▎The strictest "National Six B" in history is here!
Recently, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Commerce and other five ministries and commissions jointly issued an announcement that from July 1, 2023, the China VIB emission standard will be officially implemented nationwide, prohibiting the production, import and sale of cars that do not meet the 6B stage of the China VI emission standard.
China VI "b" stage, not only the emission of conventional carbon monoxide and non-methane carbon gas compounds, including particulate matter, nitrogen oxides also have strict restrictions, in order to verify the full implementation of emission standards, but also added RDE detection, that is, actual road driving emission monitoring.
▎Shanghai will layout to increase the localization rate of automotive chips and promote the sustainable development of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles
On July 6, at the 2023 China Automotive Forum held in Jiading, Shanghai, Tang Wenkan, deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Economic and Information Commission, said that Shanghai's new energy vehicle scale ranks first in the world. Next, Shanghai will continue to promote the high-quality development of the automotive industry, carry out the layout of automotive-grade chips, and drive the localization rate of automotive chips to continue to increase. At the same time, Shanghai should also promote the sustainable development of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.
▎SAIC's "2023 Tech-show Technology Exhibition" opened
On July 6, SAIC's "2023 Tech-show Technology Exhibition" opened. According to reports, SAIC's 27 enterprises have brought 43 innovative technologies such as central coordinated motion control platform, 800V silicon carbide electric shaft, solid-state battery, Galaxy ® full-stack 3.0 intelligent vehicle solution, core material localized stacks and low-power fuel cell systems for non-road vehicles, communication module assembly T-BOX and intelligent network controller i-BOX (5G), L4 intelligent heavy trucks and AIV unmanned intelligent transfer vehicles, and true unmanned Robotaxi.
▎Geely Automobile: June vehicle sales were 137,900 units, up about 9% y/y
Geely Automobile announced that it sold 137,900 vehicles in June, a year-on-year increase of about 9%. 26,900 units of pure electric vehicles and 11,700 units of plug-in hybrid vehicles were sold.
▎ SAIC Motor confirmed that the first European plant will produce electric vehicles, which may not be limited to the MG brand
SAIC has confirmed that it is seeking to build its first European plant, and a spokesman for the company recently told the BBC that the planned plant will produce electric vehicles, and SAIC has not yet decided whether to produce MG models at the plant.
▎ The EU insists on imposing tariffs on UK electric vehicle imports from 2024
The Financial Times reported on the 6th that the European Commission said that it will adhere to the plan to impose tariffs on electric vehicles transported between the UK and the EU from next year. Earlier, the European Commission warned that the group was losing the global battle for battery investment. The British government, backed by automakers across Europe, is seeking to delay the implementation of a post-Brexit trade rule from 2024 to 2027, saying it would impose excessive costs on the auto industry.
▎ The sales of Japan's three major automakers in China fell collectively in June
According to Japan's "Sankei Shimbun", Toyota Motor released data today that the company's new car sales in the Chinese market in June were 174,500 units, down 12.8% year-on-year, which is the first negative growth in three months. Toyota pointed out that the introduction of China's automobile purchase tax exemption in June last year led to the rapid growth of automobile sales, and the high base led to the decline in sales.