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China Electric eMobility eV Great Wall Motor Haval Industry News Product Launch

Great Wall Motor’s Haval brand launches 2 new PHEVs to regain lost ground in SUV market

Post author By Lei Kang/CnEVPost
Post date May 16, 2023

The Haval brand was for a long time the top-selling in the SUV market in China, but with the rapid growth of the NEV industry, it has lost its dominance to BYD.

Great Wall Motor's Haval brand launches 2 new PHEVs to regain lost ground in SUV market-CnEVPost

(Haval Xiaolong Max. Image credit: Haval)

Great Wall Motor's Haval brand was the top-selling SUV brand in China for a long time. However, with the rapid development of the new energy vehicle (NEV) industry, its dominance was replaced by BYD.

Now, the auto giant based in Baoding, Hebei province, has launched two new plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) in an attempt to regain its glory in the SUV market.

Haval launched the Xiaolong line of plug-in hybrid SUVs at an event yesterday, offering two models, the Haval Xiaolong and the Haval Xiaolong Max.

The Haval Xiaolong is a compact SUV with a length, width and height of 4,600 mm, 1,877 mm and 1,675 mm, respectively, and a wheelbase of 2,710 mm.

It is available in three versions starting at RMB 139,800 ($20,100), 149,800 and 156,800 respectively.

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(Haval Xiaolong.)

The Haval Xiaolong is powered by an engine with a displacement of 1.5 L and a front-mounted electric motor. The drive system has a maximum power of 185 kW and a maximum torque of 375 Nm.

The three models are available in 2 pure electric range versions, the lowest priced version with an NEDC range of 52 km and the other two with 110 km. Their fuel consumption per 100 km at WLTC conditions is 2.4 L, 1.39 L and 1.39 L respectively.

The Haval Xiaolong Max is a mid-size SUV with a length, width and height of 4,758 mm, 1,895 mm and 1,725 mm, respectively, and a wheelbase of 2,800 mm.

The vehicle is also available in three versions, with starting prices of RMB 159,800, 169,800 and 179,800 respectively.

The Haval Xiaolong Max comes standard with Great Wall Motor's Hi4 hybrid system unveiled on March 10, powered by a 1.5 L engine and dual front and rear electric motors, with a combined maximum system power of 205 kW and maximum torque of 585 Nm.

The car has an NEDC pure electric range of 105 km, a WLTC range of 83 km and a fast charging power of 33 kW.

Great Wall Motor's Haval brand launches 2 new PHEVs to regain lost ground in SUV market-CnEVPost

Both models seem to be aimed at competing with BYD's Song series, with the Haval Xiaolong targeting the market for the Song Pro DM-i series and the Haval Xiaolong Max for the Song Plus DM-i series.

For comparison, the BYD Song Pro DM-i has a length, width and height of 4,650 mm, 1,860 mm and 1,700 mm respectively, and a wheelbase of 2,712 mm.

The car is available in 2 battery range versions with NEDC electric range of 51 km and 110 km respectively, and the starting price is RMB 140,800.

The BYD Song Plus DM-i has a length, width and height of 4,705 mm, 1,890 mm and 1,680 mm respectively, and a wheelbase of 2,765 mm.

The car is available in 2 battery range versions with NEDC electric range of 55 km and 110 km respectively, and the starting price is RMB 154,600.

Haval was once the market leader in SUVs in China, with its Haval H6 being the best-selling SUV for many years.

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But in the past couple of years, with the rapid growth of China's NEV industry, BYD's Song series has replaced the Haval H6 as the best-selling SUV.

With 174,422 retail sales in China from January to April, the BYD Song series was the best-selling SUV during that period, up 76.5 percent from 98,809 units in the same period last year, according to data released earlier this month by the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA).

For comparison, the Haval H6 retailed 63,682 units from January to April, down 25.9 percent from 85,986 units a year ago, placing it fifth in the best-selling SUV sales rankings.

