▌ key news ▌ car-grade all-solid-state lithium battery has been launched: the energy density is five times that of the current fast technology news Tai Blue New Energy announced on its official account that it has made significant progress in the research and development of “vehicle-grade all-solid-state lithium battery”.
It claims to have developed the world’s first automotive gauge-grade monomer capacity 120Ah, with an ultra-high energy density physical all-solid-state lithium metal battery with a measured energy density of 720Wh/kg, setting a new industry record for the monomer capacity and the highest energy density of the bulk lithium battery.
It is understood that the energy density of lithium iron phosphate battery is generally about 100-160Wh/kg, while that of ternary lithium battery is usually between 150 and 250Wh/kg.
This means that at the same amount of electricity, the weight of this all-solid-state lithium battery is only 1×5 of the current mainstream battery.
When it was revealed that ▌ Tesla had given up producing a low-cost car Model2 in competition with Chinese companies, Musk: Reuters lied again, the World wide Web reported on April 6, citing an “exclusive revelation” that Tesla, a US electric carmaker, had abandoned its low-cost electric vehicle production plans in fierce competition with Chinese electric vehicles.
However, Musk, CEO of Tesla (CEO), quickly spoke on social platform X, pointing out that the Reuters report was “lying”.
The Reuters report said it quoted three people familiar with the matter and Tesla’s information seen by Reuters.
Tesla has cancelled production plans for a cheap model that investors have high hopes for, which was originally seen as a growth driver for Tesla to gain a foothold in the mass market, the report said.
Tesla didn’t respond to a request for comment from Reuters.
But Reuters noted that shortly after the report was issued, Musk left a message under the relevant news post that “Reuters lied.
” But he did not mention any specific mistakes.
The proportion of ▌ car loans can be up to 100%, and the financial support policies of the two departments have come.
According to Guangming Network, the departments of the people’s Bank of China and the General Administration of Financial Supervision issued a notice a few days ago.
the maximum proportion of loans for self-use traditional power vehicles and self-use new energy vehicles shall be independently determined by financial institutions.
In other words, the maximum proportion of loans can reach 100%, according to the full price of the car purchased.
Dong Ximiao, chief researcher of Zhaopin, said that the move will further improve the ability of residents to buy cars with car loans, and encourage financial institutions to appropriately reduce the liquidated damages arising from the early settlement of loans in the process of “trade-in” cars.
It will also help reduce the burden on residents to buy new cars through “trade-in” and boost their willingness and ability to spend on cars.
Generally speaking, the adjustment of the policy will help financial institutions to better support the reasonable demand for automobile consumption.
▌ domestic, ▌ ideal car clarification: ideal L6 uses front double-arm rear five-link suspension structure, interface news, ideal car clarifies the recent false rumors of “ideal L6 using McPherson suspension structure”: ideal L6 adopts the front double-arm rear five-rod suspension structure commonly used in luxury medium and large SUV.
The minimum ground clearance of the ideal L6 is 180mm, which is higher 4mm than the 2024 ideal L9/L8/L7 with standard air suspension.
The ideal L6 is based on the second-generation extended range platform of the ideal car, which took three years of research and development and invested more than 2 billion yuan.
Ideal Automobile has also created a new production line for the ideal L6, which is located in the original ideal ONE production base in Changzhou, which is also producing ideal L9/L8/L7 at the same time.
Ideal L6 is a completely positive development of new products, is designed for young families to create a luxury medium-to-large five-seat SUV.
▌ BYD plans to launch its first new energy pickup truck this year, the first electric news, BYD said in a statement on April 3 that the company plans to launch its first electric pickup truck later this year.
A spokesman for BYD said in a Wechat message that the medium-to full-size pickup was “developed for the global market” and that the car was its “first new energy pickup”.
The company did not release details of the powertrain or performance specifications.
According to previous sources, BYD pickup is expected to be equipped with hydraulic active suspension system, streaming media rearview mirror, Huawei AR-HUD and other functions, power to provide plug-in hybrid and pure electric power version.
