16 | Monday, May 31, 2021 HONG KONG EDITION | CHINA DAILY 10 | Wednesday, March 6, 2019 CHINA DAILY Short Torque Unmanned delivery vehicles run in Beijing Three companies last week were given permits to run their unmanned delivery vehicles on designated open roads in Bei- jing, the first time the Chinese capital will allow such vehicles. Online services company Meitu- an, autonomous vehicle produc- er Neolix and e-commerce company JD received ID num- bers for these vehicles at the eighth international congress of intelligent connected vehicles technology in Beijing. Defiant Ghosn pins hopes on French Fugitive ex-auto magnate Carlos Ghosn is campaigning to clear his name, and hopes an upcom- ing hearing in Beirut with BAIC Group displays its Arcfox-branded new energy vehicle at the 2021 Haikou International New French investigators will help Energy Vehicle & Connected Mobility Show in January. provided to china daily him defend his version of events for the first time since his 2018 arrest in Japan. In an interview last week with The Associated Press, Ghosn addressed his legal Discounts launched to troubles in Japan, France and the Netherlands, his brazen escape, and his new reality in crisis-hit Lebanon. The former chairman of the Renault-Nis- lure new plate holders san-Mitsubishi alliance said he felt empathy for those who are now jailed or on trial for helping him. Lottery announcement stirs up selling frenzy local NEV industry standards among carmakers as competition intensifies and policies, as the Southeast GM voices support Asian country speeds up its shift for unionization toward electrification. By CAO YINGYING yuan ($14,923) with a trade-in “The Chinese government has General Motors now says it will [email protected] subsidy of 20,000 yuan, battery announced clear plans to raise support efforts by the United warranty, free 24-hour rescue and NEV sales to 20 percent of the Auto Workers union to organize This year’s car number plate other services. automotive market by 2025, and employees at two US electric lottery in Beijing has caused a Beijing Hyundai is providing 50 percent by 2035, and as time vehicle battery factories that it’s frenzy among new energy vehicle 400 yuan in cash for new NEV goes on, these look more and building in Ohio and Tennessee makers eager to lure Chinese cus- plate holders who visits one of more achievable,” London-based with a joint-venture partner. tomers who struck it lucky on the their 4S stores. Customers who commodity researcher CRU The company’s statement last lottery results announcement buy its Mistra will receive free Group reported earlier this week about the plants departs day. car maintenance, a replacement month. from its past stance that the As in previous years, Beijing subsidy, interest-free install- Analysts at CRU said that Chi- joint venture, called Ultium offered 100,000 number plates ments and other preferential ser- na may start to target interna- LLC, would decide on a bargain- with 60,000 of them specifically vices. tional buyers in the coming years, ing strategy. allocated for new energy vehicles. With all these promotional given that it already has a head- For the first time this year, 60 events, the 60,000 license plate start in manufacturing scale over Tesla to store local percent of all new plates were holders are expected to boost the West and that government data in China allocated for families. NEV sales in the short term and subsidies to the industry are A total of 32,520 families and models with intelligent features starting to decline. Tesla last week announced it has 21,680 individuals won NEV and strong ranges will be promot- CRU points out that, although set up a data center in the Chi- license plates, with the rest going ed, according to Ma Lianhua, an feasible, exporting electric vehi- nese mainland to store the infor- to companies last week. auto journalist-turned industry cles may not be an easy thing for mation collected locally, The 2021 Li ONE According to the Beijing observer in Beijing. Chinese manufacturers, “but if following a backlash from users Municipal Commission of Trans- Xu Haidong, a senior official at Chinese EVs were price-competi- in the world’s biggest electric port, there were 153,944 families the China Association of Automo- tive, widely available and mar- vehicle market. The US electric and 403,129 individuals applying bile Manufacturers, said that keted appropriately, we believe carmaker, which had denied that for NEV license plates as of while the NEV industry in China that there is no reason why they its