With ZXZC Daily, we will offer daily important automotive news in China. For those we have reported, the title of the piece will include a hyperlink, which will provide detailed information.

XPeng adds 111 super charging stations in Oct.

XPeng Inc. started to operate another 111 own-branded super charging stations in October. As of now, the company has a total of 550 stations across the country.

Photo credit: Weibo of Li Pengcheng, XPeng's Weibo

CATL, C&D set up cooperation

China’s CATL announced today it had signed strategic cooperation agreement with China’s service company C&D Inc. to seek potential partnership in business model innovation of battery application scenarios, new energy vehicle industry, supply chain and other areas.

MIIT to enhance data safety efforts

An official of China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said that during the 14th Five-year Period, the ministry will enhance the data safety protection efforts in industry and information segment and improve data safety systems.

BYD to unveil first “marine aesthetics” sedan model at Auto Guangzhou

BYD announced on Tuesday via its twitter-like Weibo account that the first sedan model adopting BYD's “marine aesthetics” design philosophy will make its debut at the upcoming Auto Guangzhou 2021.

Hesai lands another $70 million from Xiaomi-backed capital

China’s LiDAR supplier Hesai Technology announced today that it had received a $70 million investment increment from Xiaomi-linked Shunwei Capital.

AutoX operates fully autonomous RoboTaxi with largest area in Shenzhen

China’s leading autonomous driving solution developer, AutoX, has become the first RoboTaxi company to operate a fully driverless RoboTaxi fleet in an entire Chinese megalopolis district in Shenzhen.

XPeng granted permission for highest stake in two firms

China’s EV startup XPeng Inc. released an announcement stating it had gained permission to possess 50% in Yidian Mobility Co., Ltd. and Zhipeng V2X Technology Co., Ltd, respectively.

NIO ET7 to come standard with Dolby Atmos sound tech

NIO announced on Nov. 16 the cooperation it formed with Dolby Laboratories (Dolby), a leader in immersive entertainment experiences. Through the partnership, Dolby Atmos, a surround sound technology developed by Dolby, will be included on the standard equipment list of all NIO ET7s.

CATL shrinks amount of capital to be raised

CATL announced on Monday it has changed the amount of the capital it wishes to fetch from specified investors to 45 billion yuan ($7.051 billion) from the previously expected 58.2 billion ($9.12 billion).