Two months after signing the framework agreement Later, NIO signed a final agreement with Hefei to locate its Chinese headquarters in Hefei. The 7 billion yuan capital injection from strategic investors will undoubtedly alleviate NIO’s urgent needs. The company also announced that it will open NIO SPACE offline stores in multiple cities during the May Day holiday.
The chairman of Sailin Automobile, another new state-owned car-making force, was reported to his real name this week for misappropriating huge amounts of state-owned assets through false technology investments.
Lideal ONE delivered more than 2,600 vehicles to customers in April, and the growth in sales turned Lilith's cash flow into positive territory. Riding on this momentum, Lili Company will establish after-sales service networks in more cities across the country to increase users' awareness of the brand. Nezha Auto also focuses on user operations. It opened its first directly-operated store in Shanghai's bustling Hongqiao Tiandi business district this week, hoping that consumers can experience its service ecosystem up close.
Xpeng P7 has attracted much attention for its breakthroughs in multiple smart technologies and cruising range. However, Tianmei Automobile chose to enter the new energy vehicle market under the influence of the downturn in the auto market and the epidemic. It is also the first step in the new energy passenger car market of Kaifa Group. A breakthrough in the automotive field.
Also worthy of attention: WM Motor's first pure electric sedan concept version preview, Xiao Jingteng endorsed the EX5-Z; Xinte New Energy Intelligent Connected Vehicle Joint Engineering Institute was unveiled.
Dujuan Hefei signed a final agreement, opening more than 100 offline stores
On April 29, Dujuan signed a final agreement with Hefei Construction Investment Holding (Group) Co., Ltd. and Hefei Economic and Technological Development Zone. The China headquarters location was selected and signed.
According to the investment agreement, the strategic investor will invest RMB 7 billion in Dujuan China.
According to the investment agreement, the strategic investor will invest RMB 7 billion in Dujuan China, of which Dujuan China's legal entity - Dujuan (Anhui) Holding Co., Ltd. will combine its vehicle development, supply chain and Core businesses and related assets such as manufacturing, sales and services, and energy services have been injected into Dujuan China. Based on 85% of Dujuan's average market value in the 30 public trading days before April 21, 2020, the valuation is RMB 17.77 billion.
In addition, Dujuan will invest 4.26 billion yuan in Dujuan China. After the transaction is completed, Dujuan will hold a 75.9% controlling interest in Dujuan China, and the strategic investors will hold a total of 24.1% of the equity.
According to the agreement signed between Dujuan and Hefei Economic and Technological Development Zone, Dujuan will set up its China headquarters in Hefei Economic and Technological Development Zone and establish a comprehensive base integrating headquarters management, research and development, sales services, and supply chain manufacturing. And timely start the planning and construction of the second production base. Hefei will also fully support the establishment of Azera's China headquarters and the subsequent construction of R&D and production bases.
On May 1, Dujuan officially announced that it would open 7 NIO SPACE (Dujuan Space) offline stores in multiple cities during the May Day holiday. On the same day (May 1), Dujuan Space officially opened in 5 cities including Dongguan, including Dujuan's 100th offline store - Dujuan Space located in Nanshan Sea World, Shenzhen.
According to NIO’s established plan, it is expected that by the end of this year, the number of NIO’s offline sales and service stores will reach about 200. This number will become the first among new car manufacturers and brands to be officially put into operation. The company with the largest number of stores also means that NIO's subsequent sales growth and user service capabilities will enter another accelerated channel.
Li Auto: Sales volume in April was 2,600 vehicles, abandoning the extended-range concept
On April 30, Li Auto held a spring media meeting at its delivery center in Shunyi, Beijing. The current delivery status of the car and OTA upgrades are explained in more detail.
At the meeting, Li Shufu, CEO of Li Auto, said that as of April 29, Ideal ONE had delivered more than 2,600 units to users in April, and a total of 6,500 units had been delivered to users since December last year. The growth in sales has also enabled Li Auto to achieve positive cash flow.
