Toyota will develop an automotive software platform, and Ford's stock price rose more than Tesla last year| the First Financial Automobile Daily Review

Toyota plans to develop a software platform for automobiles

According to foreign media reports, Toyota motor plans to develop its own automotive software platform Arene by 2025, handling all functions from basic functions to advanced applications such as autonomous driving. Through the Arene operating system, Toyota will compete with teslas, Volkswagen and others to set standards for the software that drives the next generation of cars.

Yicai comments: Toyota recently released 16 electric vehicles in succession at a press conference to show its determination in electrification. However, at present, intelligence and electrification have formed a deep binding, and Toyota's practice of only mentioning electrification and not intelligentization has been questioned to a certain extent. This time, Toyota announced that it will develop its own automotive software platform, dispelling the industry's doubts about Toyota. From a technical point of view, with the spread of technologies such as autonomous driving, smart cockpits, and centralized electrical and electronic architecture, the importance of automotive operating systems is increasing.

Ford had the highest share price gain in 2021

According to foreign media reports, Ford's stock price rose by about 140% in 2021, thus beating Tesla, General Motors and a large number of electric vehicle start-ups to become the highest-growth car stock in 2021. According to foreign media statistics, the current market value of Ford Motor has reached 86.99 billion US dollars, ranking 7th in the world's car companies.

Yicai comments: In the US market, with the launch of the electric Mach-E and the electric F-150 pickup, Ford has marked itself with a more distinct new energy attribute, and the two models have also won the popularity of American consumers. In addition, Ford's Argo AI is also the world's leading autonomous driving company. In the field of new energy and automatic driving, there are good layouts, so Ford is favored by capital.

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Smart Genie #1 Concept Car kicks off on roadshow

Recently, the smart genie #1 concept car global roadshow China station opened in Shanghai. The concept car applies a "sensual, sharp" design tailored by mercedes-Benz's global design team for the smart brand. Under the exterior dimensions of a compact SUV, the Smart Genie #1 Concept has an interior space comparable to that of a higher-class model.

Yicai comments: Smart said that its first pure electric model will greatly restore the design of the Genie #1 concept car. For a long time, smart has been giving people the impression of small cars, niches, and large toys. This time through the electrification transformation, smart wants to enter a more mainstream market. Thanks to the advantages of the all-electric architecture, the Genie #1 concept car creates a larger interior space in a shorter body size, changing the image of the earlier smart two-door car. The production version of smart genie #1 will be officially launched in 2022.