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PARIS/BERLIN – Volkswagen has walked away from talks with Renault to jointly develop an affordable electric version of the Twingo subcompact car, three sources familiar with the situation said, in a setback for the EU carmakers' efforts to fend off Chinese rivals.
Today saw the first FAW Bestune Pony micro EV cars roll off the assembly line of the Yancheng factory of FAW Group. These cars will be delivered to the first group of users ahead of the cars official launch on May 28. Also disclosed was FAW’s plans for the Yancheng factory along with two new products, the E311 and E541, to be produced there.
SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE — Tesla is pushing ahead with plans to power the global development of its self-driving system with data from China that could be processed within the country, part of a strategic shift by Elon Musk, according to people with knowledge of the work.
Yesterday Nio CEO William Li together with Alan Ai (Ai Tiecheng), president of Onvo, gave a press conference where they talked frankly about the Onvo brand and its position relative to Nio along with plans for the two brands. One Easter egg revealed is that Onvo’s second model would be a larger SUV seating six or seven people.
President Biden has made the adoption of electric vehicles a key pillar of his green agenda, and while he has bet big on phasing out gas-powered vehicles, it is unclear whether the push will help him among voters in his re-election campaign against former President Trump.
State-owned First Automobile Works (FAW) will join Nio’s battery swap alliance as its 7th memeber, local media reports. FAW is the owner of the Hongqi brand, which recently revealed a version of its Hongqi EHS7 SUV with battery swap support as it applied for market homologation in China.
It comes off the back of revised tariffs on Chinese made vehicles and wound back emissions laws in the US, impacting product strategies for car makers operating in the United States.