Let's take stock of what major events happened in the automotive circle on December 13, 2021.
Auto Incident 1: Li Shufu no longer serves as the chairman of Geely New Energy
A few days ago, we learned from the enterprise investigation that Zhejiang Geely New Energy Commercial Vehicle Group Co., Ltd. had undergone industrial and commercial changes, Li Shufu withdrew from the chairmanship, and general manager Zhou Jianqun concurrently served as chairman.
Zhejiang Geely New Energy Commercial Vehicle Group Co., Ltd. was established in February 2016 with a registered capital of RMB 500 million, which is wholly owned by Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd. In addition, we note that An Conghui also withdrew from the directorship of Zhejiang Geely New Energy Commercial Vehicle Group Co., Ltd. at the same time.
Automobile incident two: CATL signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Suzhou Municipal Government
Recently, CATL New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement with the Suzhou Municipal Government in Suzhou and an investment agreement with the Wuzhong District Government and the Wuzhong Economic Development Zone Management Committee.
According to the agreement, CATL focuses on building an advanced manufacturing industry that matches Suzhou's unique advantages, makes key breakthroughs in the industry pain points of the development of new energy vehicles, and will land cutting-edge research and development projects in Wuzhong District, including electric energy efficiency optimization solutions; at the same time, give full play to its comprehensive advantages in the field of new energy, boost the clean production of Suzhou energy production and electrification in the field of transportation, and help zero-carbon Suzhou achieve as soon as possible.
Automobile incident three: Pony Zhixing actively suspended the test of all unmanned vehicles in California
A few days ago, there were domestic media reports that Xiaoma Zhixing was no longer in the list of all unmanned autonomous driving test licenses on the official website of the California Traffic Management Bureau. Xiaoma Zhixing said that after an accident occurred during the test, he voluntarily stopped the unmanned test of autonomous driving in California.
In the list of Driverless Testing Permits on the official website of the California Traffic Management Bureau, the media found that there was no longer the name of Pony Zhixing. The license list originally included eight manufacturers, among which Chinese and American technology companies were equally divided, including American manufacturers such as Waymo and Cruise, as well as Chinese companies such as Apollo (Baidu) and Xiaoma Zhixing.
Automobile incident four: Chery Group sold 110,000 vehicles in November
Recently, we learned from the official that despite the "chip shortage" to constrain production capacity, Chery Group still achieved 110281 car sales in November, an increase of 24.8% month-on-month and an increase of 8.2% year-on-year. Among them, 24,942 units were exported overseas, an increase of 85.5% year-on-year; new energy sales were 15,330 units, an increase of 101.1% year-on-year. From January to November, Chery Group sold 849912 vehicles, an increase of 38.3% year-on-year.
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