batteries with ternary cells can exceed 1,000 kilometers, Svolt Energy said.
The battery is expected to be on production models in 2023, including an SUV and a coupe in production in October 2023, Svolt Energy Chairman and CEO Yang Hongxin said at the Battery Day event.
Svolt Energy installed 0.43 GWh of batteries in China in March, ranking No. 9 with a 1.53 percent share, according to data released this month by the China Automotive Battery Innovation Alliance (CABIA).
Svolt Energy unveils Dragon Armor Battery capable of giving EVs up to 1,000 km of range
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