▌ News: ▍ BYD sold more than 1.
6 million vehicles in the first half of the year, of which overseas sales exceeded 200000.
BYD released an announcement on its investor relations activity record sheet, saying that the company sold 1.
607 million new energy passenger vehicles in the first half, an increase of 28.
8 percent over the same period last year.
Of these, overseas sales exceeded 203000, an increase of 173.
8% over the same period last year.
At present, BYD new energy vehicles have spread to more than 400 cities in 88 countries and regions around the world.
▍ Tesla Shanghai Super Factory returned to full capacity.
On July 18, the Beijing News reported that Tesla Shanghai Super Factory was running at full capacity when diaries visited on July 15.
On average, a new ModelY car goes off the line every 30 seconds or so on the ModelY production line.
Earlier this year, it was reported that Tesla was limiting car production at the Shanghai superfactory, and Reuters even said in late May that Tesla planned to cut at least 20 per cent of the plant’s car production between March and June 2024.
Although Tesla China has been silent about this, the number of new car registrations and exports this year are indeed lower than the same period last year.
However, with the advent of the third quarter, Tesla seems to be making an all-out effort to reach the year-end delivery target.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said that car sales this year are expected to exceed those of last year.
In order to achieve this goal, there is no doubt that the Shanghai factory needs to operate at full speed.
Is the price war in the ▍ car market over? Industry insiders say “seasonal rest”, thepaper.
cn reported on July 18, there are recent media reports that Volkswagen Toyota, Honda, Volvo and other brands followed BMW out of the price war.
On July 18, the reporter contacted and visited a number of car brand stores as consumers and found that some car brands did stop cutting prices or reducing discounts, while many brands revealed expectations of price stability.
According to reports on the Internet, the price of Weilai will rise on July 22nd, including 3000 yuan for ET5/5T and 5000 yuan for ES6/EC6.
In this regard, a Shanghai Weilai store sales staff said that the online news of price increases is actually a preferential retreat.
However, industry insiders pointed out that the car companies are “entering a seasonal rest period”, which does not mean that the price war is over.
▍ spread that Volkswagen engineer is stationed in Xiaopeng Automobile headquarters.
The latter responded: cooperation information was disclosed next week.
On July 18, the interface news “Power Plant” quoted people in the automobile industry as saying that hundreds of Volkswagen engineers had moved to the headquarters of Xiaopeng Automobile in Guangzhou.
this means that the technical cooperation between Volkswagen and Xiaopeng Motor has been upgraded in an all-round way.
The source quoted sources as saying that “the coverage of the two sides is very wide, and the degree of cooperation is unprecedented.
” People in the above-mentioned industry originally posted the news on Weibo, but quickly deleted the post.
The Power Plant contacted Xiaopeng Motor in response to the matter and received a response from the public relations department that “no comment will be made on the relevant information”, but details of Volkswagen Xiaopeng’s further cooperation will be disclosed next week.
▍ Star Motor responded to the dissolution of the public relations department: all departments are operating normally, the relocation of headquarters in Nanjing involves personnel changes, interface news, July 18, in response to previous reports, the domestic public relations team of Polar Motor has been temporarily disbanded, and the follow-up public relations docking work has not been arranged for the time being.
Polar Star responded to this, and all departments of Polar Technology, including the public relations team, are in normal operation.
Polar Star said that the relevant external communication and communication work is also being carried out normally.
Ji Xing also said that in order to better plan the business development of the Ji Xing brand in the Chinese market, with the support of the Nanjing Municipal Government and other parties, the headquarters of Ji Xing Science and Technology in China was relocated to Nanjing, which involved some team relocation and personnel changes.
▍ Xiaomi car refutes rumors of SU7 “spontaneous combustion”: battery pack pressure relief and exhaust, fast science and technology news on July 18, July 17 afternoon, a millet SU7 battery pack suddenly emitted thick smoke in a residential area in Jiujiang, Jiangxi, attracting attention.
In this regard, Xiaomi responded in the latest issue of netizens’ questions.
Xiaomi said that the bottom of the battery of the accident vehicle was suspected to have an extreme external force collision with serious damage to the chassis caused by an obvious external force, but the battery pack only experienced temporary pressure relief and exhaust, no heat spread and no fire.
At the same time, the background data networking function was actively turned off at the time of the accident.
Some of the reports described as “spontaneous combustion” and “fire” without knowing the real situation have been completely untrue.
Please do not believe the rumors and do not spread the rumors.
At present, Xiaomi Automobile is also assisting users to properly handle follow-up matters.
