Greg Kable

Tesla reports 1,789,226 deliveries in 2024 - first decline in annual deliveries in nine years. Q4 deliveries miss market expectations at 495,570 units but are up 2.3% YoY. Model 3 and Model Y account for 95.2% of Tesla's total 2024 deliveries.

🚨 Word out of VW's Wolfsburg HQ in Germany indicates an agreement has been reached between management and representatives of its works council on restructuring plans, including job cuts and potential plant closures. VW supervisory board to convene at 3pm today

@VW
@VWGroup

Traditional plug/cable based EV charging is so yesterday ...

CATL founder and CEO Robin Zeng at launch of the company's latest EVOGO/Choco-SEB battery swap technology and market strategy in Xiamen today:

"By 2030, battery swap will fullfil one-third of EV energy replenishment needs."

New Denza sports car spied in China.

Early prototype hints the BYD owned brand is set to challenge the Porsche 911 with a sleek electric model in both coupe and cabriolet bodystyles.

Expected reveal in concept form at the 2025 Shanghai motor show.

#Denza
#BYD

2025 MG semi-solid-state EV won’t be expensive | Autocar Solid-state batteries promise significant improvements in both range and charging speeds over today's packs

European and US car makers need to get on the solid-state battery train before it departs ...

www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new...

In Germany, that's referred to as a "Frisierte Mofa" ...

"Frisieren" being the act of modification.

"Mofa" being a speed limited motorbike/scooter.

Is this where real, profit-generating EV volumes begin for
@MercedesBenz?

Third-gen CLA

- 2025 launch
- First model off the MMA platform
- single and dual motor drivetrains
- 58 kWh LFP and 85 kWh NMC batteries
- Max 750km WLTP range

... and a 2.0T I4 ICE as an alternative

Nio says it has now completed 60 million EV battery swaps

0- 10 million - 1506 days
10-20 million - 273 days
20-30 million - 189 days
30-40 million - 157 days
40-50 million - 144 days
50-60 million - 130 days

2785 swap stations built
Average daily swap count in Dec 24: 80,000

And so the wheel turns ...

The Huayang Aotong dealership that was once Audi's largest and most profitable in Beijing, China, has replaced its four-ring signage with that of Aito - the three-year-old EV brand run by Seres and Chinese consumer electronics and IT giant, Huawei.

Another one ...

Jiyue, the EV brand backed by #Geely and Chinese internet giant #Baidu, has imploded just days after news of its dire financials leaked. A restructuring plan is apparently on the table, but Jiyue’s CFO, Liu Jining, is said to be missing in action, as is a reported $US1 billion

🚨 Management shake-up at Mercedes-Benz

Troska moving to a new China role; Thöne stepping in as his successor

Kohleisen and Jungo Brüngger set to exit; Seeger and Schick take on their responsibilities

Vans boss Geisen to join the board, taking over sales

#MercedesBenz

Another big Chinese range extender SUV

Changan-run brand Deepal is aiming directly at the Li Auto L9 and Aito M9 with its latest and largest SUV - the S09

- 2025 launch
- L/W/H/WB: 5205/1996/1800/3105mm
- Range extender drivetrain: 112kW 1.5T ICE and dual e-motors developing 362kW

#Changan

Details to the Maextro S800 revealed in Chinese MIIT filings

- L/W/H/WB: 5480/2000/1536/3370mm
- EV and REEV drivetrains
- Choice of two or three e-motors
- Two motor: 160kW front and 230kW rear
- Three motor: 160kW front + 2 x 274kW rear
- REEV, pictured, adds 1.5T ICE as generator

#Huawei

Xiaomi's second production model, a Tesla Model Y rivalling electric SUV that goes under the model name YU7, has been revealed in an official post by the company to various Chinese social media platforms.

#Xiaomi

Avatr's Tesla Model 3 rivalling 06 sedan has been revealed ahead of planned sales in 2025

- Codename E16
- Sister car to 07 SUV (also pictured)
- L/W/H/WB: 4855/1960/1450/2940mm
- Pure electric and range extender drivetrains
- Avatr is operated by Changan, CATL and Huawei

Avatr's upcoming Tesla Model 3 and Mercedes-Benz CLA sedan rival is undergoing development testing in China ahead of a planned 2025 launch.

