Etiqueta: CATL

Global model Zeekr 7X debuts at Chengdu Auto Show. The car boasts 5.5C battery and advanced driving assistance.

Fortune magazine has released its inaugural Fortune China Tech 50 list, highlighting 50 Chinese technology companies that are impacting the world.

Wang Chuanfu, the founder and CEO of BYD, or simply ‘the Chairman’ as he is known within the company, hosted on Tuesday the pre-sale launch event for the Z9 GT, the new model under the company’s sub-brand Denza.

South Korean officials met on Monday to discuss electric vehicle safety and whether to require car firms to disclose battery brands amid growing consumer concern after an EV blaze in an underground garage extensively damaged an apartment block. The fire on Aug. 1, which appeared to start spontaneously in a Mercedes-Benz EV parked below a residential building, took eight hours to put out, destroying or damaging about 140 cars and forcing some residents to move to shelters. On Tuesday, transport ministry officials will hold talks with automakers, including Hyundai Motor Group, Mercedes-Benz Korea and Volkswagen Group Korea, to discuss the proposal to disclose battery brands used in EVs, media reports said.

Tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles (EV) will likely boost investments in new European factories, which is good news but could also undermine Europe’s industrial base, to address this challenge the EU needs to strengthen and unify its investment rules, writes Tobias Gehrke.

The numbers come against a stormy backdrop with a growing number of Chinese automakers taking aim at each other in the press amid competition concerns.

By the end of 2023, BYD's workforce totaled 703,504, including 524,673 production workers and 104,003 technicians.