The ▌ Xiaomi SU7 model service package will be available for purchase in June: including battery care, free basic maintenance, etc.
Xiaomi Automobile official blog recently announced that the SU7 model service package will be officially open to users in June, when car owners can order through the mobile phone App Mall.
Mainly includes batteries, accident rescue, free basic maintenance, etc.
Xiaomi also announced the basic SU7 after-sales protection, including: from the delivery date of the new car, enjoy the whole vehicle for 5 years / 100000 km, key parts for 8 years / 160000 km.
, ▌ Xiaomi car response premium and more than 500,000 fuel vehicles close: not high compared with new energy vehicles, April 6, Xiaomi Automobile released Xiaomi SU7 to answer netizens’ questions (episode 9).
With regard to the proximity of insurance fees and more than 500,000 fuel vehicles, Xiaomi responded: the commercial insurance terms of new energy vehicles and fuel vehicles are different, and the exclusive “terms” of new energy vehicles not only provide protection for the “three power” systems, but also fully cover the use scenarios of driving, parking, charging and operation of new energy vehicles.
And it will be calculated comprehensively according to many factors, such as new / used car, brand, model, type of household, type of insurance, insurance amount and so on.
The premium price is also different, which can not be compared simply by car price.
▌ Xiaomi confirmed that the standard version of SU7 does not support urban NOA functions.
Xiaomi Automobile today released Xiaomi SU7 to answer netizens’ questions (episode 9), summarizing 14 questions that netizens are more concerned about.
Among them, for Xiaomi SU7 standard version of the smart driving program, it is possible to upgrade to support urban NOA? Xiaomi made it clear that the SU7 standard version does not support the city NOA function (city navigation assistance).
If users need to use city NOA, it is recommended to choose Xiaomi SU7 Pro or Max version.
▌ Ledao car, the second brand of Ledao, is suspected to have registered an official Weibo account.
Titanium media App reported on April 6 that Weibo found that Ledao car was suspected to have registered an official Weibo account, which was certified by Blue V.
Currently, there is no avatar, blog post or profile.
Earlier, it was reported that the second brand of Ledao was named “Ledao” and the English name was “ONVO”.
Qin Lihong, co-founder of Weilai, said the new brand will be officially launched in mid-early May.
▌ extreme krypton 007 launched OS 6.0.6 OTA upgrade, increased R gear automatic parking, Sanyi Life recently announced that extreme krypton 007 opened OS 6.0.6 version OTA, adding automatic parking power under R gearYes, optimize the control logic of the vehicle on the ramp and optimize other experiences.
At present, the price range of polar krypton 007 is 209900-299900 yuan, with single-motor version and double-motor version, and the pure electric mileage is 616,870km.
▌ was complained by Zhou Hongyi: Nezhu brand new car was named “Nezha S hunting loading car”, fast technology news on April 6, according to which car CEO Zhang Yong confirmed that Nezhu EP41 was finally named “Nezha S hunting loading car”, and the tail tag is still “Nezha S”.
In February this year, the Nezha S hunting version was named Nezhu SS.
▌ ideal reflection landing: upgrade matrix organization 2.
0jin36 krypton news, ideal car issued a full announcement, announced the launch of matrix organization 2.
0 upgrade, while carrying out a number of departmental organizational structure adjustments.
The CEO office department of ideal Automobile has officially changed its name to “Product and Strategy Group”, which focuses more on products and strategies and weakens the supply chain and commercial sales functions.
Among them, the Ministry of Commerce in charge of Liu Jie has changed its name to “Product Line” and will be responsible for the full life cycle operation of ideal models in the future, and the PDT team of Fan Haoyu’s original product department has also been moved into this department.
Under Zou Liangjun, Senior Vice President of sales and Service, ideal Motor officially set up a new GTM (Go to Market) team, which is responsible for the landing of the new product listing plan and is responsible for the market results.
