Tesla Berlin factory construction approved * 100 million lithium cylindrical battery production capacity expanded to 5GWh

[Tesla Berlin factory construction approved Musk once called his "the world's largest battery factory"] it is reported that Tesla has obtained permission from Germany's federal economic ministry to start building facilities to produce 4680 batteries near the Berlin super factory. Tesla was ordered by a local court to stop felling trees in Gruenheide, Germany, after environmentalists said Tesla was acting too quickly, according to Tagesiegel.

[BAIC Langu Smart Energy completed more than 300 million yuan A + round equity financing] on January 20, the official account of Langu Smart (Beijing) Energy Technology Co., Ltd. showed that it had completed the A + round financing on January 18, with a financing amount of more than 300 million yuan, jointly led by BAIC New Energy, SK New Energy (SKFS), Ningde Times and Langfang Anpeng Fund. According to official data, Blue Valley Smart Energy is the only company under BAIC Langu that is engaged in power exchange and power battery echelon utilization business.

On the evening of January 20, Zhongwei shares announced that the company signed an investment contract with the Qinzhou Municipal Government for the Beibu Gulf Industrial Base project, with a total investment of about 23 billion yuan, covering an area of about 3500 mu, and developed by stages. It is mainly engaged in the development of ternary precursors, cobalt tetroxide and other precursors, as well as the comprehensive recycling of metal nickel and cobalt and battery materials. The first phase of the project, with an investment of about 10 billion yuan, will mainly build an annual output of 150000 tons of precursors and 70, 000 tons of metal nickel and cobalt and its comprehensive recycling facilities, with a construction period of 4 years.

[Yiwei Lithium Energy Cylindrical Battery production capacity expanded to 5GWh] on January 19th, Yiwei Lithium Energy Jingmen Cylindrical Battery product line was expanded and put into production. After the company has been put into production, the annual production capacity of cylindrical batteries has been increased from 2.5GWh to 5GWhh, and the annual production capacity can reach 430 million units.

[Azure Lithium: full capacity arrangement for LED Chip Business and Lithium Battery Business] Azure Lithium said on the interactive platform on the 21st that LED chip business and lithium battery business were in normal production during the Spring Festival this year.

[Volkswagen China CEO Feng Sihan: SAIC Audi's first model will be delivered in early 2022] Volkswagen Group (China) CEO Feng Sihan said in an interview a few days ago that Volkswagen Group plans to launch 25 new models in China in 2021, including 13 new energy models. It is estimated that by 2025, the group's brands will deliver 1 million new energy vehicles in China. In addition, Volkswagen's Audi brand plans to sell 1 million vehicles by 2023. Recently, Audi FAW New Energy Joint Venture officially settled in Changchun, and SAIC Audi's first model will be delivered in early 2022.