1. "Flush" reported on December 14 that FAW Jiefang J7 Vehicle Intelligent Factory was officially completed and put into operation in Changchun today. Jing Junhai, secretary of the Jilin Provincial Party Committee, attended the event and announced the completion of the factory and put into operation. According to reports, J7 vehicle intelligent factory is committed to building "China's first, world-class" high-end commercial vehicle intelligent production base, design annual output of 50,000 vehicles, the use of world-class manufacturing equipment and intelligent control technology, the world's first tire automatic intelligent accompanying assembly, the first application of frame three-dimensional intelligent marshalling sorting, functional hole intelligent laser engraving, vehicle ECAS intelligent online calibration and other 4 technologies in the domestic commercial vehicle industry, fully intelligent vehicle online detection, Eight manufacturing technologies, such as all-round energy intelligent control, are at the absolute leading level in the commercial vehicle industry.
Autonomous car review: In addition to SAIC Hongyan, FAW Liberation's transformation action is also very fast, although liberation in the field of automatic driving is not as much as SAIC, but FAW Jiefang J7's market dominance is much stronger than Hongyan.
2. "My Car Rudder" reported on December 14 that GAC Group today announced a formal investment in Wenyuan Zhixing, which will be funded by subsidiary GAC Capital. The two companies will jointly promote the development and manufacture of a front-loading production model of the Robotaxi. In the next few years, the two sides plan to establish a fleet of tens of thousands of RoboTaxi vehicles, with the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area as the core to radiate to the whole country, and launch safe, economical and green autonomous driving services for the public. At present, Wenyuan Zhixing is the first company in China to launch robotaxi commercialization services, which has been running for more than 2 years without any active liability accidents.
Independent automobile review: GAC Group is quite aggressive in the fields of mixed reform and investment, perhaps inspired by the success of Geely's transformation, GAC Group is currently actively promoting the mixed reform of GAC Aean and plans to choose the opportunity to go public, and the future development can be expected.
3. Time Magazine wrote on December 14 that the 2021 person of the year belongs to Musk, the founder of Space X and CEO of Tesla. Time magazine described it as "a man who wants to save our planet and take us to new habitats." "He's a crazy mix of clowns, geniuses, leaders, visionaries, industrialists, performers, scoundrels; Edison, Barnum, Carnegie, and Dr. Manhattan." In April, his company won an exclusive contract to send astronauts to the moon; in September, his company successfully sent four private passengers into space; and in October, his company received an order for a 100,000 Tesla model from Hertz Car Rentals, helping Musk become the world's richest man.
Autonomous Car Review: Musk has made a lot of history this year, and while his achievements are high, they are also full of controversy. But there's no doubt that he's a dreamer.
4. "Interface" released a newsletter on December 14, pointing out that Wang Hua, general manager of Xiaomi's public relations department, said, "Xiaomi Group's two-line car manufacturing is not true. "First, Xiaomi does not have a two-line car-making plan; second, Zhimi is a Xiaomi ecological chain enterprise, and Xiaomi Group will not directly participate in Zhimi's decision-making." Previously, there were media reports that Zhimi Technology, an ecological chain company controlled by Xiaomi Holdings, joined the car manufacturing field, and Ma Yongdong, former head of GM Pan Asia's electric vehicle project, joined and was responsible for Zhimi's vehicle business.
Autonomous car review: Although Xiaomi has made no substantial progress in car building, the media likes to catch the wind and catch the shadow. But the problem is that Xiaomi has also denied building a car before, but in the end it hit its own face.
5. The Financial Associated Press wrote on December 14 that the China Insurance Industry Association announced that in order to help implement the goal of "carbon peaking and carbon neutrality" and support the development of the national new energy automobile industry, the association officially promulgated the "Exclusive Clauses for Commercial Insurance of New Energy Vehicles (Trial)", and the biggest innovation of this clause is to provide effective and targeted insurance protection for new energy vehicle consumers, which not only provides protection for the "three electricity" system, but also comprehensively covers the use scenarios of new energy vehicles driving, parking, charging and operation. This means that the "three electricity" fire spontaneous combustion can be compensated.
Independent car review: The emergence of new insurance varieties has provided more impetus for the development of new energy vehicles, which is indeed a good insurance type.