[Yiwei Lithium Energy Chengdu Project officially started] On March 30, 2023, Longquanyi District held a centralized start-up activity for major industrial projects in the first quarter of 2023. 27 major industrial projects including Yiwei Lithium Energy started intensively, with a total investment of 23 billion yuan. The project started this time not only has high investment intensity, but also high technical content. The 27 projects that have been intensively started this time cover key fields such as automobile manufacturing, energy electronics, aerospace equipment, and new materials. Among them, Yiwei Lithium Energy Chengdu project has an agreed investment of 10 billion yuan, mainly including energy storage batteries and power batteries. In terms of energy storage batteries, it mainly produces high-capacity and high-rate 21700 batteries, with an estimated annual output of 9GWh; in terms of power batteries, It mainly produces power batteries and systems, with an estimated annual output of 21GWH. Dolphin Auto R&D and sales center project has an agreed investment of 5 billion yuan, mainly to build the headquarters and operation center, battery and smart device production base. Editor/He Yuting

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