Dong Che Daily｜NIO releases investigation report on intern incident / Musk says CEO will be replaced by AI / Mercedes-Benz will invest billions in electrification
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- Kia enters the domestic tram market: EV5/EV9 concept cars unveiled
- Mercedes plans billions to accelerate electrification transition
- Tesla's EU sales soared 50% in February, pure electric market share nearly 20%
- The Federation of Passengers said that the export of new energy vehicles is expected to grow rapidly throughout the year
- Weilai released the investigation report on the intern incident: it was not retained due to lack of preparation
- Evergrande Auto subsidiary is expected to lay off 95% of its staff and may face bankruptcy
- Weilai's third-generation power station will be launched at the end of the month, and the time for battery replacement will be shortened by 20%
- Musk says the CEO will be the first to be replaced by AI
- Volkswagen classic advertisement 13 years ago: old lady selling cars
- LEGO Land Rover Defender 90 Released
Kia enters the domestic tram market: EV5/EV9 concept cars unveiled
After Genesis, the Kia brand will also make some moves in China.
▲Kia EV6
On the evening of March 20, Kia officially announced its entry into China's electric vehicle market. The first pure electric model EV6 will enter the market as an imported vehicle and is expected to be launched in August.
▲Kia EV5
The EV5, the first global model produced in China and launched on the market for the first time, will be launched in November this year.
▲Kia EV9
In addition, Kia plans to launch the flagship pure electric SUV EV9 in 2024, and launch a high-end electric sedan based on a new generation of electric vehicle-specific platform in 2026.
Tesla's EU sales soared 50% in February, pure electric market share nearly 20%
Tesla Inc saw a surge in new car registrations in the European Union in February, according to data released on Tuesday by the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA).
Data show that in February this year, Tesla's new car registrations in the EU increased from 12,860 in the same period last year to 19,249, a year-on-year increase of 50%.
Such a high sales volume has brought Tesla's pure electric market share in the EU to 19.8%, higher than the 18.5% in the same period last year.
Mercedes plans billions to accelerate electrification transition
According to the German "Auto Weekly", Mercedes-Benz plans to invest billions of dollars to modernize its factories in China, Germany and Hungary in the next few years to speed up the transition to electrification while reducing emissions.
Not long ago, the European Parliament in Strasbourg formally passed a proposal to stop the sale of fossil fuel vehicles in Europe by 2035. Mercedes says it will be ready for full-scale electrification by 2030 when market conditions permit.
In the next few months, Mercedes-Benz will start the transformation of the Rastat plant, and from 2024, the first model of the compact car platform MMA will be produced at the plant.
The Federation of Passengers said that the export of new energy vehicles is expected to grow rapidly throughout the year
Cui Dongshu, secretary-general of the Federation of Passenger Passengers, pointed out that from the monitoring of retail data in overseas markets for independent exports, self-owned brands such as SAIC Motor have performed well in Europe.
In addition, the export of new forces has also gradually started recently, and data in overseas markets has also begun to appear, with strong export growth in February. The low base in the next few months will boost exports, and the export of new energy vehicles is expected to grow at a high rate throughout the year.
Weilai released the investigation report on the intern incident: it was not retained due to lack of preparation
On the evening of March 20, Weilai internally released an investigation report on the intern incident.
According to the report, the reason why the intern was not retained was that there was no establishment for the position, and the team he was in did not have a school recruitment and social recruitment establishment in 2023.
At the same time, Weilai affirmed that the intern's work performance during the internship has been recognized by team colleagues and supervisors.
Evergrande Auto subsidiary is expected to lay off 95% of its staff and may face bankruptcy
According to electrive reports, in order to reduce costs and clear debts, Swedish electric car manufacturer NEVS announced the launch of a "hibernation plan."
According to the plan, the company will lay off 320 employees, accounting for nearly 95% of the total number of employees, and the plan will start in the next 6 months. If the plan is fully implemented, NEVS will have only 20 employees left.
NEVS was established in April 2012 and acquired the automotive assets of Saab in August of the same year. In addition, NEVS also has a close relationship with Evergrande.
At the end of 2018, after disagreements with Faraday Future, Evergrande Group began to contact NEVS. In January 2019, Evergrande Health (the predecessor of Evergrande Automobile) announced that it would acquire a 51% stake in NEVS for US$930 million.
Half a year later, Evergrande's shareholding ratio increased to 82.4%. One year later, Evergrande spent another US$379.5 million to acquire the remaining shares and wholly owned NEVS.
Weilai's third-generation power station will be launched at the end of the month, and the time for battery replacement will be shortened by 20%
NIO recently announced that the third-generation power station will be officially launched on March 28, with 10 stations in the first batch.
It is reported that the battery replacement time of the new generation of battery replacement stations has been shortened by 20%, and the daily service capacity of a single station will reach 408 times, an increase of 30%.
Such an improvement is inseparable from the three-station coordinated battery swap mode adopted by the third-generation power station, which minimizes the battery circulation path and shortens the battery swap time by 20% compared to the second-generation station. At the same time, the battery compartment has increased to 21 indivual.
It is worth mentioning that the third-generation power station is equipped with two lidars and two Nvidia Orin X chips, and the computing power of a single station has reached 508TOPS, which can more accurately realize station coordination and support functions such as calling for battery replacement and automatic parking. .
Musk says the CEO will be the first to be replaced by AI
According to a report on March 19, @Siqi Chen launched a vote entitled "Who will AI replace first?" The entrepreneur believed that there was a CEO in the answer, and Musk agreed.
Musk also previously stated that one of the biggest risks facing the future of human civilization is artificial intelligence. "Artificial intelligence is much more dangerous than nuclear warheads. We need to study and treat it carefully and not be too optimistic."
Musk believes that the development prospects of artificial intelligence are very broad, so legislation is a top priority. He pointed out that there are still some difficulties in the current artificial intelligence legislation, mainly because "legislators are more likely to adopt an attitude of post-mortem regulation, and they will take measures only after problems arise."
Volkswagen classic advertisement 13 years ago: old lady selling cars
Last Tuesday, Dong Chejun brought you a creative advertisement for Volkswagen ID.4 GTX. The protagonist of the advertisement is an old lady who loves cars. She sold her golf and is depressed all day long.
Let's turn the time forward to 13 years ago, the last time between the old lady and golf.
LEGO Land Rover Defender 90 Released
LEGO released the new 10317 Land Rover Defender 90 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Land Rover brand.
Lego uses 2336 building blocks to reproduce the classic design of the Land Rover Defender family from 1983 to 2016. It is equipped with all the accessories needed for off-road adventures and finely restores the hard-core off-road style of the Defender.
To celebrate the launch of the set, the LEGO Group has placed a bright yellow classic Land Rover Defender in the Scottish Highlands and transformed it into the world's most inaccessible LEGO store.
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