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Weilai officials announced a price increase, and Li Bin said that he could not hold back
On April 10, NIO announced that due to the continuous sharp rise in global raw material prices this year, from May 10, 2022, NIO will make appropriate adjustments to the prices of its products. In terms of vehicle prices, the models involved in this price adjustment are NIO ES8, ES6, EC6, and the starting price of each version of the model is raised by 10,000 yuan; the starting price of the latest two models, NIO ET7 and ET5, remain unchanged.
Subsequently, Li Bin, CEO of Weilai Automobile, left a message in the Weilai Automobile User App, saying, "Raw materials, especially battery raw materials, have risen too much this year, and I can't see the trend of decline in the near future, I originally wanted to carry more, the epidemic situation is even more unbearable, the price increase is also forced, please understand." ”
It is worth mentioning that the day before the announcement of the price increase, Weilai just announced the suspension of production due to supply chain problems.
Weilai announced on April 9 that "since March, due to the epidemic, the company's supply chain partners in Jilin, Shanghai, Jiangsu and other places have stopped production one after another, and have not yet recovered." Affected by this, WEILAI's vehicle production has been suspended. Due to the above reasons, many users' vehicles will be delayed in the recent past, please understand. ”
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Xiaomi Automobile's Beijing plant started construction and is undergoing a flat finishing project
April 11 news, Xiaomi hua more than 610.339185 million yuan auction of a piece of land has begun construction, covering an area of 718,046.1 square meters, the location is Beijing Economic and Technological Development Zone Yizhuang New Town, the total lease and transfer period of 50 years.
It is understood that Xiaomi and the Beijing Economic and Technological Development Zone Management Committee formally signed a cooperation agreement on November 27 last year, according to the agreement, Xiaomi Automobile will build a vehicle factory with an annual production capacity of 300,000 vehicles in two phases, of which the first and second phases of production capacity are 150,000 vehicles, and the first car will be rolled off the production line and mass production in this land in 2024.
According to the previous announcement, the parcel will be provided in the form of "six links and one flat" for the construction of the intelligent manufacturing industrial base project, and the plot is undergoing flat land finishing project, which has been completed for about 45 out of 10.
A year ago, on March 30, 2021, Xiaomi Group resolutely announced that it had officially entered the car manufacturing field and planned to establish a wholly-owned subsidiary to be responsible for the intelligent electric vehicle business, with an initial investment of 10 billion yuan and an estimated investment of 10 billion US dollars in the next 10 years.
Subsequently, on September 1, 2021, Xiaomi Automobile Co., Ltd. was formally established with a registered capital of 10 billion yuan, and Lei Jun, chairman and CEO of Xiaomi, served as the legal representative. On November 18, 2021, Xiaomi Automobile Technology Co., Ltd. was established, the legal representative is Lei Jun, the registered capital is 1 billion yuan, and the business scope includes new energy vehicle manufacturing, automobile vehicle and parts technology research and development.
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GAC Acura officially announced that it will stop all products in 2023
Recently, GAC Acura officially released the news that from 2023, GAC Honda will no longer produce and sell the existing products of the GAC Acura brand, GAC Honda will fully integrate the gac acura brand resources and join the electrification business, GAC Honda will continue to provide services for GAC Acura car owners through the GAC Acura special stores that have joined the electrification sales service network, as well as GAC Honda's related channels, and always protect the rights and interests of car owners.
GAC Acura currently has TWO MODELS ON SALE, CDX and RDX, which have been discontinued, and GAC Acura released its first model CDX in China in 2016 and announced its listing that year, however, model sales have always been average, and the withdrawal of GAC Acura will also herald the comprehensive transformation of GAC Honda's future electrification strategy.
Industry insiders believe that the sales volume of GAC Acura continues to be sluggish, causing pressure on both sides of the joint venture. While opting out is a no-brainer, reintegrating resources is conducive to developing a new development strategy.
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