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● Recently, Huang Hongsheng, the founder of Skyworth Automobile, said that Chuangwei Automobile can alleviate high blood pressure and improve immunity, which has sparked heated discussions. According to domestic media reports, on May 10, the operator of the 12345 hotline in Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province, told him that he had received relevant complaints before, and now the situation has been reported to the Market Supervision and Administration Bureau, which will follow up and deal with it.
● On May 10, the signing ceremony of the strategic cooperation framework agreement between Yuanyuan New Energy Commercial Vehicle Group and Shenyang Municipal People's Government was held in Shenyang, Liaoning Province. According to the agreement, the two parties will establish a long-term strategic partnership in the fields of new energy and the promotion of alcohol-hydrogen electric vehicles with the ecological construction of alcohol and hydrogen as the core.
● According to official information, the cumulative mass production of the M9 exceeded 80,000 units in the 136 days after its launch, setting a new sales record for domestic luxury cars.
● According to German media reports, demonstrators tried to break into Tesla's factory in the Grünheide area near Berlin on the 10th. However, the police stopped the action in time and arrested several demonstrators. Since the 8th, opponents have been calling for action against the Tesla factory, as Tesla plans to expand its only factory in Germany, which is also in Europe. Nearby climate activists have been protesting Tesla's expansion plans and its deforestation since late February.
● On May 11, Xpeng Motors announced that it has reached an exclusive cooperation agreement with TrueEV in Australia, officially entering the Australian market, which will serve as the exclusive import, distributor and retailer of Xpeng Motors in the Australian market, providing brand showrooms and full customer support. Xpeng Motors will officially launch the Xpeng G6 for the Australian market in the fourth quarter of 2024.
● A Ford spokesperson said Friday that Ford plans to start producing a new partially electric vehicle at its plant in Spain's Valencia region in 2027. Spain's Ministry of Industry said the automaker aims to produce 300,000 new cars a year.
● Honda Motor announced on May 10 that it will spend a record 1.19 trillion yen in R&D in fiscal 2024 (ending March 2025), most of which will be invested in electric vehicles. The development cost is more than twice that of Toyota after averaging the sales target for each vehicle in the current fiscal year.
China Association of Automobile Manufacturers: Vehicle sales increased by 9.3% year-on-year in April, and sales of new energy vehicles increased by 33.5% year-on-year
According to data released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, vehicle production and sales in April reached 2.406 million units and 2.359 million units, down 10.5% m/m and 12.5% m/m and up 12.8% and 9.3% y/y, respectively. From January to April, vehicle production and sales reached 9.012 million units and 9.079 million units, up 7.9% and 10.2% y/y, respectively, with production growth increasing by 1.5 percentage points and sales growth decreasing by 0.3 percentage points from January to March. According to data released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, in April, the production and sales of new energy vehicles reached 870,000 and 850,000 units, respectively, an increase of 35.9% and 33.5% year-on-year, respectively, and the market share reached 36%. From January to April, the production and sales of new energy vehicles reached 2.985 million units and 2.94 million units, up 30.3% and 32.3% y/y, respectively, with a market share of 32.4%.
Ideal admits that the vehicle mistakenly thinks the advertising image is a physical vehicle, and it will be improved in the future
Recently, there has been a heated discussion on the Internet about an accident caused by "Ideal L9 mistaking the billboard for a real car and causing a rear-end collision". According to reports, in Xiangyang, Hubei Province, a car owner driving an ideal L9 said that when using the vehicle's assisted driving system, the vehicle mistakenly recognized the picture of the pickup truck on the billboard on the side of the highway as a real vehicle and took emergency braking measures, resulting in a rear-end accident. In response to this incident, the relevant person in charge of Li Auto responded that it was caused by the in-vehicle system mistakenly treating the advertising image as a physical vehicle, and pointed out that the company would make improvements to the software system.
The official picture of AVATR 07 was released, and a single lidar will be used
On May 10, it was reported that AVATAR's new SUV 07 released an official picture. In terms of appearance, AVATR 07 retains the family color design language, split headlights and double C-shaped LED daytime running lights are very eye-catching, the front face after the overall combination is very sci-fi color, and at the same time very recognizable, the official picture shows the extended range version, so its bottom grille also retains the heat dissipation port.
The length, width and height of the new car are 4825mm*1980mm*1620mm, and the wheelbase is 2940mm. The wheelbase and size are a little smaller than the AVATR 11, the side design is very smooth, and the electronic exterior mirrors are optional, and the model in the official picture has covers on both sides of the tail, with the charging port on the left and the fuel filler port on the right, which further highlights its identity.
The tail has changed a lot, neither using a vertical window like AVATR 11, nor directly canceling the rear window like AVATR 12, but changing to a more traditional style, but the size is not large, and due to the fastback shape, the wiper has also been canceled visually. In addition, AVATR 07 has another major change, that is, the previous standard triple lidar has been changed to a single roof, and cameras are installed on the fenders on both sides, which is speculated to be equipped with a similar scheme to the Wenjie series.
Great Wall Motor: It has the ability to prepare small-capacity all-solid-state pouch cells
On May 10, Great Wall Motor's management said at the company's 2024 annual general meeting of shareholders that for the next generation of solid-state batteries, the company currently has the ability to prepare small-capacity all-solid-state pouch cells, which can greatly improve the energy density of the battery and accelerate the pace of solid-state battery application on the car. In addition, in terms of fast charging technology, the company's 4C supercharging capacity battery cell has been developed, and is making an ultra-fast charging cell with 6C rate, which has entered the verification stage. After loading, it can achieve 500 kilometers of energy in 10 minutes.
Li Auto releases OTA 5.2
From May 11, 2024, Li Auto will successively push the OTA version 5.2 in-vehicle system to Li L series and Li MEGA users. This version upgrade will focus on intelligent driving and intelligent space, among which the ideal intelligent driving AD Pro 3.0 has newly upgraded the BEV model architecture and spatio-temporal joint planning algorithm, comprehensively improving the use experience of high-speed NOA, and also bringing a new LCC function for urban scenarios. In addition, with the support of the BEV model architecture, the active safety capability and intelligent parking experience have been greatly upgraded again.
The specific updates are as follows:
The high-speed NOA fully iterates the ability to make lane change decisions, the ability to execute lane changes, the ability to avoid safety, and the ability to enter and exit ramps.
Urban LCC supports smarter detour and routing capabilities.
Smart parking has added support for parking spaces such as dead-end road parking spaces and reverse fishbone parking spaces, and added dynamic shift capabilities.
AEB has improved pedestrian braking performance for stationary vehicles, and ELK has been added to the emergency lateral collision avoidance capability for vehicles on the side.
The upgrade content of Ideal Smart Space is as follows:
Center console: Added the option of "Vehicle Control" in the bottom bar of the center console.
The AD Pro model adds a digital rearview mirror (HUD) image function
Added iOS shortcut car control.
Added rear cross-collision reminder, when reversing, if there is a pedestrian/vehicle crossing behind you, the panoramic image will add a red alert.
Optimized the logic of the energy consumption card on the central control screen, and clicked to jump to the trip statistics page of the Vehicle Center app.
Added Adaptive Cruise Control (Beta) switch, which allows you to use the Adaptive Cruise Control (Beta) function when the switch is turned on.
In the map section, the number of idle charging piles in the service area is displayed in the navigation, and the number of available charging piles in the station for the next charging plan can be displayed in the navigation.