China Auto Daily丨BYD Predicts 3-5 Years for Solid-State Batteries' Wide Adoption"

BYD: Solid-state batteries still need 3-5 years to be widely applied, and lithium iron phosphate batteries will not be eliminated within 20 years.

BYD Chief Scientist Lian Yubo stated that BYD has conducted in-depth research in the field of solid-state batteries, and that the widespread application of solid-state batteries will still require another 3 to 5 years, primarily for high-end models. Phosphate iron lithium batteries will not be phased out within the next 15 to 20 years.

Tesla China: The 5-year 0% interest loan incentives in China is extended until the end of October.

Tesla China official website shows that the deadline for the limited-time 5-year 0% interest loan incentives on certain models of Model 3 and Model Y has been extended from September 30 to October 31. The special offer still only covers the rear-wheel-drive version and the long-range all-wheel-drive version.

The 2024 World New Energy Vehicle Conference Consensus is released.

On September 28, Wan Gang, Chairman of the China Association for Science and Technology, released the "2024 World New Energy Vehicle Conference Consensus" at the World New Energy Vehicle Conference, which includes: deepening the open cooperation and collaborative development of the global automotive industry, promoting the zero-carbon transition in the transportation and road sector, diversified development of technology routes, advancing cutting-edge automotive technology innovation, and efficiently promoting the construction of new economic facilities. Among them, the consensus on diversified technology routes includes coordinating the development of pure electric vehicles, zero-carbon hybrid vehicles, and fuel cell vehicles to fully meet the green and low-carbon development needs under different industrial bases, market characteristics, and vehicle usage scenarios. Wan Gang stated that all parties attending the conference have a clear goal and are unswervingly promoting the development of new energy vehicles to ensure that the global market share of new energy vehicles reaches more than 50% by 2035 as scheduled.

Changan Mazda MAZDA EZ-6 starts pre-sale, with a price range from 160,000 to 200,000 yuan.

On September 28, Changan Mazda officially started pre-selling the MAZDA EZ-6, launching a total of 7 models, including pure electric and extended-range versions, with a pre-sale price of 160,000 to 200,000 yuan. The EZ-6 is equipped with the third-generation Snapdragon digital cockpit, including 3D holographic facial recognition login, a 10.1-inch high-definition smart digital instrument cluster, a 14.6-inch anti-glare LCD floating screen, and "Hi MAZDA" four-zone intelligent voice recognition, and etc. In terms of intelligence, the EZ-6 is equipped with an L2.5 intelligent driving and parking assistance system, which can achieve functions such as AEB automatic emergency braking, FCW forward collision warning, FCTB forward cross-emergency braking, APA in-vehicle parking assistance, RPA remote parking assistance.