Tesla domestic Model 3 will be exported to Japan, New Zealand, Australia * Audi and FAW New Energy Joint Venture Project plans to invest more than 30 billion yuan

Published: Jan 19, 2021 11:27

[Tesla has prepared to export domestic Model 3 to Japan, New Zealand and Australia]. According to news on January 19, with the increase in production capacity, Model 3 produced by Tesla's Shanghai super factory is also being exported to other markets. In October last year, the first batch of 7000 domestic Model 3 was shipped in Shanghai and shipped to the European market. The latest foreign media reports show that after exporting to the European market, Tesla is also preparing to export domestic Model 3 to Japan, Australia and New Zealand.

[Weima and Baidu Apollo jointly developed models will be delivered in the first half of this year] Weima Motors announced that Weima W6, jointly developed with Baidu Apollo, went offline at Weima Hubei base today and will be delivered in the first half of this year. It is reported that the Weima W6 can use the millions of TOPS computing power on Baidu Apollo cloud to achieve self-driving in specific scenes. In addition, Shen Hui, founder of Weima Automobile, revealed that Weima's next-generation intelligent vehicle platform has been officially launched and the car strategy has been launched in the second half of the year.

[German Nano: plans to cooperate with Ningde Times to build an 80, 000-ton Lithium Iron Phosphate Project] announced on the evening of January 18, the company, Ningde Times (300750) and Jiang'an County Government signed the "Investment Agreement for the Project of Lithium Iron Phosphate with an annual output of 80, 000 tons" in Jiang'an County, Yibin City, Sichuan Province. the total investment of the project is about 1.8 billion yuan, which is divided into two phases. The total construction period is 36 months.

[Audi and FAW New Energy Joint Venture Project plans to invest more than 30 billion yuan and put the first model into production in 2024] China FAW, Audi and the people's Government of Changchun jointly signed an agreement today to announce that Audi FAW New Energy Joint Venture Project will be settled in Changchun. The Audi FAW new energy joint venture project is planned to introduce the PPE platform, a high-end pure electric vehicle platform jointly developed by Audi and Porsche. Its first plant plans to invest more than 30 billion yuan, and the first model will be put into production in Changchun in 2024. At the same time, the future PPE products will be sold by FAW-Volkswagen Audi sales Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of FAW-Volkswagen.

[Hainan New Energy vehicles initially have the conditions for traveling around the island during the acceleration period for the promotion and application of new energy vehicles] it was reported on the 18th that Hainan completed the province's goal of popularizing and applying 30,000 new energy vehicles during the 13th five-year Plan one year ahead of schedule, and ushered in the promotion and acceleration period of new energy vehicles. According to Chen Wanxin, deputy director of the Hainan Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, the promotion of new energy vehicles in Hainan increased by 79.6 percent in 2019 and 142.5 percent in 2020. Among them, the promotion of new energy vehicles for individual users accounted for 73.4% of the total in 2020, and new energy vehicles are favored by more and more Hainan residents. So far, Hainan Island has initially equipped with the conditions for electric vehicles to travel around the island.

During the 13th five-year Plan period, Beijing accelerated the cleaning of its transport structure, implemented the six (B) emission standards for new vehicles, developed new energy vehicles, and built a total of 225000 new energy vehicle charging piles and more than 140replacement power stations.

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