vehicles could be used for March 8. is developing fast, the market is could not be successful globally espionage, said it will establish The capital introduced an getting bigger and carmakers are in the coming decade”, the report more data centers in China in the annual quota on new car registra- facing fiercer competition and said. future. It also promised to “take tions in 2011 to ease traffic con- need to pay more attention to Sales of new energy vehicles in care of the security” of that data. gestion and combat smog. From their product quality and brand China rose nearly 250 percent this year, Beijing adjusted its lot- building. year-on-year in the first four Auto output gathers tery to prioritize families. It’s not just at home that Chi- months of this year, according to momentum in UK To capitalize on the raft of new nese NEVs are taking off, with data from the CAAM, and the out- plate holders, NEV makers start- several manufacturers beginning look for the rest of the year British automotive production ed early, launching sales cam- to export their models overseas in remains positive. rose 34,573 percent in April com- paigns last week. recent months. In April, new energy vehicle pared to the same month last BJEV, the new energy arm of Earlier this month, Chinese sales were up 180 percent year- year when just 197 cars were Chinese new energy vehicle maker Li Auto launched the 2021 Li State-owned BAIC Group, has NEV makers Nio and BYD on-year, with more than 200,000 made as factories shut due to a ONE model last week in Beijing. Starting deliveries on June 1, the discounted its prices and services announced they are entering the sold across the country. national lockdown, an industry new model offers an upgrade in multiple aspects including its in a bid to attract potential buy- European market. Xpeng, WM Cui Dongshu, secretary-gener- body said last week. Output electronics and autonomous driving system. Equipped with ers. Motors and SAIC have also al of the China Passenger Car stood at 68,306 cars last month, Journey 3, the latest-generation autonomous chip supplied by The carmaker launched the exported their models overseas. Association estimated that NEV still slightly below April 2019 lev- Chinese artificial intelligence chipmaker Horizon Robotics, the EU5 Plus on Wednesday. Custom- Chinese carmakers have even sales will reach 2.5 million in els, according to figures from the 2021 Li ONE is expected to offer an improved driving assistance ers can get a preferential package helped to draft NEV policies for 2021. Of those, 2.2 million will be Society of Motor Manufacturers system. Since the start of deliveries in December 2019, the Li ONE, if they place an order before the overseas markets. Last week, NEV passenger cars. Total NEV and Traders. the sole model of the startup, has sold a total of 55,000 units. end of August. It is also selling SAIC-GM-Wuling said its subsidi- sales reached 1.37 million last provided to china daily 300 EU5 models priced at 94,900 ary in Indonesia will help draft year. AGENCIES-MOTORING NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR PLANNING APPLICATION Notice is hereby given to the owners of Lot Nos. 232 (part), 239 (part), 240, 241 (part), 242, 243, 244 (part), 245 (part), 248 (part), 284 (part), 285 (part), 306 (part), 307 (part), 313 (part), 314 (part), 315 (part), 316 (part), 317 (part), 318, 319 (part), 320 (part), 323 (part), 324, 325, 326 (part), 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333 (part), 334 S.A (part), 334 RP, 335, 336 (part), 337, 338, 339, 340, 341 (part), 342 (part), 344 RP (part), 345 (part), 346 (part), 348 RP (part) and 349 in DD125, Ha Tsuen, Yuen Long, that we intend to apply under section 16 of the Town Planning Ordinance for the Proposed Temporary Open Storage of Construction Materials with Site Offices for a period of 3 Years in the lots mentioned above together with the adjoining government land. The site area is approximately 18,974.80m2. Best Field Hong Kong Development Ltd. 31 May 2021 Notice of application for planning application at Lots 764 RP (Part) and 768 RP (Part) in D.D. 99, Lots 199 S.C(Part), 200 S.B(Part), 204 RP (Part) and 215 RP (Part) in D.D. 105 and Adjoining Government Land, San Tin, Yuen Long, New Territories. NOTICE is hereby given to the owners of the aforesaid address that we intend to apply for Temporary Logistic Centre with Ancillary Container Vehicle Park, Vehicle Repair Workshop, Refrigerated Warehouse and Car Beauty Service for a Period of 3 Years. Date: 31, May, 2021 Ocean First (Hong Kong) Ltd..