On April 13, the New York Auto Show, which had been absent for two years, finally opened in Manhattan. At this time, however, the entire city of New York was still in the midst of a subway shooting.
On April 12, several people were shot at the Brooklyn subway station in New York, and multiple unexploded explosive devices were found at the scene. The shooting injured at least 29 people, including a Chinese national.
After the incident, some subways around Brooklyn stopped operating, and school curricula were urgently changed to online classes. At the same time, for safety reasons, the school asked students not to leave the school for the time being.
A day later, the 62-year-old suspect, Frank M. R. James was caught by the police. His charges involved terrorists or other violent attacks against the public transport system, with a maximum sentence of life in prison.
While the alarm in New York has been lifted, public security in the United States is once again the focus of discussion.
It's not just the public security issues in the United States. Since the beginning of the epidemic, there has been too much negative news around the world, shootings, wars, economies... We are no longer just afraid of viruses, but also of human nature. It seems that the epidemic has caused the entire human civilization to experience a heavy blow, and perhaps this is a problem that we will eventually face.
Let's shift our attention to Manhattan, north of Brooklyn.
Although the New York Auto Show is not as well-known as the North American Auto Show (Detroit Auto Show), it has a much longer history. It was the first auto show in North America and has been in operation for 122 years since 1900.
In fact, the "centenarian" at the New York Auto Show is more familiar with the virus than we are. During the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, Dodge's founder, Horace Dodge, died of flu and pneumonia while attending the New York Auto Show in 1920.
In 2020, the number of COVID-19 cases in New York grew rapidly, reaching 92,381 confirmed cases, of which 13,382 were in urgent need of hospitalization and another 2,373 died of COVID-19. The Javits International Exhibition Center, which hosted the New York Auto Show, was transformed into a 2,500-bed temporary hospital at that time, becoming The "Square Cabin Hospital" in New York.
Let's go back to this year's New York Auto Show. This time, xing falun gong exclusively asked the editor-in-chief of "Mai", the founder of AutoXing Chexing, and an independent industry commentator Xing Lei, and obtained first-hand news from him on the "frontline".
First of all, it is worth noting that at this year's auto show, Korean brands have become the biggest "winners". They have a number of heavyweight models released at the New York Auto Show, such as the new Hyundai Paristi, Kia's new Telluride, the new generation of Kia Polaroid, Genisex X Speedium Coupe concept car, etc., which attracted full attention at the booth. And, as is customary, every New York Auto Show will select the annual World Auto Awards. The Hyundai IONIQ 5 won three awards in one go: The Wind Car of the Year, electric vehicle of the year and Best Design of the Year. Toyota Yaris Cross, Ao E-tron GT and Mercedes-EQ EQS won the titles of Best Urban Car, Best Performance Car and Best Luxury Car respectively.
Therefore, Korean cars can be said to have grabbed the limelight at this New York Auto Show. As for the modern IONIQ 5 car, although there is no chance to experience it in China at present, it is really wonderful only from the perspective of appearance design. Just the interior is slightly sloppy.
From the booth map, we can also find a rather interesting phenomenon, the public that has always been very prominent in China has been "squeezed" into a small corner by Hyundai and Kia this time. The booth area is comparable to VINFAST, a Vietnamese electric vehicle brand on Kia's left. In addition, traditional German luxury brands such as Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Audi were absent from the New York Auto Show.
Recently, Tesla, which is very hot, has not participated in this New York Auto Show, and perhaps they have received orders and have no time to take care of the auto show.
When it comes to the performance of Chinese auto brands overseas, everyone may think that brands such as Geely and BYD will be more well-known. But according to Xing Lei, China's new car-making forces have a higher topicality in the United States than traditional car brands. Since they are all listed on the U.S. stock market, many people buy their shares. Therefore, the every move of Weilai, Xiaopeng and Ideal is also being paid attention to by Americans.
I look forward to seeing them at the New York Auto Show in the future.
Finally, take a look at some of the new cars at the New York Auto Show. The X Speedium Coupe concept car is very popular, and it will become the new family design language of the future pure electric products of the Genises brand. At the same time, electric products will also focus on sports attributes.
The concept car design does not seem to be an exaggeration now, and it is speculated that there will not be much discrepancy after the release of the production car. Still inheriting the brand design style, it is very good-looking.
The Vayanne model of DEUS Automobiles GmbH, which was established in Austria in 2020, was officially unveiled, and the new car positioned itself as an electric supercar. The maximum power exceeds 2200 hp (1640 kW), the peak torque exceeds 2000 Nm, the maximum speed exceeds 400 km/h, and the acceleration time from 0 to 100 km/h is only 1.99 seconds. The parameters are comparable to tesla Roadster2, and deliveries will begin in 2025, limited to 99 units.
The new electric supercar unveiled at the New York Auto Show, which can't help but remind people of the future K50...
Unveiled at the New York Auto Show, the U.S. version of Kia's new Jirui is a crossover-style compact SUV with a choice of three powertrains: oil-electric hybrid, plug-in hybrid and pure electric.
Jeep unveiled the Grand Wagoneer L, which increased its wheelbase by 177.8mm to 3048mm compared to the standard Grand Wagoneer. The load compartment volume reaches a staggering 3706.7L.
The above is the star car yard's report on the New York Auto Show. Although there are not many brands and new cars, the New York Auto Show can open under heavy pressure, and it seems that the dark clouds that hang over the auto market have opened a gap and let us see a glimmer of light.
The sun shines and the earth springs back.