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NIO大力支持电池更换，入股核聚变初创公司
2023-05-19 19:29
- Chinese EV maker NIO Inc (NYSE:NIO) has invested in a startup firm developing fusion technologies. It endorses battery swapping as a quicker solution for powering up EVs and an energy storage facility to improve grid stability.
- In two decades, the newly established company, Neo Fusion, will research and develop technologies to commercialize controlled fusion globally, Reuters cites familiar sources.
- Neo Fusion is 50% controlled by China's eastern province of Anhui government-owned energy companies and investment arms. It has a registered capital of 5 billion renminbi ($0.73 billion),
- Nio invested 995 million renminbi ($145.42 million) for a 19.9% stake, while Nio Capital, founded by Nio's CEO William Li, invested 505 million renminbi ($73.81 million) for a 10.1% share.
- The Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) rival told Reuters its aims to facilitate the R&D and commercialization of nuclear fusion technology by making financial investments in this project, which eyes more strategic and financial investors in phases.
- Nio has also been developing battery technologies and is planning to build a battery plant with an annual capacity of 40 gigawatt-hours in Hefei City in Anhui province.
- Separately, NIO tapped Autoliv, Inc (NYSE:ALV) subsidiary Autoliv China to develop safety products for electric vehicles and sustainable technologies.
- The new technologies will include a passenger airbag that deploys from the headliner using an environmentally friendly inflator, and they are also co-developing a new airbag concept that provides complete protection for different seating positions.
- Price Action: NIO shares traded higher by 1.02% at $7.90 premarket on the last check Friday.
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