VW Outlines New Electric Car Offensive For China

Those unfamiliar with Volkswagen’s past, current, and future efforts in China may be quite surprised. Just recently, Volkswagen surpassed 30 million cars delivered in China thus far. This is quite a feat as it started moving into the country in 1985, with a “whopping” 2,000 deliveries. We joke about whopping since that may seem trivial, […]

Panasonic’s Only Profitable Electric Car Battery Deal Is With Tesla

Tesla is the most valuable battery customer to Panasonic. According to Nikkei’s article, a source affiliated with Panasonic says that Tesla is “just about the only place it can secure solid profitability in car batteries.” Panasonic is supplying lithium-ion batteries to multiple carmakers in Japan, Europe and North America, but it seems that the volume and prices […]

GAC gets into position to rival Tesla

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GAC of China presents their new electric sedan Aion S at the Guangzhou Motor Show and it comes with a clear intent to provide a Tesla like performance at a “reasonable price”. GAC would not go into much detail on said performance though other than saying that their benchmark is the Tesla Model 3, particularly […]

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China Sets New Plug-In Electric Car Sales Record In October 2018

Total sales are expected to exceed 1,000,000 this year. China has not only set a new all-time record for plug-in electric car sales in October, but beat the previous one from September by a huge margin of 14% or about 14,500. The total result is roughly 119,400 (up 85% year-over-year) at very high 5.8% market share […]

Audi and FAW to introduce more than ten models by 2022 and launch their first all-electric cars

Audi and First Automotive Works (FAW) are celebrating the 30th anniversary of their partnership this week. At the anniversary event at the FAW plant in Changchun, two companies announced they will expand their local portfolio to more than ten models by…

Tesla China Accepting Pre-Order For $35,000 USD Standard Model 3

And now Tesla advances to a global level yet again. Tesla Model 3 base model pre-orders are officially a thing in China. While we all know that the Tesla Model 3 was up against a monumental struggle initially, and times were crazy slow and tough at first, the tables have turned. After some time, the […]

MG Reveals eZS: Brand’s First Ever Electric Car

MG introduces its first production BEV in China The British brand MG (part of Chinese compnay SAIC), unveiled at the Guangzhou Auto Show its first all-electric production model, the eZS. It’s the electric version of the conventional ZS compact SUV. There are not many details, but it seems that MG eZS can go up to 286 […]

VW planning 30 new plug-in cars for China by 2020

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Volkswagen say it will take them no more than two years to launch more than 30 new electric cars and plug-in hybrids in China. Moreover, the Group’s Chinese arm is considering to install a public high power charging network together with local partners from 2019. Volkswagen announced their plans at the Guangzhou Auto Show currently […]

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NIO Now Has 18 Battery Swapping Stations: Watch Swap In Action

One more approach to battery swap stations. Since Spring of this year, NIO has been expanding its battery swap stations for its ES8 electric cars (and future models) in China. According to NIO, there are now 18 such stations up and running along the major highway: the G4 Beijing–Hong Kong–Macau Expressway. We assume that stations are spread […]