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BYD China Deals Electric eMobility eV

BYD secures new land in Guangdong for NEV projects

Post author By Lei Kang/CnEVPost
Post date May 16, 2023

Since October 2021, BYD has acquired five mega industrial sites in the Shenzhen-Shanwei Special Cooperation Zone, with a combined area of more than 4.1 million square meters.

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BYD (OTCMKTS: BYDDY) has secured a new land parcel in Guangdong to prepare for its construction of new projects.

On May 15, a plot of land of more than 520,000 square meters in Shenzhen's Shenzhen-Shanwei Special Cooperation Zone was acquired by BYD for RMB 376 million ($5.4 million), according to an announcement by the local government yesterday.

This is the fifth mega industrial site BYD has acquired in the special cooperation zone, which will be used to build BYD's automotive industrial park projects, according to the announcement.

Shenzhen-Shanwei Special Cooperation Zone is an enclave of Shenzhen, located in Shanwei city, Guangdong province, but managed by Shenzhen, the first special cooperation zone in China.

BYD has been granted a land area of 522,400 square meters, with a building area of 1.12 million square meters and a land use term of 30 years.

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(The 5th plot of land acquired by BYD in Shenzhen-Shanwei Special Cooperation Zone.)

Since October 2021, BYD has been granted five mega industrial sites in the Shenzhen-Shanwei Special Cooperation Zone, with a combined area of over 4.1 million square meters.

These sites will all be used for BYD's automotive industrial park projects, which are important for the zone to create an industrial pattern with a new energy vehicle (NEV) industry as the main focus, complemented by new energy storage, new materials and intelligent manufacturing robots, the local government's announcement said.

The first and second phases of BYD's project here have a total investment of RMB 25 billion, and the annual output value is expected to exceed RMB 110 billion when all production is reached, according to the announcement.

In June last year, BYD acquired a plot of land with an area of over 554,500 square meters in the special cooperation zone for RMB 403 million, which will be used for the first phase of the local BYD industrial park.

The first phase of the project, with a planned total investment of RMB 5 billion, will mainly produce auto parts and is expected to have an annual output value of about RMB 10 billion and 18,000 employees after it goes into operation, according to a report by Shenzhen Economic Daily at the time.

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charging China Electric eMobility eV Li Auto Li Auto Chargers

Li Auto puts 2nd batch of 6 supercharging stations into operation

Post author By Lei Kang/CnEVPost
Post date May 15, 2023

To date, Li Auto has 13 supercharging stations and aims to have more than 300 by the end of the year. | Li Auto US | Li Auto HK

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Li Auto (NASDAQ: LI) is continuing to build out its charging system, bringing a second batch of supercharging stations into operation.

The automaker's six 4C supercharging stations went live today, and they're all located in highway service areas in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Jinan, Shandong and Dongguan, Guangdong, it said today on Weibo.

Li Auto opened the first seven 4C supercharging stations for trial operation on April 20. As of now, the company's supercharging stations reach 13.

All of Li Auto's currently available models are extended-range electric vehicles (EREVs), which are essentially plug-in hybrids.

The company unveiled its all-electric solution on April 18, the first day of the Shanghai auto show, which is based on an 800 V high-voltage platform capable of giving a battery electric vehicle (BEV) a 400 km range on a 10-minute charge.

By 2025, Li Auto's product array will include a super flagship model, five EREVs, and five BEVs, the company said.

Li Auto's first all-electric model will be the world's first to feature CATL's 4C Qilin Battery, it previously said.

C refers to the battery's charge multiplier, and 4C means that the pack could theoretically be fully charged in a quarter of an hour.

By the end of May, Li Auto's first 25 supercharging stations will open for trial operation and be available to all electric vehicle owners, it announced on April 18.

Each station will be equipped with three regular fast-charging piles and one 4C super-fast charging post, it said.

These 4C charging piles will have a maximum power of 480 kW and 2C charging piles will have a maximum power of 250 kW. 2C charging piles will allow vehicles to go from 20 percent to 80 percent in 30 minutes, the company said at the time.

