What major events have happened in the automobile industry at home and abroad this week? , effective July 5th! The European Union will impose tariffs on Chinese pure electric vehicles.
On July 4, local time, nine months after launching a countervailing investigation, the European Commission imposed temporary countervailing duties on pure electric vehicles imported from China, according to information released by the European Commission.
According to the investigation, the European Commission concluded that China’s pure electric vehicle value chain benefits from unfair subsidies, which poses a threat of economic damage to EU pure electric vehicle manufacturers.
The European Commission’s investigation also examined the possible consequences and impact of these measures on EU pure electric vehicle importers, users and consumers.
The tariff rates applicable to the three Chinese automakers sampled by the EU are ∶, BYD: 17.
4%, Geely: 19.
9%, SAIC: 37.
6%, and other Chinese pure electric vehicle manufacturers that cooperate with the survey but are not sampled will be subject to a weighted average tariff of 20.8%. The tariff rate for other uncooperative enterprises was 37.6%. Photo: European Commission, the temporary tariff will be implemented on July 5, 2024 and will last for up to four months.
In the meantime, EU member states must vote to make a final decision on the final tariff.
Once the decision is passed, the validity period of the tariff will be changed to five years.
The world comments: breaking trade rules harms others and harms yourself.
It took 16 months for BYD to put into production in Thailand.
On July 4, BYD held a ceremony for the completion of the Thai plant and the unwinding of its 8 million new energy vehicles in Royong, Thailand.
According to BYD, it took only 16 months from start-up to commissioning, with an annual production capacity of about 150000 vehicles, including the four major processes and parts factories of the whole vehicle.
At the same time, BYD became the first car company in the world to reach the end of its 8 million new energy vehicles, with dolphins unveiled as an offline model at a factory in Thailand.
In the future, we plan to produce more models, including BYD ATTO 3 and Song PLUS DM-i, to meet the needs of the local market.
Gaishi comments: BYD’s sea strategy has been speeded up again.
On July 2, Cyrus announced that its holding subsidiary, Cyrus Automobile Co., Ltd., plans to acquire 2.
5 billion registered or applied series of text and graphics trademarks held by Huawei, as well as 44 related design patents for a total of 2.
5 billion yuan.
It is worth noting that on the same day, Cyrus released an evaluation report issued by Zhongjing Minxin (Beijing) Asset Evaluation Co., Ltd., for the 919 trademark rights and 44 appearance patents held by Huawei Technology Co., Ltd. and its subordinate enterprises, the market value shown on May 31, 2024 is 10.
23 billion yuan.
, Gaishi comments: Huawei “let go”, in order to secure the heart of the “mainframe factory”? In August, Xiaopeng MONA M03 officially launched its world debut.
On July 3, Xiaopeng MONA M03 ushered in its official debut.
He Xiaopeng, chairman of Xiaopeng Automobile, said in a live broadcast that the car is positioned as a “A-class intelligent pure electric hatchback sedan”, priced at less than 200000 yuan, and is scheduled to go on sale in August.
Photo source: Xiaopeng Automobile, MONA is taken from the English “Made of New AI” and is positioned as the global popularizer of AI smart cars.
At the scene of the 2024 Beijing Auto Show, he Xiaopeng announced MONA in advance.
In the live broadcast, for MONA’s first car named “M03”, he said that at present, many models are named with the numbers 9, 7, 5, while 3 is a different number.
Tesla’s Model3 model started the era of pure electric cars six years ago, and the M03 pays tribute to Tesla Model3.
Global comments: within 200000 yuan, the market competition is not easy.
It has been revealed that Toyota is in talks to build a Lexus plant in Shanghai.
According to people familiar with the matter, Toyota is currently engaged in in-depth negotiations with relevant departments on obtaining preferential policies equivalent to Tesla’s Shanghai factory.
These policies cover tax breaks, policy support, land subsidies and explore the feasibility of setting up wholly-owned factories directly without the participation of local joint venture partners to produce electric vehicles for its high-end brand Lexus.
According to people familiar with the matter, relevant departments in the Shanghai area are open to attracting such large foreign-funded enterprises to promote the growth of foreign investment.
However, the final implementation of this decision may require approval from the central government.
At present, the negotiations are still ongoing, the outcome has not yet been decided, and the situation may change in the future.
Toyota declined to comment on the report.
At the same time, the press office of the Shanghai municipal government has not immediately responded to requests for comment.
Earth comments: Lexus, which once threatened that it would never be made in China, has also been shaken, but domestic is not a panacea.
On July 3, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, together with the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and the Ministry of Transport, jointly issued the “list of pilot cities for Intelligent Network-connected vehicles” (hereinafter referred to as the “pilot list”).
According to reports, the “pilot list” is arranged in accordance with the notice on the implementation of Intelligent Network Automotive “vehicle Road Cloud Integration” (hereinafter referred to as “pilot work”), on the basis of voluntary declaration and organizational evaluation.
20 cities (including Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Ordos, Shenyang, Changchun, Nanjing, Suzhou, Wuxi, Hangzhou-Tongxiang-Deqing complex, Hefei, Fuzhou, Jinan, Wuhan, Shiyan, Changsha, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Haikou-Sanya-Qionghai complex and Chengdu) are identified as the intelligent network automobile “vehicle-road-cloud integration” application pilot cities.
The self-driving industry has ushered in an unprecedented opportunity for development.
, return to the first electric network home page >.
