Let's take stock of what major events happened in the automotive circle on April 16, 2022.
Car Incident 1: BMW joins forces with Swiss Materials
Recently, according to foreign media reports, BMW i Ventures, a venture capital company under the BMW Group, announced that it has cooperated with the Swiss natural fiber composites start-up Bcomp to continue to increase the BMW Group's participation in the sustainable and resource-using manufacturing of auto parts made of natural materials.
The bmw group's R&D department cooperates with Bcomp to explore the use of new renewable materials in future models. By 2030, the BMW Group aims to reduce the carbon footprint of vehicles throughout their life cycle by more than 40% compared to 2019, and the development of innovative materials is an important part of achieving this goal. Compared to traditional materials, the use of renewable raw materials and natural fibers, such as hanma, kenaf or flax, can minimize the amount of material used, reduce weight by up to 50%, and also help reduce the energy consumption of the vehicle.
Automobile incident two: NIO and Sinopec jointly built 175 stations
On April 15, NIO officially reached the first anniversary of the strategic cooperation with Sinopec. On April 15, 2021, NIO signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Sinopec, in which the two sides will work together to build charging and replacing infrastructure and other aspects of all-round cooperation, give full play to their respective advantages, jointly create an innovative cooperation model between the global energy industry and the automotive industry, and under the joint witness of both sides, the world's first NIO second-generation substation was officially opened. At present, there are 3 charging and replacing cooperative stations in Beijing.
Car event three: "Tianjin" solar car unveiled
A few days ago, we learned that the pure solar car named "Tianjin" was officially unveiled, and it is not difficult to see from its positioning that the new car is a car that only needs to "bask in the sun" to run. It is understood that in addition to the advantages of "zero carbon" and "lightweight", the new car also has a relatively strong intelligent driving ability.
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