By the end of this year, Li Auto will have built more than 300 supercharging stations along highways, it said.

By 2025, Li Auto will have 3,000 charging stations, covering 90 percent of China's highway miles and major cities, the company said.

Earlier today, NIO (NYSE: NIO) announced it had put eight new battery swap stations into operation, bringing the total to 1,403.

As of May 15, NIO also had 2,580 charging stations in China, offering 15,312 charging piles.

As of March 1, XPeng's (NYSE: XPEV) charging network included 1,948 charging stations, of which 1,018 were operated by the company, according to the latest information on its website.

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Battery Swap China Electric eMobility eV Nio

NIO exceeds 1,400 swap stations in China

Post author By Lei Kang/CnEVPost
Post date May 15, 2023

NIO's 1,400th battery swap station in China was built with German retail giant METRO, and the two have built a total of 21 such facilities together to date.

NIO exceeds 1,400 swap stations in China-CnEVPost

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NIO (NYSE: NIO) has surpassed 1,400 battery swap stations in China, as deployment of its third generation of the facility accelerates.

The electric vehicle (EV) maker today put eight new battery swap stations into operation, bringing the total to 1,403, with 374 of them located along highways, according to an article it posted today on the NIO App.

NIO's 1,400th battery swap station in China is located next to a store of German retail giant METRO in Shanghai, and is the 61st third-generation battery swap station of the EV maker.

The partnership between NIO and METRO began two years ago when the two signed a strategic cooperation agreement on March 29, 2021, to collaborate on the construction of charging stations and battery swap stations.

To date, 21 battery swap stations have been jointly built by the two companies, NIO said today.

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NIO's owners have used battery swap services more than 22 million times, averaging nearly 50,000 times a day, and on average, a vehicle receives a fully charged battery from a battery swap station every 1.9 seconds, NIO said.

In addition to providing replenishment services, these battery swap stations have provided a total of 76,131 battery upgrades to owners, according to the article.

NIO allows owners to upgrade their standard-range battery packs to 100 kWh long range packs on a monthly, annual, or permanent basis.

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On March 3, NIO began offering incentives to encourage owners to upgrade their battery packs to long-range ones.

At the NIO Day 2022 event on December 24, 2022, NIO's third-generation battery swap station was launched, capable of storing up to 21 packs, up from 13 in its previous generation and 5 in the first generation of that facility.

NIO announced plans at the time to add 400 battery swap stations in 2023, though 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, with a goal of having more than 2,300 battery swap stations in China by the end of 2023.

NIO's first 10 third-generation battery swap stations went live in 10 Chinese cities on April 12.

On April 18, Li said on the first day of the Shanghai auto show that NIO will add about 200 battery swap stations every month starting in June.

As of May 15, NIO also had 2,580 charging stations in China, offering 15,312 charging piles. The company's charging map has access to more than 7,000,000 third-party charging stations.

NIO swap station count update: 8 added, total 1,403

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Battery News China Electric eMobility eV Eve Energy Eve Energy Malaysia

Eve Energy to buy land for battery plant in Malaysia

Post author By Lei Kang/CnEVPost
Post date May 15, 2023

The battery plant will support electric two-wheeler and power tool manufacturers in Malaysia and Southeast Asia, Eve Energy said.

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Chinese lithium battery maker Eve Energy will build a new battery factory in Malaysia, just days after announcing it would build a plant in Hungary.

Eve Energy Malaysia, the Malaysian arm of Eve Energy, signed a memorandum of understanding with Pemaju Kelang Lama Sdn Bhd (PKL) on May 12 to buy land from the latter to set up a lithium battery manufacturing plant in Malaysia, according to a stock exchange announcement.

The land is 66.58083 acres (26.9 hectares) and the price is 164 million ringgit ($36.6 million), according to the May 12 announcement.

The signing of the MOU marks the effective advancement of Eve Energy's cylindrical lithium battery manufacturing project, which will further meet the company's need to scale up its cylindrical battery capacity, the announcement said.

