[1.8 Lithium Express] urgent expansion of blade battery production * Norway becomes the first country where pure tram sales exceed that of diesel locomotives.

[explosion occurred in Hunan Bangpu, a subsidiary of Ningde Times] around 18:12 on January 7, an explosion broke out in the workshop of the old factory of Hunan Bangpu Circular Technology Co., Ltd. At present, the fire is under control, no one has been killed, all the injured have been sent to hospital for treatment, and the cause of the accident is under further investigation. According to the heavenly eye, Bang Pu is the Sun Company of the Ningde era. It is reported that Bangpu in Hunan Province is currently the largest bridge cycle demonstration base and cleaner production model factory for the recycling of waste batteries in China, and it is also a key introduction project for Hunan Province to build the Eleventh five-year Plan for the Economic Integration of Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan.

[Tesla Asia-Pacific first airport supercharging station launched] recently, Tesla announced the launch of the Asia-Pacific first airport supercharging station, which currently has only eight charging piles. The charging station is located in P1 parking Building of Beijing Daxing International Airport. At the end of 2020, Tesla announced the official launch of the supercharging station of Shanghai Jing'an International Center, the largest supercharging station in the world.

[sources say Rivian is about to conduct a new round of financing the company will be valued at $25 billion.] according to news on January 7, after completing a round of financing of up to $2.5 billion in July 2020, people familiar with the matter revealed that Tesla's competitor, Rivian, an American electric vehicle start-up, is about to carry out a new round of financing. At present, the exact amount of the company's round of financing is not clear. But people familiar with the matter said the company would raise billions of dollars and value it at $25 billion.

[BYD's emergency expansion of blade battery production is planned] on January 7, while explicitly denying the existence of "Xia", the relevant BYD official revealed to reporters that BYD's next model will be named "Ming", "but there is no clear timetable yet."

(Tesla and other electric vehicle manufacturers will benefit from the $1.5 billion zero-emission vehicle incentive program). Compared with fuel-fueled vehicles, new energy vehicles such as electric vehicles are more environmentally friendly, especially the improvement of air quality, while many countries around the world have also provided subsidies for electric vehicles to encourage consumers to buy electric vehicles. Subsidies for new energy vehicles such as electric vehicles can also stimulate the sales of new energy vehicles to a certain extent, and new energy vehicle manufacturers also benefit from it.

[Norway became the first country to sell more pure electric cars than diesel locomotives] throughout 2020, the sales of pure electric cars in Norway exceeded half of all new car sales, reaching 54.3%, becoming the first country in the world to sell pure electric vehicles. It is mainly stimulated by the demand for pure electric cars of Volkswagen Group.