In addition, Ideal also announced at the communication meeting that the positioning of Ideal ONE products will no longer emphasize the concept of extended range, and will replace it with plug-in hybrid power.
Li Shufu explained: "Currently, only Ideal is a company making extended-range electric vehicles. On the one hand, extended-range electric vehicles are classified as plug-in hybrids by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. On the other hand, from the market Judging from the feedback, range-extended products are also regarded as hybrid vehicles by most consumers, so we decided not to mention the concept of extended-range electric vehicles. "Ideal ONE has also been repositioned as a "luxury large hybrid SUV."
On May 1, Li Auto opened four retail centers in Shijiazhuang, Changsha, Ningbo and Jinan, bringing the total number of Li Auto retail centers to 19, covering 17 cities. The total number of Li Auto retail centers will increase to 30 by the third quarter. By the end of 2020, Li Auto's retail network will cover most provinces in China.
In terms of after-sales service network, as of now (May 1), Li Auto’s after-sales service outlets have covered 25 provinces and municipalities across the country. By July 2020, Li Auto's after-sales service outlets will expand to all provinces and municipalities except Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and are expected to cover 100 cities across the country by the end of the year, providing users with good after-sales protection.
Xpeng P7 launched
On April 27, Xpeng Motors held a P7 launch conference with the theme of "Smart as 7". The new car is priced at 22.99 after subsidies. RMB 10,000 to RMB 349,900, including 3 endurance versions: rear-wheel drive long-range model, rear-wheel drive ultra-long-range model, and four-wheel drive high-performance range model****. Among them, the rear-drive ultra-long-range Zhizun version has an NEDC cruising range of 706km, making it the longest-range mass-produced electric vehicle in the world.
As the core intelligence advantage of Xpeng P7, XPILOT 3.0 is equipped with 4 cameras, 5 millimeter wave radars and 12 ultrasonic sensors, as well as the NVIDIA Xavier computing platform that can achieve 30 trillion operations per second , can accurately identify and observe the external environment, and provide domestic users with autonomous driving solutions suitable for Chinese road scenarios.
In terms of positioning capabilities, Xiaopeng P7 uses Amap’s high-precision map, with an accuracy of decimeter level, which is the basis for lane-level positioning; at the same time, it uses triple high-precision positioning hardware (GPS RTK IMU) , making global positioning accuracy reach centimeter level; in addition, using real-time positioning and map construction technology (SLAM), the relative positioning accuracy of Xpeng P7 is less than 0.3.
The new Xmart OS 2.0 smart car system equipped on the P7 is called "a car phone that does not require a mobile phone at all" by He Xiaopeng. In the live video demonstration, the P7's voice interaction does not require waking up, can communicate very quickly, and can be interrupted at any time. It also supports the customization of wake words and command words. In the future, 90 self-developed application operations can be completed through voice.
He said: "Xpeng P7 is the benchmark product of Xpeng Motors' second-generation smart car, and it is the starting point for Xpeng Motors to fully benchmark or even surpass Tesla."
He also announced at the press conference: "Our sales outlets have increased from 8 at the beginning of last year to 113, the most among all new car-making forces, and the city coverage has expanded from 5 to 57. Service outlets have increased from 0 to 73, covering 52 cities."
At the same time, the number of super charging stations signed by Xpeng Motors has increased from 54 in January last year to 164, the number of cities covered has increased from 5 to 35, and the number of third-party charging piles has increased from 100,000. grew to 200,000.
The Chairman of Sailin Automobile was reported with his real name under the Company Law
On April 27, Qiao Yudong, the former legal staff of Sailin Automobile, said that since October 2019, the Chairman of Sailin Automobile has been reported with his real name. After Wang Xiaolin made false technology investments and was suspected of misappropriating huge amounts of state-owned funds, he and his wife were threatened. They have reported the case to the police and made a record.
Specifically, in October 2019, Qiao Yudong reported the false technology investment and suspected criminal misappropriation of public funds by Wang Xiaolin, chairman of Sailin Company, to the supervision, state-owned assets, audit and other departments; after that, he also reported to the supervision, state-owned assets, auditing and other departments. Sailin's shareholders, supervisors, relevant personnel from the government departments responsible for Sailin's projects, and the company's general manager Chen Lei made notes.
