▌ News, ▍ Wan Gang: China’s electric vehicle production is expected to exceed 10 million this year, thepaper.
cn reported on June 26.
Wan Gang, president of the China Association of Science and Technology, predicted at the 2024 Summer Davos Forum today that China’s electric vehicle production is expected to break through the 10 million mark this year.
Wan Gang also said that the current “volume” of the auto industry is actually a kind of anxiety about transformation, and the auto market has always been highly competitive.
“since I entered the auto market, BMW and Audi have been competing at that time, but cars just have to be able to meet everyone’s requirements.
” there will be competition.
” He also mentioned that there are certain political factors in EU trade barriers, and many EU countries have also expressed their opposition, and it is time to hold consultations on global economic development and take this opportunity to continue negotiations on the China-EU trade agreement.
▍ Germany is trying to persuade the European Union to lift the proposed tariff, and in return, China may abolish the consumption tax on large emissions of European imported cars, according to people familiar with the matter.
German automakers may benefit if Germany persuades the European Union to lift the proposed tariff on Chinese electric vehicles.
Last week the EU announced new tariffs of up to 38.
1 per cent on imports of pure electric vehicles from China, but German officials are studying how to ensure that the proposal does not really take effect.
According to people familiar with the matter, China has proposed to lower import tariffs on large-engine cars and, in return for abandoning tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, currently imposes a 15 per cent tariff on EU passenger car imports, while China and the EU have agreed to initiate negotiations on the EU electric vehicle countervailing investigation.
▍ Ministry of Commerce: 2.
2 million scrapped cars were recycled nationwide from January to May, an increase of 19.
4% over the same period last year.
CCTV News on June 26th, the reporter learned from the Ministry of Commerce that since the issuance of the “Action Plan for promoting the Trade-in of Consumer goods”, all work has progressed smoothly, got off to a good start, and achieved phased results.
Data show that 2.
2 million scrapped cars were recycled nationwide from January to May, up 19.
4 percent from the same period last year.
sales of new energy vehicles were 3.
895 million, up 32.
5 percent from the same period last year, accounting for 33.
9 percent of new car sales.
and 7.
864 million used cars were traded, up 8.
7 percent from the same period last year.
▍ Naga submitted its application for listing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
On the morning of June 26th, the parent company of Nezhong New Energy submitted its IPO application to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange today.
According to the prospectus, Naha had a revenue of 13.
555 billion yuan and a net loss of 6.
867 billion yuan in 2023.
Nezha currently launches five smart new energy vehicles, and vehicle delivery has increased from 64230 in 2021 to 124189 in 2023, with a compound annual growth rate of 39.0%. Data show that from January to May 2024, Naha exported 16458 cars, ranking first among new power car companies.
According to Bloomberg News on June 1st, United Ben is considering submitting a Hong Kong IPO application of US $1 billion as soon as this month.
However, Nahu said it had “no comment” on the news.
Prior to this, Naxi Automobile has appointed China International Capital Corporation and Morgan Stanley to be in charge of Hong Kong IPO, which is expected to raise up to US $1 billion.
A person familiar with the matter said that the review is under way, and details such as the timing and the lineup of financial institutions may still change.
▍ Volkswagen plans to invest 5 billion US dollars in Rivian to jointly develop the next generation of electric vehicles, Zhitong Finance and other media reported on June 26th, Volkswagen Group announced plans to invest 5 billion US dollars in American electric vehicle start-up company Rivian Automotive, the two sides will jointly form a joint venture.
Volkswagen said in a statement that it would immediately invest $1 billion in Rivian and would add an additional $4 billion in the future.
The new joint venture will be “equally controlled and owned” by both sides and is committed to developing the next generation of pure electric vehicles and automotive software.
It is reported that the joint venture will build a “software-defined vehicle” technology platform based on Rivian’s software and electrical architecture, which will be used by the two companies to produce their own products.
Rivian founder and CEO R.J. Scaringe said Volkswagen funding will help Rivian launch a medium-sized SUV called R2, which will sell for about $45000 (currently about 327000 yuan) and complete the construction of a plant in Georgia.
Rivian halted construction of its Georgia plant in March to save more than $2 billion.
