CF Energy Expands Its Battery Swap Business in Beihai City
25 November 2022 - 9:30AM
CF Energy Corp. (TSX-V: CFY) (“CF Energy” or the “Company”,
together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”), a leading new energy
service provider in the People’s Republic of China (the ”PRC”) is
pleased to announce that the Group has acquired 70% stake in a
profitable local Beihai City electric (“EV”) vehicle battery swap
station operator, Beihai Brighton Road New Energy Ltd. (the “Beihai
Company”) in Beihai City, Gangxi Province, the PRC, for a
consideration of RMB1.24 million with reference to the valuation of
RMB 1.77 million for the Beihai Company.
The Company provided strategic advice and
support to the Beihai Company in establishing the first two EV
battery swap stations in Beihai City, and only completed the
acquisition when the Beihai Company met all pre-set goals of the
development plan. Since the first EV battery swap station became
operational on May 23, 2022, by the end of October 2022, with both
stations in operation, the Beihai Company had generated total
revenue of RMB1.11 million and EBITDA of RMB0.33 million. The
Beihai Company currently has 344 registered active taxis as its EV
battery swap users with 90 more battery swap EV taxis expected to
be added by early next year to a total of 434 taxis. There are
currently 550 taxis in Beihai City in total, our clientele accounts
for 62.5% of the market. The estimated 90 new battery swap EV taxis
will bring the total market to 640 taxis, our market share
estimated to be 67.8%. All of the taxis in Beihai City are battery
swap cars, Only Beijing EV and Dongfeng EV are within the
government’s supplier list for taxis.
To strengthen the financial position of the
Beihai Company, the Group is currently in the final stage of
raising RMB 14.0 million of long-term financing for the refinancing
of the equipment and battery inventory, pending internal approval
procedures of the lending finance institution.
The Company’s EV battery swap business
development strategy in the Beihai City expansion has delivered
successful results. This reported case may be viewed as evidence to
show that CF Energy has the ability to capitalize its early mover
advantage with accumulated extensive market developing and
operating experience. Many cities of similar size and characters in
China may present fresh new opportunities in the early development
stage of the EV battery swap markets to the Company. While the
Company will continue to grow its established EV battery swap
markets in Sanya, Haikou, and Beihai City, it will keep its eyes
open for good new opportunities in other cities.
About Beihai City
Beihai is a prefecture level city of Guangxi
Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern China, an important node city
of Beibu Gulf Urban Agglomeration and Guangxi Beibu Gulf Economic
Zone. It has jurisdiction over 3 districts and 1 county, with a
total area of 3,337 square kilometers. According to the data of the
seventh census, as of November 1, 2020, the permanent population of
Beihai City is 1,853,227.
About CF Energy Corp. (Previously known
as: Changfeng Energy Inc.)
CF Energy Corp. is a Canadian public company
trading on the Toronto Venture Exchange (“TSX-V”) under the stock
symbol “CFY”. It is an integrated energy provider and natural gas
utility/distribution company in the PRC. CF Energy strives to
combine leading clean energy technology with natural gas usage to
provide sustainable energy for its customer base in the PRC.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Corporate Investment
Relationsinvestor.relations@changfengenergy.cn
Charles WangExecutive Assistant to CEO &
Chair of the Boardzhaoyu.wang@changfengenergy.cn
Frederick WongDirector of the
Boardfred.wong@changfengenergy.cn
Mike LiuVP Capital
Marketmike.liu@changfengenergy.cn
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