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20 18 Beijing auto show seems to be a prosperous time for new forces to build cars.
This prosperous period means that everyone is full of confidence and money. In that year, the racetrack of the new forces was crowded with contestants: less than 20 new forces, such as Weilai, Future, Weimar, Tucki, He Zhong, Ideality, Du Yun, Baiteng, Aichi, Zhengdao, Xinte, Singularity, Zero Run and Bojun, made their cars at the Beijing Auto Show that year.
By last year's Shanghai Auto Show, the number had dropped to more than a dozen. Five months later, at the Chengdu Auto Show, the number of new car companies participating in the exhibition dropped sharply to eight.
Last year, Sky released the full-time service platform and the first production car ME7 at Chengdu Auto Show, and Aichi U5 also made its debut and announced its price. A year later, I love the second production car U6? Ion came to Chengdu, and Weilai and Tucki successively unveiled new products: EC6 and G3? Me; Weimar with EX5-Z and EX6? Plus, meet the car owners in Chengdu.
At the Chengdu Auto Show, there were five new automobile manufacturers, namely Weilai, Tucki, Weimar, Aichi and Cyrus.
These car companies are still active on this runway, showing their strength, confidence or determination at the Chengdu Auto Show. More new forces are left behind, and difficulties in capital, management, technology, personnel and government relations lead to stagnation or retrogression.
From June to July last year, according to the data of China Automobile Association, the production and sales of automobiles were139.33 million and141320,000 respectively, down by 13.5% and10.4% respectively. At that time, everyone was feeling weak and life was hard.
One year later, from June to June this year, the automobile production and sales were1012,000 and10,257,000 respectively, which were much lower than the same period of last year, reaching 16.8% and16.
Many people say that looking forward, this year is the best year.
Tucki gets financing to add weight to IPO in the United States?
On July 20th, Xpeng Motors officially announced the completion of nearly $500 million in C+ financing, equivalent to RMB 3.5 billion. The investors are mainly Aspex, Coatue, Gaoyao Capital and Sequoia China.
"The vehicle industry is an industry that needs to burn more than 20 billion yuan, and it will take at least ten years to test whether it is successful." Zhang Wei, chairman of Cornerstone Fund, published this view in an article early last year. By this standard, Tucki has taken another step towards the success of the capital.
Following Li's application for Nasdaq IPO, it is reported that Xpeng Motors will soon submit application documents in the US stock market, and it is planned to go public between July and September this year, with JPMorgan Chase as the lead underwriter.
Shortly after P7 was delivered, Xpeng Motors made its debut at Chengdu Auto Show on July 24th. I series is a derivative of G3. G3？ I series introduced 460i and 520i models. Compared with G3, there are different degrees of upgrades in configuration, such as chips and intelligent systems. The 460i has two configuration models, which one does the 520i offer? For three models, the subsidized price range of these two series is 146800- 199800 yuan.
Weilai wants to set up a battery asset management company
For three weeks in a row, the good news of Weilai Automobile continued.
At Chengdu Auto Show, Weilai mainly released the brand-new coupe SUV model EC6. Many people regard this car as the twin brother of ES6, because the length, width, height and wheelbase of the two cars are exactly the same. The difference is that the new EC6 has no roof rack, and the overall height of the car body is reduced by 27 mm
EC6 is the third car produced by Weilai. The first two cars are ES8 and ES6. In the Weilai naming system, SUV models are even, cars are odd, and finally the number "9" representing the highest level is reserved for EP9.
Some media have learned that Weilai is planning to set up a battery asset management company to promote the separation of vehicles and electricity, and on this basis, establish BaaS(Battery? As? Answer? Service, battery as a service) products. This battery asset company will be established in August, with the purpose of undertaking Weilai's power battery assets and helping Weilai to divest the ownership of the whole vehicle and battery assets. At present, Contemporary Ampere Technology Co., Ltd. has clearly expressed its investment intention.
Besides, what about Nio? The first day. Last Saturday, 2020, Wei Lai Nio? On that day, members of the organizing committee voted for three candidate cities for this year's venue, namely Suzhou, Chengdu and Wuhan. Some people expressed disappointment at Hefei's unsuccessful election, but this "user-centered" new force has its own selection criteria. In which city will Nio be held? God, it hasn't been announced yet.
Aizhi gritted his teeth and insisted, U6? Ion Chengdu shoufa
In April this year, when Jia Ke, editor-in-chief of auto business review, interviewed Fu Qiang, co-founder and president of Aichi Automobile, Fu Qiang described the scene that Aichi was forced to land before taking off. At that time, he expected Aichi to restart again in July and August.
At Chengdu Auto Show, Aichi Auto made a collective appearance with all its products, including the first production model Aichi U5 and the second semi-production model U6? Ion, 6-seat pure electric FRM model and U7? Ions
U6？ Ion is the first emission in the world. The car adopts the exclusive MAS platform architecture of Aichi Automobile pure electricity, and its comprehensive endurance performance can reach more than 500 kilometers. It is understood that U6 will be mass-produced at the beginning of 20021and officially put on the market.
