Domestically, a number of policies to boost automobile consumption have been introduced this week, and domestic automobile consumption is gradually recovering. Let's take a look at more information about this week's car circle and the news of new cars that will be listed next week ~
One week review
Many American car companies cut salaries and lay off employees.
According to foreign media reports, this week, a number of multinational auto companies announced the introduction of fiscal austerity policies, involving Ford, GM, FCA, Tesla and so on.
On the 26th, local time, General Motors said it was freezing its work on new car projects and would postpone the payment of wages to white-collar workers to save cash.
Among them, all salaried employees will be temporarily reduced by 20% to save cash for the company in case of COVID-19 epidemic, and this decision will affect nearly 69,000 employees. The above salary reduction decision will take effect from this Wednesday (March 25th), and the salary withheld by employees will be paid in one lump sum with interest before March next year 15. At the same time, the company's senior management team will accept a salary reduction of up to 65,438+00% and postpone the payment of 20% of cash salary. In addition, GM will let 6,500 employees who can't work at home take a vacation, because many of them are engineers working in factories. Before resuming production, their wages will only pay 75% of their previous total wages, and their length of service and medical benefits will be preserved.
Ford Motor Company said that from May 1 day, 20% to 50% of the top 300 executives of the company, including executive chairman Bill Ford, will be delayed for at least five months. Ford will be paid in full, while CEO Han will be paid in half.
In addition to salary cuts and delayed payment of wages, both FCA and Tesla have reported layoffs. FCA recently said that it has laid off 2,000 contract workers in North America. A few days ago, Tesla has decided to abolish 75% of employees in the battery factory in Nevada, USA. Due to the epidemic, the factory is currently in a state of suspension, but Tesla has not provided protection for employees. Employees without annual leave can only take unpaid leave.
Automotive industry view:
The successive salary cuts and layoffs of American auto giants are also the epitome of the current global auto industry affected by the epidemic. After the production and sales were affected, auto companies had to tighten their belts to live. Prior to this, domestic car companies also took the same way to save themselves.
In addition to pay cuts and layoffs, car companies have also begun to save themselves by reducing annual sales targets, postponing electrification and automation projects, reducing huge expenses, and maintaining cash flow to cope with the impact of the epidemic. Although salary reduction and layoffs can alleviate the immediate difficulties for car companies, they still need to find another coup for the long-term difficulties.
Many places in China have promoted automobile consumption policies.
On March 23rd, the General Office of the Ministry of Commerce, the General Office of the National Development and Reform Commission and the General Office of the National Health and Wellness Commission jointly issued the Notice on Supporting Business Circulation Enterprises to Resume Operation, which pointed out that in order to stabilize automobile consumption, local commercial authorities should actively promote the introduction of new car purchase subsidies and "trade-in" subsidies, cancel the restrictions on pickup trucks entering the city, promote the convenient trading of used cars, organize automobile promotion activities, and actively promote the optimization of automobile purchase restrictions in areas where automobile purchase restrictions are implemented to stabilize.
On March 26th, Xian Guoyi, Director of the Service and Trade Department of the Ministry of Commerce, introduced that the Ministry of Commerce will encourage all localities to introduce measures to promote the consumption of new energy vehicles in light of local conditions, and carry out trade-in of vehicles to further stabilize and expand automobile consumption.
In addition to the signal released by the central level to boost automobile consumption, the policy of boosting automobile consumption this week has also officially landed. Among them, the Zhejiang provincial government issued the "Implementation Opinions on Boosting Consumption and Promoting Economic Growth" to accelerate the release of consumption potential and minimize the impact of the new pneumonia epidemic on the province's economic development.
The opinions involved 16 specific measures to boost consumption, including encouraging Hangzhou to relax the car purchase restriction in an orderly manner. Hangzhou is encouraged to relax the measures of automobile purchase restriction in an orderly manner, formulate the policy of benefiting farmers by replacing old cars with new ones in rural areas, and dig deep into the potential of rural automobile consumption. Give full play to the advantages of a large number of cars in our province, expand the circulation of the used car market, liberalize the automobile modification market according to law, and strive to tap the service potential of the automobile aftermarket.