- Codename E16
- Likely name: 08
- Based heavily on 07 SUV
- Pure electric and range extender drivetrains
- LHD and RHD

@globalchangan
#Tesla
#MercedesBenz

PHEVs on the march. EVs post big decline

German passenger car registrations: Nov 2024

Total: 244,544 (-0.5% YoY)

Of which ...

Petrol: 77,352 (-5.4% YoY)
Diesel: 36,510 (-7.5% YoY
EV: 35,167 (-21.8% YoY)
PHEV: 20,604 (+13.7% YoY)

Figures reveal 73,950 mild hybrids registered

🚨 Sparks fly at the Volkswagen strike in Wolfsburg today as works council chair, Daniela Cavallo, lays into the Porsche and Piëch families:

"You play the lottery. Every week. Always the Saturday lottery. And every Saturday, you win one million euros."

#VWStrike
#VW
#VWGroup

🚨 Confirmed: GAC and Huawei to launch new premium EV brand

- Adds to GAC's existing portfolio: GAC, Aion, Trumpchi and Hyptec

- Marks Huawei's fifth co-developed EV brand, following Aito (Seres), Luxeed (Chery), Stelato (BAIC) and Maextro (JAC)

Trumpchi 1 concept pictured

🚨 Figure of the Day

Chinese ride-hailing company Didi has reported 34.6 million daily users in Q3 2024 – and that’s just in China!

Its international operations added another 10.16 million daily users in the same period.

#Didi
#TechStats

BYD's Denza brand has unveiled the interior of its 7-seat N9 SUV

- 13.2-in instrument display
- 17.3-in central touchscreen
- 13.2-in passenger touchscreen
- 17.1-in roof mounted touchscreen
- 50.0-in head-up display

Drivetrains
- 680kW (912bhp) PHEV
- 710KW (952) EV

#BYD

Stuttgart Christmas light show ... complete with representations of a 300 SL Gullwing and 911 Coupe.

#Stuttgart
#MercedesBenz
#Porsche
#Christmas2024

Lidar set to go mainstream?

The CEO of Chinese Lidar company Hesai, Li Yifan, has revealed the price of its Lidar products will be halved next year.

Li says the next generation of Hesai's ATX Lidar will be priced below $200, half that of the firm's existing AT128 model.

#HesaiTech

🚨 Volkswagen locks in 2040 deal with SAIC, set to launch 18 new models in China by 2030. Included are:

8 EVs
3 PHEVs
2 REEVs

Yes, Volkswagen is set to enter the range extender electric vehicle (REEV) market ...

#Volkswagen #SAIC #ElectricVehicles #EVnews

🚨 Volkswagen has sold its controversial production plant in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China. In operation since 2013, the site has long been criticised for human rights violations against a backdrop of force labour allegations.

#VW
#VWGroup
#China

Farms are bigger than European countries. Hundred of kilometres from one end to the other. Harsh weather conditions. Some of the most remote land on earth. Install. Yes. Easy. No.

Anna Creek Station - 23,677 km2
Luxembourg - 2586 km 2
Belgium - 30,688 km2
Israel - 22,145 km2

Not arrogant. It's reality. The best electric car is only as good as the charging infrastructure. Countries like Australia - 12 times the land mass of Germany with a population of 26 million - need time and tax payer money to scale the infrastructure. You can't just flick a switch and transition.

🚨 The BYD Seagull is DOMINATING China’s EV market

Sales for period 11 Nov to 17 Nov 2024

BYD Seagull - 13,542 (+16.2%)*
Tesla Model Y - 9842 (-7.6%)
Hongguang Mini EV - 8708 (-10.4%)

*change over 4 Nov to 10 Nov

🚨 Northvolt Crumbles!

CEO Peter Carlsson resigns as $US1B+ funding gap threatens collapse.

#Northvolt
#AutoIndustry
#ElectricVehicles