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, ▍ Xiaopeng G9 smart car challenge radish fast, the same route Xiaopeng arrived at the destination 5 minutes ahead of schedule, fast science and technology July 18 news, recently, the topic of radish fast running self-driving taxi has aroused hot discussion among netizens, and there are also many domestic car companies that have achieved the function of piloting intelligent driving in cities without maps.
Recently, in order to verify which car companies have stronger autopilot ability, some bloggers have challenged the L4 level autopilot of radish fast running by using Xiaopeng G9’s XNGP no-map smart driving function.
According to the actual measurement, Xiaopeng G9’s no-map intelligent driving leads by five minutes to reach its destination.
bloggers say that Xiaopeng G9’s L2-level intelligent driving system can also achieve the zero takeover capacity of L4 autopilot, or even higher traffic efficiency.
▍ OpenAI started a price war, and the price of the latest variant of GPT-4o plunged 96%, FYF reported.
On the morning of July 18, local time, OpenAI, a US artificial intelligence start-up, announced that it had officially launched a new generation of entry-level artificial intelligence “small model” GPT-4o mini.
According to OpenAI, the API price of the GPT-4o mini will be 15 cents per 1 million Tokens input and 60 cents per 1 million Tokens output.
For comparison, GPT-4o ‘s million tokens input / output price is $5 / $15, while the previous entry model GPT-3.
5 Turbo is priced at $0.
50 / $1.50. So the latest “mini model” is 96% cheaper than GPT-4o, and 60% cheaper than GPT-3.
5 Turbo.
Because of this, with the launch of GPT-4o, the historical mission of GPT-3.
5 Turbo ends here.
▌ domestic, ▍ also want to withdraw from the price war? Insiders responded to the online rumor that the prices of some models of Lulai will rise.
Recently, a screenshot of the price increase has been circulated on the Internet.
The picture shows that Weilai will raise the price of some models on July 22.
The price of ET5/ET5T will increase by 3000 yuan, and that of ES6/EC6 will rise by 5000 yuan.
Weilai insiders told the Red Star Capital Bureau that it was not an increase in prices, but a decline in the previous time-limited rights and interests, concessions.
The amplitude is reduced.
Weilai sales staff said, “this activity is only for existing cars, the discount after the slope is still very strong.
” Previously, the preferential policy of Weilai in July was to order ET5/ET5T cars with a discount of 24000 yuan, including 18000 yuan for optional funds and 6000 yuan for existing cars, and 28000 yuan for ordering ES6/EC6 cars, including 20, 000 yuan for optional funds and 8000 yuan for existing cars.
After July 22, the existing car subsidies for “May and June” will all fall back to 3000 yuan.
The discounts for other models remain the same, and there are additional discounts for exhibition cars.
The penetration rate of new energy vehicles in ▍ Shenzhen reached 77.
4% in June, the highest in a single month.
According to the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone News, as of June 2024, the number of motor vehicles in Shenzhen was about 4.
263 million, of which 1.
08 million were new energy vehicles, accounting for more than 1/4.
A total of 109000 new energy vehicles were sold in Shenzhen in the first half of this year, and the penetration rate of new vehicles increased to 72.
6%, of which the penetration rate of new vehicles in June reached 77.
4%, which means that about 77 of every 100 new cars in Shenzhen are new energy vehicles, the highest in a single month.
In 2023, Shenzhen produced 1.
73 million new energy vehicles, gathering more than 24000 new energy and digital energy enterprises.
▍ Huayu Automobile: Chen Hong resigned at the age of retirement, and Wang Xiaoqiu took over as chairman.
According to the Beijing Business Daily, on July 18, Huayu Automobile announced that Chen Hong applied to resign as chairman, director, chairman and member of the strategy committee of the 10th board of directors of the company because of his retirement.
The board meeting elected Wang Xiaoqiu, a director of the company, as chairman of the 10th board of directors of the company.
At the same time, due to job transfer, Tao Hailong applied to resign as a director of the 10th board of directors, a member of the strategic committee of the board of directors and general manager.
Nominated by the chairman of the company, it is agreed to appoint Xu Ping as the general manager of the company, the term of office is the same as that of the current board of directors.
Earlier, SAIC announced that SAIC President Jia Jianxu would no longer serve concurrently as SAIC Volkswagen General Manager and would be replaced by Tao Hailong, former Huayu Automobile General Manager.
▍ BYD DM 5.
0 new car launch, Song L/PLUS DM-i is scheduled to be released on July 25, change car July 18, the new Song L DM-i and Song PLUS DM-i new car have arrived at the store, and will hold a launch conference on July 25, equipped with fifth-generation DM technology.
The BYD Song L DM-i body dimensions are 4780x1898x1670 mm and wheelbase 2782 mm respectively.
