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Tesla Vice President Tao Lin: Eliminating the digital divide, the more "idiotic" the smart car, the better

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Zhou Hongyi: To promote the safety of intelligent and connected vehicles, Nezha automobile will be a "test field"

Tesla Vice President Tao Lin: Eliminating the digital divide, the more "idiotic" the smart car, the better

At the 2021 World Intelligent Connected Vehicle Conference, Zhou Hongyi, founder and chairman of 360 Group, elaborated on the relationship between software and automobiles, and he believed that software-defined automobiles are not simply used by digital technology in automobiles, but a fundamental reform of the automobile structure. Originally the car was a sofa on four wheels, and now the car is a bunch of black boxes, each independent.

The safety of the automobile Internet is more complicated than Zhou Hongyi imagined, therefore, he believes that only by going deep into the front line of car companies can we truly understand what are the problems in the safety of intelligent networked vehicles, and we need to take Nezha automobile as a test field and export it to other car companies after exploration and maturity.

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The Lynk & Co 03+ Cyan customized version is officially listed, and the "racing car" can legally go out on the street

Tesla Vice President Tao Lin: Eliminating the digital divide, the more "idiotic" the smart car, the better

Lynk & Co's Lynk & Co 03+ Cyan customized version of the model was officially launched, and the new car launched a total of two configuration models, with the official guidance price of 236,800 yuan and 256,800 yuan.

The car is based on the current Lynk & Co 03+, in terms of appearance, performance and other aspects compared to the current Lynk & Co 03 + have been further improved, its Drive-E T5 2.0T engine has a maximum power of 265 horsepower, a peak torque of 380 Nm, and a maximum acceleration time of 0-100 km / h of 5.7 seconds.

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Tesla vice president Tao Lin: The product design of smart cars, the more "idiot", the more "fool" the better

Tesla Vice President Tao Lin: Eliminating the digital divide, the more "idiotic" the smart car, the better

At the 2021 World Internet Conference, Tesla vice president Tao Lin said that the lowest logic tesla has always used is to improve the digital literacy of users through technical means.

"For the vast majority of users, meeting basic safe driving needs is just the foundation. At the same time, users hope that smart products can bring many, many more digital experiences than normal driving does not have, and these can not be through consumers to explore, but should be improved by enterprises through product design. Tao Lin further emphasized, "In fact, the less intellectual cost consumers pay, the better, that is, the more 'idiot' the product design, the more 'fool' the better, so that even a person without any digital literacy will use it." ”

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The number of charging piles in the highway service area reached 10,836, and the national charging infrastructure increased by 52.3% year-on-year.

Tesla Vice President Tao Lin: Eliminating the digital divide, the more "idiotic" the smart car, the better

According to CCTV, Sun Wenjian, spokesman of the Ministry of Transport and head of the Policy Research Office, said at the press conference to accelerate the construction of new infrastructure in the field of transportation that at present, there are 439 new charging piles in the domestic highway service area, and the number of ownership has reached 10836, 95 new charging pile service areas, and 2318 charging pile service areas.

Next, in the highway, water and land passenger transport hub is also accelerating the construction of charging piles, to provide convenience for the green travel of new energy electric vehicle users. As of August this year, the total number of charging infrastructure in the country reached 2.105 million, an increase of 52.3% year-on-year.

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Geely Holdings: It will operate 5,000 smart substations worldwide in 2025

Tesla Vice President Tao Lin: Eliminating the digital divide, the more "idiotic" the smart car, the better

A few days ago, Geely Holding Group issued a document revealing some of its layouts for the power exchange model, which mentioned that it will operate 5,000 intelligent substations around the world in 2025.

In contrast, WEILAI, which currently has the largest investment layout in the field of power exchange, has built a total of 484 substations nationwide as of September 21.

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Huawei and BAIC signed a comprehensive business deepening cooperation agreement to help BAIC sell cars?

Tesla Vice President Tao Lin: Eliminating the digital divide, the more "idiotic" the smart car, the better

Recently, BAIC BJEV and Huawei signed a comprehensive business deepening cooperation agreement, the two sides will sell all co-brand cooperation products in Huawei's online and offline channels, and plan to achieve online and offline channel sales cooperation of The Polar Fox Alpha S Huawei HI Version by the end of this year.

BAIC BJEV will also become the second car company to enter Huawei's sales channels after Xilis. The two sides will carry out comprehensive cooperation in the development of key system technologies for electric vehicles, the development of vehicle products, brand marketing and channel sharing, and user diversion and operation.

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Cao Cao Travel's next round of financing may be completed in the first half of 2022, while preparing for an IPO

Tesla Vice President Tao Lin: Eliminating the digital divide, the more "idiotic" the smart car, the better

According to financial media reports, Gong Xin, CEO of Cao Cao Travel under Geely Holdings, said in an interview that the next round of financing may be completed in the first half of 2022, and that an initial public offering (IPO) may be carried out in the next five years, but the listing location has not yet been decided.

On September 7 this year, Cao Cao Chuxing just completed a Series B financing of 3.8 billion yuan. This round of financing is not only the first domestic equity investment obtained by online ride-hailing enterprises this year, but also the largest single financing obtained by online ride-hailing companies in China since 2020.

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The power ration storm spread, and some suppliers of Apple and Tesla stopped production

Tesla Vice President Tao Lin: Eliminating the digital divide, the more "idiotic" the smart car, the better

According to the Nikkei News, Foxconn's Yisheng Precision Company recently said that from September 26 to October 1, in response to the city's policy of stopping industrial electricity, the company's facilities in Kunshan, China, have suspended production.

Esun Precision is a key supplier of mechanical components to Apple and Tesla.

In addition to Yisheng, Xinxing Electronics and Speaker Components supplier Kangerfu, a printed circuit board manufacturer that is also Apple's main supplier, will also stop production. The former began to stop production at noon until the end of this month, while the latter suspended production for five days until noon on Thursday.

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