▍ M9 has topped 100000 luxury car sales in its six months on the market, ranking first in luxury car sales in more than 500000.
On June 26th, ATIO Automobile Weibo announced that in its six months on the market, M9 has exceeded 100000 vehicles, firmly ranking first in luxury car sales in more than 500000, creating a new sales record for luxury brand models in the Chinese market.
At the same time, Yu Chengdong, managing director of Huawei, chairman of Terminal BG, and chairman of Smart car solution BU, said in a post: “this is a milestone for the world, a milestone for Hongmeng Zhixing, and a milestone for new energy vehicles! He also announced that the flagship sedan S9 would be released in August.
▍ Avita will be the first batch of Huawei Qianqi ADS 3.
0 high-level smart driving features, which will be launched nationwide on Saturday.
First Electric learned on June 26th that Changan Automobile’s high-end smart electric brand Avita today announced that it will become the first batch of car brands equipped with Huawei Qianqi ADS 3.
0high-level smart driving, and plans to start an one-month smart driving experience nationwide on June 29 (Saturday).
According to officials, Huawei dry ADS 3.
0 adopts the new end-to-end architecture of GOD (General obstacle Identification) / PDP (Predictive decision Control), which can realize the NCA function of intelligent driving from parking space to parking space, and upgrade the omni-directional collision system of CAS 3.
0 to cover emergency braking and horizontal obstacle avoidance in more speed zones.
According to Jin Yuzhi, BU CEO of Huawei’s smart car solution, ADS 3.
0 will bring four major upgrades to architecture, security, scenario and parking.
In addition, the VPD function will also enable user test recruitment.
Users only need to drive the vehicle to the elevator entrance, get off and open the VPD, and the vehicle can find its own parking space.
At present, Avita has opened a VPD functional experience service with 50 stores in 30 cities across the country, and officials say it has formed a large-scale “smart driving experience network”.
Li Liyun, the person in charge of ▍ Xiaopeng Intelligent driving, blasted pseudo-smart drivers all over the country on Weibo.
Titanium media App reported on June 26 that Li Liyun, the head of Xiaopeng Intelligent driving, blasted pseudo-smart drivers all over the country.
Li Liyun said that in fact, people in the non-intelligent driving industry are often misled when it is said that “the whole country can open it.
” there are two ways to develop it: one is that “white list” can be opened all over the country, and many car companies actually use this way, only for parts of the city.
The whitelist road is open, or only some whitelist users who meet a certain threshold are recruited to open it.
Another kind of “black list” can be opened all over the country, except for some specific scenes (such as secret areas, etc.
), all roads in the country can be opened, and are open to all users.
Xiaopeng XNGP, which will be fully open in July, belongs to the latter.
In ▌, ▍ ▍ Lifecycle quality system “ATQ” was announced for the first time.
Phoenix New Media Science and Technology reported on June 26th that the 2024 Weilai quality tour was held at the second factory of Weilai in Xinqiao Intelligent Electric vehicle Industrial Park in Hefei, Anhui Province.
Li Bin, chairman of Xilai, put forward the full life cycle quality system ATQ, namely All Time Quality, which starts from the interests of users for the first time at the meeting.
Li Bin said at the press conference: “in the era of smart electric vehicles, we need to pay attention to the interests of the whole life cycle of users from the perspective of users, user scenarios and user interests.
We need to have quality thinking and quality system in the whole life cycle.
‘ATQ’ embodies the underlying thinking about the quality of the era of smart electric vehicles.
” Shen Feng, executive vice president of Weilai, said: “there are multiple challenges in quality management in the era of intelligent electric vehicles, such as high integration of components, introduction of new technologies, software-defined vehicles, and rapid product iteration.
Our ‘ATQ’ quality system, that is, the whole life cycle quality system based on the interests of users, applies quality management to the whole domain and the whole process, covering all aspects of product design, research and development, manufacturing and use.
” The cumulative sales of ▍ SAIC Volkswagen brand exceeded 400000 vehicles from January to May, an increase of 3.
9% over the same period last year.
FAW Volkswagen brand accumulated sales of 409920 vehicles from January to May, up nearly 50000 from January to May compared with the same period last year.
110% year-on-year growth.
The first cold region self-driving test ground in ▍ is located in Heihe.
