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Eight Departments Accelerate Innovation in Battery Technology

On February 17th, eight ministries of China, including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, issued the "New Energy Storage Manufacturing High-Quality Development Action Plan." The plan calls for the acceleration of mature technology iteration upgrades in lithium batteries and supports disruptive technological innovation to enhance the supply of high-end products. It promotes the engineering and application technology development of supercapacitors, lead-carbon batteries, sodium batteries, and flow batteries. The plan also focuses on the development of long-duration energy storage technologies like compressed air, aiming to improve technical economic efficiency and system energy conversion rates. It moderately advances the layout of ultra-long-duration energy storage technologies like hydrogen storage.

China's Charging Infrastructure Surpasses 1.3 Million Units

Data released by the China Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Promotion Alliance on February 17th shows that the national charging infrastructure has surpassed 13 million units. The latest figures indicate that by the end of January 2025, the cumulative number of charging infrastructure units nationwide was 13.213 million, a year-on-year increase of 49.1%. In January, the increase in charging infrastructure was 395,000 units, up 49.5% year-on-year. Among them, the increase in public charging piles was 181,000 units, a 222.5% year-on-year increase; the increase in privately built charging piles was 214,000 units, up 2.9% year-on-year. The top 10 regions with concentrated public charging infrastructure construction, including Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shanghai, and Shandong, accounted for 67.9% of the public charging piles built.

Huawei's Jin Yuzhi: Two Trends in Future Intelligent Driving Development

On February 17th, Zhen Yuzhi, CEO of Huawei's Intelligent Automotive Solutions Business Unit (BU), stated during a live broadcast event that 2024 marks the inaugural year of large-scale commercial use of intelligent driving. He indicated that the future development of intelligent driving will show two major trends: one is popularization, with more models equipped with intelligent driving functions, promoting the arrival of an era of intelligent driving for all. The second is intelligence, advancing towards L3/L4-level autonomous driving, enhancing the safety and convenience of travel.

Voyah Auto to Equip All Models with Huawei's Qiankun Intelligent Driving

On February 17th, during the live broadcast of CCTV Show, Voyah Auto's CEO Lu Fang announced that all models will be equipped with Huawei's Qiankun Intelligent Driving within 2025. Lu also revealed that the new model of Voyah Dreamer will be released on February 19th, with the "Chenxing Grey" prototype making its debut in front of the Pine Mountain Lake Library.