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WLB Auto, as a car seller, we understand that we can do a good job in our industry by mastering the hearts of consumers, and for most people, as the second biggest choice in their lives, "buying a car", I believe that recently, many people have been hurt in the head. After all, unlike 20 years ago, when there is only fuel car as an option, find the right brand, choose the right type, you can pick out a good car. Nowadays, there are several power modes, not to mention brands and types. Faced with such a problem, how should we choose? Should we embrace the "tram" and bet on the future trend? Or shake hands with "hybrid" to grasp the current market? Consulted some insiders, they said the signal has been very clear, grasp the current 3 changes, we know how to choose. The first consideration is to observe the strategic layout of car companies. The one who understands consumers best is actually not necessarily the consumers themselves, but the developers of the products. This is reflected in Xiaomi car's xiaomi su7 car. In Europe, many people can experience this when they swipe through Tiktok videos: even though they haven't searched yet, the platform can already accurately recommend the content or products that we want. The same logic applies to the automotive market. By gaining insights into the layout of car companies, we can foresee the future direction - these companies, after all, don't invest in technologies that don't have a future. What is the current situation in the international market? We can observe the following trends: On the one hand, companies such as BYD Car, in which High End Custom Auto, clearly favours the development of pure electric vehicles. This is evidenced by BYD's "Yangwang" and "Tengshi" series, both of which are predominantly pure electric. On the other hand, Li Auto Stock, which started out with extended-range technology, has not stepped up its efforts in extended-range or hybrid technology in 2024, but has shifted to the development of pure electric vehicles. For example, the first pure electric car, the Ideal mega is already on the market and will soon be launched this year in the pure electric range such as the M9, M8 and M7. The reason behind this shift is clearly not for nothing. Rather, they have seen the inflection point and the maturity of the market for pure electrics, which could be in the last few years. As a result, they are investing heavily in resources to develop pure-electric models to suit the needs of this market. The second consideration is to read the trend of technology development. Why have hybrids and extended range been able to flourish in the past? The reason is that the range and charging speed of pure electric vehicles have failed to meet market demand for a long time. This forced the market, to look for other solutions. But from 2023 onwards, the situation changes significantly. Between now and then, 800v high-voltage charging is still the preserve of Porsche and should not be considered without a budget of 2 million. But as recently as 2023, the technology suddenly blossomed and made its way into millions of homes. Taking 2024 as an example, there are basically no pure electric cars on sale in that year that are lower than 800v, and you can get an 800v pure electric car from as low as 180k. In such a scenario, the issue of charging speed, begins to be effectively addressed. After all, when there is no 800v technology, a full charge will take 1 hour or even longer. But now, thanks to 800v technology, it takes as little as 12 minutes to replenish a range of 400 kilometres - which undoubtedly greatly reduces the problem of replenishment anxiety. EV range, on the other hand, is taking a big leap forward. For example, SAIC ZhiJi's recently released ZhiJi L6 announced the adoption of semi-solid-state battery technology, enabling a range of 1,000 kilometres. This was closely followed by Hao Platinum Automobile's plans for a pure solid-state battery. These technological advances signal that within the next three years, the market could be littered with EVs with a range of 1,000 kilometres and extremely fast charging. In such a scenario, the advantages of hybrids and extended range will be greatly diminished, and their market position will certainly be shaken. The third thing to consider is the maturity of the infrastructure. After all, it's not enough to have 800v, if the infrastructure can't keep up, it's still rootless and can't play a role at all. Then today's infrastructure situation, in the end, how is it? In a nutshell, it's growing at a surprising rate. 4-5 years ago, China's charging piles, or the same as Europe and the United States, the power is generally in the 40-60kw or so, and there are only 200,000-300,000 charging piles. At this stage, both Europe and the United States, and Southeast Asia are improving the infrastructure of hydrogen energy, new energy field. However, today, the power of mainstream charging piles has been upgraded to 120kw, and the number of public charging piles has increased to 1.5 million.

February 21st, Zeekr announced today that the launch conference of the new 001 model is scheduled for February 27th, and at the same time, Zhou Guanyu, China's first F1 driver, serves as the Chief Handling Officer. The new car is divided into LIDAR version and no LIDAR version models according to different configurations; the body size is 4977/1999/1545 ( 1533 ) mm. According to media reports, the new Zeekr 001 is expected to adopt the 800V high-pressure platform technology, and will still have rear-wheel drive and four-wheel drive versions.

In May 2023, Weichai Power and BYD signed a strategic cooperation agreement, the two sides intend to take advantage of their respective advantages in the field of new energy to establish a more comprehensive strategic partnership. Five months later, Weichai Fudi Battery Co., Ltd. was established, and the new company's business scope includes battery manufacturing, battery sales, technical services, technical development, technical consulting, technical exchanges, technology transfer, technology promotion, as well as new energy vehicle waste power battery recycling and laddering utilisation. In September 2023, the intelligent battery manufacturing base project jointly invested by FAW Jiefang and Vision Power was officially signed. The project is expected to invest more than 10 billion yuan, is committed to the research and development and production of heavy trucks, light trucks, mainly power battery and energy storage related products, to build the world's leading commercial vehicle battery manufacturing base, new energy commercial vehicle business model innovation centre, and new energy commercial vehicle exclusive product development incubation base, the planned annual production capacity of 20GWh, the full production is expected to reach 24 billion yuan in annual sales. In November 2023, Great Wall Commercial Vehicle If Technology Co., Ltd, Great Wall Heavy Industry and Guangxi Yuchai signed a strategic cooperation agreement, the three parties will rely on their respective strengths to carry out comprehensive cooperation in the power system of new energy commercial vehicles and heavy industry products, vehicle development and application, and jointly promote the development of new energy industry. According to the agreement, if science and technology, the Great Wall Heavy Industry and Guangxi Yuchai will focus on commercial vehicle pure electric system, hydrogen energy power system, hybrid special power system and other aspects of technological breakthroughs and product production, and jointly provide product solutions and services to users in the logistics and construction machinery industry. In fact, since 2022, commercial vehicle industry cooperation, mergers and acquisitions have been frequently reported, including Dongfeng, Foton, China National Heavy Duty Truck, Zhongtong Bus, Weichai Power, Cummins, including a number of commercial vehicles and parts companies. "In the increasingly fierce market competition, the whole and zero enterprises urgently need to warm up, win-win cooperation, through equity transfer, mergers and acquisitions and cooperation to complete the industrial chain reshaping, to stimulate the vitality of the enterprise and the internal power, is not a feasible path." China Automobile Circulation Association Commercial Vehicle Committee Secretary General Zhong Weiping said, from the commercial vehicle industry development trend, technology and cost factors are still affecting the development of the core business drivers, want to overcome this problem, the need for in-depth collaboration upstream and downstream industry chain, in the context of increased market risks, external uncertainties increase, the combination of enterprises through the strong, can get rid of a variety of unfavourable and disturbing Factors, to achieve resource sharing and complementary advantages.

In the year 2023, Chinese auto brands had a lot of bright moments, such as surpassing joint venture brands in market share for the first time in a year, continuing to make strength in overseas markets, and constantly attacking the high-end market. At the same time, Chinese brands also had a difficult time: price wars were physically and mentally exhausting, "wars of words" occurred repeatedly, lagging car companies are facing elimination difficulties, and the pressure on the frontrunners is also getting bigger and bigger. With the arrival of the new year, in 2024, when the economy is gradually picking up and consumer confidence is recovering, Chinese brands will usher in new achievements and harvests. In 2024, the market share of Chinese brands is expected to go even further. From the global economic development trend in 2024, the warming has almost become a consensus, the overall situation of international trade will improve. China as the world's second largest economy, the economic development trend is bound to be consistent with this. China Association of Automobile Manufacturers predicts that in 2024 China's auto production and sales are expected to exceed 31 million units. What's more, new energy vehicles, a strong area for Chinese branded vehicles, will also maintain its growth momentum, and the penetration rate will further increase. Under the superposition of these two factors, it is not difficult for Chinese brands to reach another record high market share. In 2024, the technical strength and brand reputation of Chinese brands will be further enhanced. Historical experience and practice have proved that only by anchoring the direction, practicing "internal strength" and solid research and development, it is possible to gain market recognition and appreciation, and BYD is the best example of this. In 2024, when the market competition is still fierce, I believe that Chinese brands will continue to make more efforts in product R&D and technology layout, improve the product performance and strength of new energy vehicles, promote the independent localisation of key core components, and at the same time, continue to improve their brand image, improve their service level and enhance the consumer experience, which will naturally lead to a worthwhile expectation of their market performance. In 2024, Chinese brands will continue to diversify and blossom at home and abroad. After gaining a foothold in the market, the next thing for Chinese brands to do is to enrich the product layout and expand the target consumer groups. From the 2024 new product plan that has been announced, it can be seen that pure electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, especially programmable electric vehicles, will usher in more new models, and the product spectrum will become more and more rich. At the same time, with the strengthening of Chinese brands, going abroad and competing in the international market has become an inevitable choice. On the basis of the continued positive momentum of automobile exports, the pace of Chinese brands in 2024 will only be faster in exploring overseas markets and enhancing international influence. Overall, China's auto market will continue to grow in 2024, providing a broad space for Chinese brands to develop. Seizing opportunities, meeting challenges, continuous innovation, and improving quality and service will help independent brand cars win market recognition and consumer trust.