In terms of power, Song L DM-i will be equipped with a brand new fifth generation DM hybrid system, with a maximum power of 74 kilowatts for a 1.
5L engine, a maximum power of 160kW for the drive motor, a battery of 18.
316kWh and a fuel consumption of 4.
95L and 4.
98L respectively for 100km.
▍ woman said there was an accident in smart driving on the highway.
Zhiji responded: only Pilot, not NOA, was turned on.
According to news from Fast Science and Technology on July 18, recently, the owner of Zhiji L6 said he had turned on intelligent driving on the highway, resulting in an accident that caused the car to rub against the guardrail while crossing the corner.
According to the video released, the vehicle turned on the Pilot intelligent driving assistance system all the way.
It was stable at the beginning and slowed down smoothly around the corner, but it suddenly began to accelerate when it was about to pass through the knot road, and finally collided with the guardrail.
Zhiji responded to the incident, saying that in the video, the vehicle only turned on the Pilot function, not the high-speed NOA.
▍ Honda Haoying car purchase policy in July: up to 50,000 yuan comprehensive discount, limited time from 135900 yuan, IT home July 18 news, Guangzhou Automobile Honda today launched a time-limited car purchase preferential policy.
From now to July 31, car replacement will enjoy comprehensive concessions of up to 50,000 yuan, including 35000 yuan in cash subsidies, 11000 yuan in replacement subsidies and 4000 yuan in financial credit subsidies.
The official guide price of Haoying 240TURBO elite version is 185900 yuan, and the discount price is 135900 yuan.
GAC Honda Haoying gasoline version is equipped with 1.
5T turbocharged engine and CVT continuously variable transmission, maximum power 142kW, maximum torque 243N ·m.
The e:HEV and e:PHEV versions are equipped with the fourth generation i-MMD dual-motor hybrid and plug-in system (two gears), the latter can achieve the ultimate range of 1936.
1km (46L fuel tank), NEDC pure electric battery 91km.
▍ Changan Automobile launched the official used car valuation service, or diverted Qiyuan E07, Shell Financial News, Changan Automobile launched the official used car valuation service on July 18.
The writer tried to scan the QR code and found that the platform for the service was called “TOPSPACE”, which was released at the same time as Qiyuan E07 was released.
Currently, the car purchase page can only “preemptively lock” Qiyuan E07 models.
On APP SOTRE, Topspace briefly said that the software is a smart and connected vehicle networking platform provided by Changan Automobile, which can enjoy a variety of functions such as technology content, community interaction, car experience and so on.
According to Sina Science and Technology, several media tests have recently found that some big models have given the wrong answer to the question “which is bigger, 9.
11 or 9.
9?” according to ▍ ‘s dark response model.
In this regard, the dark side of the month said that the current exploration of the capabilities of large models is still in the early stages, whether large models can or can not do.
The dark side of the month stressed that they very much expect users to discover and report more boundary cases in the course of use, such as “which is bigger in 9.
9 or 9.
11, 13.
8 or 13.
11″, and the company believes that the discovery of these cases will help to increase the understanding of the capability boundaries of large models.
At the same time, Moon’s dark side pointed out that in order to solve the problem completely, we should not only rely on repairing each case one by one, but should strive to continuously enhance the intelligence of the underlying underlying models so that large models can perform well in a variety of complex and extreme situations.
▍ China’s first cross-border automotive data innovation center was unveiled, according to interface news.
On July 18, China Automotive Technology Research Center Co., Ltd. signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Hong Kong New District Management Committee of the China (Shanghai) free trade pilot area, and unveiled the cross-border automotive data innovation center in the new area.
The Innovation Center will focus on cross-border data flow business in the automotive field, focusing on the docking of rules for cross-border flow of automobile data, research on safety assessment system, and exit compliance services, and gradually build a platform for cross-border safety inspection and certification of automobile data.
▌ International, ▍ EU Electric vehicle market penetration rate in June was 14.
4%, down 4.
7% from a year earlier.
On July 18, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association released data on Thursday.
EU pure electric vehicles (BEV) accounted for 14.
4 per cent of the EU car market in June, down from 15.
1 per cent last year, with more than 156400 vehicles, down 4.
7 per cent from a year earlier.
The total number of new car registrations increased by 4.
3% to 5.
7 million.
According to the report, the growth in hybrid vehicles was attributed to France (30.
9%), Italy (27.
2%), Spain (23%) and Germany (16.5%). In the first half of this year, more than 712600 new BEV were registered in the EU, accounting for 12.
5 per cent of the market, an increase of 1.
3 per cent over the same period last year.
For plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEV), the number of newly registered PHEV fell 19.
9% in June, accounting for 6.
