Kandi Enters Strategic Cooperation Agreement with Zhejiang State Grid Electric Vehicle Service Company
Kandi Technologies Group, Inc. (KNDI) announced a strategic agreement with the Zhejiang State Grid Electric Vehicle Service Company to enhance battery exchange services for electric vehicles in China. This collaboration aims to promote the development of new energy vehicles and improve battery management. Kandi plans to supply 300,000 electric vehicles for ride-sharing programs over the next five years, with a focus on vehicle-battery separation. The partnership is expected to support China's national energy transformation strategy.
- Strategic partnership with Zhejiang State Grid enhances battery exchange services.
- Plans to supply 300,000 electric vehicles for ride-sharing in five years.
- Focus on innovation in the battery exchange business and vehicle-battery separation.
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Jinhua, China, Oct. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kandi Technologies Group, Inc. (NASDAQ GS: KNDI) (the “Company” or “Kandi”) announced today that it entered into a strategic agreement with the Zhejiang State Grid Electric Vehicle Service Company to cooperate in the area of battery exchange for pure electric vehicles.
Vital to China’s national economy and energy security, State Grid Corporation of China (“State Grid”) is the largest state-owned public service enterprise in the world, ranking first among China's top 500 enterprises and second in the Fortune 500. State Grid is dedicated to implementing national policy by fully utilizing its advantages in technology, capital and human resources to construct a charging infrastructure in China that will help to accelerate the development of China's electric vehicle industry.
In order to improve the professional management and services at charging facilities, State Grid Corporation of China and State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power Company combined efforts to establish the Zhejiang State Grid Electric Vehicle Service Company in 2017. The scope of business spanned: new energy technology, electronic technology, testing technology, energy saving and environmental protection technology, new energy vehicles, electronic products research and development, technical consultation, technical services, as well as construction, operation, and maintenance services for electric vehicle charging and battery exchange.
To further promote innovation and development in the battery exchange business, Kandi established a wholly owned subsidiary, China Battery Exchange Technology Company, to specialize in the construction and operation of battery exchange networks for new energy vehicles.
The strategic cooperation agreement establishes that Kandi and Zhejiang State Grid Electric Vehicle Service Company will together promote the application and development of China’s new energy vehicles, intensifying model innovation and enhancing core competitiveness, with a focus on vehicle-battery separation and exchange. The cooperation agreement helps to implement China’s national energy transformation and new energy vehicle development strategy.
More specifically, the agreement entails:
The two parties will cooperate extensively across the whole supply chain for electric vehicle-battery exchange. This in-depth collaboration will include the following elements: centralized constant temperature battery charging, distribution, maintenance, battery recycling, construction and operation of power exchange networks, power exchange services to meet energy demand, grid auxiliary services, flexible control of power load exchange, as well as other value-added services for power exchange stations.
Kandi intends to supply 300,000 electric vehicles to various ride-sharing programs, and the two parties will cooperate to offer battery exchange services for these 300,000 vehicles over the next five years. The two parties may expand into new areas of cooperation based on the progress in this collaboration.
Kandi Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Hu Xiaoming commented, “Strategic cooperation with Zhejiang State Grid in the field of battery exchange is a major milestone for Kandi. We will start with battery exchange services for 300,000 compliant vehicles in rideshare programs within a five-year period. This will play a critical role in future collaboration. Launch of this program will play a critical role by driving rapid development of Kandi’s business.”
About Kandi Technologies Group, Inc.
Kandi Technologies Group, Inc. (KNDI), headquartered in Jinhua Economic Development Zone, Zhejiang Province, is engaged in the research, development, manufacturing, and sales of various vehicular products. Kandi conducts its primary business operations through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Zhejiang Kandi Vehicles Co., Ltd. ("Kandi Vehicles") and its subsidiaries including Zhejiang Kandi Smart Battery Swap Technology Co., Ltd, SC Autosports, LLC (d/b/a Kandi America), the wholly-owned subsidiary of Kandi in the United States and Fengsheng Automobile Technology Group Co., Ltd (formerly known as Kandi Electric Vehicles Group Co., Ltd., the “Affiliate Company”). Kandi Vehicles has established itself as one of China's leading manufacturers of pure electric vehicle parts and off-road vehicles.
In 2013, Kandi Vehicles and Geely Group, China's leading automaker, jointly invested in the establishment of the Affiliate Company in order to develop, manufacture and sell pure electric vehicle ("EV") products. Geely Group (including its affiliate) and Kandi Vehicles currently holds
More information about KNDI is available on the Company's corporate website at http://www.kandivehicle.com. The Company routinely posts important information on its website.
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