Daimler has completed a new battery production line with BAIC as part of its Chinese joint venture Beijing Benz. The battery packs produced there will in future be used in the Mercedes-Benz EQE for the Chinese market.


The EQE made in China - the European models will be built in Bremen - should come onto the market there in 2022. The e-sedan based on the EVA2 platform was presented at the IAA in September .

As Beijing Benz announced via its WeChat account, the battery...

With the market launch of the three-cylinder turbo engine CE12 with direct injection in 2020, PXC completes its engine portfolio of the new core engine family. It meets all project goals in terms of performance, torque, low-speed torque, fuel consumption, emissions and NVH behavior. The engines, which in the meantime consist of two assemblies, are already manufactured with a high proportion of series tools, have successfully completed various engine test runs and vehicle tests in more than 10,000...

In May, exactly 55,829 battery-electric cars and 14,370 plug-in hybrids from local production were sold in China. The sales figures for the so-called New Energy Vehicles were 25.8 percent lower than in the same month last year, but 19.5 percent higher than in April 2020.

This is the result of statistical data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA). The decline in sales of electrified vehicles can be seen in the context of a general decline in car sales in China due to the pandemic....

BMW has signed a cooperation agreement with the state energy provider State Grid in China to advance the expansion of the Chinese charging network for electric cars. One of the goals is to more than double the existing range of charging points by the end of this year to around 270,000.


About 80,000 of these are said to be DC chargers, according to Chinese media. Above all, this is intended to simplify emission-free long-distance travel, and we are talking about a fast-charging...

General Motors is working on one, according to a media report electricalDelivery truck to go into production in late 2021. In addition, the US automaker is said to be establishing cooperation with CATL in China.


The Reuters news agency claims to have learned both. General Motors wanted to use the e-delivery van to target commercial customers, but also delivery services such as Amazon and UPS, as five people familiar with the plans confirmed to Reuters.

The plans...

After Geely presented its Geometry electric car brand and its first Geometry A model last year, Geometry C, the brand's second model, came onto the Chinese market in July. Geometry opted for an unusual body shape in China.

As is known, the Geometry A presented in April 2019 is a sedan - still a very popular segment in China. With the Geometry C, the brand did not take the (obvious) step to an SUV, but chose an almost classic compact car shape. Since the car is a bit higher, Geometry...

Volkswagen has officially confirmed its plan to increase its stake in JAC Volkswagen, its joint venture for electromobility, and to invest around one billion euros in this. The Wolfsburg-based company is getting a Chinese battery specialist for another billion.


With this amount, Wolfsburg cover two actions at once. On the one hand, they increase their stake in the JAC Volkswagen joint venture from 50 to 75 percent and thus take control of the management. Secondly, VW takes over...