▌ News: retail sales of fuel vehicles in ▍ plunged 28% in August from a year earlier, and the switch between oil and electricity accelerated.
On Sept.
9, according to the Wechat account of the passenger Union Branch, retail sales in the narrow sense nationwide in August were 1.
905 million, down 1.
0% from the same period last year, up 10.
8% from the previous month.
Retail sales so far this year totaled 13.
472 million, up 1.
9% from the same period last year.
Of this total, retail sales of conventional fuel vehicles were 870000 in August, down 28 per cent from a year earlier, and up 4 per cent from January to August, down 15 per cent from a year earlier.
The retail penetration rate of new energy vehicles in China in August was 53.9%. Cui Dongshu, secretary general of the Federation of passengers, analyzed that “with the further development of the scrapping and renewal policy and the introduction of local ‘trade-in’ policies, the overall seasonal trend of the car market gradually diverged from that of traditional fuel vehicles, and the popularity of the new energy car market rose in August.
” He predicts that the sales of new energy vehicles for the whole year are expected to be raised, and the specific figures are still under study.
In August, national passenger car manufacturers wholesale 2.
154 million vehicles, down 3.
9 percent from the same period last year, an increase of 9.
6 percent from the previous month.
In August, autonomous car companies wholesale 1.
44 million vehicles, up 12% from the same period last year and 9% from the previous month.
The mainstream joint venture car companies wholesale 460000 vehicles, down 30% from the same period last year and up 12% from the previous month.
250000 luxury cars were wholesale, down 15% from the same period last year and up 5% from the previous month.
Wholesale sales of new energy passenger vehicles reached 1.
052 million in August, up 31.
7% from a year earlier and 11.
4% from a month earlier.
The wholesale penetration rate of new energy vehicle manufacturers in August was 48.
9%, up 13.
3 percentage points from 35.
6% in August 2023.
In terms of new energy power, the wholesale sales of pure electric vehicles in August were 592000, up 6.
6% from the same period last year and 17.
3% from the previous month.
the narrow mixed sales in August were 345000, up 84% from the same period last year and 9% from the previous month.
and the wholesale sales of 115000 vehicles in August, up 109% from the same period last year, down 6% from the previous month.
In August, the wholesale structure of new energy: pure electric 56%, narrow mixed 33%, plus 11%, August 2023 for pure electric 70%, narrow mixed 24%, plus 7%.
In the whole year 2023 new energy wholesale structure: pure electric 69%, narrow sense 23%, plus program 8%, add program effectively make up for the life anxiety of pure electric, should belong to the branch of pure electric.
▍ SAIC launched a competitive recruitment of leading cadres.
According to the Shanghai Automobile News, SAIC launched a competitive recruitment of leading cadres.
It is reported that the first batch of competitive recruitment work was launched in late August, and the implementation units involved complete vehicles, spare parts, mobile travel and services.
According to the report, five units, namely, SAIC Chase, Anji Logistics, SAIC sales, Global car Holdings and Huayu Saikoli, are competing for 25 general manager positions in their enterprises.
It is planned to complete the recruitment application, hold job fairs, implement cadre appointment and removal procedures and other related work by the end of September.
In the next stage, on the basis of summing up practical experience, we will expand the scope of competitive employment and gradually form a normalized mechanism.
“the competitive recruitment of cadres has had a great impact on the implementation of enterprises from the very beginning.
While transmitting the pressure of competition, it also gives the broad masses of cadres and staff a personal experience of the reform work.
” The relevant person in charge of SAIC said.
In this regard, industry insiders Zhu Yulong said that SAIC launched a competitive recruitment of leading cadres to work, which is to start batch optimization and reduce costs.
▍ Toyota officially produced solid-state batteries in 26 years and achieved production capacity 9GWh in 30 years.
According to news from Fast Science and Technology on September 9, Toyota’s solid-state battery production plan has been approved by the Japanese government and will begin formal production in 2026, so Toyota is expected to become one of the first carmakers to launch solid-state battery-driven passenger cars.
It is reported that Toyota solid-state battery capacity will be limited at the initial stage and is expected to increase by 2027 or 2028, mass production will begin after 2030, and the annual production target of 9GWh will be achieved.
In October, Toyota announced an agreement with the Japanese energy giant to mass-produce all-solid-state batteries and build a supply chain.
It is said that the two sides plan to commercialize the next generation of batteries in 2027-2028 and then achieve full mass production.
In ▌, the total sales of ▍ Geely Holdings Group increased 14.
9 percent in August over the same period last year.
