1. Tesla plans to invest $10 billion in the Texas Gigafactory
On Dec. 16, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Tesla would invest more than $10 billion in a new gigafactory in Austin, Texas.
The new factory is crucial to Tesla's expansion plans in the United States. Currently, all Tesla cars sold in the U.S. are made at the Fremont Gigafactory in California, which produces about 500,000 electric cars a year, Tesla already sells all the cars it can make in the U.S., and some of the company's most popular models are nearly a year old.
2. Samsung launched a memory solution for electric vehicles
Recently, Samsung Electronics announced the launch of a series of cutting-edge automotive memory solutions, designed for the next generation of autonomous electric vehicles. The new lineup includes 256 GB PCIe Gen3 NVMe Ball Grid Array (BGA) SSD, 2GB GDDR6 DRAM and 2GB DDR4 DRAM for high-performance infotainment systems, as well as 2GB GDDR6 DRAM and 128GB Universal Flash Memory (UFS) for autonomous driving systems.
3, the price of 107.96-151.86 million, Mercedes-Benz EQS officially listed
On December 17, Mercedes-Benz flagship pure electric sedan EQS was officially launched, the new car has a total of four models, the price range is 107.96-151.86 million, according to the previous ministry of industry and information technology information, pure electric mileage has three options, of which 450+ has two, respectively, 813km and 849km, and the top 580 pure electric endurance is 720km.
4. Aiways Auto officially landed in the Swedish market
On December 15, AIWAYS Auto announced a second in-depth cooperation with importer Andersen Motors, officially landing on the Swedish market, and consumers will be able to order AIWAYS U5 from January next year.
In addition, after the Aichi plan, a new model will be launched in Europe every year to meet the diversified car needs of global users with a differentiated product portfolio, accelerating its progress towards China's globalization of new energy vehicles.
5. Weilai G50 Shanghai-Chongqing high-speed power exchange network is opened
A few days ago, Weilai Automobile announced that the G50 Shanghai-Chongqing high-speed power exchange network was officially opened. This is the fifth high-speed power exchange network opened up after the G1 Beijing-Harbin Expressway, the G2 Beijing-Shanghai Expressway, the G4 Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway, and the Shanghai-Xiang section of the G60 Shanghai-Kunming Expressway. The G50 Shanghai-Chongqing Expressway has a total length of 1786 kilometers, from Shanghai in the east to Chongqing in the west. Running through the western Middle East of the country, it has achieved rapid interconnection between the upper, middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, breaking the bottleneck of land high-speed transportation between the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and is known as the overland Yangtze River. There are a total of 17 substations along the line, with an average of one per 128 kilometers.
6. The zero-run automobile direct delivery center was opened in Beijing and other places
Recently, the first batch of direct delivery centers of Zero Run were put into use in Beijing and Hangzhou, and users provided services such as car inspection, delivery, insurance, and license plate. It is understood that the completion and opening of the new zero-run direct delivery center will jointly improve delivery efficiency, provide car guarantee, and bring you a better delivery experience.
7. Tucson future agreement with DHL on self-driving trucks
According to foreign media reports, tusson future (tusimple), a self-driving truck developer, has reached a cooperation with logistics company DHL Supply Chain, and DHL will book 100 self-driving trucks jointly developed by Tucson Future and Navistar in the United States. Once the agreement is reached, Tucson's future trucks will have a total of 6,875 orders, with first deliveries in 2024.