New Energy Vehicles: "Running Wild" and Quality Rising This year, the new energy automobile industry is really all the way "wild ride", highlights. In the recently held 2024 China Automotive Market Development Forecast Summit, China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (hereinafter referred to as "CAAM") Executive Vice President and Secretary General Fu Bingfeng pointed out that in 2023 China's automotive market showed three major highlights, one of which is the continuation of new energy vehicles rapid growth momentum, significantly better than the beginning of the year forecast! . According to the latest data released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), from January to November this year, China's new energy vehicle production and sales were completed 8,426,000 and 8,304,000 respectively, an increase of 34.5 per cent and 36.7 per cent year-on-year, with a market share of 30.8 per cent. The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) expects the annual sales of new energy vehicles to reach 9.4 million units. "China's auto industry already has the ability to quickly meet the extreme needs of consumers, and overseas consumers also need this extreme demand. China's cars are getting better and better. The "volume" of achievements is always the most intuitive. 3 July, with a brand-new new energy vehicles from the Guangzhou Automobile Egan vehicle offline area slowly drive out, China's new energy vehicle production volume officially reached 20 million units. Behind this, is the development of China's new energy vehicles for more than 10 years of continuous breakthroughs and rapid growth, from 1995 China's first new energy vehicles off the line, to February 2022 10 million new energy vehicles off the line, after 17 years; and from 10 million to 20 million, it took only one and a half years. Just in the past November, the domestic new energy vehicle production and sales in a single month again both exceeded the 1 million mark, which means that China's new energy vehicles in the industrialisation, market-oriented basis, has begun to step into the scale, globalisation, high-quality development of a new stage. Anxiety "involution" under the collective anxiety If you can only define a keyword for this year's car market, it must be "volume". If the Tesla price cuts at the beginning of the year, just to industry colleagues "scratch" the "itch", then the price cuts began in early March, undoubtedly the various car companies almost "backwater battle! "Anxious atmosphere of tension baked to a high point. In the "price war" that has lasted almost a whole year, almost every car company has been plunged into a deep anxiety, trying to do everything possible to reduce costs and increase efficiency. Frankly speaking, Tesla, which has always had a high level of profit, started to reduce prices at the beginning of the year, which was quite a bit of "striking down", but it was estimated that even Tesla, which triggered the "domino" effect at that time, didn't expect that, in the price competition since then, the annual price cuts would reach 59 times. Price cuts will reach as many as 59 times, and more than 40 other car companies were forced to get involved in price cuts "vortex". It is not an exaggeration to say that the "price war" almost from the beginning of the year "fight" to the end of the year. March, a government and enterprises to join hands with a large promotional activities, eventually evolved into dozens of cities to follow up, more than 40 car companies to participate in the price of the car market, affecting hundreds of models; the second wave of price cuts in the middle of the year more The second wave of price cuts in the middle of the year was even more violent, originally insisted on not reducing the price of Azera, officially announced that the whole series of models to reduce the price of 30,000 yuan, and the old users gave "10 billion subsidies" activities. Subsequently, Xiaopeng, BYD, Guangqi Eyan, Krypton and other brands have reduced the price of some products; "Golden Nine and Silver Ten", Xiaopeng, Zeropeng, FAW-Volkswagen, BYD and other automobile enterprises released preferential policies, involving microcars to high-end and other segments of the market; in November, taking advantage of the "Double 11" heat, BYD, and the "Double 11" heat, BYD, and the "Double 11" heat, BYD, and the "Double 11" heat, BYD, and other automobile enterprises released a preferential policy. In November, taking advantage of the "Double Eleven" heat, BYD, Zero Run, Ola, GAC EAN and other car companies once again reduced prices, but also the simultaneous launch of financial discounts, optional discounts, charging discounts and many other activities; to the end of the year the key moment of rushing volume, BYD, Shenlong Automobile, Zero Run Automobile, FAW Toyota and many other automakers announced the purchase of promotional policies, FAW-Volkswagen, Changan Automobile, Geely Automobile, etc., also announced that they reduced prices! In addition, many dealers also launched a "double twelve" limited-time price deduction, limited-time optional rights and benefits, financial discounts and other promotional means. In 2023, the automotive industry, there is a pair of particularly prominent, obvious contradictions, that is, running wild and anxiety coexist. Standing in the macro point of view, this year the situation can be described as a good, new energy vehicle market development is more and more smooth, rapid expansion of overseas markets, 3 years step 3 steps, whether at home or abroad, independent brands are also more confident, not afraid of challenges. But specific to the market end of a single enterprise, this year seems to be not so bright and shiny, "Volume" so that the car companies are physically and mentally exhausted, some companies can only wave goodbye; joint venture car companies more anxious, and constantly increase the localisation efforts, at the expense of "capital for technology! ", but still retains the inner question: is it too late to catch up?

Due to testing violations and other issues, on 26 December, Toyota's subsidiary Daihatsu Industries announced that its headquarters plant in Ikeda City, Osaka Prefecture, stopped operating. As a result, all four of the company's vehicle plants in Japan have ceased production. The shutdown is expected to last until at least the end of January 2024. In the meantime, Daihatsu has suspended shipments of all models and is currently under investigation by Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Violations lasted 34 years Daihatsu, which was founded in 1907 and is known for its popular micro-small cars in Japan and Southeast Asia, is understood to have been acquired by Toyota for 51.2 per cent of its shares in 1998 and became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Toyota in 2016. In April this year, Daihatsu received an internal report of crash test violations, and a preliminary investigation was conducted after which it was confirmed that the report was true, and that four of its models developed for overseas markets had violated the regulations in side impact tests. As a result, Daihatsu set up a new independent third-party committee to conduct further investigations based on the internal investigations, and in May, two more models were found to be in violation of the crash test. Later, as the investigation progressed, more violations were revealed. On 20 December, Daihatsu announced on its website that it would suspend shipments of all models, including those already in production, after the third-party committee found 174 irregularities in the company's review and monitoring, including falsification of safety crash test data. The number of models confirmed to be involved in the irregularities has increased from 6 to 64, including those produced on behalf of Toyota, Mazda and Subaru in addition to Daihatsu brand vehicles. Later that day, Daihatsu President Soichiro Okudaira and Toyota Vice President Hiroki Nakajima jointly attended a press conference to apologise to the public. The investigation found that certain Daihatsu models used airbag control units in crash tests that were different from those used in marketed models. The irregularities also involved false reporting of headrest impact tests and safety test speeds for certain models. The investigation found that the misconduct was particularly prevalent after 2014, with violations in one of the discontinued models even dating back to 1989. In other words, Daihatsu's irregularities have been going on for 34 years. The main reasons for this, according to Daihatsu, include: overly tight and rigid development cycle schedules that put extreme pressure on employees; greater authority of frontline staff and lack of management involvement; and management focusing on short-term development and turning a blind eye to irregularities. To ensure that such issues do not recur, Daihatsu said it will review its certification application process and make fundamental changes to its corporate culture to prioritise compliance awareness. In addition, given that Daihatsu produces cars and parts for a number of Japanese brands, including Toyota, Mazda, and Subaru, its irregularities have spilled over to other car companies. In particular, parent company Toyota, whose Hino Motors 2022 has already been found to have falsified emissions, and now Daihatsu's exposure to violations has sparked more questions about Toyota's lack of supervision. On 21 December, Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism raided Daihatsu's headquarters in Osaka. Almost at the same time, Toyota North America announced that about 1 million vehicles sold by the company in Canada and the U.S. would need to be recalled due to airbags or potential quality problems in some vehicles. The two overlapped, and Toyota shares plummeted. Reaching more than 4,000 suppliers Daihatsu suspended shipments of all models in Japan after the problem was exposed. In terms of production, Daihatsu has 4 factories in Japan, 3 factories in Shiga, Kyoto and Oita Prefectures were closed down on 25th December, and the headquarter factory was closed down on 26th December. As a result, all Daihatsu's production operations in Japan have been halted until at least the end of January 2024, and the company is expected to resume exports or production by the end of this year. Daihatsu has not yet confirmed when it will resume exports or production. Several foreign media commented that this incident may cause a serious crisis of confidence in Japan's auto manufacturing industry. Nikkei News pointed out that the scandal "has reached the rare point of completely stopping shipments from factories". In fact, in recent years, Japan's auto industry counterfeiting, violation of the frequent occurrence of scandals, and most have lasted three or four decades. Whether it is the car field of Mitsubishi, Nissan, Subaru, Mazda, Suzuki, Lexus, Hino, or parts and components in the field of Takata, Toray, Aurora Brake, Hitachi Ansteem, etc., is a long list of backroom operations seem to have been commonplace. From a broader context, most of the above violations started in the late 1980s or 1990s. The bursting of the Japanese economic bubble brought a big blow to all industries, and coupled with fierce market competition, violations seem to have become a means for companies to survive, and an unspoken unspoken rule in the industry. 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More than 3 million people stayed on the air just to see a new energy heavy truck running non-stop for 7 days? In the new energy buses and light trucks have already picked up the heavy responsibility, new energy heavy trucks are still carrying out feasibility analyses, how far they can run, how much they can carry, how much they can earn, how long they can use them, and in the final analysis, whether they can be operated as long-lastingly and reliably as oil trucks? When the proposition is too large, Yutong chose to start from the specific, recently concluded the country's first new energy heavy-duty truck 7 × 24 hours live operation live, is Yutong to solve the entrance. The real thing has the most power The challenge is located in the high temperature, high humidity of Haikou, the highest average temperature of about 28 ℃ and an average annual rainfall of more than 1,600 mm, to the stability of the vehicle, the three electric corrosion resistance to create a natural testing environment. Equally true is that the test vehicle is not a carefully selected "special car" from the production line, but the user provides, is operating the unmodified car; 7 days of people rest car does not rest in the operation, from loading and unloading to the power change, from the high-speed road to the gravel yard, the real operation will be encountered, the test are covered; 7 × 24 all-weather, uninterrupted live broadcast, the test will be carried out. Yutong new energy heavy truck will fully expose itself to the supervision of the whole network audience, not to give themselves the opportunity to make mistakes, and there is no room for the operation of whitewashing data. In the past year, Yutong's new energy trucks have completed four extreme challenges: extreme traction, deep water wading, load climbing and extreme energy saving, reflecting real strength with real scenes and real data. Extreme honesty is indestructible, when a Yutong new energy heavy truck after challenges like a special forces hardcore return, worries and doubts naturally dissipate. What is applicable is the best In the real world, difficulties are always more concrete than imagined, and good products should not only solve key problems, but also solve three-dimensional problems. Take range as an example, in the simple understanding, the longer the range, the better, but higher energy density, larger battery capacity will inevitably lead to an increase in the purchase cost and the decline in load capacity, efficiency and effectiveness of the composition of the complex three-dimensional problem, the need for a systematic solution. In Yutong's philosophy, the optimal parameters are not the goal, the optimal value is. 7 days of uninterrupted operation, the test vehicle can always complete the replenishment of power without delaying the premise of transport, and multiple energy-saving technology applications to achieve a reduction in the energy consumption of the entire vehicle. Yutong's precise understanding of energy replenishment, power consumption and operational details such as route settings, loading and unloading time is obviously more intelligent and more applicable to the commercial environment than simply increasing batteries. Another "applicable" is reflected in the reliability. Heavy truck transport departure and closing time is not controllable, coupled with continuous operation and the use of harsh environments, "no problem" is often the biggest problem. Yutong leaves the problem to itself and the "no problem" to the user - the industry's first software and hardware integration of RuiControl E platform, excellent stability of the independent research and development of the three electric technology, resistance to shower, corrosion of the body, so that Yutong new energy heavy trucks, the attendance rate of 90%. Therefore, even in the rainy, high-temperature Hainan, 7 days continuous mileage of 7559 kilometres, 24-hour uninterrupted operation of the test vehicle did not have any problems. New energy heavy trucks, to a promising time! This challenge, Yutong new energy heavy truck cumulative average power consumption of 1.23kW-h/km, compared with the gas car, the cumulative savings of about 7,854 yuan, equivalent to more than 1,100 yuan per day; compared with diesel vehicles, the savings are even more substantial. "7 days of zero failure and low power consumption operation of 7,000 kilometres", when high reliability, high attendance, high income three cards together, enough to change the industry's perception of new energy heavy trucks - new energy heavy trucks, to a promising time. Yu general this 7 × 24 hours live operation live, promote new energy heavy truck out of the important step of breaking through the pass, for the future of commercial vehicles to explore the direction of the development of comprehensive new energy. The feedback from the market is always accurate and direct, this challenge attracted a total of about 336.29 million onlookers online and offline, rather than watching a roadshow of Yutong's new energy heavy trucks, they are looking at a new energy commercial vehicle map of the last piece of the blank to be filled with hope!

