Let's take stock of what major events happened in the automotive circle on January 26, 2022.
Automotive Event 1: Volkswagen/Bosch collaborates to develop autonomous driving
On January 25, CARIAD, a software company of the Volkswagen Group, and Bosch jointly announced that they will cooperate in the development of autonomous driving systems, including L2-level driver assistance functions for urban, suburban and highway conditions, and L3-level automatic driving functions for highway conditions. The first product will be officially mass-produced and loaded in 2023.
CARIAD and Bosch say the direction of cooperation is aimed at enabling motorists to temporarily or completely take their hands off the wheel and enjoy a safer, stress-free driving experience. To achieve this goal, the two companies will jointly develop a state-of-the-art standardized software platform that will be used in the future for all passenger cars sold under the Volkswagen Group and can be applied to products produced by other car manufacturers through component integration. Dirk Hilgenberg, CEO of CARIAD, said: "Autonomous driving is key to the future of our industry. Bosch and CARIAD will further strengthen their expertise in the field of pioneering technology research and development, which underscores our ambition to provide the best solutions to our customers as soon as possible." ”
Auto Incident Two: GM invests in parts factories
GM will invest nearly $154 million in its Lockport Components plant in west New York to produce electric motor parts. In addition, it will invest in two plants in Michigan.
It is reported that GM's investment in the New York plant involves the production of built-in stator modules for electric motors. The plant will be renovated and new production machines equivalent to approximately 136 million euros will be purchased. According to General Motors, the refurbishment will begin immediately, but the announcement did not mention when the refurbishment was expected to be completed.
In addition to building the built-in stator modules for electric motors, the Lockport Components plant continues to produce radiators, capacitors and heating elements. Depending on demand, parts factories will create as many as 230 new jobs between 2023 and 2026.
Car incident three: Lantu Automobile holds hands with Jingdong
Recently, Lantu Automobile announced that it will join hands with JD.com to carry out in-depth cooperation in the automotive ecology, jointly explore the new model and opportunities of "automobile + Internet", and bring consumers a more diversified car experience.
Lantu joined hands with JD.com this time, will take the user as the center, share multi-dimensional resources such as brands, products, users, channels, etc., and explore a new model of innovative cooperation between automobiles and e-commerce based on JD.com's advantages in big data, user resources, digital intelligence supply chain, etc. In addition to the in-depth cooperation in the automotive ecosystem, the two sides will also bring big moves on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve 2022, and Lantu will be stationed in Jingdong Automobile, bringing many benefits to users.
Auto Event 4: Volkswagen Group meets EU carbon emission targets
We learned that the Volkswagen Group has achieved the legal target of Carbon Dioxide emissions in Europe in the past 2021, and the carbon dioxide emissions are even 2% lower than the target set by the European Union for the Volkswagen Group, and the task has been successfully completed. However, at present, the above is only preliminary data, and the european commission will finally confirm the data in the future.
It is reported that volkswagen group in Europe in 2021 new energy vehicle sales (including electric vehicles / hybrid vehicles) increased by as much as 64% year-on-year, at the same time, the group's new energy vehicle sales accounted for 17%, the change can be described as quite obvious, of which ID.3, ID.4, Audi Q4 e-tron and Porsche Taycan and other models have played a more critical role.
Auto Incident 5: Liangdao Intelligent Completed Hundreds of Millions of Yuan A+ Round of Financing
Recently, Liangdao Intelligent, a supplier of on-board lidar systems, completed a round of financing of more than 100 million yuan. This round of financing is led by SDIC Investment, followed by investors in industries such as Hongsoft Technology, a leading enterprise in the field of computer vision.
The SDIC investment team said: "LiDAR is a necessary sensor in the process of automobiles moving towards automatic driving, and the quality of generated point clouds, the algorithm of target recognition, the construction of the truth value system, and the processing of massive data are all key links and have core value." Liangdao Intelligent brings together many technical experts in the field of lidar, and its core team has an international vision and global project landing experience, and will play a key role in the process of accelerating the mass production of lidar in the next few years. ”
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