A quick look
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange will introduce an SPAC listing mechanism next year
Motional has partnered with Uber to launch a self-driving vehicle food delivery service
Mobileye pilots Robotaxi in Paris
Tucson will receive an order for DHL's self-driving trucks in the future
The Waymo self-driving test car hit people again
The total investment in Tesla's Texas factory exceeds $10 billion
Rivian's second plant has an annual production capacity of 400,000 yuan
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Label: The currency unit marked US is USD
The monetary unit marked HK is the Hong Kong dollar
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Policies and regulations
On December 17, the listing mechanism of special purpose acquisition companies (SPAC), which has attracted much market attention, was officially launched. The Hong Kong Stock Exchange announced after hours on Friday that the SPAC listing mechanism will be officially implemented on January 1 next year.
The SPAC listing mechanism is that a shell company acquires the target company within a preset period of time after listing, thereby helping the latter to go public through a backdoor listing. The acquired target company is often referred to as the SPAC M&A Target, and the transaction is referred to as the SPAC M&A Transaction. HKEx maintains that only professional investors can participate in SPAC share transactions, and other individual investors can only enter the market after the completion of the SPAC shares merger transaction.
SPAC listing is one of the hottest listing financing methods for US stocks in recent years. In the first half of 2021, there were 358 new SPAC stocks listed in the United States, and the proceeds from the initial public offering reached $111 billion, exceeding the full-year figure of 2020.
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Startup progress
On December 17, according to foreign media reports, Motional, an autonomous driving joint venture between Hyundai Motor and Aptiv, has established a partnership with Uber, and Motional will launch an autonomous vehicle delivery service for Uber customers in Santa Monica, USA from early 2022.
So far, Motional's business has expanded into the field of driverless delivery. In terms of delivery vehicles, Motional will carry out in-vehicle modifications based on the pure electric self-driving taxi of the modern IONIQ 5 to achieve automatic delivery, which is also the first time that Motional has used SAE L4 vehicles for delivery services.
In September, Motional and Hyundai Motor Group unveiled the robotaxi, based on the Hyundai IONIQ 5, which meets the American Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Level 4 standard and can be safely driven without a driver. This is Motional's first commercial vehicle, and Motional will begin rolling into use in 2023 through a landmark partnership with the Lyft platform.
On December 17, according to foreign media reports, Mobileye, a self-driving subsidiary of Intel, was piloting a self-driving taxi service in Paris, which was responsible for transporting employees of a Department Store (Lafayette) in Paris to commute.
Mobileye's vehicles will be equipped with a security officer, and Galeries Lafayette employees will be able to call self-driving taxis through the Moovit app, which is the first time Mobileye has used its technology since Intel acquired Moovit.
In addition, Intel and Mobileye are testing driverless fleets in Munich and are planning pilot projects in Detroit and Tokyo. According to the plan, Mobileye will fully commercialize self-driving taxis and self-driving shuttles by 2023 at the latest, and Intel plans to split Mobileye to go public independently.
Tucson will receive an order for DHL self-driving trucks in the future
On December 17, according to foreign media reports, self-driving truck developer Tucson Future reached a cooperation with logistics company DHL Supply Chain, 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.
It is reported that DHL has used Tucson Future Truck to transport goods between San Antonio and Dallas, and the route belongs to Tucson Future's self-driving freight network, so the truck will use automatic driving mode, but equipped with two safety officers.
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Tech giants progress
On December 17, according to foreign media reports, on the evening of December 15, a Waymo's self-driving test vehicle knocked down a pedestrian in San Francisco, but Waymo said that the vehicle was in manual driving mode at the time of the accident. The California Department of Motor Vehicles will decide whether administrative action is required based on waymo's accident report submitted within 10 days.
In June, Waymo also had a crash, and Waymo also explained that the accident vehicle was in manual driving mode. After the accident, Waymo only briefly stopped the testing and operation of autonomous driving near the accident site, and the relevant departments in the United States did not further investigate the matter.
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New forces in car-making are progressing
December 17 news, on Thursday, local time in the United States, Tesla CEO Musk said that Tesla's new factory investment in Austin, Texas, will total more than $10 billion, which is 10 times the amount of previously planned investment, and will be completed by the end of the year. When completed, the Austin plant will produce the Tesla Model 3, Model Y and the upcoming electric pickup, the Cyberlruck.
According to the plan, by 2030, the annual production capacity of all Tesla factories will reach 20 million vehicles. In the third quarter, Tesla's quarterly production reached a record of 237,800 units, and based on this calculation, the annual production capacity can now reach 951,200 units. To gradually complete the goal of an annual output of 20 million, Tesla will not only expand the output of existing factories, but also continue to build new factories.
Rivian's second plant has an annual production capacity of 400,000 units
December 17 news, according to foreign media reports, local time on Thursday, electric vehicle start-up Rivian announced that it will build a second $5 billion electric vehicle factory in Georgia, with an expected annual production capacity of 400,000 electric vehicles. It is reported that the new plant will start construction next summer and start production in 2024.
At present, Rivian's first two R1S electric SUVs have been shipped, including SUVs, and 652 electric vehicles have been produced this year, with 386 delivered. However, it is planned to produce 1,200 electric vehicles in 2021, and only half of the quantities are currently produced.
Previously, Rivian said it would take two years to complete production deliveries when it received orders for 55,000 electric vehicles, including 100,000 delivery vehicles in Amazon. With orders now rising to 71,000 units, orders will continue to increase and new models may be introduced in the future, while Rivian's Illinois plant currently has a capacity of only 150,000 units and may reach 200,000 units by 2023, so Rivian has been preparing for a second plant.
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