I would recommend new energy vehicles as the family car of choice-LI L8 If you only have one car in your family, and this car takes you to commute, long distance, travelling and so on, I suggest you choose a long pure electric range hybrid, such as than the extended range. Because the pure electric range to meet at least 100 kilometres above the mileage, this is the vast majority of family users daily 1, 2 days of car mileage, so that you can usually daily commute to save some money, but also no mileage anxiety. If your family has a fixed parking space and can be installed home charger, extended range, hybrid is more suitable, 3 or 4 days to charge once, quite good, long distance fuel is also quite good. If you need two cars at home, it is recommended to keep one car without range anxiety, such as conventional fuel cars, Japanese hybrids, super hybrids or extended range, and the other can choose pure electric models. If you are not a mechanically inclined person, excluding the factor of saving money on fuel, I personally feel that the driving experience of a pure electric car is really much better than that of a fuel car, full of power and step on it, and the NVH (quietness and comfort) is very good, so it is really too comfortable. I drive the ideal extended range, although not pure tram, but have a pure tram driving experience, I think I already do not want to drive a fuel car, not to mention the pure tram. And new energy vehicles choose big brand car companies, no matter the body structure, or battery technology, have a large number of base to do the safety guarantee. I also admit that 5-8 years later, when the charging pile layout has been perfected, extended range electric vehicles may face elimination, depreciation, I will also eventually choose pure electric new energy vehicles, but at present, extended range is the most suitable for my car needs. The hydrogen ones, of course, I'm holding off on until there is indeed a larger base. Yes, I would recommend new energy vehicles as the family car of choice, regardless of extended range or super hybrid, I feel good about it.

With more car companies implementing "fuel and electricity at the same price", "fuel mixed with the same price", giving consumers a greater choice of space. Nowadays, consumers not only look at the price of the car, but also consider a number of years later when the disposal of the old car, the car can be sold on the price, less loss. Since last year, there has been a significant increase in the number of newly launched hybrid models. From the consumer side, the market acceptance of hybrid models is also increasing day by day, for example, BYD, Ideal, Tengshi, ask the world and other brands of plug-in hybrid, add-on models sales rise momentum is outstanding. Even Xiaomi, which has attracted much attention in the industry, has chosen to bet on the extended-range track for its first product. At the same time, due to the rapid growth in sales of hybrid models, the proportion of pure electric passenger cars has declined this year. So, in addition to the brand premium factor, in fact, fuel cars, pure electric cars and hybrid models, whose value retention rate is more bearable? New car main "fuel and electricity at the same price" In 2021, BYD Qin PLUS DM-i was listed on the market, focusing on the strategy of "fuel and electricity at the same price", Qin PLUS DM-i was priced at 115,800 RMB, which was already quite competitive in the market at that time. The real climax of the "same price for oil and electricity" is Tesla's sudden official price cut in January this year. Only three days after the price cut, Tesla harvested 30,000 new car orders. At first, the industry thought that Tesla's price cut was snatching away potential customers of other pure electric models, but later research showed that its price war swept the market including fuel cars and hybrid cars. Affected by this, major car companies either offer discounts in disguise by giving away rights and benefits, or directly cut prices officially, hoping to improve their competitiveness, retain potential customers and defend their market share. In February this year, BYD launched the new Qin PLUS DM-i 2023 Champion Edition with five models. In the case of the same power and energy consumption advantages with the joint venture brand fuel car, the price of its low-end version is only 99,800 yuan, which is BYD and even the country's first price as low as 100,000 yuan of plug-in hybrid models. The most "volume" is that the car in the performance, configuration, driving range and other aspects of a substantial increase, but the price is "plus quantity without price increase". Then zero run car also opened a new round of "official drop", zero run C11 and C01 part of the high end version of the model official adjustment of the guide price, up to 20,000 yuan down. In addition, the Great Wall, extreme kryptonite, ask the world, small peng, azure and other brands have joined the price war. In October this year, Changan Qiyuan A05 listing also played the "fuel and electricity at the same price" card, released six models configuration. Among them, three 70km pure electric drive models priced at 70 Lite models 89,900 yuan, 70 Air models 93,900 yuan, 70 Pro models 103,900 yuan; three 145km pure electric drive models, priced at 145 Air models 116,900 yuan, 145 Pro models 122,900 yuan, 145 Max models 132,900 yuan. Relying on mature hybrid technology, Toyota, Honda, Nissan and other brands to further expand the hybrid camp, this year also began to emphasise the "fuel and electricity at the same price". GAC Honda 11 generation Accord plug-in, FAW Toyota Corolla intelligent electric hybrid twin engine, Dongfeng Nissan Qijun super hybrid electric drive, etc. are all without exception on the "fuel and electricity at the same price" label. Rapid growth of hybrid models Programmable power, plug-in hybrid models high sales growth momentum continues to 2023. In the first half of this year, data show that plug-in hybrid and extended range models sold 935,000 units, up 105.73 per cent year-on-year. Among them, sales of plug-in hybrid models were 727,000 units, up 92.28 per cent year-on-year, while sales of range-extended models were 208,000 units, up 141.86 per cent year-on-year. As plug-in hybrid models are widely accepted by the market, mainstream car companies such as Great Wall and Geely are vigorously developing plug-in hybrid technology routes. For example, Great Wall's Lemon Hybrid DHT can realise various working modes such as EV driving, series drive, parallel drive, direct engine drive, energy recovery, etc., and realise the balance between power and fuel consumption under various driving scenarios through intelligent switching of the control system. The Lemon Hybrid DHT has been equipped in all models of Great Wall Motor's Wei brand and some models of Haval brand. As for Ideal, which adopts the range-extending technology, its sales surge this year is even more remarkable. Data disclosed by Ideal showed that its sales in the first three quarters of this year were 244,200 units. In its third-quarter earnings report, Ideal gave a delivery guidance of 125,000 to 128,000 units for the fourth quarter, with year-on-year growth of 169.9 to 176.3 per cent.

Geely Xing Yue L Intelligent Engine the only one in its class to be equipped with the NOA Intelligent Pilot Hardware System as standard on all new cars New one! The first thing that deserves the most attention is naturally the powertrain. Compared with the oil hybridvehicles of the same class that adopt self-absorption engine and single-shift electric drive, China Star Intelligent Twin Engine is equipped with the world's leading 1.5TD turbocharged four-cylinder engine with direct injection of 44.26% of thermal efficiency as standard in the whole system, which can release 120kW of maximum power and 255N-m of maximum torque. Matching with the world's leading 3-speed intelligent inverter DHT, the P1+P2 dual motor drive can achieve parallel power output in all speed domains, allowing fuel cars to officially enter the era of energy saving and performance. In terms of intelligence, the new car is equipped with a new generation of Geely Galaxy OS 2.0 system and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8155 chip as standard, which makes the cockpit silky smooth operation, giant screen interaction, stereo sound field and luxury configurations jumped up by a generation; Xingyue L Zhi Engine is the only one in its class that is equipped with the NOA Intelligent Pilot Hardware System as standard in the whole system, which integrates 26 high-performance sensors and centimeter-level high-precision maps, covers 100+ high-speed driving scenarios, and realizes intelligent assisted driving according to the navigation. The navigation of the whole process of intelligent assisted driving, automatic on and off ramps, lane change overtaking, corner deceleration, lane change dodging, avoiding large trucks, merging automatic speed control and other functions; Xingrui L Intelligent Engine's intelligent driving is also comprehensively upgraded, with the whole system equipped with the L2 level intelligent driving assistance system as standard, and the Star River Edition and the Tiangong Edition also have the newly upgraded high-performance sensor matrix, which integrates the ICC Intelligent Pilot System, the TSI Traffic Sign Recognition, the SLIF Speed Limit Alert, the LCA Lane Change Alert, and the LCA Speed Limit Reminder. Speed Limit Alert, LCA Lane Change Assist, LDW Lane Departure Warning, LKA Lane Keeping Assist, and 15 other intelligent safety aids. In terms of styling design, China Star Intelligent Twin Engine adopts the new design language of "Mountains, Seas and Universe", which innovatively blends modern pioneering technology with traditional Chinese culture, demonstrating the "leap in Chinese design aesthetics". Two new car colors, "Mountain Purple" and "Moon White", which combine traditional color elements and modern advanced technology, have been added. In addition, the Starry L SmartEngine has a brand-new Star River Scroll front face, a sky-falling waterfall front grille, a Kunpeng Wings welcoming light carpet, light-years-beyond headlamps, a vast river of stars, and cosmic star river through taillamps. In addition, the new face of Starry L, the new front grille, the front grille with the waterfall, the welcome light carpet with the wing of Kunpeng, the front headlights with the light years away, the rear lights with the penetrating tail lamps, the cabin with the cosmic river of stars and the seats with the clear mountain and the moon, etc., and the design of Starry L with its Oriental white cabin, the ambient light with the painted eaves of the starry river, and the comfortable seats with the wind in the clothes, etc., are all the best interpretation of the symbiosis between the traditional Chinese culture and modern technology. Xingrui L Smart Engine body dimensions 4825mm * 1880mm * 1469mm, wheelbase 2800mm, cabin space ahead of its class; the entire system is equipped with a standard 13.2-inch 2K high-definition center control screen and 10.2-inch LCD instrumentation, with class-leading 24.3-inch giant AR-HUD head-up display, full of sense of technology. There are also class-leading Face ID facial recognition function, luxury electronic pocket gear,12-speaker Yan Fei Li Si luxury audio system (including headrest audio), intelligent car advanced fragrance system,256 color ambient lighting and other luxury configurations are readily available, bringing luxury technology and comfort comparable to more than 250,000 B-class cars. The cabin of Xingyue L Smart Engine also jumps up a generation, with 4795mm*1895mm*1689mm body dimensions and 2845mm wheelbase to bring a large cabin space far beyond the class, and the whole series is equipped with a 12.3-inch touch HD center control screen, a 12.3-inch touch HD passenger exclusive screen and a 12.3-inch digital LCD instrumentation, and there is a 25.6-inch AR-HUD augmented reality head-up display system and other configurations such as full-seat luxury, three-zone independent air conditioning. display system, four-zone intelligent interaction, three-zone independent air conditioning and other configurations, full-seat luxury, comprehensive intellectual enjoyment.

