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GM Wishes to Sell One Million Units of Electric Vehicles to Surpass Tesla. Has Something Gone Wrong?

published: 2021-01-20 18:30

The latest strategic goal for General Motors is to become the best automotive brand in North America. During a recent interview, the company commented that the only concrete method in surpassing Tesla is to achieve an annual sales of 1 million electric vehicles by 2025, though there seems to be something wrong with the particular method and target. ... more

Kymco Dominates Market for 21 Consecutive Years with Almost No Inventory of Phase-7 Model Left Under Government Subsidy

published: 2021-01-20 18:30

Kymco celebrated its 21 years of dominance in the scooter market of Taiwan at the Taipei Motorcycle Show that opened on January 7th. The company is once again crowned as the sales leader in 2020 with over 350K scooters sold throughout the year, and CEO Ko Chun-ping commented that the phase-7 eco vehicles subsidized by the government have sold significantly well, with almost no inventory left, after the implementation of “equality between fuel and electric vehicles”. ... more

Taiwan’s FIT Scheme for 2021 Shows Rate Drops for Solar PV and Offshore Wind

published: 2021-01-19 18:30

Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) released this year’s feed-in tariff (FIT) scheme for renewables on January 7. The new scheme shows that both the rates for solar PV and offshore wind have been lowered, with the latter dropping by as much as 8.6%. ... more

Researchers at NCKU Built a Rechargeable Solid-State Zinc-Carbon Battery That Is Eco-Friendly and Suitable for EVs

published: 2021-01-19 18:30

As an integral part of electric vehicles (EV), batteries has been attracting more attention as the automotive industry migrates to all-electric and hybrid powertrain systems. Many countries are now actively developing domestic EV manufacturing. At the same time, they are also actively engaging in the R&D of various battery technologies. ... more

Worse Solar Performance during Winter Time? It All Depends on the Degree of Insolation

published: 2021-01-18 18:30

The first thing that comes to the mind when talking about solar panels is that they are the renewable energy power generation units that are only suitable for summer time, and that the higher the temperature the better results. ... more

Government of Taiwan Now Focuses on Rooftop PV and Aquavoltaics as Means to Achieve Solar Target of 8.75GW for 2021

published: 2021-01-18 18:30

In 2019, the government of Taiwan set a solar target of 6.5GW in cumulative installed capacity by the end of 2020. However, a review of the progress in the installation of new PV systems across the island during 2020 finds that quite a few solar projects were delayed due to the unfavorable changes in land-use regulations and the lack of distribution lines for grid connection. Now, the government says that the 6.5GW target will be reached later in the first quarter of 2021. Moreover, the government has just announced a new target of 8.75GW in cumulative installed capacity for 2021. ... more

Longi plans to invest 8 billion yuan to build a 15GW mono-cell project

published: 2021-01-18 17:52

On January 18th, Longi issued an announcement stating that in accordance with strategic development, the company signed a cooperation agreement with the Xixian New District Development and Construction Management Committee of Shaa... more

5.28 billion yuan high-efficiency pv cell and module project settled in Jintan, Jiangsu

published: 2021-01-18 17:44

On January 18th, Jintan District of Changzhou held the signing ceremony of the first major industrial project concentration in 2021. Eight major projects with a total investment of 22.54 billion yuan were signed, including the AVI... more

China’s New Generation of “Artificial Sun” Nuclear Fusion Equipment Completes and Discharges for the First Time

published: 2021-01-15 18:30

The new generation “artificial sun” HL-2M of the Southwestern Institute of Physics under the China National Nuclear Corporation was completed on the 4th in Chengdu, Sichuan, and achieved discharging for the first time, which may perhaps facilitate the commercialization of nuclear fusion for the country by 2050. ... more

Foxconn Signs Agreement with BYTON to Expand Their Presence in EV Market, but US$200 Million Investment May Be Just Speculation

published: 2021-01-15 18:30

Foxconn, also known as Hon Hai Precision Industry, announced on January 4 that it has entered into a framework agreement with EV manufacturer BYTON and the governing authority of the Nanjing Economic and Technological Development Zone. In the future, Foxconn and BYTON will work together to ramp up the production of M-Byte, which is the latter’s battery-electric SUV and first offering in the EV market. BYTON currently aims to achieve mass production for M-Byte by the first quarter of 2022. ... more