On September 9, Geely Holdings Group announced that total sales in August were 271926 vehicles, an increase of 14.
9 percent over the same period last year.
Among them, 127133 new energy vehicles were sold, an increase of 51.
7 percent over the same period last year, and the new energy penetration rate was 46.
8 percent.
From January to August this year, the cumulative sales of 2011392 vehicles, Geely Holdings Group increased by 21.
6% over the same period last year.
of which, cumulative new energy sales were 823654, up 48.
5% over the same period last year.
and international sales were 796111, up 24.
3% from the same period last year.
Specifically, Geely Automobile Group sold 181229 vehicles, up more than 21% from the same period last year.
75484 new energy units, up about 65% from the same period last year.
and overseas export sales of 45045 vehicles, up 98% from the same period last year.
Sales totaled 1287741 vehicles from January to August, up 34 per cent from the same period last year.
Volvo sold 52944 cars worldwide, up 3% from the same period last year.
25028 new energy vehicles, up 47% from the same period last year.
and 12185 in the Chinese market.
Global sales totaled 498464 vehicles from January to August, an increase of 11% over the same period last year.
Proton sold 12690 cars, with a market share of 19% in Malaysia.
Ting sold a total of 101489 vehicles from January to August.
Will ▍ Skoda be sold at SAIC-Volkswagen 4S store? SAIC-Volkswagen responded that recently, according to domestic media reports, Skoda will be sold at SAIC-Volkswagen 4S stores, a move known as the “joint venture service” model, which is mainly promoted in areas where Skoda network channels are not yet covered.
Existing Skoda dealers still operate independently.
In response, SAIC Volkswagen responded that Skoda’s network coverage is relatively high in first-and second-tier cities, but relatively low in third -, fourth-and fifth-tier markets.
So now we are promoting the work of network channel integration, selling Volkswagen and Skoda models at the same time in the Volkswagen sales showroom.
It is reported that nearly 500 Volkswagen brand dealers have applied to represent Skoda brand, of which more than 330 have completed the authorization.
Through the “joint venture” model, Skoda brand market coverage will be improved.
At present, Skoda’s sales network has covered 206 prefecture-level cities, with urban coverage exceeding 60% and market coverage reaching 85%.
The introduction of the “joint venture” model may slow down this process.
SAIC-Volkswagen also said: we promise Skoda owners that SAIC-Volkswagen will ensure maintenance, quality assurance and so on.
▍ is not wise to change its shell! Song Feming: Audi SAIC cooperation electric car price is full of sincerity, fast science and technology news on September 9, Audi and SAIC will work together to build a new electric vehicle, before there is news that it is a shell version of Zhiji, and can not be linked to Audi’s fourth Ring Logo.
Recently, Audi SAIC cooperation project CEO Song Feming is acceptingMore inside information was revealed during the interview.
Song Feming said that the new car developed by Audi and SAIC will offer a sincere price and will be unveiled in November.
In terms of product strategy, Audi SAIC products pay more attention to high-end intelligence, while FAW Audi PPE platform products focus on high-end luxury.
For this reason, Audi SAIC products will be more inclined to the younger generation in design and intelligence, looking for personalized groups in high-end customer groups that are willing to accept new technologies and new ideas.
At the same time, the new model will be sold in SAIC Audi channel in advance.
” He said.
Song Feming also said that Audi SAIC’s new car will maintain a pure Audi gene, not a shell-changing car of Zhiji brand, and the two sides will adopt an open attitude and make use of the intelligent driving supply ecology of the Chinese market to build this product.
The new car will adopt the pure electric technology route, and the battery supplier will come from Ningde era.
in smart driving, Audi SAIC’s new car will use momenta technology to reach the current mainstream level of new power smart driving, which means that Audi SAIC’s products may have high-speed and urban smart driving capabilities.
▍ has officially launched 2025 BYD models since it was sold in 165800.
On September 9, 2025 BYD models were officially launched, with a total of 9 new models, with a price range of 16.
58-235800 yuan.
As a modified model, the new car will be equipped with BYD’s fifth-generation DM technology, DiPilot 300, Yunxing-C (high-end model) and rear five-link suspension.
it will also be the first high-end intelligent driving assistance model equipped with lidar.
In addition, the new car will also provide refreshing gifts: replacement subsidies up to 28000 yuan, state subsidies up to 20000 yuan, and up to 8000 yuan higher than YD subsidies.
Worry-free gift: non-operating vehicle three electricity system lifetime warranty (the first owner), vehicle warranty period of 6 years or 150000 km.
At the same time, it will also provide VIP ceremony, Zhi Lian ceremony, optional dress ceremony, extended guarantee service and so on.
