Policies and regulations
1. The three departments will jointly carry out the pilot work of making up for the shortcomings of county-level charging and swapping facilities
On April 12, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the Ministry of Transport issued the "Notice on Carrying out the Pilot Work of Filling and Swapping Facilities at the County Level". The "Notice" proposes to carry out the pilot project of "100 counties, 1000 stations, 10,000 piles", and strengthen the planning and construction of new energy vehicle charging and swapping facilities in key villages and towns. The central government will arrange incentive funds to support the pilot counties to carry out the pilot work. Effectively make up for the shortcomings of public charging and swapping infrastructure in rural areas, and strive to achieve "full coverage of townships and townships" of charging and swapping infrastructure. The demonstration period for each pilot county is 3 years. The award standard is set according to the power utilization rate of the charging and swapping facilities in the pilot counties every year, and is divided into three grades. During the demonstration period, the pilot counties that meet the highest target each year will receive up to 45 million yuan.
2. Qingdao will have more than 150,000 charging facilities by the end of 2026
On April 2, the General Office of the Qingdao Municipal Government issued the "Implementation Plan for Accelerating the Construction of Charging Infrastructure in Qingdao", which made it clear that by the end of 2026, a high-quality charging infrastructure system with wide coverage, reasonable layout, intelligent and efficient, and safe sharing will be basically built. The charging network of rural point layout has more than 150,000 charging infrastructure in the city, of which 15,000 charging infrastructure in rural areas have reached 15,000 units, realizing effective coverage of public charging stations and towns and streets, and better meeting the travel and charging needs of the people.
Enterprise dynamics
1. Green Energy Smart Charging: The net profit in 2023 will be about 17.41 million yuan
On April 12, Green Energy Huichong released its annual performance report, saying that its operating income in 2023 will be about 650 million yuan, an increase of 127.12% year-on-year, the net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies will be about 17.41 million yuan, and the basic earnings per share will be 0.0309 yuan. In the same period of 2022, the operating income was about 286 million yuan, the net profit loss attributable to shareholders of the listed company was about 96.54 million yuan, and the basic earnings per share loss was 0.1887 yuan.
2. Dongfeng Motor's net profit in 2023 will be 200 million yuan
On April 12, Dongfeng Motor disclosed its 2023 annual report. In 2023, the company achieved a total operating income of 12.070 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 0.98%, a net profit attributable to the parent company of 200 million yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 29.83%, a non-net profit loss of 272 million yuan, a loss of 29.4687 million yuan in the same period last year, and a net cash flow from operating activities of -266 million yuan, compared with -290 million yuan in the same period of last year.
3. Special call signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Huaxin Gas Group
On April 11, Huaxin Gas Group and Telai held a signing ceremony for a strategic cooperation framework agreement, in which the two sides will work together to promote the construction of new energy charging infrastructure network, innovate the operation mode of optical storage, charging and discharging industry, and create application scenarios such as gas grid, charging network, energy storage network, and virtual power plant, so as to help the high-quality development of green and low-carbon industries in Shanxi Province.
4. Li Bin of Weilai: More car companies are considering joining the battery swap network layout
On April 13, Li Bin, founder, chairman and CEO of NIO, said in a speech at the 27th Harvard China Forum at Harvard University that since November last year, NIO has opened up battery swap technology and network layout, and four automobile groups have signed agreements with NIO, and more auto companies are considering joining. Li Bin said that NIO and other auto companies are competitors, but they are actually competing teammates in the journey to solve climate change, and openness and competition can ultimately benefit consumers, industry and society.
Domestic news
1. Quanzhou: 876 charging stations and 9,342 charging piles have been built in local urban and rural areas
The international energy network learned that with the increase in the popularity of travel such as "spring travel, short-distance travel, and weekend travel", driving new energy vehicles to travel has gradually become the choice of more and more people. In Quanzhou, Fujian Province, 876 charging stations and 9,342 charging piles have been built in local urban and rural areas, creating a high-quality charging infrastructure service network with "global coverage, public-private coordination, vehicle piles, and simultaneous construction and management", so as to solve the problem of new energy vehicle travel and charging, and help fresh tourism.
2. Fuzhou's first optical storage, charging, discharging, inspection and overcharging station was inaugurated and put into operation
On April 8, the opening ceremony of the "Optical Storage, Charging and Testing" supercharging station jointly built by Fuzhou Gulou District Urban Construction Investment and Development Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Gulou Urban Investment) and Telai Fuzhou Company was held and officially put into operation. As the first five-in-one supercharging station of "optical storage, charging and discharging" in Fuzhou, the power station integrates functions such as high-power supercharging, photovoltaic, energy storage, V2G charging and discharging, and battery detection, and is committed to becoming a benchmark demonstration site for charging microgrid applications in Fuzhou.
3. The China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic Products calls on the EU to maintain objectivity and impartiality in the EU countervailing investigation
The China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic Products (CCAC) held a press conference in Brussels, the capital of Belgium, on April 12, calling on the European Commission to remain objective, fair and transparent in its investigation of China's electric vehicles, stressing that if the EU adopts trade remedy measures, it will harm the interests of all parties.
International News
1. The Council of the European Union approved the "Euro 7" emission standard
On April 12, local time, the Council of the European Union approved the "Euro 7" motor vehicle emission standard. Previously, negotiators from the European Parliament and European Union member states had agreed on the "Euro 7" motor vehicle emission standard.
2. Japan's new sales of pure electric vehicles in 2023 increased by 2.5%
On April 12, according to the data of the Japan Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations and the National Federation of Mini Vehicle Associations, the sales of new pure electric vehicles in Japan in 2023 will be 79,198, an increase of only 2.5% compared with the previous year, and the growth rate will slow down significantly compared with 2022, which will reach 3.1 times. On the other hand, sales of hybrid vehicles, including plug-in vehicles, increased by 21.5% to 1971445 units.
3、Stellantis意大利工人罢工
On April 13, it was reported that the European car company Stellantis is currently facing labor tensions, and thousands of Italian workers joined the strike at the company's base in northern Italy to oppose the company's management proposed a new round of layoffs. According to the Fiom union, about 12,000 people, including car workers, local politicians and citizens, gathered in Turin to demand job guarantees and guarantees for the future of the historic Mirafiori plant and other factories in the country.
Source: International Energy Network/Charging and Swapping Grid