New Energy Daily | Tesla's German factory to open Wuling Motors announced an increase in the price of three new energy models

Whale Platform March 24 Highlights:

1. Affected by the rise in raw material prices, Lantu will announce the price adjustment plan on March 31

Lantu Automobile announced that recently, affected by the recent sharp rise in raw material prices, Lantu will announce the price adjustment plan on March 31, and the users who have been determined before this will not be affected by the price adjustment.

2. Xiaopeng Automobile responds to the scalper scalping order: the identity information will be verified before delivery

According to China News Network, recently, due to the rise in raw material prices and other reasons, Tesla, Xiaopeng, Ideal and other new energy vehicles have increased prices intensively, and the price increase of some models has exceeded 10,000 yuan. On some platforms, scalpers profit from scalping orders for vehicles that have not been adjusted. In this regard, the relevant person in charge of Xiaopeng Automobile said that the product orders of Xiaopeng Automobile are all associated with the real name of the ID card, and the identity information needs to be verified before the contract can enter the delivery link. If the customer cancels the reservation for personal reasons, the vehicle order will be reintroduced into the unified management, and there is no possibility of private second-hand order resale. In addition, in order to protect the rights and interests of consumers, Xiaopeng Automobile also specially stated that The purchase channel of Xiaopeng Automobile is unified nationwide and cannot be operated through private online transaction resale. We reserve the right to pursue legal liability from the parties involved. If the consumer has any dispute or damage to his or her rights and interests due to private transactions, Xiaopeng Motors will not be liable.

3. BYD and NVIDIA have reached a cooperation and will be equipped with the DRIVE Hyperion platform in some models

According to Phoenix Technology, artificial intelligence computing manufacturer NVIDIA announced a cooperation with BYD in smart driving technology. From the first half of 2023, BYD will be equipped with NVIDIA's DRIVE Hyperion platform on some of its new energy vehicles to achieve intelligent vehicle driving and intelligent parking.

4. Wuling Automobile announced an increase in the price of three new energy models: an increase of 4,000 yuan to 8,000 yuan

Wuling Motors pointed out in the "Explanation on the Price Adjustment of New Energy Models" that due to the impact of comprehensive factors such as the continuous sharp rise in the price of upstream raw materials, SAIC-GM-Wuling will adjust the official guidance prices of its Wuling Hongguang MINIEV series models, Wuling NanoEV models and Baojun KiWi EV models. IT Home has learned that the price adjustment of SAIC-GM-Wuling will officially take effect from 0:00 on March 24, with an increase of 4,000 yuan to 8,000 yuan.

5. CITIC Securities: It is predicted that the global battery recycling market space will exceed 150 billion yuan in 2027

CITIC Securities pointed out that the new energy vehicle power battery is about to enter the peak period of scrapping, and the sharp rise in the price of cobalt, lithium, nickel and other metals has made the battery recycling industry more economically efficient. Further national legislation on the power battery recycling industry will promote the rapid development of the industry. We predict that the global battery recycling market space will exceed 150 billion yuan in 2027. In the future, the battery recycling policy will be gradually standardized in terms of environmental protection and safety, and the head enterprises with channel advantages, customer advantages and process advantages are expected to win.

6, Tesla supplier LG Energy will build a battery factory in the United States to invest $1.4 billion

LG Energy Solution, a subsidiary of LG, which provides car batteries for companies such as Tesla, announced that it will invest $1.4 billion to build a factory in Arizona, USA, by 2024. The new plant will be the first in the United States to produce cylindrical batteries. Construction work began in the second quarter of 2022 and will be mass-produced in 2024 with a capacity of 11 GWh.

7, Tesla Germany factory to open the German car market pattern is changing

According to foreign media reports, the factory of the American electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla in Berlin, Germany, was officially opened on the 22nd, which is Tesla's first electric vehicle factory in Europe. On the same day, Tesla CEO Elon Musk also delivered the first Model Y SUV model manufactured at the Berlin factory to users at the Berlin factory. Some analysts believe that Tesla will become the main competitor of German automakers such as Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz in the field of electric vehicles, or will force the German auto industry to accelerate its transformation.

8. Toyota and Aurora test driverless cars in Texas, USA

Toyota and U.S. driverless system developer Aurora reportedly began testing driverless cars in Texas, USA, and the cars are mainly used to provide ride-hailing services, with two safety operators and no passengers at the time of testing. The two companies have loaded the Aurora driverless system into Sienna cars, ready to test it on roads and country streets, as well as on roads to the airport.

9, the photovoltaic industry off-season is not weak Diamond wire enterprises orders are full

CCTV news, the first quarter of each year, is often the off-season of the photovoltaic industry, but in the first quarter of this year, the photovoltaic industry showed a high overall operating rate and an off-season situation. A company is currently the world's largest diamond wire production enterprises, the person in charge of the introduction, the company is currently saturated with orders, the factory is in a 24-hour overtime production state. According to the statistics of the national power industry released by the National Energy Administration from January to February, as of the end of February, the installed capacity of power generation in the country was about 2.39 billion kilowatts, an increase of 7.8% year-on-year. Among them, the installed capacity of solar power generation was about 320 million kilowatts, an increase of 22.7% year-on-year. Industry insiders said that the domestic photovoltaic industry production continued to rise, superimposed overseas market demand for photovoltaic installed capacity higher, it is expected that the overall performance of the photovoltaic sector in the first quarter is good.

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