According to sources, Bora will give a special speech at ces on June 5438+ 10/2, explaining why electrification is a necessary step to cope with environmental and social changes and how GM is ready to play a central role.
In addition to Bora's speech, GM will also show a video at CES to introduce its latest technology and preview some concept cars, including Chevrolet plug-in hybrid pickup trucks, some Cadillac models and other brands of cars.
GM's move aims to emphasize its commitment to electrification and benchmark Tesla, the leader in the electric vehicle market. In the past few years, GM has repeatedly said that it will produce electric vehicles, which has become the symbol of Barra's six-year term.
According to foreign media reports, on February 24, 65438, a few days before the end of the transition period of Britain's withdrawal from the EU, Britain and the EU reached a trade agreement on Britain's withdrawal from the EU, and automakers welcomed the trade agreement.
The agreement will help Britain really leave the EU and avoid the embarrassing situation of leaving the EU without an agreement at the end of the transition period.
The European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) said that the agreement will enable the automobile industry to avoid the "catastrophic impact" caused by Britain's disorderly withdrawal from the EU. Eric mark, general manager of ACEA? "Britain's withdrawal from the EU without an agreement will have a devastating impact on the EU auto industry," Huitem said in a statement.
According to the agreement, after 65438+February 3 1, there will be no more tariffs and quotas in the trade of goods between Britain and the EU, but this does not apply to the service industry (accounting for 80% of the British economy) or the financial industry.
20 16 After the referendum on Britain's withdrawal from the EU, the operation of British automakers has been facing uncertainty, and this agreement will end this situation. Car companies such as Nissan, Toyota and Honda warned that they would leave Britain if the trade barriers after Britain's exit from the EU made it impossible for the British business to achieve profitability. These car companies account for about half of the total British car production.
According to foreign media reports, Renault CEO Luca? De? Meo will announce the reorganization plan on June 65438+ 10/4. De? Meo plans to start a revolution in Renault, so it is called "Renault+Revolution".
According to Automobilwoche, Germany? Meo described the main points of restructuring to Renault executives and employee representatives in an internal document. De? Meo outlined the primary focus of reorganization in an interview on June 5438+065438+ 10, and now it is to make the whole idea more practically implemented in the document.
Here are some key points:
reduce costs
De? Meo's primary task is to save costs.
Narrow the product range
De? Meo hopes to reduce the range of Renault products and services by about 30%.
Focus on compact market segments
De? Meo plans to focus more on the compact market with high sales volume and high profit.
Narrow international ambitions
Renault will curb its over-ambitious global plans.
Internal innovation
De? Meo said that Renault must once again achieve more independent innovation and reduce its dependence on suppliers.
New business areas
Renault's business should cover the whole field of mobile travel, not just the production of cars.
A stronger alliance
De? Meo said that Renault will not give up or weaken its alliance with Nissan and Mitsubishi.
165438 On February 23rd, the British Automobile Manufacturers and Traders Association (SMMT) said that British automobile production declined slightly in June +0 10. However, due to the COVID-19 epidemic and the coming end of the transition period of Britain's leaving the EU at the end of this month, the cumulative output of Britain in the first eleven months of this year decreased by nearly one third year-on-year.
According to SMMT statistics, compared with the same period of last year, in the month of 1 1.4%, the British automobile production decreased to 106243. 20 19, 1 1 0/October, due to the influence of Britain's withdrawal from the EU, some factories stopped working, and the monthly output was low, so this year's output is not too bad.
From June 5438 to1October 065438, 85.3% of automobile production was exported, highlighting the importance of duty-free trade or fair trade between British automobile manufacturers and the global market. Thanks to the demand from the European Union, Asia, the United States and other major markets, the export volume of automobiles was flat, with a year-on-year increase of 0.3% and an increase of 365,438+00 vehicles.
From June 1 to June 1 1 in 2020, the British production decreased by 3 1% year-on-year, with a decrease of 380,809 vehicles, and the loss of the automobile industry was/kloc-0.05 billion pounds.
According to foreign media reports, Herbert Diss, CEO of Volkswagen Group (Herbert? Diess) believes that compared with traditional rivals such as Toyota, Apple's entry into the automobile industry will bring more severe challenges.
Diss commented on LinkedIn's news about Apple's car-making: "We are looking forward to new competitors, which will certainly accelerate industry changes and bring new technologies. Apple's unparalleled market value and truly unlimited resource channels have won our great respect. "
Diss is also one of the few people who appreciate Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk? Musk, one of the car executives, is very supportive of electric vehicles and autonomous driving technology, and sees the importance of change, adaptation and development.
As far as Diss is concerned, although there are several car companies in the world, Tesla is Volkswagen's biggest competitor at present, and Apple has to say that it will launch a self-driving electric car. He concluded: "I said before that the most valuable company in the world will still be a mobile travel company, possibly Tesla, Apple or Volkswagen."
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