Recently, 300 units of Geely Star Alcohol-Hydrogen Electric City Bus C8M were delivered to Tianjin Binhai New Area Public Transportation Group Co., Ltd (100 units) and Daqing Jiaotou Bus Co., Ltd (150 units) and Daqing Yucheng Public Transportation Co., Ltd (50 units), which successfully demonstrated the leading position of the Remote New Energy Commercial Vehicle Group in the application of methanol energy. 01 Methanol Commercial Vehicle is the road to carbon neutrality Methanol is an ideal fuel for automobiles. Under China's "coal-rich, gas-poor and oil-poor" energy structure, the development of the methanol economy and the promotion of methanol vehicles and methanol fuel applications have become important issues. China is the world's largest producer and user of methanol. In 2022, China's methanol capacity will be 100.41 million tonnes; methanol production will be 80.22 million tonnes; and imports will be 12.192 million tonnes. The capacity, production, sales and imports rank first in the world. Tsinghua University China Institute of Economic Thought and Practice President Li Daokui also believes that the methanol technology route is practical and feasible, green methanol autonomous and controllable, green methanol promising. It is worth mentioning that China's methanol vehicles, has a sound policy licensing of the whole system channel; industry to complete the construction of the technology chain, industrial chain and supply chain; in the application of methanol fuel corrosion resistance, China has also mastered the advanced technology and solutions, walking in the world at the forefront of the field. 02 Promoting greater breakthroughs in methanol energy business and methanol-hydrogen electric applications As the first commercial vehicle group focusing on new energy in China, Remote New Energy Commercial Vehicle Group, relying on Geely Holding Group's mature methanol vehicle technology system advantages, is fast becoming a leader in the methanol track of China's commercial vehicle industry. On July 26, the world's first self-developed hydrogen-alcohol electric bus was officially launched in Nanchong, Sichuan Province, marking a major breakthrough in China's new energy bus research and application of key technologies; on September 6, Geely Interstellar hydrogen-alcohol electric city bus was officially listed, marking the realization of hydrogen-alcohol electric industrialization in the field of bus applications; and the delivery of 300 Geely Interstellar hydrogen-alcohol electric city buses to Tianjin The delivery of 300 Geely Interstar hydrogen-alcohol electric city buses to Tianjin and Daqing not only demonstrates the great achievements made by Geely Interstar in the application of methanol-fuelled electric technology, but also promotes the development of China's methanol energy business and hydrogen-alcohol electric application, and pushes the transformation and upgrading of the urban public transport system in a more green and sustainable direction. 03 Leading China's Commercial Vehicle Industry into a New Stage of High-Quality Development At present, the Remote New Energy Commercial Vehicle Group has successfully developed a number of methanol commercial vehicles and put them into batch operation, with the maturity of the product technology and the scale of launch at the international leading level. In particular, the Remote New Energy Commercial Vehicle Group is building a comprehensive methanol-hydrogen ecology and methanol economy, laying out a new ecological platform - methanol-hydrogen eco-technology, with methanol-hydrogen power as the core, researching, developing, manufacturing and selling a new generation of methanol-hydrogen energy electric vehicles, developing and applying new green methanol preparation technologies, laying out a methanol energy refuelling and guarantee system, and through the integration of methanol, vehicle, cargo, station and finance. Through the integrated design of alcohol, vehicle, cargo, station and finance, it builds a diversified green methanol capacity ecology and helps the rapid promotion and application of methanol commercial vehicles.

In the era of fuel vehicles, the development cycle of a new car is 5~7 years on average. And the era of new energy vehicles, new brands and new models of new crazy volume, this cycle is constantly being shortened to the current 9 ~ 12 months. R & D cycle limit compression, the safety of automotive features have been fully verified? Raise consumer questions. With price wars and wars of words raging, in the increasingly frenetic automotive market, which brand can still calmly verify the safety of their vehicles? The ID.7 VIZZION, which is about to go on sale, has not only been fully verified, but has even achieved "redundancy". Far beyond the national standard, safer than safe battery Battery safety is the most critical safety for new energy vehicles.Currently, new energy vehicles on the market advertise that their batteries have gone through a number of validations and provide top-level safety protection, but the repeated occurrence of battery fires in the press shows that there is still a long way to go in terms of battery safety.FAW-Volkswagen has taken the lead in disclosing the Changchun laboratory of its new technology research and development centre, which shows its confidence in creating the ID.7 VIZZION's "redundant safety".FAW-Volkswagen pays special attention to the battery safety issue that consumers are very concerned about. Referring to Volkswagen's high-grade safety standards in Germany, FAW-Volkswagen conducts safety tests on batteries that far exceed the national standard, such as 197 tests on overcharging prevention, short circuit, etc. While the national standard only has 18 tests, FAW-Volkswagen's tests far exceed the national standard by 179 tests, and it also conducts a total of 436 full-scale tests on battery packs and battery batteries at the level of the battery core and the module.A total of 436 full-scenario tests are conducted from the cell level to the module level to the battery pack level to protect battery safety in all aspects. Vibration and immersion in water are the most testing scenarios for batteries in daily use, and FAW-Volkswagen's battery safety test requires harsh requirements for these two scenarios. The national standard requires that the battery should not catch fire for 13 hours under the vibration condition of 3 degrees of freedom, while FAW-Volkswagen's test has tripled the vibration level and can reach 172 hours without fire. The requirement of the national standard for the water immersion test is that the battery will not catch fire and explode after being immersed in water at room temperature for half an hour at a depth of 1 metre, while FAW-Volkswagen has added the water immersion temperature impact test on the basis of the test, in which the battery pack is heated up to a high temperature of nearly 60 degrees Celsius, then immediately immersed into ice water of a few degrees Celsius and circulated for 20 times, so as to verify the rationality of the design of the structure of the battery pack and the stability of its craftsmanship by means of the ultimate thermal expansion and contraction and the effect of negative pressure, and to let even the slightest fluctuation of the welding process be verified. Even the slightest fluctuation in the welding process is verified and optimised. The passing standard of the test is to confirm that there is no change in the performance of the battery after comprehensive function and performance parameter testing and dismantling. In addition, FAW-Volkswagen completed the test without missing a single item, such as high-temperature and high-pressure water jetting and long sequence test, which are not explicitly required by the national standard. It is understood that many car companies do not do tests that are not rigidly required in the national standard, but FAW-Volkswagen has fully verified all of them in the testing room, which shows ID.7 VIZZION's dedication to safety and quality. Body stiffness is stronger than a million-dollar luxury car. In the era of new energy vehicles, the value of new cars is getting higher and higher, and the cooler the configuration and the more fancy the features, the more it can attract consumers' attention. Under the environment of cost compression, some car companies have to spend their limited budgets on those flashy functions in order to meet the consumers' demand for "face", and pay less attention to safety accordingly. However, FAW-Volkswagen has not given up the pursuit of higher safety standards, and has made ID.7 VIZZION a car with a face. In addition to battery safety, the safety performance of a new energy vehicle also depends on the frame structure, active and passive safety devices. Firstly, in terms of body materials, ID.7 VIZZION adopts a high-strength steel-aluminium hybrid body, of which more than 32% is hot-formed steel, more than 81% is high-strength and ultra-high-strength steel, and aluminium alloys are used in the longitudinal beam reinforcement, four doors and the rear cover, with the torsional stiffness exceeding a staggering 46,100Nm/degree, which is even stronger than many multi-million-dollar-class luxury cars. Secondly, in terms of body structure, ID.7 VIZZION starts from a high point and is designed and developed in strict accordance with the latest C-NCAP 2021 five-star and C-IASI Good standards, with two seat reinforcement beams running through the left and right at the bottom, and the use of 2000MPa aircraft carrier-grade strength thermoforming materials, effectively resisting side impacts and protecting the body. The two seat reinforcement beams at the bottom, which run through the left and right sides, are made of 2000MPa aircraft carrier strength thermoforming material, which can effectively resist side impacts, protect the body and ensure that the battery module is not deformed in the collision. It is worth mentioning that Volkswagen engineers, after thousands of simulations, tests and optimizations, have developed a "sandwich" structure of inner and outer double-layer thermoformed steel and honeycomb aluminium reinforcing beams in the threshold of the ID.7 VIZZION, with a honeycomb aluminium cross-section of more than 150mm in width, and the irregular honeycomb chamber collapses step by step from the outside to the inside when side impact occurs. When a side collision occurs, the irregular honeycomb compartment collapses step by step from the outside to the inside, coupled with the double-layer high-strength thermoformed steel inside and outside, which protects the body while also forming a 4-fold collision protection for the battery pack (outer door sill -> honeycomb aluminium impact beams -> inner door sill -> battery pack reinforcing frame), and the overall collapsed space is up to 250mm, which is capable of carrying an impact of more than 120 tonnes, which is far more than that of the same class of products by a factor of several and brings the most extreme safety protection to the batteries and members of the vehicle. The ultimate safety protection for the battery and the members of the car. Endorsement of "Redundant Safety" in All Dimensions Behind the safety quality of ID.7 VIZZION is FAW-Volkswagen's excellent global R&D and manufacturing strength and costless investment in technical innovation and body materials. Taking the electromagnetic laboratory that guarantees the information security of intelligent vehicles as an example, FAW-Volkswagen's electromagnetic laboratory covers an area of 3,000 square metres, and has a number of electromagnetic compatibility laboratories that satisfy corporate standards and national standards, such as a 10-metre darkroom, a 3-metre darkroom, a static room and a shielding room, so as to provide all-around protection for the radiation and immunity of the entire vehicle's electrical parts. At present, the laboratory has passed the domestic standard CNAS certification and the German Volkswagen EXP/P certification, which is higher than the industry standard. In the absence of this kind of laboratory in many enterprises, FAW-Volkswagen is more stable and farther away than many of its counterparts. Safety is more important than Mount Tai, and the safety of new energy intelligent vehicles is even more multi-dimensional. ID.7 VIZZION has made all-round considerations in various scenarios of driving the vehicle, taking the safety of human life as the bottom line, and effectively responding to the situation of driver incapacitation, parking safety, and driving safety.In the event of a driver's sudden illness, the Emergency Assist 3.0 system in ID.7 VIZZION detects that the driver has not taken over the steering wheel for a long period of time, and reminds the user to take over the driving by means of audible and visual warnings, tightening of seat belts, and braking to shrug off the car.If the driver still does not take over driving, the system will automatically stop the car and automatically activate the electronic handbrake EPB; after stopping the system will automatically sound the horn, activate the interior lighting, reduce the volume of the entertainment system, disengage the door locks, and through the eCall emergency call to guard the safety of the car, in order to reduce the risk of accidents. As for the safety of the interior environment, which is of great concern to many users, ID.7 VIZZION is developed in accordance with the five-star standard of the C-AHI China Automotive Health Index of the China Automotive Centre. Through the use of top-quality environmentally friendly materials, real-time air monitoring, double-layer filter elements, equipped with an anion generator and other scientific and technological innovations, the formaldehyde content of the interior complies with the safety standards for mothers and babies and reaches one-tenth of the international standard value, as well as theone-fourth of the most stringent Finnish indoor S1 limit value standard, guaranteeing the safety of the car's interior environment. It can be said that ID.7 VIZZION's "redundant safety" realises a full range of safety transcendence, including body safety, three electric safety, driving safety, environmental safety, information security, etc., with a higher standard than the industry standard and international standard, bringing users the most solid sense of security with the greatest sincerity, and eliminating their doubts and concerns about electric intelligent vehicles. The company will bring users the most solid sense of safety with the greatest sincerity, eliminating users' doubts about electric smart cars, giving new energy vehicles a rightful name, and advocating for "redundant safety".

