The most recharged miles per MSRP award goes to the Kia EV6 Long Range RWD, though.
Month: June 2023
The most recharged miles per MSRP award goes to the Kia EV6 Long Range RWD, though.
The most recharged miles per MSRP award goes to the Kia EV6 Long Range RWD, though.
Does this mean that Tesla will finally bring back radar for Autopilot and FSD?
This will be Tesla's first presence at an auto show in China since April 2021, and NIO will exhibit the ET5 Touring at the event and will hold a brief press conference on June 16.
(Image shows NIO's booth at the Shanghai auto show in April 2023. Credit: CnEVPost)
The southern Chinese city of Shenzhen will host an auto show starting this Friday, with Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) and new Chinese carmakers including NIO (NYSE: NIO) participating.
The 2023 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area International Auto Show (Auto Shenzhen 2023) will be held at the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center starting June 16, where Tesla is one of the main exhibitors, according to information released today by the show's organizers.
This will be Tesla's first participation in an auto show in China since the Shanghai auto show in April 2021.
On April 19, 2021, on the first day of the last Shanghai auto show, a female owner got on the roof of a car at the Tesla booth and accused Tesla of brake failure. As of today, the dispute is still ongoing.
Since the drama, Tesla has not participated in any more auto shows in China, including the 2023 Shanghai auto show two months ago.
June 16 is the media day for the upcoming show, and general admission will be available from June 17 to June 24.
Tesla's booth is located in Hall 9 on the 1st floor, next to XPeng's (NYSE: XPEV) booth. The booths of Huawei-backed AITO, Smart, Leapmotor, Rising Auto, and Voyah are also in the area.
NIO will also be at the show and will be showcasing the ET5 Touring, according to the event's organizers.
The day before that show starts, NIO will launch the ET5 Touring in China on June 15, with its launch event starting at 19:00 Beijing time. The company will also launch the ET5 Touring and the new ES6 in Europe a few hours later on the same day.
NIO's booth at the Shenzhen auto show is in Hall 3, near the booths of Bentley and Lotus. The company will hold a press conference at the show on June 16 from 10:00 to 10:30.
The last show, Auto Shenzhen 2022, started on May 28, 2022 and ran through June 5. It was the first auto show in China last year.
NIO's booth at Auto Shenzhen last year was also in Hall 3, a two-floor area where the first floor displayed the full range of models, a transparent second-generation battery swap station and NIO Power's products. The second floor includes a relaxation area, NIO Cafe, and Joy Camp.
In addition to Tesla, NIO and XPeng, new energy vehicle (NEV) makers including BYD (OTCMKTS: BYDDY), Li Auto (NASDAQ: LI) and Neta will also participate in Auto Shenzhen 2023.
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The Japanese automaker has said in the past that it will take inspiration from Tesla.
A fake rumor yesterday claimed that Mercedes-Benz will use NIO's battery swap network and will build its next-generation models based on NIO's standards.
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Rumors about a partnership between NIO (NYSE: NIO) and German luxury car maker Mercedes-Benz were widely circulated on Chinese social media networks yesterday. But this was later denied.
One of the most widely circulated was an image with text claiming that Mercedes-Benz would use NIO's battery swap network and would build next-generation battery swap-enabled models based on NIO's standards.
In the comments section of a Weibo user's post sharing the image, NIO's legal department left a message later yesterday saying the image was a forgery.
Ma Lin, NIO's senior director of corporate communications, later retweeted the message. As of press time, the Weibo post has been deleted.
CnEVPost saw the image yesterday in several WeChat groups, as well as a chat transcript claiming that NIO had entered into a partnership with Mercedes-Benz.
The image mimics the style of the NIO App page and the company's statement, but the publisher of the false statement does not exist among NIO App users.
These false rumors appear at an interesting point in time, making it particularly noticeable.
On June 12, NIO announced an immediate RMB 30,000 ($4,200) reduction in the starting prices of all new models, but the previously free monthly battery swap service became a paid option.
On the same evening, NIO held a communication meeting with its customers and broadcasted the meeting live on its social media platforms.
William Li, NIO's founder, chairman and CEO, said in response to a question during the communication that several companies are now talking to NIO about using its battery swap network, according to the live stream watched by CnEVPost.
However, they will need to develop vehicles to NIO's battery swap standard, which takes time, Li said.
It's worth noting that these statements are not materially different from previous comments made by NIO management, which Li also said at the communication that they were diplomatic.
Li last mentioned similar remarks two months ago, when he said in an April 1 media group interview during the China EV 100 Forum that NIO wants other companies to share and build battery swap infrastructure with it.
"I met with several company executives today and they asked me how we could work together, and we're open to that," he said on April 1.
NIO refers to its battery swap model as battery as a service (BaaS), an innovation that can be understood through the lens of cloud services, Li said at the time.
The cloud services around the world, whether they are offered by Microsoft, Google and Amazon in the US or Alibaba, Tencent and Huawei in China, they all have one thing in common -- the companies themselves are the primary users, he said.
Despite frequent rumors over the past two years, as of yet no other car company has said it will use NIO's battery swap network.
In addition to the NIO brand, another brand that will use these battery swap stations will be the company's sub-brand, codenamed ALPS, which is expected to start delivering vehicles next year.
NIO's current plants can support the production of vehicles under both NIO and ALPS brands, and no major Capex investment is required, Li said in a June 9 analyst call following the announcement of first-quarter earnings.
Current battery swap stations are sufficient for both brands to share, he said.
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NIO's battery swap network open to other brands, just like cloud service, says William Li
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