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BYD's new hybrid technology delivers 2,100 kilometer range for under $15,000
“What they call the DM-F.O technology, which is an interesting technology in that it increased the fuel efficiency to around, like, 80 to 90 miles per gallon. And they made a lot of waves with this 2100 kilometer range claim, which has been verified by, you kno…”
BYD priced its compact plug-in hybrid sedans at just over $10,000
“They were able to lower the prices further, until this year, they started a campaign saying, electric cheaper than gas. So they lowered the compact sedan prices to 79.8 K RMB. And that is basically a little more than 10,000”
Apple had picked BYD to supply batteries for its canceled EV project
“One of the interesting things, if I remember correctly, is actually Apple had already picked BYD as their battery suppliers.”
Chinese EV and hybrid weekly registrations surpass gas cars for first time
“We're getting to the point now where we're seeing weekly registrations of EVs, or they actually call it NEVs for new energy vehicles, which include the plug-in hybrids also. But we're seeing that number exceed the Internal combustion engine cars for the first …”
Huang: EV adoption has noticeably reduced pollution and noise in major Chinese cities
“One of the things you notice when you go to, you know, Beijing or Shanghai these days is that it's a lot less polluted and a lot quieter than it was 10 years ago if you went there. And part of the reason is because you see so many EVs, electric buses, and Ther…”
Huang: Tesla China sales have been flat over the past year
“The Tesla sales have basically been flat in the recent, in the past year or so.”
NIO has signed up eight other automakers to its battery swapping network
“They have thousands of them, and what's, what's kind of interesting recently is that they've been able to sign up a bunch of other automakers. I think there are up to eight other automakers now who have signed up to the NIO charge, like, battery swapping netwo…”
Huang: China's Heavy-Duty Electric Trucks Are 60-40 Pure EV vs Swapping
“And especially for the hybrid duty trucks the main breakdown I would say is between The pure battery electric versus battery swapping ones, and you probably have like a sixty-forty kind of ratio between the two.”
Chinese EV makers prioritize Global South over Western export markets
“What you see is a lot of their attention are not really focused right now The Western countries, but rather a lot of the global South countries like Brazil, Thailand, Indonesia, Central Asia, probably a lot of the Middle Eastern countries, I would say. But tho…”
TP Huang: Chinese EV charging stations integrate rooftop solar and battery storage
“One thing you find that's kind of interesting with all our charging station now is that they have their own solar panels on the top of the roof, and then they have their own energy storage systems along with it, so so that actually does help alleviate some of …”