In the era of fuel vehicles, the development cycle of a new car is 5~7 years on average. And the era of new energy vehicles, new brands and new models of new crazy volume, this cycle is constantly being shortened to the current 9 ~ 12 months. R & D cycle limit compression, the safety of automotive features have been fully verified? Raise consumer questions. With price wars and wars of words raging, in the increasingly frenetic automotive market, which brand can still calmly verify the safety of their vehicles? The ID.7 VIZZION, which is about to go on sale, has not only been fully verified, but has even achieved "redundancy". Far beyond the national standard, safer than safe battery Battery safety is the most critical safety for new energy vehicles.Currently, new energy vehicles on the market advertise that their batteries have gone through a number of validations and provide top-level safety protection, but the repeated occurrence of battery fires in the press shows that there is still a long way to go in terms of battery safety.FAW-Volkswagen has taken the lead in disclosing the Changchun laboratory of its new technology research and development centre, which shows its confidence in creating the ID.7 VIZZION's "redundant safety".FAW-Volkswagen pays special attention to the battery safety issue that consumers are very concerned about. Referring to Volkswagen's high-grade safety standards in Germany, FAW-Volkswagen conducts safety tests on batteries that far exceed the national standard, such as 197 tests on overcharging prevention, short circuit, etc. While the national standard only has 18 tests, FAW-Volkswagen's tests far exceed the national standard by 179 tests, and it also conducts a total of 436 full-scale tests on battery packs and battery batteries at the level of the battery core and the module.A total of 436 full-scenario tests are conducted from the cell level to the module level to the battery pack level to protect battery safety in all aspects. Vibration and immersion in water are the most testing scenarios for batteries in daily use, and FAW-Volkswagen's battery safety test requires harsh requirements for these two scenarios. The national standard requires that the battery should not catch fire for 13 hours under the vibration condition of 3 degrees of freedom, while FAW-Volkswagen's test has tripled the vibration level and can reach 172 hours without fire. The requirement of the national standard for the water immersion test is that the battery will not catch fire and explode after being immersed in water at room temperature for half an hour at a depth of 1 metre, while FAW-Volkswagen has added the water immersion temperature impact test on the basis of the test, in which the battery pack is heated up to a high temperature of nearly 60 degrees Celsius, then immediately immersed into ice water of a few degrees Celsius and circulated for 20 times, so as to verify the rationality of the design of the structure of the battery pack and the stability of its craftsmanship by means of the ultimate thermal expansion and contraction and the effect of negative pressure, and to let even the slightest fluctuation of the welding process be verified. Even the slightest fluctuation in the welding process is verified and optimised. The passing standard of the test is to confirm that there is no change in the performance of the battery after comprehensive function and performance parameter testing and dismantling. In addition, FAW-Volkswagen completed the test without missing a single item, such as high-temperature and high-pressure water jetting and long sequence test, which are not explicitly required by the national standard. It is understood that many car companies do not do tests that are not rigidly required in the national standard, but FAW-Volkswagen has fully verified all of them in the testing room, which shows ID.7 VIZZION's dedication to safety and quality. Body stiffness is stronger than a million-dollar luxury car. In the era of new energy vehicles, the value of new cars is getting higher and higher, and the cooler the configuration and the more fancy the features, the more it can attract consumers' attention. Under the environment of cost compression, some car companies have to spend their limited budgets on those flashy functions in order to meet the consumers' demand for "face", and pay less attention to safety accordingly. However, FAW-Volkswagen has not given up the pursuit of higher safety standards, and has made ID.7 VIZZION a car with a face. In addition to battery safety, the safety performance of a new energy vehicle also depends on the frame structure, active and passive safety devices. Firstly, in terms of body materials, ID.7 VIZZION adopts a high-strength steel-aluminium hybrid body, of which more than 32% is hot-formed steel, more than 81% is high-strength and ultra-high-strength steel, and aluminium alloys are used in the longitudinal beam reinforcement, four doors and the rear cover, with the torsional stiffness exceeding a staggering 46,100Nm/degree, which is even stronger than many multi-million-dollar-class luxury cars. Secondly, in terms of body structure, ID.7 VIZZION starts from a high point and is designed and developed in strict accordance with the latest C-NCAP 2021 five-star and C-IASI Good standards, with two seat reinforcement beams running through the left and right at the bottom, and the use of 2000MPa aircraft carrier-grade strength thermoforming materials, effectively resisting side impacts and protecting the body. The two seat reinforcement beams at the bottom, which run through the left and right sides, are made of 2000MPa aircraft carrier strength thermoforming material, which can effectively resist side impacts, protect the body and ensure that the battery module is not deformed in the collision. It is worth mentioning that Volkswagen engineers, after thousands of simulations, tests and optimizations, have developed a "sandwich" structure of inner and outer double-layer thermoformed steel and honeycomb aluminium reinforcing beams in the threshold of the ID.7 VIZZION, with a honeycomb aluminium cross-section of more than 150mm in width, and the irregular honeycomb chamber collapses step by step from the outside to the inside when side impact occurs. When a side collision occurs, the irregular honeycomb compartment collapses step by step from the outside to the inside, coupled with the double-layer high-strength thermoformed steel inside and outside, which protects the body while also forming a 4-fold collision protection for the battery pack (outer door sill -> honeycomb aluminium impact beams -> inner door sill -> battery pack reinforcing frame), and the overall collapsed space is up to 250mm, which is capable of carrying an impact of more than 120 tonnes, which is far more than that of the same class of products by a factor of several and brings the most extreme safety protection to the batteries and members of the vehicle. The ultimate safety protection for the battery and the members of the car. Endorsement of "Redundant Safety" in All Dimensions Behind the safety quality of ID.7 VIZZION is FAW-Volkswagen's excellent global R&D and manufacturing strength and costless investment in technical innovation and body materials. Taking the electromagnetic laboratory that guarantees the information security of intelligent vehicles as an example, FAW-Volkswagen's electromagnetic laboratory covers an area of 3,000 square metres, and has a number of electromagnetic compatibility laboratories that satisfy corporate standards and national standards, such as a 10-metre darkroom, a 3-metre darkroom, a static room and a shielding room, so as to provide all-around protection for the radiation and immunity of the entire vehicle's electrical parts. At present, the laboratory has passed the domestic standard CNAS certification and the German Volkswagen EXP/P certification, which is higher than the industry standard. In the absence of this kind of laboratory in many enterprises, FAW-Volkswagen is more stable and farther away than many of its counterparts. Safety is more important than Mount Tai, and the safety of new energy intelligent vehicles is even more multi-dimensional. ID.7 VIZZION has made all-round considerations in various scenarios of driving the vehicle, taking the safety of human life as the bottom line, and effectively responding to the situation of driver incapacitation, parking safety, and driving safety.In the event of a driver's sudden illness, the Emergency Assist 3.0 system in ID.7 VIZZION detects that the driver has not taken over the steering wheel for a long period of time, and reminds the user to take over the driving by means of audible and visual warnings, tightening of seat belts, and braking to shrug off the car.If the driver still does not take over driving, the system will automatically stop the car and automatically activate the electronic handbrake EPB; after stopping the system will automatically sound the horn, activate the interior lighting, reduce the volume of the entertainment system, disengage the door locks, and through the eCall emergency call to guard the safety of the car, in order to reduce the risk of accidents. As for the safety of the interior environment, which is of great concern to many users, ID.7 VIZZION is developed in accordance with the five-star standard of the C-AHI China Automotive Health Index of the China Automotive Centre. Through the use of top-quality environmentally friendly materials, real-time air monitoring, double-layer filter elements, equipped with an anion generator and other scientific and technological innovations, the formaldehyde content of the interior complies with the safety standards for mothers and babies and reaches one-tenth of the international standard value, as well as theone-fourth of the most stringent Finnish indoor S1 limit value standard, guaranteeing the safety of the car's interior environment. It can be said that ID.7 VIZZION's "redundant safety" realises a full range of safety transcendence, including body safety, three electric safety, driving safety, environmental safety, information security, etc., with a higher standard than the industry standard and international standard, bringing users the most solid sense of security with the greatest sincerity, and eliminating their doubts and concerns about electric intelligent vehicles. The company will bring users the most solid sense of safety with the greatest sincerity, eliminating users' doubts about electric smart cars, giving new energy vehicles a rightful name, and advocating for "redundant safety".

On 14th November, BYD Japan officially announced the launch of the J7, a mid-sized electric bus for the Japanese market, which will be available for booking from 1st January 2024, with delivery scheduled for autumn 2025, and is expected to be completed by the end of the year. Exterior of the new electric bus J7 The new medium-sized electric bus J7, with a capacity of 61 passengers, is powered by BYD's independently developed lithium iron phosphate blade battery, which has a range of up to 250km on a single charge and ensures a high level of safety while expanding the available space inside the vehicle through a fully flat floor and achieving a high driving range. Reducing congestion and accidents with a fully flat floor design Japan is currently in a critical period of public transport electrification transition, and there is a large demand for a wide range of models and efficient charging methods. 2015, BYD Japan introduced five K9 electric buses in Kyoto, achieving a breakthrough for a Chinese company in Japan, a strong traditional automotive country. After that, BYD has been actively cultivating the Japanese market and expanding its model matrix, providing the J6, a small electric bus that is most suitable for community buses, and the K8, a 10.5m large electric bus that is most suitable for Japan's specialised buses, covering a full range of large, medium and small-sized models. BYD is also constantly upgrading its product technology to quickly adapt to Japan's fast charging standard CHAdeMO, and has been conducting experiments and signing relevant agreements with a number of Japanese charger manufacturers in order to improve charging efficiency and better meet customers' needs. Currently, BYD has occupied more than 70% of the electric bus market in Japan, and plans to achieve a cumulative sales volume of 4,000 buses in Japan by 2030, which will further assist the transformation of public transport in Japan, and actively respond to the global carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals.

