▌ news, ▍ ideal car announced open source self-research car system “star ring OS”, Li wanted to explain that self-research star ring OS was a bit “forced to go up Liangshan”, but unexpectedly got through “Ren du Ermai”, the first electric news on March 27th, at the annual meeting of the 2025 Zhongguancun Forum, ideal car founder Li wanted to announce open source self-research car operating system ideal star ring OS.
Li Xiang explained his determination to develop his own operating system, mainly because the previously used AUTOSAR system chips took a long time to adapt, and had disadvantages such as performance, security, and cost.
After three years of hard work, ideal car got on board with its own operating system for the first time in 2024.
Li Xiang said that although the self-research of the ideal Ring OS has the meaning of “forcing Liangshan”, it has also unexpectedly opened up the “second pulse” of the technology, developed a system with shorter adaptation time, wider architecture support, and better key performance, and finally embarked on the road of open source sharing.
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The ideal star ring OS shortens the chip adaptation development cycle from 3-6 months to less than 4 weeks, improves the full-link response speed of the vehicle, doubles the response speed and improves the stability by 5 times.
In the aspect of information security, the end-to-end security capability is built to effectively deal with the risk of illegal car control and private data disclosure.
In addition, the use of ideal Ring OS can save billions of yuan in BOM costs and tens of millions of AUTOSAR authorization fees every year, which can be reflected in the purchase price of users, so that users can get more security and comfort configuration and enjoy a better experience at the same price.
Li Xiang said that the open source ideal ring OS can help any brand save tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars in costs every year and improve the performance and security of automotive operating systems.
▍ Weilai plans to raise HK $3.
5 billion in placing shares, while US stocks fell nearly 8 per cent before trading.
First Electric announced on March 27th that it planned to raise money through placing shares.
The company will issue no more than 118.
79 million Class A common shares at a price of HK $29.
46 per share, with a total expected financing of HK $3.
5 billion, or about 3.
271 billion yuan.
The move aims to provide financial support for the research and development of smart electric vehicle technology and new products, while strengthening the company’s balance sheet for general corporate purposes.
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In addition, some of the money will be used to optimize the company’s financial position and ensure its competitiveness in the global electric vehicle market.
Affected by the news, the US stock market of Lulai Motor fell straight before the market, falling nearly 8%, and Hong Kong stocks also fell more than 5% today.
Earlier, Li Bin, founder, chairman and CEO of Xilai, stressed at a recent communication meeting that the company must make a profit in the fourth quarter.
▍ Trump signed an executive order to impose a 25% tariff on all imported cars, causing a shock in the global market.
Us President Donald Trump signed an executive order on the 26th, announcing that he would impose a 25% tariff on all imported cars, which will take effect on April 2.
Trump said at the White House that car tariffs would be permanent, noting that companies that make cars in the United States do not have to pay tariffs.
In addition, Trump mentioned that Tesla CEO Elon Musk did not suggest or demand benefits on car tariffs, and although Musk said the tariffs had a significant impact on Tesla, Tesla’s share price rose 5 percent to $285.
82 per share in the day.
Affected by the news, us pre-market auto stocks generally fell, general motors fell nearly 7%, Ford motor fell nearly 4%, Toyota and Honda fell more than 2%.
The European Stoxx 600 auto stock index fell 3.
3%, with BMW and Mercedes-Benz both down more than 4%, and Germany’s Volkswagen down more than 3%, and the German Volkswagen Stellantis fell more than 4%.
Trump offered an one-month tariff exemption for auto parts imports until May 3.
The U.S. Department of Commerce expects the tariffs to affect 192 billion dollars worth of imports.
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For example, if a car made in Mexico contains 50% of American parts and 50% of non-American parts, the tariff rate of 25% would be halved to 12.5%. Passenger cars exported to the United States from other countries will initially face a tariff of only 2.
5%, while light trucks will face a tariff of 25%.
The new tariff is superimposed on the original basis, meaning that after April 3, the tariff on passenger cars exported to the United States will be 27.
5%, while that on light trucks will be as high as 50%.
Global capital markets have reacted to the news, with auto stocks falling in the United States, Japan and South Korea.
In addition, Trump issued a warning to Canada and the European Union on social platform Truth Social, hinting that the United States will impose higher tariffs on them if the two countries jointly cause damage to the US economy.
Brazilian President Lula responded with plans to impose retaliatory tariffs on the United States, although details have not yet been released.
Lula expressed concern about the trend of global economic protectionism and stressed the importance of strengthening trade relations with Japan.
China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Commerce respectively responded, saying there were no winners in the trade war and tariff war, while the Ministry of Commerce said China had sued the United States for imposing tariff measures.
▌ domestic, ▍ Avita responded to the rumors of listing in Hong Kong: the sponsor of CICC and Central Securities plans to list in 26 years.
According to the Financial Associated Press on March 27th, the Avita brand jointly built by Changan, Huawei and Ningde Times is accelerating the process of Hong Kong stock IPO.
Avita plans to submit its listing application to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange as early as the second quarter of this year and complete the listing in the fourth quarter, according to people familiar with the matter.
At present, the company is in the stage of filing and counseling, and it is proposed to hire Huatai International as the sponsor.
In response to the listing rumors, Avita sources said that China International Capital Corporation and Citic Securities are co-sponsors of the company, and the company plans to list in 2026, according to the Beijing News Shell Finance report.
