XPeng Motors' announcement on April 4th, 2023, the company upgraded over 160 S2 supercharging stations to S4 fast-charging stations in the first quarter. Additionally, it added another 349 third-party free charging stations in Q1.
On April 4th, William Li, the founder, chairman and CEO of NIO, recently stated that NIO has currently deployed 1,326 battery swapping stations and 52 destination charging routes in China. Users have completed nearly 20 million battery swaps.
Tesla is planning a grand production capacity for its future low-priced model. "The new model will be a smaller version of the Model Y," an insider said, "and Tesla is planning an annual production capacity of up to four million vehicles."
According to a document from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Wang Xing, who is the co-founder and CEO of Meituan, a Chinese food delivery company, sold 1.33 million shares of Li Auto over three trading days (March 28-30).
DJI Automotive, a subsidiary of DJI, announced its latest intelligent driving solutions at the China EV100 Forum on April 2. The company claimed that this solution can achieve L2+ intelligent driving functions without relying on high-precision maps or lidar technology.
The China EV100 Forum took place on April 1, with several representatives from car manufacturing companies in attendance. They delivered speeches and shared their perspectives on a range of topics including the global automotive industry, new energy vehicles, and the development of intelligent connected vehicles.
Chinese electric vehicle manufacturers have recently reported their delivery volumes for March, showing that the auto market in China began to recover in March as demand for cars increased.
On March 31st, a set of latest spy photos of BYD F brand's first model "SF" were leaked. The photos were taken on a winding and narrow coastal road, and the car's outline appeared more aggressive under the interplay of light and shadow.
During a high-altitude test drive on March 29, the Tank 500 vehicle produced by Tank, a sub-brand of Chinese automobile manufacturer Great Wall Motor, rolled over and caused multiple injuries.
Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) technology company Haomo.ai announced that it will release the autonomous driving generative model "DriveGPT" on April 11.
Recently, a car owner posted a video on social media claiming that their Ideal L9 identified and marked several pedestrians on an empty road in the cemetery. Due to the incident occurring in the cemetery, this mistaken identity event has attracted a lot of attention and discussion from netizens.
BYD, a Chinese company specializing in new energy vehicles, announced the release of its "Yun Nian" System will be on April 10. The system is expected to integrate intelligent driving systems, cockpits and perception components, creating an innovative vehicle ecosystem.
On the evening of March 28th, BYD released its 2022 annual report. The announcement showed that BYD achieved operating income of ¥ 424.1 billion (about $ 62 billion) in 2022, Chairman of BYD Wang Chuanfu stated that our goal is to become China's largest car manufacturer by the end of this year.
On March 28th, it was announced that Tesla officially released the prices for the new Model S and Model X in China, and began deliveries to the Chinese market.
DeepWay, an intelligent truck manufacturer based in China, has secured over 1.2 billion yuan ($174 million) in funding after completing its A+ round financing of 770 million yuan ($117 million).
