Let's take stock of what major events happened in the automotive circle on December 23, 2021.
Car Incident 1: SsangYong cooperates with BYD
A few days ago, we learned from the official that SsangYong and BYD signed a cooperation agreement, and the two sides will jointly develop key components for batteries and produce battery packs. It is worth mentioning that the two sides also plan to expand cooperation and jointly develop battery packs and pure electric vehicle production platforms.
According to the information released by the two parties, the battery developed by the cooperation will be used for the U100, the first pure electric vehicle model that SsangYong Automobile is developing, which is scheduled to be mass-produced in 2023. SsangYong Motors hopes that the cooperation between the two sides will help ensure a stable supply system and a rapid migration of future development directions to new energy models.
Jung Yong-won, executive vice president of SsangYong Motors, said that through the cooperation with BYD, SsangYong Automobile is now able to transform electric vehicles faster than before, and we expect that in the long run, this cooperation will also maintain a stable supply of key components of electric vehicles such as batteries.
Automobile event two: The world's largest single project in the Ningde era was officially put into production
A few days ago, fuding era lithium-ion battery production base phase I project No. 2 plant put into production, officially opened the fuding era production prelude. Fuding era lithium-ion battery production base is the largest single project in the global layout of CATL so far, with a planned production capacity of 120GWh and an output value of more than 100 billion yuan.
Car Incident Three: 580,000 Teslas were investigated for in-car game features in Main
On December 22, Reuters said that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has officially launched a safety investigation into 580,000 Tesla vehicles because Tesla allows passengers to play games on the front central touch screen of the vehicle, and the function "may distract the driver and increase the risk of collision."
NHTSA said its initial assessment covers Tesla Model 3, Model S, Model X and Model Y vehicles of various models from 2017 to 2022, totaling 580,000 vehicles. NHTSA will evaluate various aspects of Tesla's "passenger play" feature, including how often it is used and usage scenarios.
Auto Event 4: Zero Run Auto establishes a power technology company
A few days ago, according to the enterprise check App, on December 20, Zhejiang Lingsheng Power Technology Co., Ltd. was established, the legal representative is Zhu Jiangming, and the registered capital is 200 million yuan.
It is reported that the company's business scope includes: motor and its control system research and development; intelligent control system integration; Internet of Things technology services; energy recovery system research and development. The enterprise investigation of equity penetration shows that the company is 100% controlled by Zhejiang Zero Run Technology Co., Ltd.
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