Let's take stock of what major events happened in the automotive circle on February 25, 2022.
Auto Incident 1: Changes in the management of BMW Brilliance Automotive Co., Ltd
The Board of Directors of BMW Brilliance Automotive GmbH announced that, effective April 1, 2022, Dr. Hexuan Dai, Senior Vice President of Technology and Production, will be the company's current Senior Vice President of Technology and Production. Franz Decker will succeed Dr. Franz Decker. Johann Wieland) is President and CEO of BMW Brilliance, and Robert Kuessel, currently director of the Dadong plant, will take over as Senior Vice President of Technology and Production from April 1, 2022. Dr. Wei Lander will return to Germany at the end of his term.
The new President and Dai Hexuan of BMW Brilliance Automobile Co., Ltd
Dr. Dai joined BMW Brilliance in September 2016 as Vice President of Strategy and Logistics and was promoted to Senior Vice President of Technology and Production in January 2020, having 18 years of experience with the BMW Group prior to coming to China. In recent years, the automotive industry has faced multiple challenges, Dr. Dai Hexuan has been responsible for and successfully built new factories and upgrading projects, while also promoting BMW Brilliance to a new high in production.
Auto Incident Two: Tesla expands production capacity at its Shanghai plant
Recently, according to the environmental information disclosure platform of Shanghai enterprises and institutions, Tesla announced the environmental impact assessment report of the first phase of tesla's gigafactory project (phase I) - parts production process improvement project (capacity adjustment) on February 22.
Tesla said in the report that in order to meet the export needs of enterprises, Tesla Shanghai intends to build the project in the existing plant of the first phase of the plot, and intends to increase the production capacity of parts by increasing the production workshop, increasing the number of workers, and improving the equipment start-up rate. According to media reports, this will help Tesla increase the production capacity of the Shanghai factory to 1 million vehicles per year, while Tesla has previously mentioned that the annual production capacity of the Shanghai factory is greater than 450,000 vehicles. According to the data, the Shanghai factory will deliver 484,130 vehicles (including exports) in 2021, accounting for 51.7% of Tesla's cumulative global deliveries in 2021.
Automobile incident three: Vision signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement with Shiyan, Hubei Province
Recently, Envision Technology Group has signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement with Shiyan City, Hubei Province. According to the cooperation agreement, it intends to lay out five major projects in Shiyan City, such as high-end power battery production, commercial vehicle intelligent power exchange network and equipment manufacturing, and zero-carbon vehicle technology research, with a total investment of 48 billion yuan, of which the power battery project strives to be basically completed by October this year, and a production line is put into operation before the end of the year.
It is reported that Envision Technology Group has three major sectors of Envision Power, Envision Energy and Envision Intelligence, the power battery belongs to Envision Power, in 2018, Envision Technology through the acquisition of Nissan AESC battery business, in February 2019 Envision Power Jiangyin plant project began construction, last year to achieve mass production, the 2 phase of the project will be put into production in 2023, in addition to Envision also in Japan, the United States, France and the United Kingdom layout of 7 major production bases and a number of R & D and engineering centers, is expected to exceed 200GWh global production capacity by 2025.
Car Event Four: Magneti Marelli will supply inverters for the new BMW CE-04
We have learned that As the world's leading automotive supplier, Magneti Marelli will supply the inverter, the core component of the electric engine, for the new BMW electric scooter CE-04. This inverter is designed to optimize the use and reuse of energy, maximizing performance and efficiency.
Hannes Prenn, President of Magneti Marelli's Global Automotive Electrification Division, said: "We are delighted to be able to provide a key technical solution for this futuristic electric scooter. The new electric two-wheeler further opens up opportunities for future mobility, inverter technology is a key driving force to ensure efficient energy management of each electric vehicle, for which we continue to work in this field, constantly designing advanced solutions, including four and two wheels, adding new electrification products in addition to electric drive systems and thermal solutions, and practicing our original intention and mission with practical actions: to promote the transformation of future mobility by providing customers with efficient, high-performance, reliable and innovative electric vehicle solutions. ”
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