Source: Futures Daily
BYD has denied that it will carry out a new round of price increases
On April 5, in response to the online rumor that "BYD will have a new round of price increases", Li Yunfei, general manager of BYD's automobile brand and public relations business department, posted on Weibo that this was false news. At the same time, bydir Auto's official Weibo also forwarded: "Please do not believe in rumors, do not spread rumors." ”
On the night of March 15, BYD announced the price increase of some models on its official Weibo. According to the official description, affected by the continuous sharp rise in raw material prices, BYD Automobile will adjust the official guidance price of new energy models related to Dynasty Network and Ocean Network, ranging from 3,000 to 6,000 yuan, and the price adjustment will take effect from 00:00 on March 16.
BYD announced that it will stop production of fuel vehicles
Recently, the news of BYD's suspension of fuel vehicles has been on the hot search. Although the new energy of automobiles has become a recognized trend, it dares to take the lead in stopping production of fuel vehicles, and BYD has obvious intentions to change lanes and overtake.
On April 3, BYD Automobile officially announced that it will stop the production of fuel vehicles from March 2022 in accordance with its strategic development needs. In the future, BYD will focus on pure electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles in the automotive segment. This marks that BYD has become the first car company in the world to officially announce the suspension of fuel vehicles.
At the same time, BYD will continue to provide perfect service and after-sales protection for existing fuel vehicle customers, as well as the supply of spare parts throughout the life cycle to ensure worry-free travel.
BYD has always been committed to using technological innovation to meet people's yearning for a better life and build a green tomorrow. This strategic adjustment of BYD, focusing on the national "double carbon" strategic goal, adheres to the new development concept of "innovation" and "green", leads the transformation of the automotive industry with the driving force of scientific and technological innovation, and promotes the sustainable development of society with green and low-carbon cycle.
As soon as the news came out, it immediately appeared on the hot search. Although the current new energy of automobiles has become a major trend, BBA, Volkswagen, Toyota, Porsche and other car companies or brands have announced plans to reduce fuel vehicles and increase new energy vehicles, but most of the planned years point to about 2030, for example, BMW announced that 50% of global sales in 2030 will be pure electric vehicles, porsche said that 80% of global sales in 2030 will be pure electric vehicles.
Forbes released the 2022 Global Billionaires List, and Musk topped the list
On April 5, Forbes released the 2022 Global Billionaires List, showing that due to the global stock market oscillation last year, the number of people on the 2022 Forbes Global Billionaires List decreased by 87 places compared with last year, and the total wealth of the listed people fell by 0.4 trillion yuan to 12.7 trillion US dollars year-on-year.
According to the list, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk topped the list with a wealth of $219 billion, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, French luxury giant LVMH Group head Bernard Arnold and the family ranked second and third with a wealth of $171 billion and $158 billion, respectively, and Bill Gates and Warren Buffett ranked fourth and fifth with $129 billion and $118 billion, respectively.
In addition, Zhong Shui, the founder of Nongfu Spring, ranked 17th with a wealth of US$65.7 billion, and Zhang Yiming of ByteDance ranked 25th with a wealth of US$50 billion.
According to Forbes, when calculating the wealth of the listers, the share price of March 11, 2022 is used.
Musk suddenly became Twitter's largest shareholder
According to the ABC, on April 4, local time, Tesla founder Musk acquired a 9% stake in Twitter, becoming its largest shareholder.
The 9 percent stake is worth about $3 billion, and it's unclear why Musk suddenly bought so many stakes in Twitter.
According to the news on April 5, local time, Musk's 13D regulatory documents submitted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) show that Musk began to buy Twitter (TWTR) shares on January 31, and the shareholding ratio reached 9.1% on April 4, indicating that his shareholding ratio during his tenure as a director of Twitter would not exceed 14.9%.
In addition, Musk published his first tweet since the acquisition of Twitter shares on the evening of April 4, local time: "Oh, hi, haha. ”
According to Fox News, CNN reporter Brian Sturt was a little nervous about Musk becoming Twitter's largest shareholder. "The richest man on the planet, he just bought a chunk of one of our most important means of communication. He is also the owner of one of the world's largest satellite networks. So he's very powerful, unbelievable. Stelt said.