Recently, the last internal combustion engine produced by BMW at its Munich plant in Germany officially rolled off the production line, a V8 engine. The plant will be upgraded and transformed into an electric vehicle production site in the future. "It is fitting that BMW is dedicating the Munich plant to the production of electric vehicles.For more than 100 years, Munich has been BMW's headquarters and main plant, and the brand's most important and visible plant. This should drive the company into the future." Foreign media outlet The Drive commented. Does this mean the end of BMW's internal combustion engine era? That's not so. In fact, the news isn't too surprising for the workers at the Munich plant. As early as 2020, BMW announced that it would transfer the internal combustion engine production work at the Munich plant to plants in Austria and the UK, which was transformed into an electric car plant, and BMW invested 400 million euros in this endeavour. Not long ago, Ika Horstmeyer, the BMW Group board member in charge of human resources, told the foreign press that the 1,200 skilled workers at the Munich plant who work on internal combustion engines have been retrained for their new roles within the company. As planned, the BMW Steyr plant in Austria will continue to produce V8 engines codenamed N63 and S63. A number of models, including non-BMW cars, use these two engines. In addition, the Hamhall plant in the UK is currently the sole production site for BMW's new S68 high-performance V8 engine and all N74 V12 engines. And now, along with the end of internal combustion engine production, the BMW Munich plant will be completely transformed into an electric vehicle production site. In fact, as early as October 2021, the plant has already begun production of the i4 all-electric coupé, and from 2025 it will produce the new BMW i3 (codenamed NA0). Subsequently, the BMW i3 Touring series wagon and the new BMW i4 will also join the production line in Munich. BMW is investing heavily in electric vehicles. Just recently, BMW announced that it will invest 100 million euros in a new battery test centre at its plant in Wackersdorf, Germany, for testing high-voltage batteries and other electric drive components, which is expected to be operational as early as mid-2024. In terms of effectiveness, in the third quarter of this year, the BMW Group sold about 620,000 units worldwide. Among them, the BMW and MINI brands sold 93,931 pure electric vehicles, a year-on-year jump of 79.6 per cent, and accounted for 15 per cent of total sales. If we look at the BMW brand alone, its pure electric vehicle sales jumped 100.3 per cent year-on-year. "As can be seen from pure electric vehicle sales, our pure electric products in particular benefited from the high global demand." Peter Norda, BMW Group board member responsible for customers, brands and sales, said. Especially in the Chinese market, from January to September this year, the BMW Group sold 69,603 pure electric vehicles in China, up 232 per cent year-on-year. All along, BMW has attached great importance to the Chinese market, after the EU launched an anti-subsidy investigation on Chinese-made electric vehicles, BMW was also affected, and was asked to provide information about its iX3, which is produced in its Chinese factories and exported to the outside world. For this anti-subsidy investigation, BMW has always been opposed to the views of its chief financial officer Walter Mertle also worried that China may take retaliatory measures against European car companies. At the same time, North America is also BMW's future to increase the market. In October, BMW North America and Rolls-Royce North America announced that owners of BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce all-electric vehicles in the United States and Canada using the Combined Charging System (CCS) will be able to charge their vehicles at designated Tesla Superchargers from early 2025 onwards. As part of the agreement, the BMW Group will also adopt Tesla's North American Charging Standard (NACS) for its new all-electric vehicles in the US and Canada from 2025. In addition, BMW North America recently said it will expand the reach of its EV charging service, ChargeForward, in the U.S., with a goal of covering 48 states to further increase its presence in the electric mobility space. It's also worth noting that BMW has not given up on internal combustion engine vehicles, despite its massive investment in EVs. The company says it aims to still have a 50 per cent share of internal combustion engine vehicles in total sales by 2030.

On 26th October, Stellantis Group and Leapmotor officially announced their partnership, in which Stellantis will invest about 1.5 billion euros to acquire a 20% stake in Leapmotor, becoming the latter's majority shareholder and gaining two seats on Leapmotor's board of directors. At the same time, Stellantis and Leapmotor will set up a 51:49 joint venture called Leapmotor International. The joint venture will have the exclusive right to export and sell to all markets in the world except Greater China, as well as the exclusive right to manufacture Leapmotor products locally. The CEO of the joint venture will be appointed by Stellantis Group. 01 Each Takes What It Needs and Lays Out Overseas First of all, it should be noted that Stellantis and Zeropeng have similarities with Volkswagen and Xiaopeng in that they both use capital injection to acquire technology, but the target markets are different.While Volkswagen Group has joined hands with Xiaopeng to go further in China, its number one single global market, Stellantis' current situation in China is clear for all to see, and so it has focused its partnership on international markets outside of China, emphasising that "the Stellantis Group will continue to work on the implementation of its asset-light business model in China for its brands in China." From the co-operation agreement, we can see that the two sides have their own needs: Stellantis needs to make use of Zero Run Auto's electrification and intelligent technology to achieve its product transformation and layout on a global scale. Zero Run Auto, on the other hand, can rely on Stellantis' mature business layout in overseas markets to vigorously promote the sales of the Zero Run Auto brand in local markets, "which will first start from the European market". The official statement noted that the "Zero Run International" joint venture is expected to begin export operations in the second half of 2024. After all, although Stellantis has not performed well in China, it has deep roots in Europe and North America, especially in the European market, which has been favoured by Chinese automakers in recent years. With Stellantis as a backing, Zero Run Auto's road to Europe will obviously be a little smoother. In September this year, Zero Run Auto participated in the Munich Motor Show, showcasing its first global model, the C10, and announcing that in the next two years it will launch five globalised products for simultaneous sales in Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East and the Americas. These businesses will probably be handled by the joint venture company "Zero Run International" in the future. What's more, from the agreement, "Zero Run International" can manufacture Zero Run products in overseas markets. This means that Zero Run may not only enter Europe by way of export in the future, but also may take a step ahead of many Chinese counterparts to realise localised production in Europe. Or build new factories, or directly use Stellantis production network in Europe, either way, there are deep-rooted in Europe Stellantis in, will be more smooth than zero run car alone. As for Stellantis, it is in dire need of advanced electrification and intelligent technology to help it transform. As the world's fourth-largest auto group, Stellantis was formed by the merger of Peugeot Citroen and Fiat Chrysler, and has 14 car brands under its belt. Compared with its rivals, Stellantis has been determined but slow to make progress in electrification. In the first half of this year, Stellantis sold 169,000 all-electric vehicles, accounting for only about 5 per cent of its global sales. At the same time, Stellantis has an ambitious "Dare Forward 2030" strategic plan that sets the goal that by 2030, all of the group's passenger cars sold in Europe will be purely electric, and 50 per cent of its passenger cars and light trucks sold in the United States will be purely electric. Under these circumstances, Stellantis is in urgent need of external advanced technology support, and Zerodan Motors is an ideal partner. Currently, Zero Run Auto is in the first tier of China's new car-making forces. In the next three years, Zero Run Auto will be based on a technical architecture, three vehicle platforms, to create A-class to E-class "pure electric + range-extended dual-power" intelligent cars. "Zero Run Auto is the world's first new energy automotive company to adopt CTC battery chassis integration technology in a production model, and the 'four-leaf clover' centrally centralised electronic and electrical architecture launched this year realises seamless and efficient collaboration between the core components of an intelligent electric vehicle. Thanks to the full range of self-research and vertical integration capabilities that Zero Run Automotive possesses, the company can maximise its ability to quickly launch competitive products that adapt to market changes." Stellantis said in a statement. It can be seen that the technical strength of Zero Run Auto, especially the "four-leaf clover" architecture, is an important reason for Stellantis to choose it as a partner. In terms of funding, the rich and powerful Stellantis Group is simply "not bad money". Although China is going downhill, but there are two major pillars of profit in Europe and North America, Stellantis is still "day in and day out", the first half of this year's net profit of up to 10.9 billion euros. Stellantis also plans to invest more than 50 billion euros in the field of electrification in the next ten years, for the zero-run car's investment naturally not a big deal. How big a deal. 02 Reverse joint venture wave opens For Zero Run Auto, Stellantis's capital injection has a great boosting effect.Externally, the cooperation between the two parties mainly focuses on the international market, so that Zero Run Auto's internationalisation road can go smoother.Internally, Stellantis' capital injection and cooperation is a recognition of Zerodan's technical strength, which will help it increase sales and will undoubtedly result in a more adequate cash flow.Cash flow is very important for a new car-making forces. 17 October Zero Run Auto has just announced the third quarter financial results, single quarter gross profit margin for the first time turned positive to 1.2%, which is undoubtedly a good news, but behind the scenes, the Zero Run Auto loss is still the same, the third quarter operating loss of 1.025 billion yuan, while the first half of the net loss of 2.276 billion yuan.At the time, Dolphin Investment Research said, "Although Zero Run's operating cash flow turned positive for the second time in the third quarter, but according to the real rate of cash consumption measurement, if there is no continued financing, the time left for Zero Run may be just over a year or so."Against this background, Stellantis' capital injection is undoubtedly timely rain for Zero Run.At present, under the wave of electrification and intelligent development, the cooperation model of "market for technology" that lasted for many years has basically been declared over, and Chinese companies have started to export technology in the reverse direction, and there are constantly new joint ventures coming out.For example, Volkswagen Group and Xiaopeng Automobile, Volkswagen Group and Horizon.In contrast to these collaborations, which are focused on the Chinese domestic market, Stellantis' partnership with Zero Run Automotive has a global perspective. "The establishment of a global partnership between the two parties will be an industry first, i.e., a world-leading automaker and a new powerhouse EV company from China collaborating on a global EV project." Both parties noted in a statement. It is worth noting that this is also an attempt to zero running car new business model.At the end of July this year, when the "four-leaf clover" structure was released, Zhu Jiangming, founder and CEO of Zero Run Automobile, announced that Zero Run Automobile would learn to "walk on two legs", saying, "Zero Run is not only going to be an automobile company, but also a company that exports technology. technology export company." In addition to selling cars, external technology will become the second growth curve of Zero Run Auto, and the cooperation with Stellantis may become an example.

