91 Ten Articles: Tesla's brake failure occurred again in Hangzhou, BMW will launch a hydrogen fuel cell X5 crossover

1. Xpeng Motors' first quarter financial report showed that its total revenue was 2.951 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 616.1%. A total of 13,340 vehicles were delivered, a year-on-year increase of 487.4%, including 5,366 Xpeng G3s and 7,974 Xpeng P7s.

2. Panasonic Group's financial report shows that sales in fiscal year 2021 were approximately RMB 395.1 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 11%; operating profit was approximately RMB 15.3 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 12%; net profit was approximately RMB 9.7 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 27%.

3. Tesla is reportedly in talks with Chinese battery manufacturer EVE Energy Co. Tesla may include EVE Energy in the supply chain of its Shanghai factory to increase the purchase of low-cost batteries. If the agreement is reached, EVE Energy will become Tesla's second lithium iron phosphate battery supplier after CATL.

4. Cai Dongqing, chairman of Aulton New Energy, said that the company’s latest development plan goal is to complete the construction of 10,000 battery swap stations within 5 years and achieve a service capacity of more than 10 million battery swap vehicles.

5. Starting from the second half of this year, my country will carry out a pilot program for the application of battery swapping mode for new energy vehicles across the country. Nezha Auto, a subsidiary of Hozon New Energy, will take advantage of this opportunity to launch the battery swapping multi-purpose passenger car Nezha U Pro.

6. Fisker, an American electric car manufacturer, said it has reached a deal with Foxconn and plans to open a factory in the United States next year to assemble and produce vehicles, with an annual production capacity of at least 150,000 vehicles.

7. BMW CEO Oliver Zipse said the company plans to produce a small-scale X5 crossover powered by hydrogen fuel cells next year.

8. GAC Aion plans to build 100 super charging stations and 8,000 shared private charging piles this year. By 2025, it will build 2,000 super charging stations and 50,000 shared private charging piles in 300 cities across the country.

9. Tesla denied the rumor that the second phase of the Shanghai factory expansion project had been suspended, saying: "The Shanghai factory is progressing as planned, but there is nothing to announce at this stage."

10. On the evening of May 13, a Tesla Model 3 crashed into a wall due to suspected "brake failure" in a residential area in Binjiang, Hangzhou. At present, the owner, Ms. Luo, is in good health and is looking for a third-party testing agency. Tesla's after-sales service responded: "Backend data shows that the brakes did not fail, it may be because the road is slippery and the car is going too fast." Ms. Luo said that her speed was about 20km/h at the time.

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