In the face of many difficulties in Aichi Prefecture in the past six months, Fu Qiang himself said at the booth press conference: "To be or not to be, it has never been so urgent before Aichi people. Recently, I am often asked three soul-touching questions: How long can Aichi live? What are you doing? What will happen in the future? Today, we are here to tell you that Aichi is still alive, we will live tenaciously and exert our strength in an all-round way, and our future has unlimited possibilities. "
Auto business review learned in an interview that the latest round of financing for Aichi Automobile will be closed at the end of this month and early next month.
Weimar Global R&D Center Landing in Chengdu
On July 23rd, Weimar Automobile was successfully granted a piece of land in Huang Guan Lake District, Dongan New Town, Chengdu, and Weimar Global R&D Center will be built. According to Weimar official, this land will invest more than 5.5 billion yuan, and in the future, it will increase investment in research and development of 5G+ artificial intelligence in vehicle applications, which will be Weimar's "technical base camp".
Weimar's global R&D center in Chengdu covers an area of about 60 mu and will include five research institutes: New Energy Automobile Research Institute, Automobile Safety Research Institute and Three Power System Safety Research Institutes. Chengdu and Weimar will have closer ties.
This time Weimar brought EX5-Z and Weimar EX6? Two models of Plus were unveiled at Chengdu Auto Show, which fully demonstrated the highlights of its five core products and the strength of its six hard-core brands. During the auto show, Weimar designed many experience sessions, mainly showing Weimar's latest achievements in health, safety and intelligent interaction.
He Zhong is not in Chengdu, he has gone to Qingdao.
He Zhong did not appear at the Chengdu Auto Show, but it gave the media an illusion that people were in Chengdu.
On July 23rd, the day before the Chengdu Auto Show, He Zhong issued a press release to a number of media, announcing the news that "Series C financing was officially launched and 202 1 was listed on the Science and Technology Innovation Board". Many media misunderstand "openness" as "completion". In fact, this is a financing plan announced by He Zhong. The target of the C round of financing is RMB 3 billion. It is uncertain when the money will be raised.
In the press release, He Zhong also mentioned that 202 1 is being listed on the Science and Technology Innovation Board, and the specific plan has not been disclosed. It is Geely Automobile that wants to list in this sector in the near future.
In terms of products, the third production car "Nezha V" in Nezha will be officially launched in the fourth quarter of this year. NEDC is positioned as a small pure electric SUV with a comprehensive service life of 40 1km.
On July 24th, Chengdu Auto Show, He Zhong was not in Chengdu, but attending the auto show in Qingdao. Xin, vice minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, also visited the booth to see the car.
Official map of new special AEV released
On the afternoon of July 20th, Xinte Automobile officially released a brand-new product-Xinte AEV? Official map of s model. It is understood that this model is positioned in the urban intelligent electric mini-car, focusing on the young market. The biggest feature is that many parts can be customized freely. At present, Xinte Automobile has not announced the power configuration of this model, nor disclosed the market layout planning of this model, and there is no cruising range and price information for the time being.
According to the previously announced Xinte automobile product plan, Xinte A series products are in addition to AEV? Besides s, it also includes AEVone. AEVone is a series of flagship models. Based on the modular product design concept, the target users are young people who give consideration to personality and quality.
Xinte Automobile sold 2540 electric vehicles last year, mainly DEV 1.
In the market segment of low-speed electric vehicles, the runway is also full of players, and Wuling Hong Guang MINI within 40,000 yuan is coming to kick the pavilion.
Zero-run car launches T03 three-electricity lifetime warranty
Zero-run car announced that T03 model officially implemented the "Three Electricity" system lifetime warranty policy. The first batch of car owners can enjoy the lifetime warranty of power battery, motor and electronic control system, and the warranty of three electric systems of sold vehicles will also be upgraded simultaneously. The original rights and interests of the new owner of retail T03 are to enjoy the "8-year or 654.38+0.5 million kilometers three-electricity warranty".
The zero-run T03 is the second production car of the brand and the first production model of the zero-run T platform. Compared with the brand's first production car S0 1, the zero-run T03 has lower pricing and more entry-level positioning. The new car is a miniature pure electric car with five doors and four seats. The length, width and height of the car body are 3620, 1652 and 1577 mm respectively, and the wheelbase is 2400 mm ..
At present, among the new energy brands, Guangzhou Automobile New Energy Ai 'an, Beijing New Energy and Chery New Energy all provide lifetime warranty policies for the three-power system, which is only for the first owner.
Tianjie SF5 high-performance version goes on the market.
At Chengdu Auto Show, Celeste listed the SF5 four-wheel drive high-performance sports version and the SF5 two-wheel drive high-performance sports version, and the prices of these two cars were 279,000 yuan and 249,000 yuan respectively.
Tianjie SF5 four-wheel drive high-performance sports edition is equipped with two high-performance motors, the maximum output power is 5 10kW, the maximum output torque is1.040n m, and the acceleration per 100km is as low as 4.8s The two-wheel drive high-performance sports edition is equipped with one high-performance motor, with the maximum output power of 255kW and the maximum output torque of 520N·m, and the acceleration per 100km is.
The ordinary version of Cyrus SF5 made its debut at last year's Shanghai Auto Show, and it was open for booking. SF5 is an extended-range electric vehicle. The regular version was priced at 278,000 yuan. Together with these two high-performance versions of Chengdu Auto Show, they are all made in Liangjiang Intelligent Factory in Jin Kang, Chongqing.
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