1. A netizen in Jinan, Shandong Province, named "Scorching Heart V" on Weibo, posted a video complaint that the Lantu FREE model purchased at the end of last year was only used for one month, and there was a lack of power, loss of direction, and "lying down" in the driving vehicle. Afterwards, the owner of the car proposed to return the car, but was rejected by Lan Tu. The owner said that he is currently only driving 2,000 kilometers, but the vehicle has lost power during driving, and the safety hazard is huge. As of now, Lantu Automobile officially said that the vehicle has been repaired and the problem has been solved.
Autonomous car review: Although the owner's complaints are fierce, there are inevitable problems for new car manufacturers. However, at present, the incident has been satisfactorily resolved, and the owner has also withdrawn the video.
2. Great Wall Motor held the "Brazilian Factory Handover and Strategy Launch Ceremony" in São Paulo, Brazil, and officially took over the former Daimler Group's plant in Iracemapolis, Brazil, and is expected to start production in 2023 with an annual production capacity of 100,000 units. At the same time, Great Wall Motors also released the Brazilian market strategy: it will launch 100% intelligent and electrified products in the local area, and invest more than 11.5 billion yuan in the next 10 years to deepen local research and development, production, supporting and talent investment. In the next three years, Great Wall will launch 10 new energy vehicle products in Brazil, including 4 pure electric models and 6 hybrid vehicles.
Autonomous Auto Review: Although the overseas epidemic is still raging, Great Wall Motors is still stepping up the pace of acquisition overseas. It is believed that with the recovery of the epidemic, Great Wall Motors can further explore overseas markets.
3. Statistics from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers show that automobile exports will hit a record high in 2021. According to the export statistics caliber of vehicle enterprises, in 2021, the export of automobiles was 2.015 million units, an increase of 1 times year-on-year, accounting for 7.7% of total automobile sales, an increase of 3.7 percentage points over the previous year. Last year, exports maintained rapid growth year-on-year, of which the average monthly export in the fourth quarter exceeded 200,000 vehicles, which was more prominent. In terms of sub-models, passenger car exports last year were 1.614 million units, up 1.1 times year-on-year, and commercial vehicles were exported 402,000 units, up 70.7% year-on-year. In the proportion of exports, the two major car companies led by SCO Group and Tesla have made significant efforts, and the cumulative exports of the two major car companies last year were close to 860,000 vehicles, accounting for 42.79% of export sales.
Independent car review: Although it is gratifying that export sales have reached a new high, it is necessary to know that a large part of the export comes from Tesla's Shanghai factory, and domestic car companies still need to continue to work hard.
4. Stellantis Group, the world's fourth-largest automotive giant, said through its official website that it will increase its shareholding in GAC FCA, a joint venture with Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd., from 50% to 75%, and Stellantis and GAC Group will continue to cooperate to develop the commercial capabilities of the Jeep brand in China. It is reported that GAC has agreed to the transaction in principle, just waiting for regulatory approval. However, GAC Group said late last night that the release of the equity adjustment matter was not approved by our company, and GAC Group deeply regretted it. In 2020, GAC FCA will sell 40,500 units per year. In 2021, GAC FCA will sell 20,100 vehicles a year.
Independent car review: GAC FCA's development today is not as good as a year, GAC itself is also investing more resources in guangben, GUANGFENG and GAC Trumpchi and other fields, as for GAC Mitsubishi, GAC FCA, which accounts for a low proportion of sales, it is naturally not too concerned, in this context, Stellantis Group invested more money to account for more shares does not seem to have much impact on GAC.
5. Nio Motors was rumored to be considering listing in Singapore. Back in March last year, NIO chose Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley to arrange its Hong Kong IPO. However, in the context of tightening supervision, WEILAI has become the only company in the new forces of head car manufacturing that has not been listed twice, but at present, WEILAI Automobile has not decided whether to completely abandon the IPO in Hong Kong.
Autonomous car review: As the first new car-making force listed in the United States, NIO has now lagged behind Xiaopeng Automobile and Ideal Automobile, and has not carried out an IPO in Hong Kong for a long time.