GreenergyDaily
Dec 7, 2023
1. Chinese battery giant Contemporary Amperex Technology will reportedly establish a research and development center and its international headquarters in the Hong Kong Science Park.
2. Tesla is considering resuming the third construction phase of its Shanghai Gigafactory, LatePost reported. The US carmaker is set to build a plant to make Megapack batteries with an annual output of 40 GWh in Shanghai.
3. China's retail sales for NEVs jumped 30% to 783,000 units last month from a year earlier, the CPCA said yesterday. The figure rose 34% to 6.7 million units in the first 11 months from the same period last year, it added.
4. China's retail sales of passenger cars grew 25% to 2.06 million units in November from the same period last year, the CPCA said yesterday. The earlier forecast expected the figure to come in at 2.08 million units.
5. Chinese electric carmaker Nio may undertake further job cuts to reduce costs and improve efficiency, according to Bloomberg citing people familiar with the matter, just weeks after the company announced plans to eliminate 10% of its workforce.
6. The first supercharging station in S China's Greater Bay Area was put into use in Guangzhou recently, able to charge 68 NEVs at the same time. The multi-functional station with fully liquid-cooled supercharging technology can supply enough power in only 1s for a 1-km travel.
7. China's total goods import and export expanded 1.2% YoY to 3.7 trillion yuan (about $519.9 billion) in November of 2023, while the total value in the Jan-Nov period reached 37.96 trillion yuan, data from the General Administration of Customs showed Thursday.
8. China-made electric vehicles provide shuttle services for the ongoing United Nations climate change conference in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.
9. China's oil demand is expected to peak by 2030 at between 780 and 800 million metric tons per year, a research institute called the CNPC Economics and Technology Research Institute (ETRI) said on Thursday.
10. Asia leads the world in pipeline construction, accounting for 82% at an estimated cost of US$117.2 billion, with China and India responsible for 65% of global construction, according to new research from Global Energy Monitor.