1% of the EU car market, with sales of just over 66400 vehicles.
HEV’s market share rose from 24.
4% last year to 29.
5% in June.
The total share of gasoline and diesel vehicles fell from 49.
6% to 47.
1% over the same period.
In terms of market share, Volkswagen continued to lead with 26.
0 per cent, followed by Stellantis NV (18.
0 per cent), Renault (10.
9 per cent), Toyota (7.
8 per cent) and Hyundai (7.
8 per cent).
BMW (6.
3 per cent), Mercedes-Benz (5.
0 per cent), Ford (2.
9 per cent), Volvo (2.
7 per cent), Tesla (2.
2 per cent), Nissan (2.
1 per cent), Suzuki (1.
7 per cent), SAIC (1.
4 per cent) and Mazda (1.
3 per cent) also have a certain market share.
▍ Tesla California sales fell sharply, Sina Finance on July 18, California New car Dealers Association reported that Tesla’s new car registration in California fell 24% in the second quarter of this year from a year earlier to 52211, the third consecutive quarter of decline.
Although the Model Y is still the best-selling car in California, Tesla’s market share has been declining throughout the year.
Tesla’s share of California’s electric car market was 53.
4 per cent in the first half of this year, down from 64.
6 per cent a year ago.
Tesla delivered 443956 cars worldwide in the second quarter, meaning California accounted for about 12% of its total sales.
▍ Volvo’s revenue fell in the second quarter and its operating profit hit an all-time high.
on July 18, Volvo officially released its latest results, showing that Volvo’s second-quarter revenue was 101.
5 billion Swedish kronor, down from the same period last year.
However, Volvo’s operating profit reached 8.
2 billion Swedish kronor (5.
638 billion yuan) in the second quarter, up 28% from a year earlier, and its core pre-tax profit margin reached 8.
1%, both of which hit record highs.
In terms of sales, Volvo sold 205400 vehicles in the second quarter, up 15% from a year earlier, with new energy vehicles accounting for 48% and pure electric vehicles accounting for 26%.
▍ JPMorgan Chase CEO Dimon: the number of AI-related employees is expected to increase to 5000 in the next few years, according to Gronghui.
JPMorgan Chase CEO Dimon said on July 18 that the group has about 2000 employees responsible for data and analysis, machine learning research and AI-related areas, and the number of related employees is expected to increase to 5000 in the next few years.
He praised AI as a valuable productivity tool and has had an impact on employees, saying that what needs to be done now is to integrate AI into all businesses.
At present, the Group has 400 AI projects, which may increase to 800 within a year.
Dimon mentioned that GenAI will reshape the entire business workflow, AI will eliminate some jobs, and some new jobs will be added, making it difficult to determine the proportion of losses and increases.
▍ BYD will launch three new models in Vietnam in October and plans to expand to 100 dealerships in 2026.
Vo Minh Luc, chief operating officer of BYD Vietnam, said today that BYD will launch three new models in Vietnam in October this year, and plans to expand its dealerships to 100 in 2026.
BYD will officially open 13 retail stores in Vietnam on Saturday.
“Vietnam is BYD’s last market in the Asia-Pacific region and an important market in the region,” said the chief operating officer.
BYD will continue to launch three other models in October.
” Reuters reported that BYD has now sold three models in the Vietnamese market, namely ATTO 3 (domestic counterpart PLUS), dolphin (Dolphin) and seal (Seal).
The deputy prime minister of the Vietnamese government met with Wang Chuanfu, chairman of BYD, in May 2023.
Wang Chuanfu said that he would continue to expand the scale of manufacturing and investment in Vietnam and hoped that the local government would facilitate the early completion of investment permissions.
put the electric vehicle manufacturing and assembly project into operation as soon as possible.
The demand for ▍ electric vehicles has declined, and the production of the American factory of VinFast, the new force of Vietnamese car building, has been postponed to 2028.
According to Reuters, VinFast, the new force of Vietnamese car building, has postponed the start of production of its manufacturing plant in North Carolina from 2025 to 2028.
VinFast announced in March 2022 that it would invest $4 billion (currently about 29.
067 billion yuan) to build an electric vehicle plant in the United States, which is scheduled to start production in July 2024 at the earliest.
VinFast announced in March 2023 that the plant had been postponed to 2025, but that goal could not be achieved.
VinFast said the decision to delay production would “enable the company to optimize capital allocation, manage short-term spending more effectively, focus more resources on supporting near-term growth targets and strengthen existing operations”.
As the price of pure electric vehicles is still high, more and more buyers in the US and Europe are reconsidering their needs and switching to more affordable hybrid vehicles, shaking the demand for pure electric vehicles in the US and Europe.
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