1. Lantu Automobile, a new car-making force under Dongfeng Motor, announced today that it will cooperate with JD.com to find the "strongest koi in the Spring Festival Gala" in 2022 Tiger Year and send out the high-end pure electric SUV Lantu FREE for two years. At 8:00 p.m. on January 31, when watching the live broadcast of the Spring Festival Gala in the Year of the Tiger, the national audience only needs to follow the host's prompt, pick up the mobile phone and open the Jingdong APP to "shake it" to participate in the interaction, and 45 viewers will have the opportunity to get the two-year free use right of Lantu FREE, including 2 years of insurance, 2 years of maintenance and 2 years of free charging.
Independent car review: For the new car-making forces, choosing to cooperate with the Spring Festival Gala is a project with quite good input and output, after Baidu has won a large number of downloads by relying on the red envelope rain activity, which is also an opportunity for Lantu Automobile to be exposed.
2. BYD Semiconductor, which has experienced termination of listing, has finally passed its initial IPO on the ChiNext board of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. If there are no accidents, BYD Semiconductor will become the first listed company for in-vehicle chips. According to the prospectus, BYD Semiconductor issued no more than 50 million shares, accounting for no less than 10% of the total share capital of the offering, and intends to raise 2.686 billion yuan, mainly for investment in the construction of key technology research and development projects for power semiconductor chips, high-performance MCU chip design and test research and development, and high-precision BMS chip design and test projects.
Independent car review: BYD Semiconductor has experienced more than half a year from the rumor of the IPO to today's final landing, fortunately, BYD Semiconductor has enough strength to persuade the CSRC to release it.
3. Hyundai Motor Korea announced the fourth quarter of 2021 performance data and annual financial data. According to the data, Hyundai Motor's operating profit for the whole year of 2021 was 6.68 trillion won, up 178.9% year-on-year; net profit was 5.69 trillion won, up 195.8% year-on-year; gross profit margin rose from 17.8% in 2020 to 18.6%. But it performed relatively badly in China, where Hyundai sold 385,000 units last year, down 23.3 percent year-on-year. Among them, sales in the fourth quarter were 87,000 units, down 42.9% year-on-year. What's more, in Hyundai's forecast, sales in the Chinese market in 2022 are expected to be only 370,000 units.
Autonomous car review: Hyundai has gained a lot of success in the world, but its performance in China is quite dismal. Perhaps worse, hyundai is also extremely conservative about this year's expectations, and even has a self-defeating taste.
4. Tesla today announced its fourth quarter 2021 results. According to the data, Tesla's automotive business achieved total revenue of $15.967 billion, an increase of 71% year-on-year, and gross profit was $4.882 billion, an increase of 118% year-on-year. In terms of specific sales, Tesla hit an 85% increase, sweeping the world, crushing the global sales of 935,700 units, which is 1.6 times that of BYD in second place and accounting for 14.4% of the global new energy passenger car market. From the perspective of product structure, Model 3 still accounts for the largest proportion, with global sales of nearly 510,000 vehicles, accounting for 54% of Tesla's total sales, and Model Y sales of 400,000 vehicles, accounting for 43%.
Independent car review: Tesla has now bid farewell to the loss of the past, with the explosive model Model 3 and Model Y, Tesla can be described as invincible in the world.
5. South Korean power battery giant LG New Energy was officially listed on the Korea Stock Exchange today, with an issue price of 300,000 won / share (about 249 US dollars / share), a surge of 99% on the first day of listing, and the total market value reached 750 billion yuan. LG New Energy raised a total of $10.8 billion, the largest IPO in South Korean history. Even globally, this fundraising scale also became the second largest IPO in the world, after The $12 billion raised by Rivian. LG New Energy CEO said that the future will surpass the Ningde era, compared with the Ningde era, LG New Energy currently has more remaining orders for sale, of which the remaining order value of power batteries has reached 216.2 billion US dollars.
Independent car review: LG New Energy, as a new growth point of LG Group, today's IPO can be described as unprecedented. At the same time, LG New Energy is also the most powerful opponent in the Ningde era, and has obtained such huge funds, presumably LG New Energy will accelerate the expansion of its battery factory.