The battery plant will support electric two-wheeler and power tool manufacturers in Malaysia and Southeast Asia, and continue to consolidate and enhance the company's presence in these areas, Eve Energy said.

Eve Energy, one of the world's largest power battery manufacturers, installed 2.4 GWh of batteries worldwide in the first quarter, up 75.5 percent year-on-year, according to data released by South Korean market research firm SNE Research on May 3.

This puts Eve Energy in 9th place globally with a 1.8 percent share, while CATL and BYD are the top two with 35.0 percent and 16.2 percent shares, respectively.

The announcement comes two days after Eve Energy announced on May 10 that its subsidiary EVE Power Hungary had signed an agreement with Debreceni, a subsidiary of the Hungarian government of Debrecen, to purchase land owned by the latter in the city's northwest industrial zone for the production of cylindrical power cells.

The land in Hungary covers 45 hectares and the purchase price is 22.5 euros per square meter plus VAT, for a total price of about 12.86 million euros ($14.1 million).

The deal will meet the company's need for production land for future growth and further expand its capacity for power and energy storage batteries, Eve Energy said at the time.

Eve Energy's announcement provided no further information, though the move appears to be in preparation for supplying BMW.

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BYD China Deals Electric eMobility eV Weichai Power

BYD to supply batteries to China’s largest diesel engine maker

Post author By Lei Kang/CnEVPost
Post date May 15, 2023

BYD and Weichai Power will build a power battery development and manufacturing base in Shandong province, where the latter is headquartered.

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BYD (OTCMKTS: BYDDY), one of the world's largest manufacturers of power batteries, is expanding its customer base.

BYD and Weichai Power, China's largest diesel engine maker, signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Shenzhen on May 12 to collaborate on the joint production of power batteries, according to a post by the latter on Weibo.

Tan Xuguang, chairman and CEO of Weichai, and Wang Chuanfu, chairman and president of BYD, attended the signing ceremony, according to the article.

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The two sides will produce power batteries in a joint venture in Shandong to build a power battery R&D and manufacturing base to promote the development of new energy commercial vehicles in China, the article said, without providing further details.

Weichai, based in Weifang, Shandong province, posted revenue of RMB 53.4 billion ($7.67 billion) and net profit of RMB 1.86 billion in the first quarter, according to its financial report.

Weichai began its involvement in the new energy business in 2010, especially in the fuel cell sector.

The company has a new energy engine base in Weifang, and its chairman, Tan, is also chairman of Sinotruk, which has a new energy heavy truck manufacturing base in Jinan.

BYD is the world's largest maker of new energy vehicles (NEVs) and the world's second-largest maker of power batteries.

BYD installed 21.5 GWh of power batteries in the first quarter, ranking second globally with a 16.2 percent share, behind CATL's 35.0 percent, according to data released earlier this month by South Korean market research firm SNE Research.

In China, BYD installed 7.32 GWh of power batteries in April, ranking second with a 29.11 percent share, according to the China Automotive Battery Innovation Alliance (CABIA). CATL ranked first in China with a 40.83 percent share in April.

In Shandong, where Weichai is headquartered, BYD has a car assembly plant, a power battery factory and a chip factory.

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China Deliveries Electric eMobility eV Neta Neta GT Sports Car

Neta begins deliveries of electric sports car Neta GT, less than 1 month after launch

Post author By Lei Kang/CnEVPost
Post date May 15, 2023

In the increasingly competitive Chinese EV market, EV makers are hoping to capture initial consumer enthusiasm and avoid losing potential orders.

Neta begins deliveries of electric sports car Neta GT, less than 1 month after launch-CnEVPost

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Neta Auto, the electric vehicle (EV) brand of Hozon Auto, has begun deliveries of its electric sports car Neta GT, less than a month after the model's official launch, to capitalize on the initial hype.

Neta held a delivery ceremony in Shanghai on May 13 to deliver the first Neta GT EVs to owners, it announced on May 14.

