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1. National Bureau of Statistics: The lack of cores in the automotive industry eased in November
2. Niu Chuangxin Energy released the brand name, and the first car will be delivered in September next year
3. The first car of BYD's high-end brand is a hardcore off-road, benchmarking Mercedes-Benz G
4. Hesai Technology reached a strategic cooperation with YOUDAO Zhitu, a subsidiary of SAIC Motor
5. Wang Xiaochuan serves as the new independent director of NavInfo and Li wants to quit
6. NavInfo will provide Volvo with HIGH-precision maps
7. AMLS launches digital projection system that can customize automotive projection
8. Sai Microelectronics subsidiary acquired the German Elmos automotive chip production line
9. Millimeter wave radar company Chengtai Technology completed 180 million series B financing
10. Software startup Apex.AI refinance $56.5 million
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On December 15, the Information Office of the State Council held a press conference on the operation of the national economy in November 2021. Fu Linghui, spokesman for the National Bureau of Statistics and director of the Department of Comprehensive Statistics of the National Economy, said at the press conference that the lack of cores in the automotive industry in November has eased. Vehicle production in November was said to have fallen 7.1 percent year-on-year, a decline of 1.2 percentage points narrower than the previous month.
On December 15, Niu Chuangxin Energy Technology Co., Ltd. released the English brand "NIUTRON" and the Chinese brand "Self-Traveling Home", and announced that the first product, Self-Traveling NV, will be listed and pre-ordered in the first half of 2022, and the delivery will start in September of the same year. According to Li Yinan, the smart cockpit of the self-touring NV is developed by the brand side itself, and the automatic driving part adopts the method defined by the brand side itself and provided by partners to provide technical support, and the first car is not equipped with lidar. In addition, Self-Travel Auto claimed to have completed a total of $500 million in Series A financing, and investors include IDG Capital, COATUE and other institutions.
It is said that since youjia automobile company car manufacturing project in November 2018, currently has nearly 1,000 core R & D personnel, brand headquarters in Beijing, Shanghai set up a research and development center, and has an area of 770,000 square meters of modern intelligent manufacturing base in Changzhou, the overall design capacity of 180,000 units / year, the factory is currently undergoing pre-mass production transformation and calibration, will be put into use in March 2022.
3. Bydir's first high-end brand is benchmarked against Mercedes-Benz G
On December 14, relevant sources revealed that BYD's new high-end brand is expected to be officially released in the first half of 2022, and the first product may be a hardcore off-road vehicle priced at 500,000-1 million, benchmarking Mercedes-Benz G, Hummer and so on. The new car is expected to be unveiled in the second half of 2022 and will be released for sale in 2023. Previously, Zhao Changjiang, director of the high-end brand preparation office of BYD Automobile, had posted a message on social media, indicating that it would also launch the high-end brand MPV of Yishang IKEA, which is a large 7-seat product and will have a "2+2+3" seat layout.
On December 15, LiDAR manufacturer Hesai Technology and YOUDAO Zhitu, a commercial vehicle intelligent driving company under SAIC Motor, announced that the two sides have officially reached a strategic cooperation. According to the agreement, Hesai Technology will provide Youdao Zhitu with the lidar needed for L4 and L3 autonomous driving, and carry out in-depth cooperation on the mass production of semi-solid-state lidar.
Founded in August 2021, Youdao Zhitu focuses on L3 and L4 level autonomous driving products in specific scenarios such as ports and factories, as well as trunk logistics scenarios, and its L4 smart heavy truck is based on the development of SAIC Hongyan's sixth-generation Jieshi heavy truck, and the production line is equipped with lidar, camera, millimeter wave and other sensing equipment.
According to the Tianyancha APP, on December 15, Beijing NavInfo New Technology Co., Ltd. underwent a change of industry and commerce, and Li wanted to withdraw from his position as an independent director and add Wang Xiaochuan as an independent director. At the same time, the company's registered capital increased from about 2.269 billion to about 2.375 billion. Beijing NavInfo Technology Co., Ltd. was established in December 2002, the legal representative and chairman is Yue Tao, the main business includes navigation business, advanced assisted driving and automatic driving business, car networking business, chip business, location big data service business.
On December 15, NavInfo announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Navier, signed a high-precision map framework purchase agreement with Volvo Cars, and the company will provide high-precision map products for volvo cars related models sold in China in the next three years. The exact amount will depend on the domestic sales of Volvo Cars-related models mass-produced within the above period.
According to foreign media reports, optical technology company ams Osram (AMLS) recently launched a digital projection system, aiming to turn the vehicle and its surroundings into a canvas, on the one hand, to provide MORE design possibilities for OEMs and make the vehicle more unique, on the other hand, it also provides more possibilities for end customers to display personalized content. Whether outside or inside the car, its projections include static patterns and models, and even dynamic video.
On December 14, Sai Microelectronics announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Swedish Silex, intends to acquire the assets related to the automotive chip manufacturing production line of Elmos in Germany for 84.5 million euros. Founded in 1984, Elmos is a vehicle-grade semiconductor company, its automotive chip manufacturing production line was completed in 2009 and has been in operation for 12 years, the company's CEO believes that in the long run, downstream customers' demand for 350nm automotive electronic chips may decline. This may be the reason why the company sold its production line. Semi-Microelectronics is a pure MEMS foundry, mainly developing MEMS, GaN business, the core business in the field of sensors, this acquisition will help the company to expand its business to the field of automotive electronics.
On December 15, Shenzhen Chengtai Technology, a millimeter-wave radar company, announced the completion of a 180 million B round of financing, jointly invested by Songhe Capital, Shanshan Venture Capital and Shaanxi Green Gold, and the original shareholders Yida Capital and Founder Securities continued to invest additionally. Huachuang Shenzhen University and Zhuode Investment provide FA services. This round of financing will further strengthen the company's advantages in the field of millimeter wave radar from business, to product, to manufacturing, and accelerate its progress towards the 10 billion-level revenue target.
Recently, according to foreign media reports, self-driving application software developer Apex.AI raised $56.5 million in Series B financing. As of now, Apex. AI has raised a total of $74 million since its inception in 2017. The round was led by Oriente, with input from ZF, Continental, AGCO, Canaan, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Airbus Ventures and InMotion Ventures. Among them, ZF acquired a 5% stake in the company.
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