▌ Volvo sold more than 182000 vehicles in the first quarter, according to interface news.
On April 4th, Volvo released its March and first-quarter sales results.
Global sales reached 78970 in March, up 25 per cent from a year earlier, while sales of new energy models reached 33558 in March, up 24 per cent from a year earlier and accounting for 42 per cent of the global share in the month.
In the first quarter of this year, Volvo’s total global sales reached 182687, up 12% from a year earlier.
According to the website of ▌ International, ▌ Tesla: new Cybertruck orders can only be delivered next year, according to the official website of Tesla, if you place an order now, potential buyers of Cybertruck will have to wait until 2025 to receive their vehicles.
According to the site, both the all-wheel drive Cybertruck and the high-end Cyberbeast are expected to be delivered in 2025.
Tesla plans to eventually deliver 250000 Cybertruck vehicles a year.
However, Mr Musk had previously warned that the milestone would not be achieved this year, but not until 2025.
Mr Musk had previously said that expanding production was the biggest obstacle to the process, not demand, given the large number of orders for the electric pickup.
Last month, Musk said Cybertruck production was increasing.
However, there are no official data to confirm this claim.
▌ Tesla may choose a site in India to build an electric vehicle factory worth 2 billion to 3 billion US dollars.
According to the interface news, on April 3, local time, the International Financial Times quoted people familiar with the situation as saying that against the backdrop of slowing demand in the electric car market and increased competition in the automobile industry, Tesla’s delivery volume not only declined in the first quarter, but also fell below market expectations.
To turn things around, Tesla plans to send a US team to India by the end of April to examine potential sites for new electric vehicle plants with an estimated investment of between $2 billion and $3 billion.
The focus is on states with a base of the auto industry, such as Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra.
The American electric car maker has been trying to enter the Indian market for years.
Tesla has started producing right-hand rudder cars in German factories and is preparing to export them to India later this year, according to people familiar with the matter.
▌ Musk said Tesla’s FSD mileage would soon exceed 10 billion miles.
Tesla announced on Friday that with the help of his fully autonomous driving (FSD) software, Musk responded: “Congratulations to Tesla AI team!” “it won’t be long before Tesla’s FSD mileage will exceed 10 billion miles,” he said in another post.
▌ Musk announced that he will launch a fully autonomous self-driving taxi Robotaxi on August 8.
Recently, Tesla CEO Elon Musk (Elon Musk) revealed on the social media platform that Tesla’s self-driving taxi service Robotaxi will be officially launched on August 8.
▌ Musk said that humans are expected to be self-sufficient on Mars within 20 years.
Musk posted on X: “Civilization needs to maintain the current level of technology until Mars can be self-sufficient, which may be achieved within 20 years.
” If we become multiple planets and then multiple stars (species), our civilization will last for millions of years.
If not, it may only be a few hundred years.
” ▌ Altman and Apple’s former chief designer are seeking $1 billion for a new AI project.
Son and Jobs’ widow may be involved, according to financial sources, according to The Information, OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman and former Apple chief designer Jonathan Yves are seeking $1 billion for a new undisclosed artificial intelligence project.
Altman and Yves are seeking investment from existing OpenAI investors Thrive Capital and Emerson Collective led by Jobs widow Lauren Powell Jobs, the report said.
The two are also in talks with Softbank Corp.
CEO son to provide funds for their soon-to-be-established AI equipment enterprise.
Will ▌ OpenAI replace Google search? Fu Sheng: the lifting of registration restrictions by ChatGPT may be due to the difficulties encountered by OpenAI.
According to the financial community, on April 1, local time, OpenAl announced that it would not need to register to use ChatGPT to facilitate users to experience the potential of AI.
The feature will be gradually rolled out in 185 countries and regions for more than 100 million users to learn, find inspiration and answers.
User content may be used to improve the large language model, but this feature can be turned off.
There are comments that OpenAI will replace Google.
