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In response to the supply crisis, Panasonic plans to halve the nickel content of electric vehicle batteries by 2030
According to foreign media reports, Panasonic plans to develop a technology that can reduce the amount of nickel contained in pure electric vehicle batteries by half by 2030. It is reported that while ensuring the performance of the battery, other elements replace the nickel used in the cathode material. Reduce the risk of difficult procurement by reducing the amount of rare metals produced in only a few countries, such as nickel.
It is reported that Panasonic has also developed a high-capacity battery that does not use cobalt, and plans to put it on the market in 2-3 years. According to the data, in the cathode material of Panasonic power batteries, the content of nickel accounts for about 90%, and the rest is cobalt and aluminum. While the cathode material influences the battery capacity, a small amount of nickel is considered difficult to make a large-capacity battery.
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Business segmentation, Tucson plans to sell its China business in the future
According to foreign media reports, Tucson plans to sell its Chinese business for $1 billion in the future, and will focus on the US market in the future. Until that decision, Tucson future gives the U.S. government some oversight over the technology behind its self-driving operations. Specifically, Tucson future agreed to "restrict access to certain of the company's data by its China division, including source code and algorithms for its self-driving truck business, and to adopt a technology control program."
Tucson's decision to sell its China business in the future is the result of "strict regulation," adding that Tucson's future business is expected to "grow independently" after addressing security concerns, people familiar with the matter revealed.
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Suzuki will invest $1.37 billion to produce electric vehicles in India
Maruti Suzuki, a company controlled by Japanese automaker Suzuki, said on March 20 that it plans to invest 1044 crore (about $1.37 billion) in its Indian plant to produce electric vehicles and batteries.
Japanese media reported that Suzuki Motor has decided to build a new electric vehicle production line in India and plans to sell EVs in Japan, Europe and India by 2025, which is the first time to announce production plans. India, Suzuki's main market, which controls almost half of new car sales, will increase its competitiveness through large-scale investments. According to previous news, Suzuki will work with Toyota to produce electric vehicles in India, and the first product will be a mid-size SUV that will be equipped with BYD blade batteries.
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Zero Run Technology submitted a listing application to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange to launch 8 new models by the end of 2025
According to the documents of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Zhejiang Zero Running Technology Co., Ltd. has submitted a listing application to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on March 17, and the joint sponsors are CICC, Citi, JPMorgan Chase and CCB International. According to the prospectus, Zero Run Technology plans to launch 8 new models by the end of 2025 at a rate of 1-3 models per year in the future, covering sedans, SUVs and MPVs of various sizes.
In the whole year of 2021, a total of 43,748 electric vehicles were delivered by zero-run, an increase of 443.5% over 2020. For the new forces, listing can first solve the problem of funds, followed by the value brought by brand promotion, and zero running obviously has these two levels of consideration.
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Respond to huawei foundry? Xiao Kang: Definitely not, the income from car sales belongs to us
Not long ago, Xiaokang co., Ltd. announced the latest issue of investor relations communication records, in which Xiaokang co., Ltd. once again emphasized that it is definitely not Huawei's foundry. At the same time, Xiaokang shares also made it clear that the sales revenue of vehicles is owned by Xiaokang shares, "Huawei's stores in the core areas of the mainstream business circle, through cooperation, our products enter their channel sales, which will greatly reduce our investment in the early sales costs, and every time a car is sold, they extract the corresponding sales service fees." ”
Xiaokang shares said: "Xiaokang shares are a modern private enterprise, efficient and flexible mechanism is our advantage, other manufacturers are difficult to reproduce in the short term. Cooperation between our two sides is our common choice. ”
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Sunwoda invested another 8 billion yuan to lay out 20 GWh of battery production capacity, and the order of new forces is expected
A few days ago, the power battery company Sunwoda Electronics Co., Ltd. issued an announcement that the subsidiary Sunwoda signed a project investment agreement with the Shifang Municipal Government to raise 8 billion yuan to build a 20GWh power battery and energy storage battery production base. It is understood that the project investment is mainly used to build new power batteries and energy storage battery cells, modules, PACK, battery systems and other production bases.
Sunwoda is a power battery company with a very strong upward momentum at present, and in 2021, it has successively obtained the fixed point letter of Dongfeng Liuqi Lingzhi CM5EV, Dongfeng E70, GAC A9E, Geely PMA platform, Geely GHS2.0 platform, SAIC-GM-Wuling Hongguang MINIEV and other car company model projects.
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The country's first L4-level autonomous driving expressway was officially opened to traffic in Shaoxing
According to CCTV News, on March 19, the key supporting project of the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games - Zhejiang Shaoxing Yuyue Wisdom Expressway was officially opened to traffic. This is also the country's first road-network-level intelligent expressway that supports high-level automatic driving.
It is understood that the Yuyue Expressway starts from Yuexing Road in the east to Jianshui Road in the west, with a total length of 20.9 kilometers, the main line is a two-way six-lane road, and the design speed is 80 kilometers per hour. After the opening of the Yueyue Smart Expressway, the driving time from Hangzhou to the Shaoxing Asian Games sub-venue will be shortened from the original 1 hour to 25 minutes, and the road will also help Shaoxing accelerate its integration into the Greater Bay Area of Zhejiang Province and the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta. In addition, the project implementation team of this section of the road has conducted several L4 high-level autonomous driving tests.
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It is rumored that CATL 5 billion US dollars to build a factory in North America? Supplying tesla and other car companies
According to foreign media reports, CATL, the world's largest manufacturer of electric vehicle batteries, is considering building a $5 billion factory in North America. According to people familiar with the matter, CATL's new plant in North America will produce nickel-manganese cobalt batteries and lithium iron phosphate batteries to supply Tesla and other automakers. The plant aims to have a maximum annual production capacity of 80 GWh and will eventually employ about 10,000 people.
In the report, foreign media also mentioned that the executives of the CATL era have flown to Mexico to participate in the conference earlier this month, but they are also considering the location of the United States and Canada, and the final factory construction address will consider the supply of labor and other factors. However, CATL responded that it would not comment on the news.