Vapor Auto-First | Wu Yun
Great Wall Motors, which did not sell well in april and the first four months of this year, sincerely like a child, did not announce the specific decline rate by itself, and seemed to be shy to be embarrassed. However, when it comes to the May sales figures, Great Wall Motors said it "expects a significant improvement in May." ”
On May 9, Great Wall Motor Co., Ltd. (stock code: 601633. SH, 02333.HK; hereinafter referred to as Great Wall Motor) released production and sales data for April 2022. In April, it sold 53,700 units and 7,733 units overseas. Among them, the Haval brand sold 29,100 vehicles; the Euler brand sold 3,088 vehicles; the Wei brand sold 2,293 vehicles; the tank brand sold 6,065 vehicles; and the Great Wall pickup truck sold 13,200 vehicles.
From January to April this year, Great Wall Motor sold a total of 337,200 units.
At present, Through the layout of the whole industry chain, Great Wall Motors has invested heavily in research and development, and has continuously applied the latest technological achievements to mass-produced models, which has been recognized by more and more consumers. Nowadays, the proportion of sales of high-value and intelligent products has continued to increase, with more than 150,000 yuan accounting for 18.7% of sales, models based on lemon, tank and coffee intelligent three major technology brands accounting for 66.2%, and intelligent models accounting for 89%.
Lemon Hybrid DHT has been recognized by the industry for its technical advantages of "all-scenario & full-speed domain, high-performance & high performance". Haval Diva DHT, equipped with lemon hybrid DHT technology, will soon meet with consumers. Haval Beast DHT will be equipped with a HEV powertrain of 1.5T+DHT130, with a comprehensive endurance of 1,000 km and a comprehensive fuel consumption of as low as 5.5L/100 km.
At the same time, Great Wall Motors' scientific and technological achievements have been continuously recognized by all parties. Weipai Mocha won the only award of the third China Intelligent Automobile "Horizon Cup" - the annual intelligent model; in the "2022 China Intelligent Vehicle Development Trend Insight Report" officially released by the Autohome Research Institute and the 21st Century New Automobile Research Institute, Weipai Mocha won the first place in the 2021 intelligent driving score with a high score of 86.8, leading all the leading new forces and global luxury brands. Tank 300 won the "Best Intelligent Driving" award at the China Automobile Awards hosted by CCTV, which fully demonstrated the product strength and technical heritage of Great Wall Motors in the intelligent car track.
For a long time, Great Wall Motors has adhered to the user-centered approach and brought products that are more in line with expectations for users in the market segment through category innovation.
As a new model based on the upgrading of market demand, after the 2022 Euler Good Cat opened the booking, the predetermined volume quickly exceeded 10,000. In addition to innovating to open the "1 + N" customization mode and handing over the choice to the user, the 2022 Euler good cat is more comprehensive and advanced in comfort configuration. The two endurance versions of the 2022 Euler Good Cat are equipped with high-end configurations such as inductive electric tailgates, electric heated steering wheels, and front power seats with ventilation, heating and massage functions, which further reflect the care and consideration for female users. Meanwhile, Euler's first female-only car, the Ballet Cat, is expected to be available in mid-June.
In April, on the first anniversary of the establishment of the tank brand, the highly anticipated medium and large business luxury SUV Tank 500 was officially delivered. Through powerful power, luxury space, intelligent technology and hard-core off-road strength, Tank 500 creates a multi-million-level driving experience to meet the user's high-quality travel needs for business, home, travel, off-road and other full-scene scenarios, and opens a new category market with the brand proposition of Iron Man Tenderness.
Great Wall Pickup continues to set new industry records. Recently, the 300,000th vehicle of the Great Wall Cannon was officially rolled off the production line at the Chongqing Smart Factory of Great Wall Motor, becoming the first Chinese high-end pickup truck brand to exceed 300,000 units. From zero to 300,000, the Great Wall Cannon took only 2 years and 8 months to create a new "Great Wall Cannon Speed". At the same time, the passenger gun and commercial gun trailer version are officially listed, with C6 trailer qualification, unlocking the full-scene pickup truck life for users. At present, the Great Wall Gun has been listed in more than 50 countries on four continents around the world, and the 300,000th vehicle of the Great Wall Gun has rolled off the production line, which is another historic breakthrough for China's pickup trucks, the result of global development, and the insight into user needs and the achievements created with global users.
Through scientific and technological innovation, Great Wall Motors has not only obtained many patents, but also made breakthroughs in the layout of intelligent core technologies such as automatic driving.
According to the data released by the global auto patent big data platform, the number of auto patent disclosures in China will maintain a steady growth trend in 2021. On the list of global automotive patent big data platforms, Great Wall Motor's patent disclosure reached 3710 and patent authorization reached 3256, ranking first among China's private car companies; in the field of new energy vehicles, the number of patents disclosed and authorized were 1301 and 914, ranking first among Chinese car companies. It provides a strong guarantee for Great Wall Motor's transformation into a "global intelligent technology company".
As a company under the Great Wall focusing on the research and development of automatic driving, The Great Wall recently released the "Navigation on HIPilot" equipped with HPilot3.0 (High-speed Intelligent Pilot Assist). "Milli-terminal city NOH" is equipped with an ultra-high computing chip with AI capability of 360T, cache 144M, cpu computing capacity of 200K+ DMIPS, and is also equipped with 2 lidars, 12 cameras, and 5 millimeter-wave radars, which maximizes the safety redundancy of the entire set of auxiliary driver perception systems. According to the driving route provided by the navigation, the "NoH of the Milli-Terminal City" can realize the main functions of automatic lane change overtaking, traffic light recognition and control, complex intersection traffic, unprotected left and right turning in the urban environment, and can also cope with complex urban traffic scenarios such as vehicle close entry, vehicle obstruction, intersection, roundabout, tunnel, overpass and so on. Soon, great wall motors equipped with the "NoH of the City of Milli" will be officially launched.
In addition, Great Wall Motors continues to strengthen the layout of intelligent core technologies. Recently, the Wuxi base project of Great Wall Motors' intelligent core components was officially signed, with a total investment of 3.1 billion yuan, which will be settled in Huishan District, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, and operated by Seiko Automobile, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Great Wall Motors, which is independently operated. After all of them are completed and put into operation, the production capacity of 1.1 million sets of EAS air suspension system and 2.6 million sets of EDC electronic control suspension system will be realized, and the annual output value is expected to reach 10 billion yuan and provide more than 1,000 jobs. Compared with the traditional suspension system, the active suspension can intelligently adjust the vehicle attitude in real time for different road conditions, and the system can improve the comfort, stability, safety and passability of the whole vehicle, which can bring customers the ultimate driving experience.
At present, affected by the domestic epidemic, supply chain, logistics and other aspects of the restrictions, production, sales have been affected, Great Wall Motors is actively communicating with all parties, trying to solve the problem, is expected to improve significantly in May.