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If all the foreign automakers had that initial shock at Auto Shanghai 2023, then IAA Mobility 2023 in Munich provided an additional reckoning moment back home: recognizing the competitiveness of the Chinese granted that subsidies have played a major role in growing the EV market in China.
Amid the frenzy and fanfare of the NIO Phone that was announced at the 2023 NIO Innovation Day on September 21 was a slide showing what appears to be NIO’s new battery pack with cylindrical cells under “in-house” development.
It’s where lithium comes from, not who processes them, for now. Interpretation and fine print matter.
Like all its breakthrough or blockbuster battery technology innovations that CATL has revealed throughout recent months and years, the sodium-ion battery received great fanfare when it was revealed nearly two years ago.
Chinese brand NEVs dominate Auto Shanghai 2023, foreign brands try to be relevant.
Report by Lei Xing.
Stabilizing domestic consumption has become a central theme of the Chinese government and among senior government leaders and officials over recent months as China ditched strict COVID control measures and left the pandemic in its rearview mirror late last year.
Tom Zhu may not be the next CEO of Tesla, but he is certainly CEO worthy. That says a lot about China and Chinese talent.
It is apparent by now no matter where an auto show is held in the world, there is always going to be some China factor in play – China EV factor, to be specific – regardless of whether a Chinese brand is exhibiting or not.
After six days, over 100,000 steps and more than 90 km walking the various venues at CES 2023, especially the gigantic new LVCC West Hall dedicated to vehicle technology, I got a full dose of the China factor at the world’s most influential tech event.
10 million units, 33% penetration likely as NEVs become household items.
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