Behind Schaeffler's acquisition of Vipertech On 9 October, a shocking news to the industry came out, Germany's famous automotive bearings, electric drive and internal combustion engine parts manufacturer Schaeffler Group announced that it intends to 3.64 billion euros (91 euros per share) cash offer, the acquisition of the former Continental Powertrain Division, also known as the electric drive and internal combustion engine products Vitesco Technology (Vitesco). On the same day, Vitesco confirmed the news. The Schaeffler family's buyout plan Why does the Schaeffler Group want to buy Vitesco? Will the acquisition go ahead smoothly? Behind these questions, the role of the Schaeffler family cannot be ignored. To put it simply, the Schaeffler family is the major shareholder of Schaeffler Group, Continental Group and Weipai Technology, holding about half of the shares of Weipai Technology. Specifically, the Schaeffler Group is a family-owned company from Germany that takes its name from the surname of its founder, Georg Schaeffler. Currently, the group is helmed by the founder's wife, Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler-Tumann, as well as her son, Georg F.W. Schaeffler, who is now the chairman of the supervisory board of the Schaeffler Group. It can be said that the Schaeffler family has absolute control over the Schaeffler Group. And then look at the relationship with the wei pai technology. 2009, the schaeffler group to "snake eat elephant" way, acquired most of the shares of the German continental group, the schaeffler family this control of the continental group, but also backed by a heavy debt, and after that had to sell the continental group shares several times in order to pay off the debt. However, so far, the Schaeffler family still holds 46% of the shares of Continental Group, is its largest shareholder. Originally the powertrain division of Continental, Wipro was split off and listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in Germany in September 2021 at an issue price of 59.8 euros per share. According to the agreement, after the split, every shareholder who holds five Continental shares will receive one share in WSP Technology accordingly. As a result, the Schaeffler family became the largest single shareholder of Wipertech and currently holds 49.94 per cent of Wipertech's shares through the investment companies IHO Verwaltungs GmbH and IHO Beteiligungs GmbH. Regarding Schaeffler Group's acquisition of Wipertech, Bloomberg noted that the Schaeffler family has been looking at ways to reshape their industrial empire in the context of the electrification transformation of the automotive industry, and that the move will strengthen its position in the electric vehicle supply chain. According to Marc-Rene Tonn, an analyst at leading investment bank UBS Warburg, the combination of Wipertech's electronics expertise with Schaeffler's mechanical expertise is in line with industrial logic. "The successful acquisition and absorption of Wipertech will better drive Schaeffler's transformation into a more diversified and balanced product line, especially in the field of electric drives, where we will establish a leading position in the industry."Rosenfeld said. It is understood that the development situation of the Weipai technology is good, mainly to provide for electric, hybrid and internal combustion engine drive system key components and intelligent system solutions, products include electric drive system, electronic control unit, sensors and actuators, and exhaust gas after-treatment solutions. In the second quarter of this year, Vipertech secured around €5 billion in new orders, 90 percent of which (€4.5 billion) related to electrified products. Look at the Schaeffler Group, in recent years, also to the electric drive business leaning heavily on the products include electric motors, hybrid special transmission, electric drive axle, etc. 2022 Schaeffler Group's Automotive Technology Division of 12.3 billion euros in new orders, of which 5 billion euros from the electric drive business. In a statement, the Schaeffler Group noted that the acquisition plan follows a "compelling strategic logic" and that "Schaeffler and Vipertech have highly complementary technology portfolios, particularly in the field of electrification, which will enable the combined company to offer best-in-class solutions in all areas and to take full advantage of the accelerating growth opportunities of electromobility. the opportunities of the accelerating growth of electromobility". It is understood that Schaeffler has made adjustments and deployments in advance for the business units after the acquisition of Wipro Technology, which will form four business units: electric drives, powertrain and chassis, vehicle lifecycle solutions (aftermarket), and bearings and industrial solutions. Specifically, the first is to merge Schaeffler's electric drive business with the electrification business of WPI to form a new "Electric Drive Division". With a total order intake of approximately €40 billion, the division has high growth potential and is expected to achieve stable profitability in the medium term. 9 percent of Group revenue in 2022 (on a consolidated basis) will be generated by the division, rising to 31 percent by 2030, making it Schaeffler's largest division. In this segment, Schaeffler sees its main competitors as Bosch, ZF, BorgWarner and Valeo. The second is to package the internal combustion engine-related product lines of Vipertech and Schaeffler's internal combustion engine and chassis business to form the "Powertrain & Chassis Division", which is committed to becoming the market leader in the traditional powertrain and chassis market. 53% of the Group's revenue in 2022 (on a consolidated basis) will be accounted for by the division, which will decrease to 28% by 2030. decrease to 28 per cent. The third is the packaging of Vipertech and Schaeffler's aftermarket business under the name "Vehicle Lifecycle Solutions". The fourth is to separate Schaeffler's ancestral bearing business, including automotive bearings and industrial bearings, to form the "Bearing and Industrial Solutions Business Unit", in order to continue the lineage of Schaeffler's bearing business. "With this business combination, a leading mobility technology company with four key divisions and revenues of around 25 billion euros will be created." Schaeffler Group noted in a statement. Based on 2022 figures, Schaeffler's acquisition of Wipro Technology brings the company's annual revenue to €25 billion, making the group comparable in size to Fria (Faurecia + Hella, €25.5 billion in 2022 revenue). Of this, €2.4bn in revenue is from the electric drive business, €13.1bn from powertrain and chassis, €2.5bn from aftermarket and €6.9bn from bearings. In addition, the new Schaeffler will have more than 120,000 employees, 44 R&D centres and more than 100 production sites in key regions around the world, making it a giant in the global auto parts industry.

On 16th August, BYD's professional personalised vehicle brand, Equation Leopard, held the "Equation Leopard Brand and Technology Launch" at BYD's Pingshan headquarters in Shenzhen. In addition to the Equation Leopard brand and its three heavyweight models, the DMO (Dual Mode Off-Road) super hybrid off-road platform, which carries the brand's core proprietary technology, also attracted a great deal of attention from the industry. BYD Chairman and President Wang Chuanfu said, "The replacement of oil by electricity is only a small part of the transformation of the car; electricity, is rewriting the underlying logic of the whole dimension of the car." With the advent of the era of automobile personalisation, Equation Leopard will take the models equipped with DMO platform technology as a starting point to reshape the market rules of hardcore SUVs and sports cars, and realise "individuality affirmative action" with epoch-making new energy technology. Breaking the "Impossible" of Traditional Perception DMO adopts the new hybrid non-load-bearing structure, based on CTC battery chassis integration technology, with technical advantages in high-performance chassis, intelligent electric four-wheel drive and off-road special hybrid assembly, and is equipped with the intelligent hydraulic body control system of the Yun-van-P, which realises a breakthrough in traditional off-road in the aspects of safety, power, off-road performance and comfort, and energy consumption. Based on the new hybrid non-load-bearing architecture, DMO decouples the upper and lower bodies through flexible connections, with the lower body focusing on the high-performance chassis to create hardcore off-road performance, and the upper body focusing on safety protection, cabin space, and comfortable driving experience. The upper body focuses on safety and protection as well as cabin space and comfortable driving experience. In the middle, the 10-point flexible connection and 8-point power suspension isolate vibration and noise and reduce the impact of road vibration on the cabin, so that the performance of the upper and lower bodies can be brought to the extreme. As one of the core technologies of DMO, CTC Battery Chassis Integration Technology integrates off-road-exclusive double-layer blade batteries for structural integration and space maximisation. With CTC technology, DMO chassis space utilisation can be increased by 49.7% compared to traditional fuel vehicle architecture. At the same time, the extreme integration of the battery and chassis empowers the dual force transmission paths, and the torsional stiffness of the large frame can be increased by 38% compared with traditional fuel off-road vehicles. The vehicle's positive collision intrusion is reduced by 25%, and the side column collision intrusion is reduced by 30%. CTC's battery chassis integration allows the vehicle's centre of mass to be lowered by a maximum of 110mm compared to the structure of a traditional fuel vehicle, and the stability angle of the lateral inclination is greater than 44 degrees, which reduces the risk of rollover of the entire vehicle. The safe and stable structural design also makes the centre of mass tend to the middle point, which can achieve the golden axle load ratio of 50:50 and improve the driving stability. Breaking through technical bottlenecks DMO is equipped with the world's first longitudinal EHS electric hybrid system, compatible with 1.5T and 2.0T longitudinal Snapdragon high-power engines, adopting high compression ratio, high thermal efficiency, high-pressure fuel injection system and other technologies, while the off-road-specific rear-wheel drive electric assembly has a maximum power of 285kW and a maximum torque of 400N-m, and the first to be equipped with a dedicated low-speed off-road gear with 21 speed ratios, which can provide more than 8,000N-m of wheel-end torque. At the same time, DMO's electric drive system can quickly and accurately capture wheel-end dynamics and road surface information, and accurately control power output and torque distribution according to the different attachment conditions of each wheel, keeping the entire vehicle stable during driving. As a sign of off-road performance, DMO is equipped with an intelligent triple lock consisting of two inter-wheel differential locks and one inter-axle energy centre lock to meet the extreme torque requirements of extrication scenarios, especially extreme off-road scenarios with single or even multiple wheels skidding. Compared with traditional mechanical locks, the inter-wheel electronic differential lock can quickly identify the wheel speed difference, and through intelligent control, actively lock and exit in real time, subverting the frequent opening and closing logic of mechanical locks. In addition, the unique energy centre lock of the electric 4WD can achieve torque transfer between the front and rear axles within 10 milliseconds, which is 30 times faster than the mechanical centre lock. Significantly increase market influence In terms of technology development, BYD has come up with a new "electric-based" off-road technology route. The new hybrid non-load-bearing architecture technology based on CTC battery chassis integration technology, together with the off-road-specific hybrid architecture and the Cloud Chariot-P intelligent hydraulic body control system, help the whole vehicle realise the "high-level hardcore off-road" concept. The new hybrid non-load-bearing architecture technology, together with the hybrid structure for off-road use and the intelligent hydraulic body control system of the Cloud Chariot-P, helps the whole vehicle achieve the full compatibility of "high-class hardcore off-road" and "luxurious and comfortable driving". The release of the DMO meets the market's individual needs, expands the application scenarios of "electricity", and brings professional and personalised experience to global users, witnessing the "bigger change" of new energy vehicles together with users. At the same time, DMO will also empower products and enhance BYD's competitiveness in the new energy vehicle market. Currently, China is the world's largest auto market, and in recent years, the competition for SUVs has entered a white-hot stage, thus promoting the development of a more segmented market, with hardcore off-road vehicles being an important branch of the market, and the launch of the DMO platform fits this trend, helping BYD to seize the first opportunity in hardcore off-road segmentation.

