The Big Picture 1. CATL Battery Alliance: Who Signed Up CATL battery alliance launched during London Climate Action Week. The Global Energy Circular Economy Alliance brings together CATL (world’s largest battery maker), Google (software, data, cloud), Xiaomi (consumer electronics + EV maker), and…
The Big Picture 1. BYD Sealion 6 Korea: The Specs and the Price BYD Sealion 6 Korea is the company’s first hybrid in Hyundai’s home market. Spec Sealion 6 DM-i (Korea) Price 37.5 million won (~$24,430) Engine 1.5L turbo, 96 kW…
The Big Picture 1. Chinese Engine Technology Surpasses Japan: By the Numbers The Nikkei article, titled “Chinese Automakers Rapidly Catching Up with Japanese Rivals in Engine Technology,” does something Japanese media rarely do: it publicly acknowledges that Chinese engineering has surpassed…
The Big Picture 1. CATL Hong Kong Battery Swap: What’s Live Right Now CATL Hong Kong battery swap entered commercial operation this week. Two Choco-SEB stations are now live, and the first fleet of battery-swap taxis is carrying passengers. The vehicle is a…
The Big Picture 1. China Automakers Overseas Factories: Three Weeks in June That Rewrote the Map China automakers overseas factories kicked into overdrive this month. On June 5, XPeng announced on X that its third global production base — in Malacca, Malaysia — had begun…
The Big Picture 1. BYD Seal 08 Interior: Four Colors, One Screen, No Buttons The BYD Seal 08 interior flash charging flagship sedan gets its first public cabin reveal. Zhang Zhuo published the images on Weibo rather than through an official press…
The Big Picture 1. Chery Jetour Zongheng F700 PHEV: The Spec Sheet Specification Detail Powertrain Kunpeng CDM-O PHEV (2.0TD + electric motor) Engine power 155 kW / 340 Nm Thermal efficiency 45.5% Battery CATL 4C double-layer Shenxing Fast charge 20-80%…
The Big Picture 1. The Lap: 10:29.483 Without a Driver The Nürburgring Nordschleife is not a sanitized test track. It has 73 corners, a 300-meter elevation change, and surfaces that shift from smooth to broken without warning. Racing drivers call…
The Big Picture Xiaomi’s third automotive brand, “Sky Nomad” (寻天, Xun Tian), will launch with an EREV — not a pure EV. Spy shots posted Friday on Weibo by SugarDesign, Dou Dou Che, and DSP-Charles, and corroborated by CarNewsChina, reveal the N90: a…
The Big Picture The European Commission is preparing to impose countervailing duties on Chinese-made plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) in the coming weeks, according to a Handelsblatt report on Friday, closing a loophole that Chinese automakers — led by BYD — have exploited…