On June 26th, Harbin announced that the Heihe City self-driving test site, built and operated by Zhaopin, the information technology company of Heilongjiang Communications and Investment Group, has successfully passed the evaluation and confirmation of the Ministry of Transportation, and has officially become the ninth “self-driving closed test base” certified by the State Ministry.
It is also the first national closed self-driving test base in cold regions.
Since 2019, the Ministry of Transport has successively identified 8 autopilot test sites in Beijing, Shanghai, Xiangyang, Chongqing and other places.
The identification of the self-driving test field in Heihe City fills the blank of the national closed self-driving test base in cold regions of our country, which can not only provide professional testing environment and facilities for cold region self-driving technology, but also promote the progress of self-driving technology and industrial development in cold regions of our country, and provide a pilot demonstration for the relevant policies and norms of self-driving in cold regions of our country.
As a pilot project of traffic power in Heilongjiang Province, the self-driving test field in Heihe City has successively built and improved test scenes and supporting facilities such as tunnels, S-shaped bends, dynamic squares and controllable lighting, and formed 48 test scenarios of 14 scene test units.
to achieve a breakthrough in vehicle-road cooperative self-driving technology.
▍ Lutes CEO: as a million-class luxury brand will not participate in the price war, Fast Technology June 26 news, Lutes Group CEO Feng Qingfeng recently made it clear on the social platform that as a positioning million luxury pure electric car brand, Lutes will not participate in the price war.
He believes that although the current price war in China’s auto market is widespread, it does not mean that all brands must reduce prices to compete.
Feng Qingfeng believes that even if there are problems of configuration and appearance homogenization in the middle and low-end pure electricity and entry luxury car market, the million-level pure electric car market still has its uniqueness.
In 2023, Lutes had operating revenue of $679 million and a gross profit margin of 15 per cent.
Despite a full-year net loss of about $750 million, electric models accounted for 63 per cent of deliveries.
In the market environment where many brands have reduced their prices, Lutes’ strategy of not reducing prices is particularly prominent.
▍ Guangzhou Auto Toyota will launch end-to-end Jing Zhijia in cooperation with Momenta.
According to the official WeChat of Guangzhou Automobile Toyota on June 25th, its “Science and Technology Open Day” is scheduled for June 28, and will launch end-to-end full-scene smart driving in conjunction with Momenta, claiming that it can drive where there is a road, avoid where there is an obstacle, and stop where there is a seat.
According to reports, the Momenta end-to-end smart car will be carried in the first launch of Guangzhou Auto Toyota’s new pure electric model bZ3X (Platinum Intelligence 3X).
▍ reported that Nissan will produce electric cars for Dongfeng by the end of this year in order to increase the operating rate of its plant in Wuhan.
Nissan will start producing electric vehicles for its Chinese joint venture partner Dongfeng Motor in Wuhan by the end of this year, according to the Nikkei News today.
The factory in Wuhan currently produces Ariya and Qijun SUV models.
Nissan reportedly aims to reduce fixed costs and increase the operating rate of the plant by producing electric cars for Dongfeng Motor.
Earlier this month, domestic media reported that Lantu’s new pure electric home SUV, named “bosom friend”, will be produced at Dongfeng Nissan’s Yunfeng factory, which is the production base of Dongfeng Nissan’s all-electric model Ariya.
In response, a person familiar with the matter said that Dongfeng Nissan actually rented the factory to produce its models, and Lantu adopted a similar model.
Zhou Hongyi, chairman of ▍: the shutdown of OpenAl service will not curb the development of China’s big models.
First Electric noticed that Zhou Hongyi, founder and chairman of OpenAl, posted a video on Weibo on June 26th.
He believes that “the suspension of OpenAI services in China can only accelerate the development of China’s own large model industry, not necessarily a bad thing.
” He explained: “the API of OpenAI can not be called, which forces domestic applications to choose domestic large models, and the gap between domestic large models and GPT has gradually narrowed.
” Zhou Hongyi also said: “this has no impact on enterprise applications and entrepreneurs, and you can deploy local large models on your own.
” Large models will gradually be migrated locally, faster and more secure.
” ▍ Deep Blue Automobile: thousands of charging piles will be arranged along National Highway 318 in the next three years, including Chengdu, Litang, Lhasa and other places.