In the body size part, the length, width and height of the new car are 4995 (4975) / 1910/1495mm, and the wheelbase is 2920mm.
The 100th polar krypton house of ▍ officially opened and delivered a total of 320000 units.
On September 9th, the 100th polar krypton house and the world’s 470th store officially opened in Chongqing.
At the opening ceremony, polar krypton achieved the delivery of 320, 000 new cars, ranging from 1 to 320000, which took 34 months.
At the same time, the polar krypton model matrix is also constantly enriching, and by the end of this year, it will have six models, including polar krypton 001 and 001 FR, polar krypton 009 and 009 brilliance, polar krypton X, polar krypton 007, polar krypton 7X, polar krypton MIX, etc.
According to the plan, polar krypton will build 140 polar krypton stores by the end of 2024 to meet the sales needs of 6 models on sale and have the ability to serve 600000-700000 users with high quality.
the layout target of polar krypton in 2025 will meet the sales needs of 8 models on sale and have the ability to serve 1 million + users with high quality.
▍ Akio Toyoda angrily denounced the price increase of Chinese dealers? Toyota refuted the rumor: never released this statement, Fast Technology on September 9 news, Toyota China Media Service Center “talk and laugh Fengsheng Bar” released a new issue of online refutation of the rumor, in which many self-media said that “Toyoda Akio angrily denounced the price increase behavior of Chinese dealers.
” so is this true? Toyota denied the rumor that the president himself had never made such a statement.
Together with the inexplicable information that the wrong object does not know where the wind comes from, even if we search the whole network, we can not find the source such as the original audio and video.
The news seen on the Internet are all transferred flowers and trees, and the reporting time is not uniform.
Obviously, this once again lowered the “self-media” bottom line, is the traffic to win attention, malicious rumor-mongering behavior.
” Toyota also said: we deeply condemn some of the “media” that abandon professional ethics, create rumors or work as rumor porters, and pay tribute to most of the media that abide by the bottom line and adhere to the facts.
In the era of traffic, what to do and what not to do is more precious.
According to news from China, recently, some owners of new energy vehicles in Shanghai have reported that some charging stations charge high “occupancy fees” to car owners in the absence of reminders and lack of explicit information.
The order shows that the car owner needs to pay 47.
12 yuan, of which 29 yuan is the occupancy fee, which is almost 1 yuan per minute.
It is understood that the original intention of the “occupancy fee” is to improve the utilization rate of charging piles under tight charging resources, so as to avoid hindering the use of other car owners.
The writer combed and found that the charging standards varied with different charging pile brands and places.
Some brands automatically count the occupancy time after a period of time after being fully charged, while others dynamically adjust the charging price according to the idle rate in the station.
In this regard, some citizens think that this is an effective means to adjust charging resources, and high occupation fees can discourage the occupation of parking spaces.
Some members of the public think that the occupancy fee can be charged, but it cannot be charged indiscriminately, and it is necessary to fully inform and publicize the fee standard.
A person familiar with the matter at ▍ said that the social media number of Zhiji Automobile employees was voluntary and had sent letters from lawyers to some published media.
Financial circles reported on Sept. 9. On Sept.
5, a netizen posted on the social platform, “Zhiji Automobile mobilizes all employees to post Douyin.
Once you enter this company, not only people will hand it in, but social media will also hand it in.
” According to a report by Phoenix New Media Finance today, it was learned from a number of Zhiji employees that they had not received the relevant request.
“We have sent lawyer letters to some published media,” said a person familiar with the Zhiji Automobile Brand Department.
” The person familiar with the matter said: “Zhiji invites employees to become brand referrals in the form of internal incentives, and there is no mandatory requirement for brand promotion, which is purely voluntary.
moreover, employees’ social media accounts who become brand referrals are also their personal accounts, and there is no such thing as’ handing in’.
In view of this, the content claimed in the above article is not in line with the facts, is fabricated false information, is suspected of partial generalization and malicious guidance, and has seriously damaged Zhiji’s brand image, reputation rights and other legitimate rights and interests.
” Regarding this matter, a Shaanxi Zhiji automobile employee said to Phoenix New Media Finance and Economics: “Open the number voluntarily, there is no document requirement, and there is no compulsory requirement.
” In the self-media era, even posting on Douyin is very normal.
” , ▌ International, ▍ Musk “left hand for right hand”, Tesla may use xAI’s artificial intelligence technology, according to the Wall Street Journal on Sept.
8, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence start-up xAI is currently discussing a deal with Tesla.