Qiao Yudong said that Sailin Company did not fulfill the approval procedures for the change of state-owned assets and restructuring of a wholly state-owned enterprise in 2016; the four foreign-invested enterprise shareholders of Sailin Company actually controlled by Wang Xiaolin made false technology investment at the price of 6.6 billion Defrauded Sailin Company shares.
According to the official website of Jiangsu Sailin, Jiangsu Sailin was jointly invested and established by the American Sailin International Automobile Company and a number of domestic enterprises and organizations *** with a registered capital of 10 billion yuan. The Sailin Automobile Project The total investment is 17.8 billion yuan. Tianyancha information shows that Nantong Hefeng Technology Investment and Development Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Nantong Hefeng") holds 33.42% of Jiangsu Sailin's equity and is the only state-owned shareholder among Jiangsu Sailin's major shareholders.
On April 29, Nantong Hefeng issued an announcement stating that as early as October 2019, the company had entrusted Guoco Law Firm (Shenzhen) to investigate Sailin Automobile’s implementation of state-owned assets supervision and corporate management systems. Conduct routine special verifications, including Qiao Yudong's "real-name report".
Nantong Hefeng stated that the technical investment involved in the establishment of Sailin Automobile has been evaluated by relevant experts and authorities, and has been evaluated by an independent evaluation agency with asset evaluation qualifications. Its investment procedures are in compliance with national laws and regulations. According to the provisions of Lin Automobile's Articles of Association, after reviewing the annual audit reports of Sailin Automobile in the past few years, no relevant matters listed in Qiao Yudong's report were found or occurred.
On the same day (April 29), Jiangsu Sailin also issued an announcement saying that Qiao Yudong, the former senior legal manager of Jiangsu Sailin, posted a "report" on Jiangsu Sailin's untrue remarks through his personal Weibo account. Jiangsu Sailin said that in view of Qiao Yudong's continued fabrication and dissemination of false information, malicious damage to the company's goodwill and management's personal reputation, and destruction of the company's business cooperation, our company has investigated his criminal and civil liability through criminal prosecution, civil litigation and other means in accordance with the law.
Nezha’s first direct-operated store opened
On April 30, Nezha’s first directly-operated store opened in Hongqiao Tiandi, Shanghai. Many of the company’s senior leaders in charge of marketing Attended the opening ceremony.
Zhou Jiang said in his speech: "The opening of the Shanghai store is a deepening and extension of Nezha Automobile's 'diversified experience' innovative strategic layout. It is also a step forward for Nezha Automobile to build its brand and deeply explore the new energy vehicle market. A new milestone. Through the innovation of the full value chain model, we will create the ultimate consumer experience for users. "
Unlike traditional 4S stores, Nezha Automobile directly-operated stores are located in the bustling business districts of Shanghai and choose the flow of people. The large Hongqiao World is set up with functional areas such as car model display, corporate culture promotion, Nezha Care after-sales service, leisure and entertainment, etc., allowing consumers to experience a digital and intelligent new shopping scene at close range, and intuitively feel the service ecology of Nezha Auto.
The new retail model of online customer acquisition and offline services is no longer limited to the category of "store", but the integration of space, circles and communities.
At the event, Zhou Ping, vice president of HZ Marketing Company, delivered the Nezha U key to the user on behalf of Nezha Automobile, and completed the vehicle delivery ceremony with the five specially invited user representatives.
WM Motors: Concept car preview, Xiao Jingteng endorses EX5-Z
On April 27, WM Motor released the first pure electric concept car preview. Officials claim that its NEDC cruising range is 800km, and it can achieve full-speed L3 autonomous driving and L4 autonomous parking.
With the help of 5G interconnection technology, in the future, not only will it have network foundations such as high-definition in-car entertainment, high-precision map access, and V2X interconnection of everything, but it will also achieve L4 autonomous driving capabilities.