On March 25th, Hangzhou Passenger Car Control Office issued the Notice on Disposing of Increasing Passenger Car Indicators at One Time in 2020. According to the requirements of provincial and municipal party committees and governments on accelerating automobile consumption and promoting economic development, and in accordance with the Regulations on the Regulation of Passenger Cars in Hangzhou, it is decided through research that 20,000 passenger cars will be added at one time in 2020.
Ningbo has also introduced policies to encourage local automobile consumption. From March 25, 2020 to September 30, 2020, if consumers buy passenger cars produced and sold locally in Ningbo, they will be given a one-time profit of 5,000 yuan for each car, and each enterprise will be limited to selling 6,000 cars.
On March 25th, Nanchang issued "Several Measures to Promote Consumption in Nanchang due to the War Epidemic". Among them, car buyers who bought new cars (including passenger cars and commercial vehicles) in Nanchang during the epidemic period were subsidized according to the standard of 1000 yuan/vehicle.
Changchun has also issued corresponding policies to promote local automobile consumption, purchase cars produced in Changchun and sold in the province, and give each car a one-time subsidy of 3%, with a maximum of 4,000 yuan; Encourage the upgrading of cars, and give a one-time subsidy of up to 5,000 yuan to buy new cars produced in Changchun and sold in the province with the sales invoice of used cars or the certificate of scrapping and cancellation of cars; Encourage the group to purchase, and the maximum subsidy for each vehicle shall not exceed 6000 yuan.
Automotive industry view:
The automobile market continues to be depressed, and the voice of introducing policies to promote automobile consumption is getting higher and higher. Although the effect is uncertain, the signal to rescue the market is getting stronger and stronger. The introduction of the stimulus policy will contribute to the recovery of the automobile market. However, compared with relying on policy stimulus, the self-help ability of car companies is more important. When the national policy of postponing the national six emission standards and liberalizing the purchase restriction comes, the automobile market will usher in another spring, but the premise of selling well is to have good products.
Personnel changes of Hyundai Motor and Audi in the domestic market.
Hyundai Motor appointed Xiang Dongping as the deputy general manager and sales minister of Hyundai Motor Group (China) Beijing Hyundai Motor Co., Ltd., and officially took office on March 23, mainly responsible for Beijing Hyundai's marketing, marketing network and other businesses. Xiang Dongping has held important positions in Volkswagen, Skoda, Volvo and Skycar since 1998.
On March 26th, Audi officially announced that a Shi Hao (Werner? Eichhorn) will replace Gabe Louise? Wüst) is fully responsible for Audi's related business in China. Ann Shi Hao was previously responsible for the marketing, sales and after-sales work of Volkswagen in North America. Wu has successfully managed Audi's business in China in the past two years, and will take up a new management position of Volkswagen brand.
Automotive industry view:
Judging from the two personnel changes this week, for overseas car companies, the China market is very critical in their business sectors, which also shows their emphasis on the domestic market.
Among them, Xiang Dongping's return from the new force of building cars to traditional car enterprises is the second vice president of China hired by Hyundai Motor Group (China) after Li Feng became the vice president of Hyundai Motor Group (China) and the general manager of Dongfeng Da Yue Kia. Hyundai Motor Group once again hired a China-born executive to take charge of the Beijing Hyundai Sales Headquarters, which is enough to show Hyundai Motor Group's urgent mood to change the status quo of the China market.
BYD Toyota Electric Vehicle Technology Co., Ltd. was established.
On March 25th, BYD Toyota Electric Vehicle Technology Co., Ltd., a joint venture between Toyota and BYD, was formally established. Enterprise survey information shows that the registered place of the joint venture company is Shenzhen with a registered capital of 345 million yuan. Toyota and BYD invested RMB 6.5438+72.5 million respectively, each holding 50% of the company's shares.
The main business of the new company is the design and development of pure electric vehicles and their parts; Import and export, sales, after-sales service and related consulting services of pure electric vehicles and their parts and assemblies. The personnel of the new company will be composed of personnel from both sides engaged in related businesses.