According to people familiar with the matter, under the proposed arrangement described to investors, Tesla will authorize xAI’s artificial intelligence model to provide driving assistance software FSD (Full Self-Driving (fully self-driving) provides support and shares some of the revenue with the start-up.
XAI will help Tesla develop other features, including a voice assistant in his car and software to power his humanoid robot, Optimus, according to people familiar with the matter.
The report also mentioned that the terms of any revenue-sharing agreement between xAI and Tesla will depend to some extent on Tesla’s reliance on xAI technology rather than on his own technology.
XAI executives have discussed an equal share of income with Tesla FSD, according to one of the people familiar with the matter.
Later in the day, however, Musk replied on social media that “Tesla has learned a lot from his discussions with xAI engineers, which helps speed up the implementation of FSD functions, but it is not necessary to obtain any license from xAI.
” He also deliberately stressed the “inaccuracy” of the above reports.
▍ Funeng Technology responded to the South Korean electric car fire: first of all, it is necessary to confirm whether it is the company’s battery problem or the vehicle problem.
A Mercedes-Benz electric car fire in August shook South Korea, and the South Korean government recently asked car companies to disclose power battery information on a voluntary basis.
According to reports, South Korean media quoted a spokesman for South Korea’s Ministry of Land and Transport as saying that the power battery carried by the fire electric vehicle came from Funeng Technology.
In this regard, the writer called the investor relations department of Funeng Technology as an investor, and the person concerned said that there was no result yet, and everything was subject to the results of the Mercedes-Benz public (investigation).
As for the timing of the announcement of the results, the person said that he is not sure and should be relatively fast.
For South Korea to introduce a series of measures to prevent electric vehicle fire will have an impact on the company, the person said that we should first be able to confirm whether the above incident is a battery problem or a vehicle problem, and then discuss the impact.
▍ India’s Reliance Infrastructure plans to enter the electric car market before BYD executives joined.
On Sept.
9, India’s Reliance Infrastructure is reportedly evaluating the feasibility of entering the electric vehicle industry and has hired Sanjay Gopalakrishnan, a former BYD Indian executive, as an adviser.
Reliance Infrastructure, a subsidiary of Reliance Group, is conducting a study to assess the cost of building a plant with an annual capacity of about 250000 electric vehicles.
The company also plans to increase production capacity to 750000 vehicles in the next few years.
At the same time, Reliance Infrastructure is also exploring the possibility of building a battery plant, with an initial planned capacity of 10 gigawatt hours (GWh) and an intention to expand over the next decade.
▍ Panasonic Energy completes mass production preparations for 4680 cylindrical power batteries, Japan’s Panasonic Holdings said Monday that its energy department has completed preparations for mass production of 4680 electric vehicle batteries and is seeking to start supplying batteries to carmakers.
Panasonic Energy is one of the main suppliers of American electric car giant Tesla.
The 4680 battery, as its name implies, refers to a cylindrical lithium battery with a diameter of 46 mm and a height of 80 mm.
This kind of battery has five times the capacity of 2170 cylindrical batteries.
The larger 4680 batteries not only extend the mileage of electric vehicles, but will also allow automakers to use fewer batteries to achieve the same battery capacity, and eventually reduce the cost of electric vehicles, the company wrote in a statement on Monday.
make it more affordable in a wider market.
On the same day, Panasonic Energy held a ceremony to prepare for mass production.
A company spokesman pointed out that the company has sent samples of 4680 batteries to some carmakers and plans to start producing the new batteries after obtaining approval.
▍ Mercedes-Benz S-Class sedan will welcome electric innovation and is expected to be unveiled in 2030.
Auto House reported on September 9 that Mercedes-Benz is developing a new generation of S-Class sedan, which is planned to be launched around 2030, which will provide both fuel and pure electric power systems.
At present, the name of the pure electric model has not yet been determined, but it will be based on the Mercedes-Benz MB.
EA Large architecture.
In design, the new car is expected to use intelligent configurations such as a closed front face and a streaming rearview mirror.
In terms of power system, the new car may offer both single-motor and dual-motor configurations.
The maximum power of the single-motor version may exceed 360 horsepower, while the maximum power of the dual-motor version may exceed 500 horsepower.
The battery capacity is expected to exceed that of the 100kWh and the mileage is expected to be about 700km.
For comparison, the current Mercedes-Benz EQS is equipped with 111.
8kWh ‘s ternary lithium battery pack, which has a range of 720km and 813km, respectively, according to different driving forms.
In addition, due to sales reasons, Mercedes-Benz EQS may face elimination.
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