Notably, the two-door, four-seat Neta GT electric sports car was only officially launched on the first day of the Shanghai auto show on April 18, with starting prices of RMB 178,800 ($25,700) to 227,800.

Neta's move to have the Neta GT begin deliveries within a month of its launch demonstrates the desire of EV makers to capture initial consumer enthusiasm and avoid losing potential orders in the increasingly competitive Chinese EV market.

The fact that Neta GT deliveries began shortly after launch validates the company's comprehensive strengths in vehicle development and design, manufacturing, and channel building, Neta said.

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Neta has been seen as a budget EV maker since its inception, as its vehicles are priced primarily at the lower end of the market, with previous mainstay models Neta V and Neta U priced at around RMB 100,000 to RMB 150,000 in China.

The Neta S is Neta's first effort in the high-end market, priced at around RMB 300,000, and the launch of the Neta GT is expected to further start changing the brand's low-end perception among consumers.

The Neta GT is Neta's second model based on the Shanhai platform after the flagship sedan Neta S. It measures 4,715 mm in length, 1,979 mm in width and 1,415 mm in height, and has a wheelbase of 2,770 mm.

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The Neta GT is available in single-motor and dual-motor versions, with the single-motor version having a maximum motor power of 170 kW and the dual-motor version having a maximum total power of 340 kW.

The car's battery pack is available in three options -- 64.24 kWh, 74.48 kWh and 77.9 kWh -- and the CLTC range includes three versions -- 560 km, 580 km and 660 km.

In addition to the Neta GT, Neta also gave a debut to a model called Neta GT Speedster, a convertible based on the Neta GT, at the Shanghai auto show.

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China Electric eMobility eV Nio NIO ET5 NIO Europe NIO Norway

NIO filming ET5 touring promo in Norway, more images revealed

Post author By Lei Kang/CnEVPost
Post date May 12, 2023

NIO is filming promotional videos for the ET5 touring in Norway, and leaked images show more details of the model. | NIO US | NIO HK | NIO SG

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More images of the NIO (NYSE: NIO) ET5 touring have been revealed, as the model gets closer to its official launch.

Auto blogger Delu shared several images of the model on the NIO App today, saying that NIO is filming promotional videos for the model in Norway.

"This is one of the top three touring models in my mind, they are the Volvo V60, Audi RS6 and now the ET5 Touring," the blogger wrote.

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On May 9, CnEVPost obtained two spy photos of the ET5 touring appearing on the streets of Europe, showing that the car has the yellow color exclusive to the ET5 sedan sold in China.

CnEVPost has learned from a source is that the model is expected to make its official debut in Europe in June.

In January, NIO co-founder and president Qin Lihong said the company would launch the ET5 touring, a sister model of the ET5, in June or July.

That new variant of the ET5 will debut in Europe, where the model was developed primarily for European consumers, Qin said at the time.

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Such models have a large market in Europe, while sales of sedans are low, which is the opposite of the situation in China, Qin said at the January event.

"Derivatives of sedans are a niche market in China, but the opposite is true in Europe. We don't see many real sedans in Europe," he said at the time.

In early March, the ET5 touring appeared on a filing list from Chinese industry regulators and its key specifications were revealed.

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The NIO ET5 touring has a length, width and height of 4,790 mm, 1,960 mm and 1,499 mm respectively, and a wheelbase of 2,888 mm, in line with the ET5 sedan.

It will be equipped with dual motors produced by NIO's electric drive systems division in Hefei, Anhui province, with a maximum power of 150 kW and 210 kW, respectively, and can support a top speed of 200 km/h.

As with several other NIO models based on the NT 2.0 platform, the NIO ET5 touring supports the option of a retractable electric tow hook, which can tow a maximum of 1,400 kg of caravan weight.

Exclusive: NIO ET5 touring appears in Europe as local launch nears

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NIO filming ET5 touring promo in Norway, more images revealed

Post author By Lei Kang/CnEVPost
Post date May 12, 2023