In addition, the Avita brand announced today that its fourth production model, the Avita 06 “Zhimei luxury Sports sedan”, is officially on sale, starting at 215900 yuan and is expected to go on sale in April.
The new car offers Pro extended version, Max extended version, Pro pure electric version, Max pure electric version, Ultra pure electric version, a total of five configurations, and there are six body colors to choose from.
▍ Dongfeng Group has revenue of 106.
197 billion in 2024, new energy vehiclesSales increased by 13.
4% over the same period last year, turning losses into profits.
According to the first Electric News on March 27, Dongfeng Automobile Group released its 2024 results.
During the period, the group’s income was 106.
197 billion yuan, up 6.
86% from the same period last year.
the gross profit was 13.
585 billion yuan, up 38.
2% from the same period last year.
the profit attributable to the equity holders of the parent company was 58 million yuan, turning losses into profits.
the operating cash flow increased by 8.
15 billion yuan over the same period last year, and the cash reserve at the end of the period was about 100 billion yuan.
In 2024, Dongfeng Group shares sold about 1.
8959 million cars, down 9.
2% from the same period last year.
Of this total, sales of autonomous passenger cars were 438900, up 26.
4 percent over the same period last year, and gross profit margin increased by 8.
4 percentage points to 12.
9 percent over the same period.
The commercial vehicle business sold about 351800 vehicles, up 2.
4 per cent from a year earlier.
Overseas exports for the whole year were 195000, an increase of 15.
5% over the same period last year.
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4% from the same period last year, and the proportion of new energy sales in the group’s total sales increased by 4.1%. In 2024, Dongfeng Group successively launched new products such as Nano 01, e π 007 and 008, Lantu FREE318, bosom friend, new dreamer, Fengshen L7, popular Xinghai V9, S7 and so on.
Dongfeng Group aims to sell 3 million vehicles in 2025, including 1 million new energy vehicles and 500000 overseas exports.
▍ Hongmeng Zhihang announced 25 M8 small orders of more than 80,000 units, the first electric March 27th news, Hongmeng Zhihang announced that its “universal car king” M8 small orders exceeded 80000 units, becoming the 400000 yuan class “most anticipated” family flagship SUV.
The new car starts at 368000 yuan in advance and is expected to go on sale in April.
The M8 locates a medium and large SUV with 5-seat and 6-seat layouts, the official label is 1526km, and the new car is equipped with Hongmeng Zhixing system.
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The model, internally codenamed “ES39”, will be equipped with Huawei cockpit and smart driving technology, and will offer two battery-only versions.
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From the spy photos, the overall shape and details of the model are very similar to those of the Feifan RC7 model, including lamp set modeling, lidar, hidden doorknob design and so on.
▌ International, ▍ Wenyuan Zhixing has won the French self-driving license, the first global self-driving license company with five countries, March 27, the first electric news, Wenyuan Zhixing WeRide announced cooperation with the French self-driving travel network operator bati, successfully obtained the French pure self-driving public road test and operation license.
This achievement makes Wenyuan Zhixing the first technology company in the world to have self-driving licenses in China, the United Arab Emirates, Singapore, France and the United States.
The license granted this time allows Wenyuan to operate at the speed of 40km/h, which is the highest speed pure unmanned road test and operation license approved by France.
▍ called for the formulation of a national robot strategy to maintain the global competitive advantage of AI.
According to Fortune magazine on March 27th, US robot companies, including Tesla, Boston Dynamics and Agility Robotics, are promoting the formulation of a national robot development strategy.
Representatives of these companies showed off their robot products to lawmakers on Capitol Hill and urged the government to formulate policies to help American companies maintain a leading position in the global robot race.
Jeff Cardenas, co-founder and CEO of Apptronik, stressed that the next round of robot competition will be driven by artificial intelligence (AI), and that although the United States is currently in the lead, it needs strategic planning at the national level to maintain this advantage.
The Advanced Automation Association also warned that a lack of policy support could lead the United States to lose its leading position in robotics and AI, and called on the government to provide tax breaks to fund training, research and innovation, while setting up a federal robotics office to deal with global competition and technological complexity.
▍ OpenAI expects revenue of $12.
7 billion this year and $40 billion next year, led by Softbank Corp.
OpenAI expects revenue of $12.
7 billion in 2025, more than tripling from $3.
7 billion in 2024, Bloomberg reported on March 27th.
OpenAI also expects revenue of $29.
4 billion in 2026 and more than $125 billion in 2029.
As a major investor and strategic partner in OpenAI, Microsoft’s fourth-quarter annual recurring revenue reached $13 billion, an increase of 175% year-on-year.
OpenAI has launched a series of subscription products, such as ChatGPT Pro, and the enterprise version of ChatGPT already has more than a million paying users.
At present, the competition in the field of generative AI is fierce, and the technology giants such as Google and Microsoft continue to increase the size.
According to the latest news, Softbank Corp.
plans to inject US $40 billion into OpenAI at a valuation of US $260 billion, some of which will be used for the Stargate project jointly established by OpenAI, Softbank Corp.
and Oracle.
OpenAI announced on Tuesday local time the release of GPT-4o ‘s native image generation function, which is gradually available to ChatGPT Plus, Pro and Team users.
In addition, OpenAI is close to finalizing a $40 billion financing led by Softbank Corp.
, with other investors involved in the negotiations including Magnetar Capital, Coatue Management, Founders Fund and Altimeter Capital Management.
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