91 Ten Articles: Tesla raises prices in the US and China simultaneously, Wuling Hongguang will no longer be able to get a Shanghai license plate

1. Tesla Model 3 and Model Y have raised prices again in the US market. The prices of the Standard Range Plus version of Model 3 and the Long Range All-Wheel Drive version of Model 3 have both increased by US$500.

In the Chinese market, the price of the Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Upgrade Edition has increased by RMB 1,000. It is worth mentioning that this is the fourth price increase by Tesla in more than two months. This time, the reason given by Tesla is still due to rising costs.

4. Volkswagen Group has begun building its third electric vehicle factory in Hefei, China to increase its electric vehicle production in China. The factory will be put into production in the second half of 2023. After full production, the annual production of electric vehicles can reach 350,000.

5. Radar perception AI supplier Oculii received $55 million in financing, aiming to minimize the limitations of traditional radars and improve radar performance through intelligent software. Oculii claims that its software can increase the spatial resolution of radar by 100 times.

6. Changan Automobile released its production and sales report for April 2021. The data showed that Changan Automobile produced 204,400 vehicles that month, a year-on-year increase of 21.97%; sales were 202,300 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 26.78%.

7. BYD announced its production and sales data for April 2021. The data showed that in April, BYD's sales of new energy vehicles were 25,662 units, a year-on-year increase of 97.48%. Among them, passenger car sales were 25,034 units, a year-on-year increase of 104.2%. Pure electric vehicles were 16,114 units, a year-on-year increase of 61.69%; plug-in hybrid vehicles were 8,920 units, a year-on-year increase of 288.5%.

8. The International Energy Agency (IEA) released the Global EV Outlook 2021 report. The report shows that by the end of 2020, the global electric vehicle ownership exceeded 10 million. Among them, 4.5 million are in China, 3.2 million are in Europe, 1.7 million are in the United States, and the remaining electric vehicles are scattered in other countries and regions.

The agency predicts that by 2030, the number of electric vehicles on the road worldwide is expected to reach 145 million. China and Europe will continue to be the world's most important markets for electric vehicles.

9. Great Wall Motors plans to develop insurance brokerage business. Industrial and commercial registration information shows that the original Zhaoyin Insurance Brokers (Beijing) Co., Ltd. has undergone a change in its main body, and the company name has been changed to Laoyou Insurance Brokers Co., Ltd., with Great Wall Motor Co., Ltd. holding 100% of the shares.

10. GAC announced that the 100,000th Aion S officially rolled off the assembly line. Aion S was officially launched in the second quarter of 2019. Just two years later, the 100,000th vehicle rolled off the assembly line. Since its launch, AION S has continued to maintain a hot sales momentum and has been the sales champion of Chinese brand pure electric sedans for many consecutive months.

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