At the end of last year, the shortage of automotive chips that began to break out around the world has continued to this day, because of the lack of chip supply, resulting in a general reduction in production by global car companies this year, and the extension of consumers' pick-up and waiting dates.
According to the boss's simulcast news, Xiaopeng Automobile Chairman He Xiaopeng said in the CCTV finance "Dialogue • Challenger" program that the most anxious recently is the problem of the supply chain, who gives him the chip he invites who to drink, Xiaopeng's latest P5 model is most disturbed by the chip shortage, and he often flies to drink to find chips.
According to media reports, in October this year, due to the shortage of millimeter-wave radar supplies, which affected the production and delivery time of Xiaopeng Automobile P5, Xiaopeng Automobile launched two delivery solutions.
Option A: Wait for the car to be picked up, no benefits, and deliver in order. B: Select the software rights, sign a supplementary agreement, deliver it sequentially, and expect to start the reload radar in batches from March 31, 2022.
It is worth mentioning that if the user chooses the solution of reloading the radar after lifting the car, he will also receive free XPILOT (3.0/3.5) software.
It is reported that Xiaopeng P5 is the first compact medium-sized sedan under Xiaopeng, xiaopeng P5's 460E/550E model is equipped with XPILOT 3.0 hardware, with 5 millimeter wave radar, 12 ultrasonic sensors, 13 automatic driving cameras, and 1 set of sub-meter-level high-precision positioning units.
The 550P/600P models are equipped with XPILOT 3.5 hardware, adding two lidars to the 460E/550E models. Previously reported: 1
Xiaopeng Motors responded to he Xiaopeng and Zeng Yuqun arguing: it is completely a rumor
On December 25, some media reported that in the middle of this year, Zeng Yuqun, chairman of Ningde Times, and He Xiaopeng, chairman of Xiaopeng Automobile, had a dispute in the headquarters building of Ningde Times, and when the most intense, Zeng Yuqun even withdrew from the conference room and calmed down for more than 10 minutes. The quarrel is due to He Xiaopeng's intention to introduce AVIC lithium battery as the new main battery supplier of Xiaopeng Automobile.
Xiaopeng Automobile responded: "The quarrel is completely a rumor."
On December 24, in response to the news that Xiaopeng Automobile intends to introduce AVIC lithium battery (AVIC Innovation), the relevant person in charge of Xiaopeng Automobile responded to Caijing Auto and said, "The supply chain of parts and components produced by vehicles needs to be continuously improved in order to better ensure supply and production and more accurately predict the delivery cycle." ”
Previously, there were rumors that He Xiaopeng intended to introduce a new main battery supplier, which was AVIC Lithium Battery.
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He Xiaopeng: The "purchase" of the Ningde era is untrue
Regarding the "tightness" of power batteries, it is no longer news, and many car companies have already opened the "grab battery" mode.
Recently, there are media reports that He Xiaopeng, chairman of Xiaopeng Automobile, squatted in the Ningde era for a week in order to smoothly "purchase goods" from the Ningde era. Zeng Yuqun, chairman of NINGDE Times, also said at the recent shareholders' meeting that he could not stand the recent rush of car customers.
On July 13, He Xiaopeng said in an interview with the media that the report was untrue and said that he himself had seen it in the news.
Cataltime also said that the company's current orders are saturated.
According to the latest data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, in June this year, the production and sales of new energy vehicles reached 248,000 units and 256,000 units, respectively, an increase of 1.3 times and 1.4 times year-on-year. In the first half of the year, the production and sales of new energy vehicles reached 1.215 million units and 1.206 million units respectively, an increase of 2 times year-on-year, and the cumulative sales of new energy vehicles have been the same as the level of 2019.
Some researchers predict that the global power battery supply gap will be about 18% by 2023, and by 2025, the power battery gap will expand to about 40%.
This article is synthesized from the financial network, fast technology, Xiaoxiang morning news