Category: Newswire

Kandi JV Company Received Approval to be Pure Electric Vehicle Production Manufacturer by MIIT

JINHUA, China, Aug. 07, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Kandi Technologies Group, Inc. (NASDAQ GS: KNDI) (the “Company” or “Kandi”) today announced that Kandi Electric Vehicles Jiangsu Co., Ltd. (“Kandi Jiangsu”), the wholly-owned subsidiary of Kandi Electric Vehicles Group Co., Ltd.  (the “JV Company”, a joint venture owned by Geely Group (including its affiliate) and Zhejiang… Continue reading Kandi JV Company Received Approval to be Pure Electric Vehicle Production Manufacturer by MIIT

Audi to recall 6,682 cars in Russia due to various problems – regulator

MOSCOW, August 6. /TASS/. OOO Volkswagen Group Rus, a Russian dealer of Audi, will recall in Russia 6,682 A5 model crossovers because of certain potential malfunctions in vehicles, the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology (Rosstandart) reported on Tuesday.
In particular, the recalling campaign will cover 6,679 cars sold in 2017-2019. A clamp on a wheel arch cover may broke, leading to weakening of wheel arch liner fastening and liner separation in the worst case.
Three more Q5 crossovers sold in 2019 will be recalled for dashboard replacement.
“The reason to recall vehicles is that a welded joint in the area of passenger’s front safety airbag fastening to the dashboard could have been made with deviation from the specification,” the regulator says.
All repair work will be carried out free of charge for vehicle owners.

EV Connect and General Motors to Enhance Charging Experience

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — To ensure that drivers of the Chevrolet Bolt EV have a more seamless charging experience in the United States, EV Connect today announced a collaboration with General Motors. With 6,000 charge ports under contract through its EV Cloud, EV Connect is the largest open platform in the country.… Continue reading EV Connect and General Motors to Enhance Charging Experience

Didi, BP team up to build EV infrastructure

Ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing and UK energy giant BP announced on Thursday that they have agreed to form a new joint venture to build electric vehicle charging infrastructure in China, the world’s largest market for electric vehicles.Under the deal, the new venture plans to develop a network of EV charging hubs across China as part of a broad effort to better tap opportunities of electrification in the automobile sector.The joint venture will develop stand-alone, reliable and high-quality charging hubs to provide EV charging services to Didi’s drivers and the public.