Etiqueta: MIIT

BYD's new Yangwang U7 pushes total output to 1,341 hp with other specifications remain largely unchanged.

The refreshed BYD Yuan Plus (aka, Atto 3) appeared in recent regulatory filings with China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). Overall, the styling shows only minor tweaks to the exterior. However, there is one seemingly minor visual difference with significant implications, as pointed out by qq.com: the charging port has been moved from the front fender, below the A pillar (see below), to the rear fender (see top image).

①BerkshireHathaway has reportedly fully divested its holdings in BYD. ②Southbound capital has recorded net inflows for 18 consecutive weeks. ③The market is betting that interest rate cuts may exceed the Federal Reserve's expectations. ④Li Auto and CATL have reached a comprehensive strategic cooperation agreement.

Manufacturers have to to reveal their projects to the Chinese government, and these are all cars of the future in China, including the Toyota bZ7 and GMW ORA 5

Hot on the heels of the Fang Cheng Bao Ti7 PHEV SUV, BYD has started rolling out significant upgrades across its DM-i PHEV models.

This is the first of a monthly series about China’s MIIT list that unveils upcoming vehicles long before their official launch. Today, with cars from Baojun, iCar, Leapmotor, Toyota, and Voyah. Huawei is ever-present, supplying motors and software to almost everybody. There’s a truck too, and an H8 motorbike.  What is the MIIT list? Every […]

China uses subsidies extensively to take a leading role in the global markets of green-tech products such as battery electric vehicles and wind turbines. Against the background of the current EU investigations into Chinese subsidies in these sectors, this article takes a careful look at the Chinese subsidy system and provides new data on direct government subsidies to leading Chinese producers of electric cars and wind turbines. Extensive government support has allowed Chinese companies to scale up rapidly, to dominate the Chinese market and to expand into foreign markets. The article concludes that the EU should use its strong bargaining power due to the single market to induce the Chinese government to abandon the most harmful subsidies.

BYD’s Fang Cheng Bao brand recently released the Ti7, a premium SUV with an evolved PHEV platform. While some have been reluctant to embrace PHEVs, the quality and value in this segment makes traditional ICE models hard to justify.

Over the past few days, I have been scouring through BYD’s 1H Interim Report. Overall, performance was what I expected, if below some projections, but a few notable items stood out.

Chinese automaker BYD's luxury Yangwang U9 supercar reached an astonishing {{472.41 km/h}}, challenging gasoline hypercars at a fraction of the cost, though its claim as the world's fastest EV comes with a few caveats.