On the evening of October 11th, Baidu official Weibo announced that from now on, Baidu's self-driving taxi service will be fully opened in Beijing, and friends in Beijing can directly place an order for a free trial ride at the self-driving taxi stations in Haidian and Yizhuang without making an appointment. The vehicle currently supports two people.
Shang Guobin, general manager of the strategic operation department of Baidu Intelligent Driving Business Group, said in a circle of friends, Apollo? GO has seriously exploded in Beijing. According to statistics, Apollo on October 12? Go? Breakthrough in single-day call volume in Beijing? 26? Has the highest peak value of single and single station car been reached? 6? Single.
a month ago, Baidu Apollo announced that Beijing users could make an appointment to experience Robotaxi on Baidu map and Apollo official website. This time it is fully open. At present, an independent App? Apollo? GO in Xiaomi, Huawei, Oppo, vivo store and iOS? App? Store are all on the shelves.
By the end of 219, Baidu had applied for more than 1,8 global patents for autonomous driving, ranking first in China. The test mileage totaled more than 3 million kilometers, including 13,3 miles in the United States and 893,9 kilometers in Beijing. Obtained the highest T4 license in China.
Baidu has taken the lead in launching the vehicle application demonstration of Robotaxi in Beijing, Changsha, Guangzhou, Cangzhou and other cities. By the end of December 219, Changsha had achieved more than 1, safe passenger trips.
according to Apollo official website, Robotaxi has the automatic driving ability to cope with various complex urban scenes, with the automatic driving level of L4, a 36 visual field during the automatic driving process, a detection distance of 24m, and a real-time control delay of less than 1ms.
According to the data released by the China Automobile Association at the press conference on October 13th, in September, the production and sales of automobiles were 2.524 million and 2.565 million respectively, up 19.1% and 17.4% from the previous month and 14.1% and 12.8% from the same period last year. As of this month, automobile production and sales have increased for six consecutive months, of which the growth rate of sales has remained above 1% for five consecutive months.
driven by trucks and buses, commercial vehicles continue to maintain a rapid growth momentum, in which the sales volume of commercial vehicles and trucks both set a new record in September; The sales volume of passenger cars continued to grow this month and the growth rate expanded, which supported the growth of the overall automobile market more than that of commercial vehicles, among which the sales volume of SUVs set a new record in September.
this month, new energy vehicles continued to grow, and their monthly sales also set a new record in September. In September, the sales volume of new energy vehicles increased by 28.9% month-on-month, and the cumulative production and sales from January to September increased by -18.7% year-on-year.
from the breakdown of energy types, the production and sales of pure electric vehicles were 17, and 112, respectively, up by 4.% and 71.5% respectively. The production and sales of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles were 29, and 26, respectively, up by 89.5% and 53.9% respectively. The production and sales of fuel cell vehicles were completed with 3 vehicles and 1 vehicle respectively, down by 97.6% and 99.2% respectively.
Recently, China First Automobile Co., Ltd. and Audi Automobile Co., Ltd. signed a memorandum of understanding in Changchun, and the two parties will jointly establish a joint venture company to produce pure electric vehicles with PPE platform. This PPE platform will be a high-end electric vehicle platform developed by Audi and Porsche, and the first model will be put into production in 224. At the same time, the electric vehicles produced by the new joint venture company will be sold based on the existing dealer network of FAW-Volkswagen Audi.
With the second outbreak of the virus in several major economies around the world, the global automobile industry's desire to return to the pre-epidemic sales level with a simple "V" rebound in late 22 or early 221 is completely shattered. GlobalData predicts that a full recovery may not be achieved until 223.
previously, some industry forecasters predicted that global sales in 221 should be able to return to the level of 219.
according to the report of Fitch Ratings in August, 22, the global new car sales decreased by 25-3% in the first half of 22, including 15% in China, 24% in the United States and 4% in Europe.
LMC? Automotive said that in 219, the global total sales of light vehicles-cars, SUVs and pickups was about 9 million, which is expected to drop to 75 million this year and rise to 84 million in 221. By the end of 221 or the beginning of 222 at the latest, the level of 9 million will appear.
However, a report released on October 15th by Global Data, a data and analysis company, said that global sales will not return to the pre-epidemic level before 223.
"It is predicted that the global light vehicle market will grow by 14.6% in 221, reaching a little over 85 million vehicles. It is estimated that by 223, the market will return to the level of 219, but there are still risks in the path of demand recovery in this industry in the next few years. " GlobalData said in the report.
on October 17th, Tesla China official website showed that the Tesla confidence guarantee plan was terminated on October 16th, 22 and went offline, so consumers can't return the vehicle without reason within 7 days after picking it up.
There is no reason for Tesla to cancel the 7-day car return policy, and some consumers who are ready to start Tesla said they would wait and see for a while.
in less than two weeks, Tesla has successively lowered the prices of its two models. On October 13th, Tesla China official website information showed that Tesla Model? Both the S-long battery life version and the high-performance version were reduced by RMB23,, and the starting price was reduced to RMB733,9 and RMB833,9.
in less than a year, domestic Model? The decline of model 3 has reached nearly 9,, which is 25% lower than the initial selling price.
on the evening of October 17th, SAIC MG brand-new SUV? MG Pilotage officially opened the pre-sale in Shanghai, with the pre-sale price range of 9.98-15.98 million. The new car will be launched this year, and six models will be launched. The car comes standard with a brand-new zebra Venus Zhixing system, full LED headlights, a 1.1-inch high-definition touch screen and a large panoramic sunroof, which can be described as high as standard. In addition, the high-profile models are equipped with L2.5 automatic driving assistance, racing sports kit, BOSE audio and so on. The new car adopts the third generation family design language, and the new interior is quite advanced. ?
Isuzu has released a preview of a new generation of mu-X Ranger, and the new car will be launched in Thailand on October 28th. Considering the market coverage of the previous generation, the new generation mu-X Ranger is likely to be sold in China, Australia and Japan in the future.
although the preview only shows the details of the rear of Isuzu's brand-new mu-X Shepherd Ranger, the taillight style can still be clearly seen, and the LED light band is used inside, while the larger Isuzu English LOGO is in the middle of the tailgate. At present, the official of Isuzu has not released its power information, and overseas media speculate that the car is expected to provide a choice of 1.9T diesel engine and 3.T diesel engine.
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