BYD unveils 2nd-gen blade battery, shattering charging speed records

BYD officially launched its second-generation blade battery, achieving an ultra-fast charge to 97% in just nine minutes. cnev.co/bLG7nos 👇

Shenzhen’s Nanshan District has become China’s first city district to surpass 1 trillion RMB GDP, driven by tech innovation and industrial strength.

In 2025, Nanshan District’s GDP exceeded 1 trillion RMB, growing over 5.8% annually since the 13th Five-Year Plan. It now rivals in economic scale.

As a core hub in the Greater Bay Area, Nanshan hosts over 200 listed companies and major tech firms like Tencent and DJI. Strategic emerging industries contribute over 60% of GDP, with strong clusters in AI, robotics, and software.

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"There will not be a time that I can ever envision another country catching up with the Chinese in terms of battery manufacturing... They're just so much further ahead." — @TaylorOgan

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It’s official! The 2026 APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting will be held in China, and Shenzhen will take the stage as the host city.
From a border town to a global metropolis, Shenzhen has become a symbol of China’s reform and opening-up, with its GDP surging 13,600 times and -fold in just 45 years.
As the most influential economic cooperation mechanism in the Asia-Pacific region, APEC now looks to Shenzhen — where opportunities meets the world.

As Shenzhen gains innovation power, it has become more integrated with neighbouring Hong Kong and nearby Guangzhou to form a regional innovation ecosystem... tinyurl.com/48k8r8wk #China #Shenzhen #Guangzhou #ThinkChina

I’m at the Bay Area Semiconductor Expo in Shenzhen. A company called Qiyunfang, a subsidiary of 新凯来 (SiCarrier), just unveiled two fully domestic EDA software platforms: one for schematic and one for PCB design. Yet another Made in China 2025 success.

🚨 50 MILLION KM UNLOCKED! 🚨
Pony.ai hit 50 MILLION KILOMETERS in global autonomous testing! That’s like “driving” to the Moon and back 65 times 🌕💫
Real-world data. Real-world impact. Accelerating the future of autonomous driving tech.
#robotaxi

The US shot itself in the foot with respect to green tech. China is far ahead.

Here is what @davidautor and I have to say about China shocks 1.0 and 2.0 and US trade policy

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🚀 BIG NEWS: @PonyAI & Shenzhen's largest taxi operator, Xihu Corp., partner to deploy 1,000+ Pony.ai Gen 7 #Robotaxis in coming yrs! 🤝
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🌍 Watch Pony.ai Robotaxi navigating rush hour traffic in Shenzhen:

BYD A-SHARES HIT RECORD HIGH, GAIN OVER 2% INTRADAY WITH TURNOVER EXCEEDING 4.4 BILLION YUAN.
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#CHINA #NEV #EV #BYD $BYD

The Waymo Driver’s officially served over 10 MILLION paid rides! 🎉 Huge thanks to our riders for being an integral part of this journey, and to our teams for continuing to redefine what’s possible. ✨

WeRide, Uber expand partnership, robotaxi service to cover 15 more cities

WeRide and Uber will expand their robotaxi partnership to several new cities each year outside the US and China. cnev.co/9skvS3V 👇

We’re now providing more than 250,000 fully autonomous paid rides each and every week. The robotaxi future is here, and it’s powered by our generalizable Waymo Driver 🤖🚘

CATL unveils sodium-ion battery brand Naxin (钠新).

BYD Battery Usage Hits 16 GWh in First Two Months of 2025, 36.7% YoY Growth Market Share Shift to 21.3% External Supply, XPeng and Onvo Lead Non-BYD Models. #BYD #Battery
🔹Compared to the same period last year, BYD's internal battery usage share decreased to 78.7% in the first le its supply to other manufacturers reached 21.3%. Among these external customers, XPeng and Onvo ranked top two in terms of battery usage.

On March 27, #BYD unveiled the Yangwang U7. Wang Chuanfu (王传福), Chairman and President of BYD Company, stated that new energy vehicles have entered the "Era of battery, motor, electronic control, and electronic suspension." @TaylorOgan, American CEO of Snow Bull Capital the cutting-edge technology firsthand. @BYDCompany @BYDGlobal

Great earnings from BYD, both Q4 and FY24. Revenue higher than Tesla, so people now have to take BYD seriously. R&D spend growing faster than revenue in a monster year must terrify competitors even more. This is only the beginning!

🇨🇳JUST IN
CHINESE PRESIDENT XI TO CHAIR SYMPOSIUM ATTENDED BY CHINA’S BUSINESS LEADERS NEXT WEEK. –SOURCES
ALIBABA’S JACK MA AND TENCENT’S PONY MA,
HEADS OF XIAOMI AND UNITREE ROBOTICS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO ATTEND.
#CHINA $SHCOMP $SSEC $ASHR $HSI $KWEB $FXI $HXC $DRAG $YINN $YANG XIAOMI $XIACY
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BYD quietly democritzed intelligent driving