According to news from IT House on June 26th, Deep Blue Automobile today officially announced that there will be no less than 1000 charging piles along National Highway 318 in the next three years.
According to reports, the charging piles will be divided according to the charging radius, and the layout of charging stations will be implemented in stages, covering hotels, accommodation and scenic spots in cities along Kangding, Yajiang, Litang, Batang, Mangkang, Nyingzhi, Lhasa, etc.
, to realize the charging network for new energy vehicles on the G318 National Highway, and to build no less than 1000 dark blue charging piles one after another.
▍ Lai responded to the broken accelerator pedal: the problem vehicle is a second-hand car, and there has been a serious accident.
According to China Finance and Economics report, on June 24, a Weilai owner in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, broke the throttle pedal while driving a Weilai car.
The owner strongly questioned the quality of the vehicle, and pointed out that the material of the throttle pedal was suspected to be “inferior plastic”, which was directly related to driving safety.
In response, Xilai responded today that the ES6 with broken accelerator pedals was a used car purchased by the owner through a third party, which had had a serious accident before and was rated as a total loss by the insurance company.
at present, most of the suspension acceleration pedals are made of engineering plastic, and their design strength has industry standards.
In order to protect the safety of drivers, fracture may occur under specific stress conditions.
, ▍ byte jump released AI intelligent development tool “bean bag MarsCode”, 36 krypton June 26 news, byte jump officially released AI intelligent coding tool bean bag MarsCode.
MarsCode is introduced as an integrated development environment (IDE) with built-in AI helper and support for more than 100 languages and major IDE extensions.
It has a powerful AI assistant, which can provide code completion, interpretation, debugging and other functions to help developers code and innovate faster.
The AI helper can provide suggestions for a single line or an entire function during the coding process and supports code snippet generation through comments.
The editor can understand the natural language, thus providing accurate code advice.
In addition, the AI assistant can interpret project code, optimize the quality of answers to questions, and provide intelligent recommendations for optimization.
Developers can also use MarsCode to develop and deploy AI plug-ins, as well as Schema for development, testing, deployment, and multi-platform distribution ▌ International, ▍ ExxonMobil will supply 100000 tons of lithium for the Arkansas project to South Korean electric vehicle battery manufacturer SK On.
ExxonMobil announced on June 25th local time that it has signed a non-binding agreement to supply Arkansas project lithium to South Korean electric vehicle battery manufacturer SK On.
The agreement has the potential to become a multi-year off-take agreement with a takeover capacity of up to 100000 tons.
It is reported that in the United States, SK On currently operates two battery plants in Commerce, Georgia, and builds four more through joint ventures with Ford Motor Company and Hyundai Motor Group.
▍ Ferrari is reported to be preparing to offer electric car battery subscription service.
Ferrari will provide electric vehicle battery subscription service at an annual cost of about $7500, which will give hybrid car owners the right to replace batteries after eight years of use, according to a person familiar with the matter.
▍ Stellantis threatened the British government to stop local production of electric vehicles without measures to stimulate demand for electric vehicles.
According to Reuters and Sky News, Maria Grazia Davino, the chief executive of Stellantis UK, said on Tuesday that if the British government does not come up with more measures to stimulate demand for electric vehicles and help companies comply with the new electric vehicle regulations, Stellantis may stop production there.
Davino told a press conference held by the London Association of Automobile Manufacturers and traders that the company is likely to make a decision on future production in the UK in less than a year.
According to the report, the European Union requires automakers to achieve carbon dioxide reduction targets through a combination of hybrid and electric vehicles, but the UK began to require automakers to sell a certain proportion of pure electric vehicles this year, otherwise they will face huge fines.
Davino said, “these rules will certainly have consequences in the UK-production of Stellantis in the UK may stop, although Stellantis UK [the company’s business in the UK] will not stop.
” “what I need to be clear is that I want to continue production in the UK.
” In addition, Davino said that in recent months, high vehicle prices and inadequate charging infrastructure have led to a slowdown in consumer demand for electric vehicles, so she believes the rising target by 2030 is “likely to be very destructive”.
▍ GM’s self-driving division Cruise appoints Marc Whitten’s new CEO.
