Let's take stock of what major events happened in the automotive circle on May 8, 2022.
Auto Incident One: Bentley's first quarter earnings report
A few days ago, the Bentley brand released the first quarter of 2022 financial report, achieving an operating profit of 170 million euros, an increase of 162% year-on-year, operating income of 813 million euros, an increase of 41% year-on-year, and a return on sales of 21%. Despite a slight decline in sales due to uncertainties around the world, orders hit a new high due to the popularity of many new cars.
In terms of specific markets, the European, Asia-Pacific and British markets achieved positive year-on-year growth in the first quarter, up 38%, 19% and 30% respectively; the sales volume of the Americas, China and the Middle East fell in the first quarter, down by 9%, 29% and 38% respectively. In the first quarter of 2022, a total of 3,203 Bentley cars were sold worldwide, a 5% year-on-year decline. The Americas, China and Europe remain Bentley's top three best-selling markets.
Automobile incident two: Geely Technology and Tonglu County signed a power battery cooperation agreement
A few days ago, Tonglu County signed a power battery investment cooperation agreement with Geely Technology Group. Geely Technology Group will plan to build a power battery project with an annual production capacity of 12GWh in Tonglu Economic Development Zone.
It is reported that the project plans to cover a total area of about 450 acres, build an annual production capacity of 12GWh power battery production line and related supporting facilities, and plan to create a new energy automobile industry cluster with the power battery industry as the core. Its battery products have excellent performance, with high energy density, good safety performance, long cycle life, fast charging speed, strong temperature adaptability and other advantages.
Automobile incident three: The second phase of the chelian Tianxia Headquarters Base project was signed and construction was started
Recently, Wuxi held a signing ceremony for major industrial projects in the first half of 2022, and 38 major industrial projects with a total investment of 93.47 billion yuan were successfully landed. As one of the major projects in the intelligent connected vehicle industry, the second phase of the R&D and production project of the intelligent cockpit domain controller of the intelligent networked automobile of the car network was officially signed.
The second phase of the chelian Tianxia HEADQUARTERS project is built according to the concept of the lighthouse park, and plans to build a high-tech industrial park focusing on the research and development of intelligent cockpit, automatic driving, vehicle networking related technologies and products, intelligent manufacturing, demonstration applications, and industrial supporting services. Chelian Tianxia Science and Technology Park is located in Wuxi Economic Development Zone, located in the core area of Taihu Bay Science and Technology Belt.
Automobile incident four: the 300,000th great wall gun off the line Passenger gun trailer version was listed
On May 8, the Passenger Trailer Version of the Great Wall Gun was officially launched, and the new car launched the passenger gun and commercial gun trailer version on the basis of artillery, locomotive gun and off-road gun, and the market guidance price increased by 2,000 yuan on the passenger gun and commercial gun four-wheel drive AT model. At the same time, the Great Wall Gun also ushered in another milestone moment - the 300,000th vehicle rolled off the production line, becoming the first Chinese high-end pickup truck brand to exceed 300,000 units. Great Wall Pickup trucks ranked first in domestic and export sales for 24 consecutive years.
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