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BAODING, China, Sept. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

On September 6, IAA Mobility 2021 officially opened in Munich. GWM unveiled its

high-end SUV brand WEY and new energy vehicle brand ORA.

In response to the theme "The Mobile Road to Carbon Neutrality" of this auto

show, GWM exhibited its new energy models such as WEY Coffee 01 PHEV and ORA

01CAT. WEY's global strategy model Coffee 01 PHEV redefines European smart cars

with its unique long range, smart driving and smart cockpit; ORA 01CAT is a

perfect combination of classic retro aesthetics and futuristic technology,

which will bring unprecedented product experience to European users. Together,

the two models will help GWM explore the new energy vehicle market in Europe.

In fact, electrification, carbon neutrality, and sustainability have become the

main trends of the development of the global auto market in the future, and GWM

has already seen the opportunities and made arrangements in advance. Not long

ago, the first cobalt-free battery developed by SVOLT, a company affiliated to

GWM, has been mass-produced and loaded into vehicles, breaking the dependence

of automotive power batteries on cobalt and solving the worldwide problem that

cobalt resources are not renewable. An A+ pure electric SUV under the ORA brand

is first equipped with the cobalt-free battery and achieve its mass production.

This SUV model has a range of more than 600 km under normal operating

conditions, while maintaining the advantage of strong performance, and can

achieve 100 km of acceleration in 5 seconds. Moreover, its waterproof

performance reaches IP67 and has high energy retention and fast heating at low

temperature.

GWM has always been adhering to the concept of "Massive Investment" in R&D in

the field of new energy. GWM has invested more than RMB 500 million in the R&D

of cobalt-free lithium batteries. More than 1,200 R&D personnel and 120

materials and battery experts have conducted more than 200 pilot tests and more

than 3,000 electrical performance verifications and finally removed the cobalt

element in the anode material, achieving the application of cobalt-free

batteries. In the next five years, GWM will investment RMB 100 billion in R&D

in the fields of new energy and intelligence to create safer, greener, smarter

products for users around the world.

Experts of the industry viewed that GWM's cobalt-free battery has broken the

technological monopoly of European countries, the United States, Japan and

South Korea with its basic original innovation, and created a cobalt-free era

in the field of new energy. In the future, following the global trend of new

energy, GWM will continue to increase investment in technology R&D in the field

of new energy, continue to innovate and make through, and take the lead in the

new energy track with sufficient strength and confidence.

SOURCE:  GWM

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