[4.27 Lithium Express] New Energy vehicles can be exempted from vehicle purchase tax 31 batch catalogue released * Hebei promotes the application of new energy vehicles this year with a minimum of 3 vehicles.

Published: Apr 27, 2020 10:02

[here comes the thirty-first batch of catalogs! These new energy vehicles are exempt from vehicle purchase tax] on April 24, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued a catalogue of new energy vehicles exempted from vehicle purchase tax (31st batch), a total of 179 new energy vehicles were selected. Among them, a total of 30 passenger cars, 27 pure electric models, 3 plug-in hybrid models, BYD Han EV, GAC MOTOR AION V in the list.

[Yiwei Lithium Energy plans to invest 1.2 billion yuan in 6GWh energy storage battery to build 1.3 billion yuan 5GWh power battery project] on April 24, Yiwei Lithium Energy announced that its subsidiary Hubei Yiwei Power Co., Ltd. plans to sign "contracts" with the management committee of Jingmen High-tech Industrial Development Zone on energy storage battery project and power battery project respectively, and plans to build a lithium-ion energy storage battery production project with an annual production capacity of 6GWh at 1.2 billion yuan. Another 1.3 billion yuan is proposed to be invested in the 5GWh/ lithium-ion power battery project. The project funds will be solved by self-financing and self-financing.

[the blockade has not yet been lifted but Tesla plans to recall some employees of the Fremont factory next week] according to foreign media reports, Tesla plans to recall some workers at the Fremont plant in California next week, but the mayor of San Francisco has said that the "stay-at-home" ban in the area is likely to be extended beyond May 3, which means that Tesla is likely to restart some production before the ban is lifted. It is reported that on April 29, the director of the Tesla Fremont plant asked some employees engaged in the painting and stamping business to report to the factory and asked the workers to reply whether they planned to return to work. Tesla had previously told workers that normal production at the Fremont plant in California was expected to resume on May 4, when the state's blockade was expected to end on May 3.

[Tesla applies for a patent for a new electrode to make the battery life of an electric vehicle exceed 1.6 million km] it is reported that Tesla applied for a patent for a single crystal nickel-cobalt-aluminum electrode, which describes a method for synthesizing a nickel-cobalt-aluminum electrode. They have used the new nickel-cobalt-aluminum electrode to test a lithium-ion battery. The battery with this new electrode can be recharged 4000 times in its life cycle, so the battery life is expected to exceed 1 million miles, that is, more than 1.609 million kilometers.

[Hebei Province promotes the application of the lowest number of new energy vehicles this year] recently, the Office of the leading Group on the Development and Popularization and Application of New Energy vehicles in Hebei Province issued "key points for the Development, Popularization and Application of New Energy vehicles in Hebei Province in 2020." take "promoting the traction industry and industry-assisted promotion" as the starting point and foothold, relying on the industrial foundation, improving the industrial chain, supporting innovative development, and activating market potential. Innovation, promotion and application, create a green low-carbon travel ecology, strengthen infrastructure construction, and promote the province's new energy vehicle industry to achieve high-quality development. The main points of the work clearly define the target for the whole year: in 2020, the province will promote the application of at least 30, 000 new energy vehicles (standard vehicles), strive for 55000 (standard vehicles), and promote a total of 300000 new energy vehicles (standard vehicles). In the field of official vehicles in the province, the proportion of new energy vehicles for new or replacement vehicles has gradually increased; among the new or new buses, the proportion of new energy buses is not less than 85%; and all buses in the built-up area of Shijiazhuang City have been replaced with new energy vehicles. A total of 1970 charging stations and 65625 charging piles have been built in the province.

[Kia updated the "S Plan": the investment quota for two new energy vehicles reached 25 billion US dollars in two years.] recently, Kia updated the specific plans for the "S Plan" for the past two years. Kia will launch a plug-in hybrid at the end of 2020 and an all-electric model in 2021, which will be the first to launch in the US market. Kia said that the "S plan" involves an investment quota of US $25 billion (177 billion yuan). In the future, new energy vehicle sales will account for 25% of Kia's overall overseas sales, and by 2026, Kia will set a global sales target of 500000 electric vehicles.

[Sichuan Shehong and Zhongguang Nuclear Engineering have reached an intention to cooperate on large-scale energy storage power station projects] it is reported that Sichuan Shehong and Zhongguang Nuclear Engineering Co., Ltd. has reached a consensus on the integrated development of the energy storage battery supply chain and the construction of large-scale wind, hydropower and solar energy storage power plants in Sichuan Province.

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