Xiaomi will launch the first new energy vehicle for young people?
Xiaomi Group's share price soared 10% in late trading.
/kloc-On the afternoon of February 9, some media reported that it was learned from various information sources that Xiaomi had decided to build a car and regarded it as a strategic decision, but the specific form and path have not yet been determined, and there may still be variables. A person familiar with the matter said that Xiaomi's car will be led by Lei Jun, the founder of Xiaomi Group.
As soon as the news came out, the share price of Xiaomi Group rose sharply, with an increase of more than 10%. At the close, the increase narrowed to 6.25% at HK$ 30.6 per share, with a total market value of HK$ 772.3 billion.
Subsequently, Xiaomi Group responded to the latest rumors of building a car, saying that it was "waiting for the announcement" and more information would not be responded for the time being.
Lei Jun has considered building a car many times before.
As early as 20 13, Lei Jun visited Tesla CEO elon musk twice in the United States. He wrote in his official WeChat account, "I am very interested in Musk's Tesla car."
After visiting Musk and driving Tesla, Lei Jun believes that Tesla's success depends on accurate positioning, advanced product thinking and superior system engineering ability, and makes advanced product concepts stable, reliable and economical with cutting-edge technology. Musk made Tesla "also software, hardware and internet, triathlon". Using the internet model of "triathlon" as a mobile phone has always been Xiaomi's business model.
In 20 15, lei jun once revealed the idea of building a car, but the feedback was not optimistic. Instead of pushing forward, Lei Jun turned to invest in Weilai through Shunwei Capital, which he founded. 20 17, shunwei capital participated in the A+ round financing of Xpeng automobile. However, according to the prospectus of Weilai Automobile and Xpeng Automobile, Shunwei Capital did not appear among the major institutional shareholders, and its shares accounted for less than 5% when the two companies were listed. On 20 19, Xiaomi group participated in the financing round of Xpeng Motors, with an investment of USD 50 million.
It is reported that in 20 18, Xiaomi launched an internal car-making project survey called "micar", which was led by the General Staff Department responsible for formulating Xiaomi's strategy. Wang Chuan, then chief of staff of Xiaomi, had many exchanges with senior executives of China New Car Company such as Weilai and Tucki to learn about the industry.
Some media said that in the third quarter of 20 19, Xiaomi's decision-makers raised the issue of building cars at the board meeting, and Wang Chuan made suggestions to Lei Jun. The end of 20 19 and the beginning of 2020 were the time for Xiaomi to build cars.
However, Xiaomi has never officially announced the construction of a car, and various related news has been passed on.
Xiaomi actively lays out the automobile field.
Although Xiaomi has not officially joined the army of building cars, it has been actively deploying the automotive field.
The enterprise search APP shows that there are currently 134 vehicle-related patents owned by Xiaomi affiliated companies, and many affiliated companies of Xiaomi have registered auto parts as their business scope.
Enterprise survey shows that Xiaomi's investment events in transportation have reached 17, of which 20 12, Xiaomi invested in Jincang Technology. According to the data, Beijing Jincang Technology is a practical application developer focusing on the automotive field. In 20 14, Xiaomi invested in Kailide, a manufacturer of in-vehicle intelligent terminal equipment, and Ruimi, a developer of in-vehicle intelligent products.
In terms of specific business, the focus of Xiaomi's previous publicity was the car service system in the Internet of Things map. 2065438+In June 2009, Xiaomi announced the cooperation with Mercedes-Benz to promote its virtual voice assistant Xiao Ai to enter the automobile human-computer interaction system. Two months later, the head of Xiaomi MIUI said in the activity of "MIUI Head Online" that he was considering developing an in-vehicle service system based on MIUI. In June 2020, Xiaomi applied for the registration of the trademark of Xiaomi Chelian and related graphic trademarks.
Some analysts believe that "time has made him (Lei Jun) determined". At present, the new car is worth fighting for, and it is also an opportunity of the times. In the supply chain, pioneers such as Tesla have helped to cultivate relatively mature suppliers and talents with relevant management experience. The market is also enthusiastic about smart electric vehicles.
According to the "Regulations on the Administration of New Energy Vehicle Manufacturers and Product Access" officially implemented in September 2020, the first step for Xiaomi to build a car may be to choose a car manufacturer with production capacity to cooperate.
Technology giants have entered the track of building cars.
In 2020, new energy vehicles will be a well-deserved outlet. Tesla's share price rose nearly sevenfold, reaching the top of the world's largest car company by market value, more than three times that of Toyota, the boss of traditional car company. The share prices of Weilai, Ideal, the new force of automobile manufacturing and Tucki all hit record highs.
With the smooth sailing, the market value of Evergrande has exceeded HK$ 600 billion, and FF founded by Jia Yueting will soon be listed on NASDAQ.
At present, the new car-building movement is in full swing. Technology giants have begun to build their own "dream of building a car."
65438+At the end of February 2020, foreign media reported that Apple was setting up an automobile assembly plant in the United States and began preliminary cooperation negotiations with global automotive electronics suppliers. It is expected that "Apple Car" will be officially unveiled in 2024-2025. At the same time, Apple is currently working with TSMC to develop autonomous driving chips.
202111,Baidu announced the formal establishment of a smart car company, and entered the automobile industry as a vehicle manufacturer, and Geely Holding will become a strategic partner. Geely Holding said that the cooperation will be based on the huge intelligent evolution experience architecture of SEA, the world's leading pure electric architecture newly developed by Geely.
Tencent, Ali, Huawei, Didi, Amazon, Google, etc. It also entered the car-making track to varying degrees.