“We seem to have heard the loud sound of the giant Google search engine falling to the ground.
” Fu Sheng, CEO of Cheetah Mobile, posted a video on social media on the afternoon of April 6, saying that it is more likely that OpenAI has encountered some difficulties in removing registration restrictions on ChatGPT, and that the road is still very difficult in business regardless of cost heap parameters.
▌ Volkswagen executives expect Chinese electric trucks to compete in Europe, and executives of Europe’s largest truck manufacturers have warned that Chinese carmakers, including BYD, are turning to Europe’s large electric truck market after successfully using electric vehicles to open up the European market.
This new development trend indicates that the layout of Chinese car companies in the European market will be further deepened.
According to Bloomberg on April 4,In an interview, Christian Levin, chief executive of Traton and Scania, two major truck makers owned by Volkswagen, revealed that about 25 Chinese truck and bus manufacturers are actively deploying in Europe.
Lewen stressed that these Chinese car companies, with their technological advantages in batteries and software, have become the same competitive force as Tesla.
Lewen said that China’s electric buses rely heavily on its advanced battery technology and have gained a foothold in the European market in a short period of time.
He further speculated that these Chinese car companies are likely to achieve similar success in trucks.
Meta Threads/Instagram will mark “suspected AI-generated content” from ▌ in May.
According to IT House on April 6, privacy / copyright issues arising from the rise of AI have become a growing concern for many people in the technology industry, while Meta today issued a press release announcing that it will add “watermarks” to AI content on its Instagram, Threads and Facebook platforms from May.
▌ Kia released its medium-and long-term strategy to expand hybrid models and popularize electric vehicles.
South Korean auto giant Kia said it would expand its lineup of hybrid vehicles in the future when it unveiled its medium-and long-term development strategy.
At the same time, Kia reiterated that the ultimate goal of the company’s electrification strategy is electric vehicles.
Kia aims to achieve global sales of 4.
3 million vehicles, electric vehicles of 1.
6 million and customized electric vehicles of 250000 by 2030.
At the same time, Kia will launch mid-range electric vehicles, aiming to gradually increase sales from 307000 in 2024 to 1.
147 million in 2027 and to 1.
6 million by 2030.
This means that the company will strive to double the sales of electric vehicles by 2027 and continue to promote the electrification strategy dominated by electric vehicles.
▌ Volkswagen CEO said its electric car could not keep ahead in China, and its market share of more than 10% was “very considerable”.
According to financial news, Oliver Bloom, CEO of Volkswagen Group (CEO), said in an interview with Germany’s Frankfurt Daily on the 5th local time that Volkswagen hopes to avoid setting a “utopian” target for its market share in China, in a highly competitive environment.
Being able to have a market share of more than 10% is already “very substantial”.
Volkswagen’s overall market share in china reportedly fell from 18 per cent in 2018 to 14 per cent last year, while domestic pure electric carmakers are gaining momentum and winning market share.
▌ Germany’s March electric vehicle sales plunged 28.9%. The German Federal Motor Transport Administration (KBA) released data on the 4th that the number of new electric vehicle registrations in Germany fell 28.
9% in March from a year earlier, with a market share falling to 11.
9% from 18.
3% in the same period last year.
Gasoline vehicles still account for the largest share of 37.
8%, followed by hybrid vehicles, with 31.5%. Constantingale, an expert at Ernst & Young, said that while many carmakers are offering high discounts to make up for the elimination of environmental subsidies, consumer demand for electric vehicles is very weak.
Germany’s political decision to phase out subsidies last year “brought considerable uncertainty to the market”.
New passenger car registrations in Germany in March were 263844, down 6.
2 per cent from a year earlier, according to KBA.
The data also show that in March, gasoline vehicles continued to account for the largest share of newly registered passenger vehicles in Germany, accounting for 37.
8%, down 3.
4% from a year earlier.
This was followed by hybrid vehicles, accounting for 31.
5% of newly registered passenger vehicles.
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