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Eui-Sun Chung was officially promoted to chairman? Take charge of Hyundai Motor Group
According to The Korea Herald (The? Korea? Euisun Chung, Vice Chairman of Hyundai Motor Group? Chung) has been promoted to the chairman of the group, in charge of all the business of the group, and promoted the Korean automobile manufacturing group to accelerate the transformation to a forward-looking mobile travel business. This also means that Hyundai Motor Group has completed the second "power transfer" in history. As early as last month, Chairman of Hyundai Motor Group Zheng Mengjiu (Mong-Koo? Chung) gave up his board seat and prepared to hand over power to his son Eui-Sun Chung.
Nissan will withdraw from Indonesia market.
Nissan will officially withdraw from the Indonesian market, mainly because the local sales demand continues to be sluggish. In addition, the production base jointly built by Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors will continue to operate in Indonesia, and the factory will focus on the production plan of Mitsubishi Motors engines in the future.
Sharp sued Tesla for patent infringement? Apply to Japan to ban the import of Tesla.
According to Reuters news, people familiar with the matter revealed on Wednesday that Sharp recently filed a patent infringement lawsuit against the Japanese subsidiary of American electric car manufacturer Tesla in the Tokyo District Court, claiming that it was in Model? S, model? 3 and model? The on-board communication equipment on X infringes its patent. At the same time, Sharp applied to ban the import of some electric vehicles from Tesla. In this regard, Sharp and Tesla have not commented. At present, the details of Sharp's detailed allegations against Tesla are not clear, but foreign media pointed out that Sharp mentioned in-vehicle communication equipment, which indicates that the alleged patent infringement involves Tesla's infotainment system, which is also the main way to understand its car use function.
Lifan's bond balance is 530 million, or it will return to the motorcycle business.
Recently, Lifan announced that the company issued 20 16 corporate bonds (Phase II) (referred to as "16 Lifan? 02 ") in? 2020? March 2008 15? Due to the tight capital flow of the company, "16" could not be paid on schedule. Lifan? 02 "bond principal and interest, the above bonds will be suspended on the integrated electronic platform of fixed income securities of Shanghai Stock Exchange. Up to now, the bond balance is 530.3 million yuan and the bond interest rate is 7.5%. Lifan Co., Ltd. clearly stated in the 20 19 semi-annual report that it would "increase R&D investment in motorcycle industry".
The world's first battery car with methanol as fuel came out, and its battery life far exceeded that of current electric vehicles.
-Gumpert, the world's first methanol fuel vehicle? Nathalie came out by the Audi movement (Audi? Former Sports director Roland? Produced by a company founded by Gumpert. The car is driven by a fuel cell made of green methanol produced by renewable energy such as biomass, and its top speed can reach 300? Km/h, when full of methanol, the cruising range can reach 820 kilometers, far exceeding the current electric vehicle. This car will be put on the market next year.
The final agreement for Hefei Municipal Government to invest in Weilai Automobile (China) has not yet been signed.
Li Bin, founder, chairman and CEO of Weilai Automobile, said in the conference call after the release of Weilai Automobile's 20 19 fourth quarter financial report, "According to the direction of the framework agreement, Weilai Automobile's business in China will attract RMB investors as an independent entity. Hefei Municipal Government will support Weilai Automobile's business in China through RMB investment, and no final agreement has been signed yet. " In addition, Li Bin revealed that "Guangzhou Automobile Weilai's car will also be mass-produced in the near future."
Chongqing will build the first L4 autopilot open test base in China.
On March 17, Baidu Apollo won the bid for the construction project of "West Autopilot Open Test Base" in Yongchuan District, Chongqing, with a project amount of 52.8 million yuan. Baidu, as the only company in China with the full-stack capability of self-driving cars, roads, clouds and maps, was selected as the single procurement supplier for this project. According to the project agreement, Baidu Apollo will build a vehicle-road collaborative test demonstration zone within 20 square kilometers of Yongchuan City, Chongqing, and provide full support for the demonstration zone? L4？ Intelligent Vehicle Infrastructure Cooperative Systems (Intelligent Vehicle Infrastructure Cooperative Systems), and build a 3,000-square-meter intelligent networked innovation demonstration base in Yongchuan Big Data Industrial Park to carry out research on testing technology and standards.
Musk: Is there a shortage of medical equipment? Tesla can make ventilators.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk (Elon? Musk) is responding to Pakistani Minister of Science and Technology Fawad Chowdhury (Fawad? Chaudhry and a Tesla customer said on Twitter that if there is a shortage, the company will produce ventilator equipment. Musk said that the cars produced by Tesla are equipped with advanced HVAC systems, and the launch vehicles manufactured by Space Exploration Technologies have life support systems, so it is not difficult to manufacture ventilators, but it is impossible to manufacture them immediately.
Larry, chief economic adviser of the White House? Coudrat (Larry? Kudlow) told reporters on Wednesday that GM CEO Bora (Mary? Barra) proposes to recall workers and let them go to idle factories to produce medical equipment needed to treat critically ill patients. He also said that this was "made on a voluntary basis for reasons of citizenship and patriotism". According to informed sources, Bora suggested that GM could use some idle factory space to produce ventilators and let people study how to build them, but the Trump administration has not formally asked GM to use its factory and supplier network to manufacture any medical equipment.
Xiongshi Technology received 200 million yuan in financing, and Chery accelerated the automotive intelligent networking.
/kloc-in March, 2008, Wuhu Chery Xiongshi Automobile Technology Co., Ltd. obtained strategic financing of 200 million yuan from Chery Automobile. It is reported that this strategic financing is jointly funded by Chery Automobile Co., Ltd., Chery Holding Group Co., Ltd., Chery Commercial Vehicle (Anhui) Co., Ltd., Chery New Energy Automobile Co., Ltd. and Wuhu Chery Technology Co., Ltd. As an important fulcrum for Chery to explore intelligent networked vehicles, Lion Technology's financing of 200 million yuan is of great significance. Chery Lion consists of five business segments: intelligent driving, intelligent intelligent cloud, intelligent winning, intelligent manufacturing and intelligent walking, covering autonomous driving, intelligent networking, big data, intelligent manufacturing and mobile travel services. Yin Tongyue, Chairman of Chery Automobile, once publicly stated: "Lion Technology is Chery's automobile, auto parts, shipping, finance, commerce and tourism &; The seventh largest business segment outside real estate represents the future of Chery Automobile and the future of travel change. "
Akio Toyoda: The epidemic situation will not affect R&D's investment in electrification and automation.
Akio Toyoda, president of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association and president of Toyota Motor Corporation, said on Thursday that the novel coronavirus epidemic is having a major impact on the automobile industry, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported. He also said that due to the expected sharp drop in market demand, members of the organization need to continue to adjust production.
The French government will provide loan guarantees to PSA and Renault.
According to Reuters, the French government told PSA and Renault that they have the right to obtain loan guarantees and the space to postpone tax payment to cope with the impact of the epidemic.
GM's top management changes, China market changes coaches.
General Motors announced a series of high-level changes. Since April 1 2020, Qian Huikang (Matt? Tsien) will be the global chief technology officer; Julian, senior vice president of international operations? Blissett) will take over all businesses in the China market; Craig. Bouchholtz will join GM as senior vice president of global public relations.
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