German car sales fell 10%, and Aeon's new car lasted more than 1,000 kilometers| the first financial daily review

More than 1,000 kilometers of endurance pure electric vehicles are coming

On January 5, GAC AION LX Plus models were officially launched. A total of 80 Zhizun edition, 80D flagship edition, 80D Max edition and Qianli edition of the new car were launched, and the price range after subsidy was 286,600-459,600 yuan. The new car adopts the latest family design language, equipped with sponge silicon anode chip battery, and the maximum cruising range reaches 1008km (CLTC comprehensive working conditions).

Yicai comment: GAC Aean's sales in 2021 exceeded 100,000 units for the first time to 124,000 units. The AION LX Plus is a brand new model of the Aeon brand that continues to rise. 1000km endurance is a watershed for new energy vehicles, and GAC Aion LX Plus has become the world's first pure electric endurance vehicle to break through 1,000. After 5 years of research, GAC Aeon has taken the lead in the industry to overcome the application problems of silicon anode materials in large power batteries, the world's first sponge silicon anode chip battery technology, and has nearly 50 independent intellectual property patent technologies, which makes AION LX Plus achieve a 1008km CLTC comprehensive working range. In addition, as the first AION LX Plus equipped with three second-generation intelligent zoom lidars, it also has a new breakthrough in intelligence, and will compete more fiercely with smart electric vehicles of Tesla and other car companies.

German car sales down 10%

On January 5, local time, the German Vehicle Authority (KBA), the country's new car registrations fell by 27% in December 2021, and sales have fallen for 6 consecutive months. For the full year of 2021, new car sales in Germany were 2.62 million units, down 10% from 2020. According to foreign media reports, new car sales in Germany in 2021 have fallen to the lowest level since 1990.

Yicai comments: The shortage of chips and supply chains restricts the recovery of German cars, but it is worth noting that in the context of market decline, the sales of electric vehicles in Germany rose against the trend in 2021, with an increase of 83.3%, with annual sales of more than 350,000 vehicles and a market share of 13.6%. Under this circumstance, electric vehicles have shown an alternative effect on traditional fuel vehicles. With the further increase of Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Volkswagen Group in the field of electric vehicles, electric vehicles are still expected to maintain a strong growth trend in Germany.

GAC Toyota's sales in 2021 exceeded 800,000 units for the first time

Gac Motor Group released its latest sales report card on the evening of January 5, with production and sales of 2.138 million units and 2.144 million units in 2021, respectively, up 5.1% and 4.9% year-on-year. Among them, GAC Toyota, a subsidiary of GAC Group, surpassed GAC Honda in sales and became the group's highest-selling car company. GAC Toyota's production exceeded 100,000 units for the first time in December 2021, a new high, up 26.5% year-on-year, and its cumulative production exceeded 820,000 units for the whole year, an increase of 7.6% year-on-year; its sales in December were 98,500 units, an increase of 36.5% year-on-year, and its cumulative sales for the whole year were 828,000 units, an increase of 8.2% year-on-year.

Yicai comment: Gaga Motor Toyota's sales growth is related to the company's increased expansion in segments such as cars, SUVs and MPVs. The Camry series and the Leiling series of two sedans sold more than 20,000 units in December 2021, with cumulative sales of more than 200,000 units for the whole year; the SUV product portfolio composed of Highlander and Veranda also made an important contribution to the sales of GAC Toyota, and Highlander achieved sales of 128,400 units in the whole year, an increase of 111.36% year-on-year, a new annual sales record for the previous year; Veranda's annual sales of 128,100 units, an increase of 56.07% year-on-year; GAC Toyota began to exert efforts in the MPV segment. Since the pre-sale of the new car Saina began on September 21, 2021, it has quickly received a positive response from the market, and orders have continued to be hot, with more than 85% of users choosing high-configuration models, bringing an increase in GAC Toyota's car sales. At present, the new MPV car XENA has opened user delivery across the country.

SAIC Maxus V90 is listed

SAIC Maxus MAXUS has launched a number of new models, among which the new SAIC Maxus V90 is priced from 147,800 yuan to 276,600 yuan; the new SAIC Maxus EV90 is priced at 249,000 yuan; the V90 Mart edition is priced at 188,800 yuan; and the V90 motorcycle version is priced at 217,800 yuan.

Yicai comment: SAIC Maxus is the earliest car company in China to open the C2B model, and launched a "customized" model of "user-driven enterprise production". The new launch of a variety of new cars also gives a variety of customization options. Taking the V90 Mater Edition as an example, the product not only has a graffiti appearance, providing 5 kinds of internal space of 8-12 cubic meters, but also adds electrification equipment, which can be stably embedded in refrigerators, coffee machines, electric ovens and other electrical appliances. The V90 locomotive version is equipped with a special parking bracket and fastening device, while the car also has a built-in multi-functional workbench and a suspended shelf to create a mobile modification platform for locomotive users.