91 Ten Articles: Daily Must-Read Briefing for the New Energy Vehicle Industry 210315

1. According to people familiar with the matter, BAIC New Energy's Changzhou factory may be acquired by Niu Electric Vehicle, founded by former Huawei CTO Li Yinan. This move means that Niu may also enter the four-wheel electric vehicle market.

2. Geely Auto signed an investment cooperation agreement with the People's Government of Ganzhou City and the Management Committee of Ganzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone, and will plan to build a power battery project with an annual production capacity of 42GWh in Ganzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone, with a total investment of 30 billion yuan.

3. The domestic sales of Model Y, which was just launched in early January, were 1,641 units in the first month, and 4,630 units in the second month, a month-on-month increase of approximately 182.1%.

4. Kia released a photo of the EV6 electric car, which is the brand's first car built on the new Electric-Global module platform and the first product of the Opposites United design concept.

5. The State Administration for Market Regulation stated today that the number of new energy vehicles in China has reached 4.92 million. In order to protect the interests of consumers, a defect investigation mechanism will be established.

6. SAIC Motor’s sales of new energy vehicles jumped to 88,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 596.8%, continuing to rank first in domestic new energy vehicle sales.

7. The Baidu Marketing New Energy Vehicle Industry Insight Report pointed out that although the decline in subsidy policies has had a certain impact on the sales of new energy vehicles, new energy vehicles still achieved a 10.9% growth despite the decline in sales in the passenger car market.

8. State Grid Beijing Electric Power announced that in order to cooperate with the country's strategic policy of vigorously developing new energy vehicles and achieve the goals of carbon peak and carbon neutrality, it has built 230,000 charging piles in Beijing to achieve full coverage of the charging network.

9. Shell and Alfen plan to deploy battery energy storage systems to provide fast charging services for electric vehicles to alleviate the pressure on the power grid that may be caused by the widespread use of electric vehicles.

10. Sources within Volkswagen said that it plans to lay off 4,000 employees in Germany to save money and transition to electric vehicles.

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