Potential car buyers seen at a Tesla showroom in Shanghai. CHINA DAILY Shanghai luminaries have expressed hopes that Tesla’s Megapack energy storage plant in Shanghai, for which the US electric carmaker broke ground at the Lin-gang Special Area on Thursday, will serve as an icon for the region’s enterprises and help foster an industrial cluster centered… Continue reading Tesla unit seen lifting energy storage sector
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New Tesla energy storage plant breaks ground in development
Tesla’s energy storage plant in eastern Shanghai’s Lin-gang Special Area broke ground on Thursday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Tesla’s energy storage plant in eastern Shanghai’s Lin-gang Special Area broke ground on Thursday, marking a major progress forward of this facility – the US electric carmaker’s first of such facility outside its home country. Covering some… Continue reading New Tesla energy storage plant breaks ground in development
SAIC Motor works to accelerate intelligent, digital manufacturing
SAIC Motor’s Lin-gang factory is one of the first highly flexible manufacturing bases in China to achieve full integration of traditional and new energy vehicle production technologies. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] SAIC Motor Passenger Vehicle is promoting the intelligent and digital manufacturing transformation within the automotive industry, with its Lin-gang factory being at the forefront… Continue reading SAIC Motor works to accelerate intelligent, digital manufacturing
SAIC Motor can produce a vehicle every 70 seconds
SAIC Motor’s Lin-gang factory focuses on digitalizing the operation of the full value chain in manufacturing. Through the collaboration of intelligent equipment and digital platforms, the production efficiency has been improved by more than 10 percent. Currently, it can now produce 43 vehicles per hour, with a new one rolling off the assembly line nearly every 70… Continue reading SAIC Motor can produce a vehicle every 70 seconds
Global demand for NEVs far exceeds current production capacity: Chinese official
This photo taken on April 24, 2024 shows a new energy vehicle (NEV) assembly line of BYD, China’s leading NEV manufacturer, at the plant of BYD in Zhengzhou, Central China’s Henan province. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING — The global demand for new energy vehicles (NEVs) far exceeds current production capacity, said He Hailin, an official with the… Continue reading Global demand for NEVs far exceeds current production capacity: Chinese official
The fallacious, dangerous logic of ‘Chinese overcapacity’ rhetoric
Employees work on the assembly line of a new energy vehicle manufacturer in Chongqing. [Photo by TANG YI/XINHUA] BEIJING — China’s booming new energy vehicle (NEV) sector recently drew scrutiny for purported “Chinese overcapacity” from certain Western nations. To provide clarity on the industry’s landscape to a global audience, three government officials and an industry… Continue reading The fallacious, dangerous logic of ‘Chinese overcapacity’ rhetoric
China’s new energy vehicles boast global competitive edges: officials
A consumer learns about Xiaomi’s new energy vehicle model SU7 at a retail shop in Beijing, capital of China, March 28, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING — China’s new energy vehicles (NEVs) boast global competitive advantages, thanks to technological breakthroughs, well-developed industrial chains, and an open and innovative industry ecosystem, officials said. Chinese automakers account for four… Continue reading China’s new energy vehicles boast global competitive edges: officials
Labeling China’s NEV exports as result of overcapacity can’t hold water: officials
A cargo ship is ready to load cars for export at Yantai Port in Shandong province on March 14. [TANG KE/FOR CHINA DAILY] BEIJING — While certain Western nations portrayed China’s increasing exports of new energy vehicles (NEVs) as the result of domestic overcapacity, several Chinese officials refuted this narrative, asserting that export-based reasoning cannot… Continue reading Labeling China’s NEV exports as result of overcapacity can’t hold water: officials
FAW-Volkswagen to produce 3 SUV models in China’s Tianjin
FAW-Volkswagen employees work on an assembly line at the automaker’s Tianjin plant. [Provided to China Daily] TIANJIN – FAW-Volkswagen Automobile Co Ltd will invest over 2.3 billion yuan ($324 million) in introducing the production of three SUV models at its plant in North China’s Tianjin municipality, according to a cooperation agreement inked on Wednesday. The… Continue reading FAW-Volkswagen to produce 3 SUV models in China’s Tianjin
China unveils plan to galvanize NEV uptake in rural areas
A robot operates equipment on the assembly line of an automaker in Xi’an, Shaanxi province. YUAN JINGZHI/FOR CHINA DAILY BEIJING – China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, in collaboration with four government bodies, has launched a nationwide campaign to bolster the new energy vehicle (NEV) uptake in China’s rural areas. The initiative will run… Continue reading China unveils plan to galvanize NEV uptake in rural areas