Automotive industry view:
BYD has been in the new energy vehicle market for many years, and BYD e platform is the first pure electric vehicle platform in the world that can be enjoyed by the public. Toyota took a fancy to this and cooperated with it. Recently, Toyota has accelerated the electrification process and cooperated with many domestic enterprises such as BYD, Geely and Contemporary Ampere Technology Co., Ltd.
Now, the establishment of the joint venture company means the further progress of cooperation between the two parties. It is reported that the models produced by the company will be put into the China market in 2025. By 2025, China's new energy vehicle market will be more mature, and it remains to be seen whether the joint efforts of Toyota and BYD can set off a huge wave.
Gateway X70M is listed at a price of 64,900-89,900 yuan.
On March 23rd, the X70M was officially launched, and * * * launched five models with the price range of 64,900-89,900 yuan.
The length, width and height of the vehicle are: 4755 *1885 *1695 (1710) mm, the wheelbase is 2745mm, and the 5/6/7 seat layout is optional.
In terms of power, the X70M adopts 1.5T turbocharged engine, and the model is SORE4T 15C. The maximum output power of this engine is 1 15kW at 5500 rpm and the maximum torque is 230Nm at 1750-4000 rpm. Match 6-speed manual gearbox or 6-speed dual clutch gearbox.
Changan Auchan X7 has added three new models at the price of 109900- 127700 yuan.
On March 27th, Changan Auchan X7 held a spring conference for new smart products, announcing the addition of three new models, with intelligence as the main selling point. The price range of the new model is 109900- 127700 yuan.
As a new model of Changan Auchan X7, the changes of the three smart new products listed this time mainly focus on the configuration. The products have been intelligently upgraded according to the pain points of consumers, equipped with APA5.0 face recognition system, DMS driver care system and one-button automatic parking system. Other aspects are consistent with the current models.
In terms of power, Changan Auchan X7 will be equipped with the brand-new Blue Whale 1.5T? GDI engine, maximum power 13 1kw, maximum torque of 265N.m, transmission system matched with 6-speed manual gearbox or 7-speed wet power shift, and fuel consumption per 100 kilometers is as low as 7.4L.
Changan Yidong went public, selling 72,900-65,438+003,900.
On March 27th, Changan Yidong PLUS was officially listed. The new car * * * launched five models, and the official guide price range was 72,900-65,438+003,900 yuan.
In terms of power, the new car will be equipped with Blue Whale 1.4T four-cylinder engine and 1.6L four-cylinder engine, in which the maximum power of 1.4T engine is16kW, and the peak torque is 260N.m. 1.6L engine has a maximum power of 94kW and a peak torque of161n.m. The transmission system is matched with a 5-speed manual gearbox and a 6-speed automatic gearbox.
One-week prophet
On March 3 1 day, Guangqi Honda launched a brand-new crown road/new arrival.
Guangqi Honda brand-new Guandao/Binzhi will be listed on March 3, 20201. As a modified model, the appearance/configuration of the two cars will be adjusted.
Compared with the current models, the appearance of the new crown road has been slightly adjusted, including the front enclosure with more stable air inlet shape, the newly-designed 19-inch rim, side skirts, rear enclosure, LED taillights, and bilateral * * * four-way chrome exhaust, which makes the overall look more exquisite and novel. In terms of size, the length, width and height of the new car are 4858/ 1942/ 1670mm respectively, and the wheelbase is 2820 mm
COVID-19 Road is equipped with 12 speaker sound system, with subwoofer and plasma air purifier.
COVID-19 Road will continue to be equipped with 1.5T and 2.0T turbocharged engines, both of which meet the national six emission standards. Among them, the 2.0T direct injection turbocharged engine is equipped with a 9-speed automatic transmission, and the maximum power is? 200? KW/6500rpm, maximum torque 370Nm/2250~4500rpm. 1.5T direct injection turbocharged engine with CVT continuously variable transmission, maximum power? 142kW/5600rpm, and the maximum torque is 243Nm/2000-5000rpm.
As for the new arrivals, the details of the new car have not yet been obtained. It is expected that the new car will be mainly adjusted in terms of appearance/configuration, and we will also report in detail when the new car goes on the market.
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