Not related to car battery. Owner's battery caught fire.
New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) in China
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MBAs use layoffs as some sort of universal panacea for every corporate ill so no surprise there really. At least they realized that there is a legit problem now instead of coping BJP style.
I don’t think that they thought their brand had as much intrinsic value as you believe. They were simply caught flat footed and their product cycle cannot match the Chinese model. Look at all the BBA EV models, all first gen platforms until recently where BMW and VWAG introduced 2nd gen. These second gen are barely competing with Xiaomi first generation platform. Xiaomi never built a car until 2 years ago. MBz already cancelled their 2nd gen EV.
China has already cemented leadership at this point because they are now setting the standards in EV safety.
1. One pedal driving regulations
2. Recessed door handles
3. Smart driving regulations
These things aren’t even in western governments’ radars due to slow EV uptake.
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BYD's articulated electric buses for Chile:
China will toughen safety regulations for EV and assisted driving.
Xiaomi YU7's die-casting enhances crash-force management, thermal system integration, and space efficiency. It just won an industrial award in North America. Unfortunately, Chinese NEVs are subjected to 100% tariff in both the US and Canada.
China will toughen safety regulations for EV and assisted driving.
Xiaomi YU7's die-casting enhances crash-force management, thermal system integration, and space efficiency. It just won an industrial award in North America. Unfortunately, Chinese NEVs are subjected to 100% tariff in both the US and Canada.
That article primarily highlights how rapid technological advancement has led to societal safety concerns and regulatory challenges that struggle to keep pace. Personally, I'm more curious about whether Chinese passenger vehicles will still be able to unlock their maximum performance mode on specific road sections or racetracks in the future.
so this is an interesting trend. Foreign OEMs and tier 1 suppliers using Chinese engineers and supply chain to get the latest Chinese technology so that they can remain competitive. In many ways, their APAC division just becomes another local Chinese player.
So basically Western companies are using the competition in China to get the technology to make them more competitive and make more money on the international market. Wouldn't this just allow those Western companies take advantage of the competition in China, while good Chinese companies don't have international market revenue.
What about Chinese companies using domestic competition to get international market share instead of cut throat competition at home? I do hope me Chinese companies expand more overseas and capture international markets instead of dying under domestic competition.
As per the news, then the regulation are just default settings. Owners can easily toggle them off. Same goes for the regulation on one-pedal driving being default off.
The Chinese government are also making new regulations regarding brake light activation for regenerative braking that exceeds a certain amount of stopping force.
This is a long time coming, we already saw Northvolt buying Chinese equipment to make batteries. The reality going forward is that the top EV tech will be from China. Western automakers have been pulling back. US and Canada are not extending incentives meaning EV adoption will likely stall out as the prices stay high since the anticipated scale will never come.