New Energy Vehicle Evening News丨 Tesla high-speed stall follow-up / car companies "cutting leeks" new means exposed

Today's Evening News highlights: "The tunnel loses power, the electric door does not respond..." The owner broke the details of the Tesla Model 3 high-speed stall; according to the investigation, the shrinkage of service rights is expected to become a new means for new energy car companies to "cut leeks"; raw materials cannot be held back, Chery New Energy announced that some models of QQ ice cream and small ants will be raised by 2900-5000 yuan; Jihu Automobile said that it will adjust the price of all models from May 1; due to the postponement of the Beijing Auto Show, The Xiaopeng G9 may be postponed to the June pre-sale, and deliveries are expected to start in the third quarter as soon as possible. In addition, Honda's electrification conference was held on April 12, and the latest progress and future expectations were shared...

Policy Related:

March 2022 China Car Retention Ratio Report Nio/BYD retention rate increased

One sentence comment: The retention rate of pure electric new energy in 1 year has increased, and the growth models are mainly concentrated in new energy mini cars and new car price increase models, while the 3-year car age retention rate data has decreased slightly compared with the previous month.

Recently, the China Automobile Dealers Association and Jingzhen Valuation jointly released the "March 2022 China Automobile Retention Rate Research Report". Through the retention rate research, it aims to reflect the comprehensive strength of the brand's product strength, recognition, reputation, etc., and provide important data references for future repurchase, replacement, leasing, finance, new car pricing reference and other related businesses, thereby reducing business risks and improving operational efficiency. In terms of new cars, the Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Commerce launched the 2022 "old-for-new" car purchase incentive, which promoted the replacement and will also benefit the local second-hand car transaction.

Hot Events:

Raw materials can't stand up! Chery New Energy announced price adjustments: some models increased by 2900-5000 yuan

One sentence comment: Among them, the price increase of QQ ice cream models is 2900 yuan, and the price of small ant models is 3000-5000 yuan, which belongs to the normal range.

A few days ago, Chery New Energy Vehicle Official Bo issued an announcement that due to the continuous sharp rise in the price of raw materials such as batteries and chips, the cost of some models on sale of Chery New Energy continued to increase. The price of some models has been raised by 2900 yuan to 5000 yuan, and the rights and interests such as the lifetime warranty of the whole vehicle remain unchanged. Specifically, QQ ice cream has added a 120km milkshake to replace the original pudding model, and the milkshake configuration increases electric cooling and heating air conditioning compared with the pudding model, as an entry-level model.

Announced by April 30 The Pole Fox will adjust prices for all models from May 1

One-word comment: This practice of informing in advance and giving buffer time is worthy of praise, and it is expected that the HI version of the model equipped with Huawei's smart cockpit - Hongmeng car machine OS can increase the sales of the Polar Fox Alpha S.

A few days ago, it was learned from the official of Jihu Automobile that like many new energy vehicle brands, affected by factors such as raw material prices and national subsidies, Jihu will make certain price adjustments for all its models on May 1, and the specific adjustment plan will be announced before April 30, and the original customer rights and enjoyment conditions of all models before May 1 can consult the Direct Sales Store of the Jihu brand and related dealers.

The owner exposed the Tesla Model 3 high-speed stall: the tunnel lost power, and the electric door did not respond

One sentence comment: At present, Tesla has no response to this matter, and we will also keep an eye on it.

A few days ago, in the circle of tesla model 3 car friends, some car friends broke the news that they were driving on the highway and encountered a thrilling scene where the vehicle suddenly lost power. According to the owner's self-report, the car is mentioned on New Year's Day this year, usually in the process of using the car, there will be a sound of current on the car for no reason, after locking the car, it will run, the car will make a rumbling sound, reopen the door and close it again, usually think these are small problems, do not care.

Wuhan Tesla owners said that the brakes failed and hit the wall Tesla responded: The speed is too fast and has nothing to do with quality

One sentence comment: Tesla responded: the owner is speeding, the ground is slippery, and the brakes are working normally.

Recently, Mr. Nie from Wuhan told the Red Star News reporter that one of his 5-year-old Tesla MDOEL X 100D had brake failures and the steering wheel could not be rotated on March 25. Tesla said that the accident was caused by the owner's speed being too fast, coupled with the fact that the parking lot floor was a wet epoxy floor, which extended the braking distance, which had nothing to do with the quality of Tesla itself.

Service rights and interests have shrunk into a new means of "cutting leeks" for new energy vehicle companies

One-sentence comment: From the very beginning, new energy vehicle companies need to obtain consumers by attaching rich service rights and interests to new cars, and gradually move towards the stage of stable development. The service rights and interests previously promised have gradually shrunk, and almost every new energy vehicle company is doing.

