[11.22 Lithium Express] BMW buys 7.3 billion euros worth of battery packs in Ningde era * Volkswagen invests more than 40% of electric travel next year

BMW has ordered more than 10 billion euros worth of battery packs from China's Ningde Times and South Korea's Samsung SDI, Germany's BMW Group said in a statement on Thursday. According to the statement, BMW purchased 7.3 billion euros worth of battery packs from the Ningde era as part of a contract signed between the two sides in the middle of last year. However, the total order price at that time was 4 billion euros. The supply contract will be extended from 2020 to 2031.

[Volkswagen invests more than 31.1 billion yuan in electric travel next year] Volkswagen Group (China) plans to invest more than 4 billion euros (31.1 billion yuan) with partners next year, and electric travel accounts for more than 40 percent. In response to this, Dr. Feng Sihan, CEO of Volkswagen Group (China), said: "the size of Volkswagen Group's locally produced electric vehicles will increase significantly next year, and the success of electric travel will be the core driving force of our sustainable development goals, helping the Group to achieve full carbon neutralization by 2050."

Recently, Tang Yongbing, researcher at the functional Film Materials Research Center of Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and his team, together with Professor Li Zhensheng of the City University of Hong Kong, have successfully developed high nitrogen doped porous microcrystalline carbon nanomaterials, which exhibit high capacity and long cycle characteristics as negative electrodes for potassium ion batteries. The related research result "Ultrahigh Nitrogen Doping of Carbon Nanosheets for High Capacity and Long Cycling Potassium Ion Storage" ("High nitrogen doped carbon Nanomaterials with High capacity and long cycle potassium Storage performance") is published online in the material journal Advanced Energy Materials ("Advanced Energy Materials".

[the range of electric vehicles has increased to 967 kilometers! According to foreign media reports, Nikola has launched a record battery technology with an energy density of up to 1100 wh/kg, at the material level and up to 500 wh/kg at the mass production level. By contrast, electric car maker Tesla's battery has an energy density of about 250 wh/kg. In addition, the Nikola battery core prototype is the first cell to remove adhesive materials and collectors, capable of storing more energy. Moreover, the battery is expected to pass the spike standard, thereby reducing potential vehicle fires.

Panasonic CEO: has no intention of building a new battery factory for Tesla in China. Panasonic CEO said today that Panasonic has no plans to build a new battery factory in China for Tesla. Panasonic is struggling to profit from its existing battery partnership with Tesla.

[honeycomb Energy's first high-speed laminated battery factory will be put into production by the end of November] recently, it was reported from the industry that Honeycomb Energy's first high-speed laminated battery factory (phase I) in Changzhou Jintan is nearing completion and is installing and commissioning production equipment, which will be officially put into production at the end of November.

The Weimar 7 Series sedan, which has a mileage of more than 700km, will go on sale in 2021. Weimar Motor said recently that the company plans to release the 7 Series sedan in 2021. Weimar 7 Series is positioned as a medium-sized pure electric sedan and will carry L3 class autopilot assistance technology, as well as a Living Engine 3.0 system and intelligent cockpit adapted to 5G technology. In addition, Weimar car software and hardware integration of the whole ecological OTA upgrade capability. This model NEDC comprehensive operating mileage will exceed 700km, WLTP operating conditions will last more than 600km, 30 minutes can be charged to 80% of the electricity. The Weimar 7 Series concept car will be unveiled at the Beijing Motor Show in 2020, and its mass-produced models will be officially launched and delivered in the first half of 2021.

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