Cruise, GM’s self-driving division, has appointed Marc Whitten as the new CEO,Marc Whitten’s former executive at Amazon and Microsoft Xbox, who will officially take over on July 16, according to the Financial Associated Press.
At the same time, the company hired Nick Mulholland as chief communications and marketing officer, and Nick Mulholland has held similar positions at Rivian in the past.
According to the report, the European Union requires automakers to achieve carbon dioxide reduction targets through a combination of hybrid and electric vehicles, but the UK began to require automakers to sell a certain proportion of pure electric vehicles this year, otherwise they will face huge fines.
The owner of ▍ said Tesla Cybertruck’s new car ran out of control and crashed into the house.
According to Carscoops, a new overseas car owner who just mentioned Tesla Cybertruck recently had an accident just four hours after driving the electric truck.
According to the owner’s description, the vehicle suddenly failed to steer and the acceleration pedal was out of control while driving.
Although he slammed on the brakes, the vehicle showed no sign of slowing down and finally crashed into the neighbor’s house.
The 15-meter-long skid marks are clearly visible on the asphalt, meaning that the rear wheels of the vehicle were locked at the time of the accident.
Subsequently, the car owner received a reply after communicating with Tesla customer service: “after reviewing the log, due to road conditions problems, the acceleration pedal may not be automatically disconnected when the brake is pressed.
” As for the issue of rear wheel lock, we are investigating.
” This remark makes one wonder whether other Cybertruck have the same hidden trouble.
It should be pointed out that this incident seems to have nothing to do with the previous recall of Tesla due to the loosening of the accelerated pedal panel.
▍ BMW was the first approved to combine L2 and L3 self-driving systems in a single vehicle.
According to BMWBLOG, BMW has become the first automaker to be approved to combine L2 and L3 self-driving systems in a single vehicle.
It is reported that the new BMW 7-Series now offers BMW Express Assistant (Highway Assistant) and BMW personal Navigation system (Personal Pilot) functions.
The BMW Expressway Assistant (L2) allows vehicles to travel at a maximum speed of 130 km / hDriving for 100 degrees, this feature is limited to lanes that are physically isolated from oncoming traffic (such as highways).
Drivers can remove their hands from the steering wheel for extended periods of time, but only if they remain vigilant and are prepared to take over control if needed.
,丨 Ford CEO said: L3 autonomous driving that “frees hands and eyes” can be achieved within a few years.
On June 26, Ford Motor Company CEO Jim Farley revealed that the company will launch L3 autonomous driving technology in the next few years will be introduced to consumers in the next few years, allowing drivers to free their hands and eyes on the road.
L3 autonomous driving means that the car can drive autonomously to a certain extent, and the driver does not need to monitor the system at all times, but may still need to take over driving under certain circumstances.
Tesla’s Elon Musk has been promising this feature for years, and Mercedes-Benz has pioneered a similar system.
If Farley’s prediction is accurate, then Ford will likely surpass Tesla and seize the lead in the field of L3 autonomous driving.
“We are very close to achieving this goal,” Farley said in an interview with Bloomberg TV on May 31.
“Currently, prototypes are able to do this, but the next challenge to be overcome is how to achieve Affordable mass production.
L3 autonomous driving technology will allow you to achieve a ‘hands-off’ experience on the road, when the car will be transformed into a mobile office, where you can conduct conference calls and more.
” It is worth mentioning that Farley did not mention the cost of this new technology, and outsiders speculated that it may adopt a subscription charging model.
丨 Banks that provide services for the IPO of Hyundai Motor’s Indian subsidiary are reported to receive commissions of up to US$40 million.
According to Reuters news on June 26, three sources said that banks that provide consulting services for the IPO of Hyundai Motor’s Indian subsidiary will receive as much as US$40 million in commission, or the second highest level in history.
It is reported that Hyundai Motor’s Indian subsidiary applied for listing approval from regulators this month.
This may be the largest listing transaction in India.
Hyundai will raise approximately US$2.
5 billion to US$3 billion, and the subsidiary’s valuation can reach up to US$30 billion.
Sources with direct knowledge of deal discussions said Hyundai India will pay banks such as JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and HSBC a commission equivalent to 1.
3% of the IPO size.
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