Judging from the preview image, the new car adopts a coupe design. The C-pillar fastback design is very similar to the Mercedes-Benz CLS. The through-type LED light strip on the front face extends to the side of the front hatch, making it look recognizable. The degree is very high.
The car will debut at an online launch event in Weimar on May 10 and go into production in 2022. The production car will retain the design language and functional features of the concept car to the greatest extent, and possible changes include adding B-pillars and traditional exterior mirrors.
On April 30, WM Motor announced that the famous singer and music composer Jam Hsiao has officially become the number one spokesperson for its brand, and the new car he endorses is the WM EX5- which will be launched on May 10. Z. Compared with the current model, the front bumper of the WM EX5-Z adopts a new shape, and a rectangular LED light strip is added to make the front face more upright. The side and rear of the body have not changed much, and the EX5-Z chrome font has been added to the rear logo.
WM EX5-Z is equipped with the L2-level Living Pilot intelligent driving assistance system, which is equipped with 20 high-precision sensors and is specially developed and customized for Chinese road conditions. WM Motor has not released specific information about the WM EX5-Z. Currently, it only has an officially announced NEDC cruising range of 520 kilometers.
Xinte New Energy Intelligent Connected Vehicle Joint Engineering Institute was established
On April 28, Xinte and Tsinghua University Suzhou Automotive Research Institute jointly established the New Energy Intelligent Connected Vehicle Joint Engineering Institute. On April 28, the unveiling ceremony of the Joint Engineering Institute of New Energy Intelligent Connected Vehicles between Xinte and Tsinghua University Suzhou Automotive Research Institute was held in Suzhou. The unveiling ceremony of the Joint Engineering Institute was held in the prototype vehicle workshop of Xinte Company. Leaders of the Suzhou Automotive Research Institute of Tsinghua University and senior leaders of Xinte Company jointly unveiled the name of the Joint Engineering Institute. The leaders of the institute and Xinte executives attended and witnessed the ceremony.
At the unveiling ceremony, Mr. Xian Yue, CEO of Xinte Automobile, said: "Tsinghua University Suzhou Automotive Research Institute has strong technical strength in the fields of intelligent network connection, new energy, energy conservation and emission reduction. Te Auto itself also has strong expertise in the field of electric vehicles, and Xin Te itself has outstanding achievements in electric vehicle products and intelligent network systems. It is believed that this cooperation will integrate the superior resources of both parties and exert a multiplier effect. Improve the market competitiveness of Xinte Automobile. "
Xianyue revealed that after efficient preparation and preparation, the cooperation between Xinte Automobile and Tsinghua University Suzhou Automotive Research Institute has taken a solid step. The institute has taken a solid step in the cooperation model, and the first phase of products and market-oriented business plans have made rapid progress. At present, the cooperation plan for the first phase of products has been reached, and rapid joint research and development is underway.
Tianmei enters the new energy passenger vehicle market
On April 28, Kaiwo Group held the 2020 New Energy Vehicle Sichuan and Chongqing Product Exhibition in Dujiangyan, showing all aspects to the outside world Kaiwo Automobile’s new European-style buses, double-decker buses, the first strategic pure electric SUV, sanitation trucks, light trucks, Maker batteries and other products.
On April 3, the Tianmei ET5, the first model of the passenger car brand Tianmei Automobile's "2 4 N" strategy and positioned as a medium-sized SUV, was publicly unveiled. At the event, Huang Hongsheng, chairman of Kaiwo New Energy Vehicle Group, said: "More and more people are switching to electric vehicles. The first is that they are cheap, and the second is that they are much more intelligent than fuel vehicles."
He believes that "entering new energy vehicles is a once-in-a-century opportunity for us Skyworth people, including myself," and Kaiwo's ideal is "that in such a major technological change, this belt In the future leap forward of human civilization, we will create world-class new energy vehicles."
Therefore, this new energy passenger car, positioned as a "tens of millions of entrepreneurs", has been included in Kaiwo's product ecology. Huang Hongsheng announced on the spot that this SUV with a cruising range of 500 kilometers will be launched in September.
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