Recently, a complaint about Xiaopeng Automobile was sued on the Internet. According to the owner's report, Xiaopeng Automobile issued the latest road rescue service terms, which deleted the previous description of "nationwide unlimited and unlimited mileage road rescue", and added "limited to failures caused by product quality problems" in the revised terms. In addition, the new clause also deletes "free towing to the service center designated by Xiaopeng Automobile or xiaopeng supercharger station", and the roadside assistance service in the new clause is only responsible for "towing the vehicle to the service center designated by Xiaopeng Automobile", in other words, because of the lack of electricity or accidents, the need for rescue is ignored or not free.

New Car Information:

Delivery is expected to start in the third quarter of the Xiaopeng G9 or will be postponed to The june pre-sale

One-sentence comment: The postponement of the 2022 Beijing Auto Show actually provides many car companies with more time to "adjust" and look forward to the delivery of real cars in the third quarter.

A few days ago, we learned from Xiaopeng Motors that due to the postponement of the Beijing Auto Show, the Xiaopeng G9, which was originally scheduled to announce the price at the Beijing Auto Show, will be postponed to June to open pre-sales, and then it is expected to be officially delivered in the third quarter (the fastest end of August). Positioned as a medium-sized and large-sized SUV, the new car will be the flagship of Xiaopeng Motors, based on the new X-EEA 3.0 electrical and electronic architecture, and will also be the first production model equipped with XPILOT 4.0 functions.

The new Volvo XC60 may be launched in 2025 and is expected to be transformed into a pure electric SUV

One-sentence comment: Volvo is moving faster and faster on the road to pure electrification, but still hopes to have technological breakthroughs or innovations, at least when mentioning Volvo RECHARGE in the future, it is not only safety that can be thought of.

Recently, from the relevant channels to get the new Volvo XC60 news, the car or will be launched in 2025, is expected to transform into a pure electric SUV, may be based on the SPA2 architecture, will also be based on the latest design concept of the REFORM concept car display, while also adding 5G interconnection technology and lidar automatic driving assistance technology. In addition, new products may have a new name in the future and will be sold together with the current XC60 for a period of time.

Smart Technology:

Volvo Cars OTA upgrade involves new models/models offering the latest version of Android

One sentence comment: Each OTA upgrade of Volvo can make the system better, which is worthy of praise, and this OTA upgrade is also the 8th complete update of Volvo Cars.

Recently, Volvo Cars ushered in an OTA upgrade, which involves the latest version of the Android car operating system. Services such as navigation, charging, parking and more on the Google Play app will go live later this year. At present, the new Volvo XC90, S60, V60 and other models provide OTA functions, coupled with the previous pure electric models, all new cars can be upgraded online through OTAs.

Industry:

Honda's automotive electrification conference was held on April 12 to share the latest developments and future expectations

One-sentence comment: In addition to Honda e: NS1, e: NP1 pure electric new car is about to be listed in China, it has just announced cooperation with GM Group to find a breakthrough in the field of pure electric, so the electrification conference on the 12th is also worth looking forward to.

Recently, Honda officials said that it will hold a Honda Automobile Electrification News online launch on April 12 (Beijing time), which will share new details of the latest progress and expected challenges in the future. Honda has set global electrification targets and will fully sell all-electric vehicles by 2040. Honda's Global CEO, Executive Vice President, Senior Management Executive and others will moderate the event.

Tesla: Recalling some imported and domestically produced Model 3 electric vehicles A total of 127785

One-sentence comment: This failure occurs when the vehicle is in a driving state, which will cause the vehicle to lose driving power, and in extreme cases, it may increase the risk of vehicle collision, and there are safety hazards. Model 3 owners quickly look at the production date of their car, if within the scope of the recall, hurry to the store.

On April 7, according to the State Administration for Market Regulation, from April 7, 2022, Tesla recalled the production date in 2019

From January 11, 2022 to January 25, 2022, some imported and domestically produced Model 3 electric vehicles totaled 127785 (including 34,207 imported Model 3 vehicles and 93,578 domestic Model 3 vehicles). There may be minor manufacturing differences in the rear motor inverter power semiconductor components of vehicles within the scope of this recall, and the component manufacturing differences after some vehicles have been used for a period of time may cause the rear inverter to fail, resulting in the inverter not being able to control the current normally.

Exclusive: Weilai autonomous driving elder Zhang Jianyong left Li Bin directly managed the automatic driving operation team

One sentence comment: Li Bin's concept is "automatic driving is a service, not a function", which shows that Weilai still attaches great importance to NOP, and the current automatic driving operation team has also absorbed talents from Meituan, Byte, Didi and other companies.

"DeepNet" learned from a number of insiders that Zhang Jianyong, assistant vice president of Weilai (AVP), will leave his job in the near future and start a business in the field of automotive chips. Zhang Jianyong is the elder of NIO's autonomous driving business, and joined NIO in 2015, the year after its establishment. In the past 7 years, he has fully experienced the construction of the NIO autonomous driving team from 0 to 1, led the team to mass-produce the NIO Pilot automatic driving assisted driving system, and completed the research and development of the NIO NT1 and NT2 generations of autonomous driving platforms.

(Text / Kim Jong-woo)