In terms of sales volume, Geely Automobile’s total sales volume in 2019 was 1.36 million units, achieving its annual target; GAC Group (including GAC Honda, GAC Toyota, GAC Passenger Cars, GAC Mitsubishi and GAC FCA) total sales volume was 2.062 million units. vehicles, a year-on-year decrease of 3.99%; Weilai delivered 20,565 cars in 2019, a year-on-year increase of 81%.
At the 2020 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Toyota demonstrated the "Connected City" project, with construction starting in early 2021; Panasonic's CIRRUS connected vehicle platform won the Innovation Award in the Vehicle Intelligence and Transportation Fields , planned to be launched on the market this spring; parts supplier Continental and audio expert Sennheiser jointly launched a car speakerless audio system that allows immersive sound effects to flow throughout the car.
In terms of new cars, a new generation of Honda Fit will be unveiled at the Beijing Auto Show, continuing to be equipped with a 1.5L four-cylinder engine; the Roewe Ei6 will be unveiled at the Beijing Auto Show, with a range of 600km; Bugatti has released a new model preview, which may be special for the Chiron version.
BMW is recalling 14 E36-generation 3 Series vehicles due to potential safety hazards in airbags.
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Yesterday (January 6), Geely Automobile Holdings Co., Ltd. announced the latest sales data. In December 2019, Geely sold 130,036 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 39.3%; from January to December 2019, Geely's cumulative sales for the year were 1,361,560 vehicles, a year-on-year decrease of 9.3%. However, it completed the annual sales target set in 2019. Data show that Geely exported a total of 57,991 vehicles throughout the year, a year-on-year increase of 110.6%. In terms of segmentation, from January to December 2019, Geely sold a total of 709,800 SUV models, accounting for 52.1% of Geely's total sales for the year; in terms of new energy products, the cumulative sales for the year were 113,100 units, a year-on-year increase 66.5%.
——Although the sales dropped from 1.5 million units last year, it has still maintained its position as the number one Chinese brand for three consecutive years. It must be said that Geely is widening the gap with other Chinese brands.
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According to the December production and sales report released by GAC Group, sales in December 2019 were 186,041 vehicles, a slight decrease of 0.35% year-on-year; from January to December, GAC Group’s cumulative sales Reaching 2,062,160 vehicles, a year-on-year decrease of 3.99%. Among them, GAC Honda’s cumulative sales from January to December reached 770,884 units, a year-on-year increase of 3.98%; GAC Toyota’s cumulative sales from January to December were 682,008 units, a year-on-year increase of 17.59%; GAC Passenger Cars’ cumulative sales from January to December were 384,578 units, a year-on-year decrease 28.14%; GAC Mitsubishi's cumulative sales from January to December were 73,907 vehicles, a year-on-year decrease of 40.96%; GAC Mitsubishi's cumulative sales from January to December were 133,016 vehicles, a year-on-year decrease of 7.64%.
——Liangtian’s contribution to GAC Group is indispensable!
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On January 6, NIO announced its latest sales report card. Data shows that Weilai delivered 3,170 vehicles in December 2019, a month-on-month increase of 25.4%, setting a new high in 2019. So far, NIO has delivered a total of 20,565 vehicles in 2019, including 9,132 NIO ES8s and 11,433 NIO ES6s. Compared with the 11,348 vehicles delivered in 2018, a year-on-year increase of 81%.
——No matter what, Weilai is definitely in the first echelon among new forces building cars.
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On January 7, Toyota Motor Corporation demonstrated the "Connected City" project at the 2020 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which plans to Toyota Motor's Higashi Fuji plant in Japan, which was closed at the end of 2020, is the site, covering an area of ??approximately 175 acres (approximately 708,199 square meters), and construction will begin in early 2021. Toyota plans to work with partners and researchers to create this new town. Toyota hopes to use this project as a demonstration city to verify the possibility of applying technologies such as autonomous driving, mobile services, robots, smart furniture, and artificial intelligence (AI) in real life.
——Toyota has done a better job than many car companies in preparing for a rainy day.
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It was reported on January 7 that at the 2020 International Consumer Electronics Show (2020? CES), Panasonic's CIRRUS connected vehicle platform won the Innovation Award in the Vehicle Intelligence and Transportation Fields. Since the CIRRUS connected vehicle platform was released at the 2019 CES show, Panasonic North America has conducted a limited-scale pilot deployment and plans to officially launch it on the market in the spring of 2020. The CIRRUS connected vehicle platform enables data sharing between the transportation network operation center and in-vehicle systems, thereby enhancing vehicle V2X communications. The data comes from vehicles, infrastructure, roads and traffic operators. The CIRRUS platform uses roadside external devices to collect information from vehicles and then transmits the information to the Panasonic cloud for use by transportation authorities and automakers.
——This move will provide technical support for autonomous driving of future cars.
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At the 2020 International Consumer Electronics Show (2020? CES), parts supplier Continental and audio expert Sennheiser jointly launched a car speaker-less audio The system allows immersive sound effects to flow everywhere in the car. The system is integrated with Sennheiser's patented AMBEO 3D audio technology and Continental's Ac2ated Sound sound system. It abandons traditional speaker technology and uses vibrations on the interior surface of the car to emit sound.
—Sounds good, but what about durability and reliability? Can't tell the difference between abnormal noise and stereo?
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A few days ago, domestic media reported that the new generation of Honda Fit (fourth generation) will be officially unveiled at the Beijing Auto Show opening in April 2020. The new car has made its debut at the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show and has launched 5 versions of the model. According to previous official statements, GAC Honda will introduce some of the models based on the preferences and preferences of young Chinese consumers. In terms of power, the new car is expected to continue to be equipped with the L15B series 1.5L inline four-cylinder engine.
——Such a cute first-generation Fit, is it still the GK5 in your mind?
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A few days ago, we learned from SAIC Roewe officials that its new pure electric model, the Roewe Ei6, will be unveiled at the Beijing Auto Show in April 2020. This car is Roewe's first mass-produced car equipped with the "Jizhi" design concept. It adopts pioneering designs such as the Jizhi composition style front face symbol and vector matrix headlights. At the same time, the official has not announced its specific NEDC cruising range, but said that the car's pure electric cruising range will reach 600km in the future.
——SAIC New Energy has a relatively complete layout and mature technology among the new energy sources of traditional car companies.
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A few days ago, Bugatti released a preview image of a new model through overseas social media. The preview picture this time seems quite mysterious. In the picture, you can only see a new car covered with a car cover, and it does not show any appearance details of the new car (you can't see it even if the picture is brightened). Based on the analysis of past models, the new car may be another new limited edition model based on Chiron.
——The mystery of Bugatti has nothing to do with whether it is old or new, or whether it has a cover or not. After all, it can neither afford pork nor see pigs running away.
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A few days ago, BMW (China) Automobile Trading Co., Ltd. submitted a request to the state in accordance with the requirements of the "Regulations on the Recall Management of Defective Automobile Products" and the "Implementation Measures of the Regulations on the Management of Recalls of Defective Automobile Products". The State Administration for Market Regulation has filed a recall plan. Starting from now, some imported E36-generation BMW 3 Series (including 318i/323i/328i) produced from July 1, 1998 to April 28, 2000, totaling 14 vehicles, will be recalled. The reason is a defective air bag, which poses a safety hazard.
——If there is still a working E36 in China, and it happens to be among these 14, then this is incredible luck.
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