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The new version of the lithium battery industry specification was released, and lithium iron phosphate and ternary lithium set the minimum energy density
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued a notice saying that in order to further strengthen the management of the lithium-ion battery industry and promote the transformation and upgrading of the industry and technological progress, the biggest change in the content of the release of the new version of the industry specification is that ternary lithium batteries and other types of products are clearly separated, and the energy density requirements are lowered.
The content is adjusted to "the energy density of the energy-type monomer battery using ternary materials≥210Wh/kg, and the energy density≥ of the battery pack is 150Wh/kg; the energy density of other energy-type monomer batteries is ≥ 160Wh/kg, and the battery energy density is ≥115Wh/kg."
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Great Wall Motors announced its latest sales volume in the Australian market, and the tank series will land in Australia next year
Recently, Great Wall Motors announced its latest sales data in Australia and New Zealand. According to the statistics of Great Wall Motors, from January to November, Great Wall Motors sold a total of 20,359 vehicles in the Australian and New Zealand markets, an increase of 253% year-on-year, and the Australian and New Zealand markets became the largest overseas market for Great Wall Motor's global vehicle exports. Among them, from January to November, the Great Wall Gun sold a total of 7667 units in the Australian and New Zealand markets, accounting for 38% of the total local market of Great Wall Motors. The Great Wall Cannon has become the "sales responsibility" of Great Wall Motors in the Australian and New Zealand markets.
Officials have revealed that the "tank series" will also officially land in Australia in 2022, and the fuel version and hybrid version of the tank series will be listed simultaneously.
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Geely's 7-nanometer chip "Dragon Eagle One" was officially released and unveiled at the end of 2022
Geely announced the official launch of China's first 7nm process vehicle grade SOC chip "Dragon Eagle One" by its subsidiary Core Engine Technology Self-research. In the third quarter of 2022, the "Dragon Eagle One" will achieve mass production, and will be put into mass production before the end of the year as planned, and the first model to be mass-produced and put on the car is Geely's main model.
According to reports, "Dragon Eagle One" uses 8 CPU cores, 14 core GPUs and 8 TOPS INT8 "NPU", programmable convolutional neural network engine.
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Hive Energy B+ round of financing of 6 billion yuan, will build Changzhou Phase IV production base
The signing ceremony of The B+ round of equity financing of Hive Energy was recently held in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, its headquarters. It is reported that the current round of financing amount of 6 billion yuan will be mainly used for research and development of new technologies, the construction of Changzhou Phase IV production base, Changzhou R & D center and Changzhou headquarters management center. The total investment of the Hive Energy Project is 10 billion yuan, with a total production capacity of 16 gigawatt hours (GWh).
The project is carried out in two phases, the first phase of the project is expected to plan a production capacity of 4GWh, mainly to produce EV (pure electric), PHEV (plug-in hybrid) power batteries. The second phase of the project is expected to have a planned production capacity of 12GWh, mainly for the production of EV power batteries. It is expected to produce and sell 16GWh in 2025 and beyond, and the annual main revenue will be more than 10.8 billion yuan.
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NIO completed its annual target ahead of schedule: the total number of substations reached 700, an increase of 10 times over last year
With the G30 Lianhuo Expressway East China Sea Service Area Weilai substation put into operation, the total number of NIO substations nationwide reached 700, completing the annual substation construction target ahead of schedule.
Up to now, NIO has provided more than 5.3 million times of power exchange services for users across the country, and the second generation of WEILAI replacement power station can realize the automatic parking of vehicles, and users can start self-service power exchange in the car with one click without getting off the car, and the power exchange process only takes 3 minutes. Weilai has built a total of 700 substations, 3,020 supercharge piles, 3,319 destination charging piles, and more than 430,000 third-party charging piles in the country. Official data show that the number of Weilai replacement power stations built this year has increased by nearly 10 times compared with last year.
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Investing 30 billion Swedish kronor, Volvo will produce its own batteries and carry them under the Polar Star brand
A few days ago, Volvo Cars announced that it will jointly invest 30 billion Swedish kronor with Northvolt, known as the "European Ningde era", for the battery research and development and manufacturing plan, and the new Gothenburg Battery Research and Development Center jointly built by the two parties is an important part of the plan.
It is understood that the battery research and development center will be officially put into operation in 2022, when Volvo Cars will incorporate cell research and development into its end-to-end engineering capabilities, and will produce tailor-made advanced batteries for the new generation of Volvo Cars and Polestar brand pure electric models.
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TSMC plans to build a chip factory in Germany to alleviate the urgent needs of the European Union
According to Bloomberg, an executive of TSMC recently said that the company is in preliminary consultations with the German government on the preparation of chip factories in the local area.
The two sides are discussing factories against the backdrop of EU countries looking to increase local chip production to reduce the risk of supply chain disruptions. The person in charge of TSMC said that multiple factors, including government subsidies, customer demand and talent introduction, will affect the decision to eventually build a factory.
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The US government announced that it would stop purchasing fuel vehicles by 2035, ushering in new opportunities for US car companies
According to the Economic Information Daily, the US government recently signed an executive order to stop purchasing fuel vehicles for federal fleets by 2035 to accelerate the transition to new energy and low carbon emissions.
The U.S. government currently has more than 650,000 official vehicles of various types, and the annual purchase volume is about 50,000. The latest executive order shows that the ordinary vehicles procured by the government in 2027 are all zero-emission vehicles. According to the latest plan, by 2030, the carbon emissions operated by the US federal government will be reduced by 65%. At the same time, the U.S. government will also seek to use clean energy to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.