Hardcore off-road, this once niche market, has become this year's Chengdu Auto Show, "when the flower girl", from the Great Wall Haval, tanks, to the BYD look forward to the equation of the leopard, as well as the Dongfeng Mastodon, more and more of the layout of independent car companies off-road vehicles this market segment. Off-road vehicles have become the next wind mouth of the independent brand competition. However, the ups and downs of the off-road vehicle market is, after all, a niche market, there is really a need to become a must-contend place for car companies? Independent car companies and can break the monopoly of joint ventures, imported high-end brands in this market? 01 Off-road vehicles are piling up At this year's Chengdu Auto Show, the hardcore off-road vehicles became the brightest presence. On 25 August, the Haval Mastodon made its debut at the Chengdu Auto Show and lowered its price to 160,000 yuan, which, in the words of Great Wall Motor, "fills the blank of the new energy off-road vehicle market within the price range of 200,000 yuan". Thanks to the addition of 1.5T + Hi4 electric four-wheel drive + rear axle electronically controlled differential lock combination, the Haval Raptor presents a strong off-road performance, with good performance in terms of passability and playability. And the vehicle offers 7 driving modes, which can fully cover various off-road needs such as snow, sand and mud. Dongfeng MORA Mastodon was also officially launched at the Chengdu Auto Show, and offers two power forms, pure electric and extended range, with a starting price of 637,700 yuan. It is understood that the MORA Mastodon skateboard off-road platform can support two power modes: pure electric and extended range. MORA 917 is equipped with a number of cutting-edge technologies such as VMC chassis dynamic domain control and AKC rear-wheel wire steering, with a minimum turning radius of only 5.1 metres, which supports the vehicle's "crab-walking" lateral driving. The frame adopts internal high-pressure unibody longitudinal beams, providing a body structure with higher strength and rigidity. The pure electric version is equipped with four motors at the front and rear, 142.7 kWh double-layer high-capacity and high-safety off-road battery packs, with a combined driving range of 505 km under CLTC conditions; the extended-range version is equipped with a combination of three motors and a 1.5T high-efficiency range extender, with a horse power of 816 hp and 65.8-degree high-safety off-road battery packs, with a pure electric range of 200 km under CLTC conditions and a combined driving range of up to 1,026 km. Up to 1026 kilometres. BYD has just refreshed the price ceiling of independent brands by virtue of looking up, and started the blind order of Leopard 5, the first strategic model of Equation Leopard, at the Chengdu Auto Show, and the blind order price of 300,000 to 400,000 yuan attracted a lot of attention. This car is BYD following the million-class off-road vehicle look up to the U8, released another model for the hardcore off-road field, but also the first model of the Equation Leopard brand. The Leopard 5 is understood to be powered by the DMO Super Hybrid Off-Road Platform, which consists of a new hybrid non-load-bearing architecture and an off-road-specific hybrid architecture. The Cloud Van-P system is also present on the Leopard 5, enhancing off-road performance. Official data shows that the Leopard 5 system has a power of more than 500 kW, and zero hundred acceleration reaches 4.8 seconds. With the DMO, the Leopard 5 feeds fuel consumption as low as 7.8L and has a combined driving range of over 1,200km. Just before the Chengdu Auto Show, the first model of Polaris Auto, Polaris 01, also locks the market for off-road vehicles, focusing on outdoor travelling scenarios. Official information shows that in order to improve the outdoor driving ability, in addition to the common three driving modes of Comfort, Standard and Sport, there is also an ad hoc "Crossing Mode" to maximise the release of suspension performance. In addition to the conventional pure electric and fuel energy modes, Jishi 01 also adopts the self-developed "Intelligent Hybrid Mode". 02Technological progress and market scale expansion is the bottom line From the point of view of the data released by automobile enterprises, the off-road vehicle models launched by independent brands have demonstrated a variety of performance that is no less than the level of classic off-road vehicles such as the Honda, Raptor, and even the Wrangler. Independent brands are using real products to prove their own car-making ability and level of improvement. In terms of power, independent car enterprises in the hybrid power system technology level continues to improve, so that they cross the fuel engine mechanical system limitations, have the ability to build a variety of cross-country performance to meet the vehicle; in the body, based on the accumulation of technology over the years, the independent brand of the overall design and manufacturing capacity has been greatly enhanced, off-road vehicle design and manufacturing capacity has also reached a certain level, it can be said that current It can be said that the current independent automobile enterprises scramble to launch a variety of off-road vehicles can be called water to the drain. More crucially, "off-road" has become a new consumer demand, more and more young people began to pay attention to and join the cross-country "team", this way of life in the pursuit of a new fashion at the same time, but also further broaden the market for off-road vehicles. In recent years, off-road has become a new generation of young people as the representative of the new pursuit of consumer groups, whether it is a weekend short-distance leisure cross-country, or long-distance cross-country adventure, is becoming more and more consumers' new choice. "The radius of young consumers' lives is expanding, and with that comes a more colourful demand for travel." Wang Qing said that this new consumer demand is the key to the off-road vehicle market starting to heat up, and there will naturally be supply when there is demand. In fact, in the past, China's off-road vehicle market there is a lack of product supply, there are not many products to choose from, and the high price of the characteristics of the independent brand naturally understand this market characteristics, under the premise of the technical reserves are enough to support the inevitable target of this market segment. 03 Brand power enhancement is more meaningful than absolute salesIn China, the modified car market has always existed, and most of the modified cars are expanded around the off-road performance of the vehicle. With the increase in market demand, tuning cars have also shown a trend of getting hotter and hotter in recent years.However, the tuning market has been restricted by various policies, and consumer demand is difficult to meet. Overall, the tuning market is characterised by relatively high prices and lack of policy support, and consumer demand is not met.Autonomous car companies, as the most understanding of China's auto consumer market, will naturally find this consumer demand, under the premise of the conditions are ripe to launch off-road vehicles without modification to meet the needs of more and more consumers in pursuit of individuality cross-country life, has become the choice of many car companies.Wang Qing believes that the front of the tuning market, not only to meet the needs of consumers, but also to bring a more economical price, safer performance, and naturally will be sought after by the market. It is worth noting that the launch of more off-road models by independent brands will inevitably lead to the development of this market segment, which is the same trajectory as the development of the SUV market."Competition from independent brands in the SUV market has forced joint venture brands to launch more good-value products in this segment, which is the fundamental reason why China's SUV market has been booming."As Dong Yang, vice chairman of the China Electric Vehicle Association and chairman of the China Automotive Power Battery Industry Innovation Alliance, said, the increased competitiveness of independent brands in the SUV field has not only led to the development of the SUV market, but also changed the monopoly of the joint venture brands in this field, so that China's SUV products are good value and inexpensive, and better meet the needs of consumers. With more and more independent car companies to enter the off-road vehicle market segment, the monopoly of joint venture brands and foreign brands in this field will also be broken, which can be seen from the Haval Raptor price down to 160,000 yuan.In the future, China's off-road vehicle market products will also be more diversified to fully meet the needs of Chinese consumers.

Car companies coincidentally enthusiastic about ultra-charging One of the direct reasons for the popularity of supercharging stations is the growing popularity of the 800V high-voltage platform technology in the field of electric vehicles. According to incomplete statistics, at present has been or will be determined in the near future to launch the 800V high-voltage platform of the automobile brand has more than 20, is known to car companies 800V high-voltage platform, including Mercedes-Benz EVA, BMW Neue Klasse platform, BYD e platform 3.0, Xiaopeng Fushang architecture, Geely SEA Hao Han platform and so on. Super fast charging and 800V have long been hailed as the "golden partners" for enhancing the performance and usage efficiency of electric vehicles. In particular, high-voltage fast charging and super charging, due to the characteristics of fast charging and high efficiency, are regarded as the "killer app" to resolve the use of electric vehicles anxiety, and even "replace" traditional fuel vehicles. In other words, more and more 800V cars, in the use of its matching super fast charging demand is also more and more exuberant, super charging will become a necessity. How active are car companies in the field of supercharging? We've combed through the recent information released by car companies on the construction of supercharging stations. Deep involvement of "non-automotive players" In addition to vehicle enterprises, different links in the electric vehicle industry chain, different roles of enterprises, supercharging has also generated a strong interest, such as the head of the battery companies represented by Ningde Times and Huawei deeply involved in the automotive industry, and so on. From the power battery to the supercharging field, behind this deep involvement, there is an innate nature and an unstoppable trend. August 16, ningde times sent a "big move", officially released god line super charging battery, which means that lithium iron phosphate for the first time to achieve 4C super charging and will be mass production.Standing in the industry level, this move is of pivotal significance to the comprehensive opening of the new energy automobile super charging era.According to the official data, Shenxing super-charging battery can achieve "charging 10 minutes, range of 400 kilometres" charging speed, and to achieve more than 700 kilometres of driving range. According to the plan, the Shenxing battery will be mass-produced by the end of this year, and the electric cars equipped with the Shenxing super-charged battery will also be listed in the first quarter of next year. Which car companies will use Shenxing super-charged batteries? In the Ningde Times conference, Changan, Chery, Krypton and other car companies related to the person in charge of the video form for the Shenxing super-charged battery "call". Immediately after the conference, Avita announced that it would be the first batch of new energy vehicle brands equipped with Ningde Times' Shenxing Supercharger Battery. Prior to this, Ideal and Krypton have also announced the use of Ningde Times Kirin supercharging battery to meet the 800V technology platform solution landing. An interesting phenomenon is that in the co-operation between OEMs and head battery companies, because of the popularity of supercharging, the relationship between the two sides of the co-operation, competition and game has also undergone subtle changes. At present, from the domestic point of view, the degree of reliance on vehicle enterprises is relatively high, battery companies seem to be "slightly on the upper hand". In fact, in the super-charging era, at least at this stage, car companies and battery companies are more closely bound to cooperation. To a certain extent, car companies "rely" on the head battery companies to provide a complete set of supercharging solutions, including battery cells and battery management system (BMS). As we all know, at one time, the vehicle enterprises on the BMS battery management system of self-research has generated a strong interest and put into action, the proportion of domestic automobile enterprises BMS self-research had risen all the way, and even close to half or more than half of the overall proportion of the whole set of solutions to adopt the battery supplier is not high. However, the launch of the Shenxing battery, and according to the current stage of the super-charging field of technical control of the status quo, most of the domestic automotive enterprises for the super-charging of the self-developed BMS whether the optimal match with the super-charging battery does not seem to be able to "pack your bags". That is to say, car companies can only choose Ningde Times of the Shenxing battery cell, but with self-developed BMS really match how, and do not dare to guarantee. In addition to the Ningde era, including lithium-ion lithium, Fu can science and technology, honeycomb energy, Xin Wangda, and giant bay technology research and other enterprises have accelerated into the domestic super-charging camp in the past two years. In addition Huawei has also recently launched a full liquid-cooled supercharger. In response to the process of electrification transition, traditional gas stations are also looking for a new direction. 7 September, PetroChina announced the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Putian New Energy, which means that PetroChina has also begun to launch the layout of the electric vehicle charging field. Super charging in the end where the fragrance Super charging station "super charm" in the attraction, including car companies, battery companies and many participants in the industry chain have to get involved at the same time, objectively also promotes the technical progress of the field of electric vehicles, to ease the charging link of the pain point. Regarding the future co-operation with Chinese local enterprises in the field of super-charging technology, Kang Linsong, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mercedes-Benz Group AG, said in an interview with this reporter that Mercedes-Benz's pure-electric models are currently equipped with 400V high-voltage battery systems, and that Mercedes-Benz will comprehensively push forward the 800V charging standard in the near future, which means that customers will be able to enjoy faster and more efficient charging services.