Dongche Daily | Weilai opens business in four European countries, only renting but not selling / Tesla will remove ultrasonic radar / Musk will personally colonize Mars

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• Weilai holds a European conference, and the three models are only rented but not sold
• Ziyoujia NV officially released, priced at 278,800 yuan
• Tesla to deliver first Semi trucks to PepsiCo
• GM develops pure electric military vehicles for the US military. Will the US soldiers drive electric Hummers?
• Tesla will remove ultrasonic radar, adopt 100% vision solution
• Germany's largest car rental company will buy 100,000 BYD vehicles
• Faraday Future executive chairman resigns
• Volkswagen considering listing Lamborghini
• 422 million people traveled domestically during the National Day
• Foxconn Announces OEM Electric Vehicles
• Musk says he will colonize Mars himself
• "Need for Speed" new work announced, street theme returns

Weilai holds a European conference, and the three models are only rented but not sold

In the early morning of October 8th, NIO held a NIO Europe conference in Berlin, Germany, announcing that it will enter more European countries and will establish a complete operating system in Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Sweden.

In the above four countries, NIO will adopt the direct operation model, and the NIO Center in Berlin will also be opened soon. In addition, NIO will also open in Hamburg, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Copenhagen, Stockholm and Gothenburg, etc. Cities have successively established NIO Centers.

Weilai said that it will build 20-seat swap stations in Germany by the end of the year, and more than 120 swap stations will be built by the end of 2023.

In terms of models, NIO has brought three models, ET5, ET7 and EL7 (that is, the domestic ES7) to the European market. The subscription system is adopted, and the buyout of the whole vehicle is not supported for the time being.

The subscription provided by Weilai is divided into two modes: short-term rental and long-term rental. The short-term rental price is higher, but the car is more flexible. You can cancel the monthly subscription 14 days in advance. The minimum rental starts from 1 month, and the monthly fee will increase with the age of the car. increase and decrease accordingly. Long-term leases start from a minimum of 12 months and can be leased for a maximum of 60 months.

In terms of price, taking a 3-year 75-degree battery pack as an example, the monthly fees for ET5, ET7, and EL7 are 999 euros, 1199 euros, and 1299 euros, respectively, or about 6973 yuan, 8369 yuan, and 9067 yuan.

Ziyoujia NV officially released, priced at 278,800 yuan

The four-wheeled Maverick electric car is finally here.

Let’s talk about the price first. There are three versions of this medium and large SUV: pure electric standard battery life, pure electric long battery life, and extended range models. The prices are 278,800 yuan, 318,800 yuan, and 288,800 yuan respectively.

Yes, the extended range is 20,000 yuan more expensive than the pure electric standard continuation version.

All models of Ziyoujia NV are equipped with GEMINI Gemini power modules, equipped with iAWD intelligent dual-motor four-wheel drive system as standard, and can accelerate from 100 kilometers to 5.9 seconds.

The range-extended version is naturally a little special. It is additionally equipped with a 1.5T four-cylinder five-in-one range extender with a thermal efficiency of 41.07%, and the pure electric battery life is 150km.

In terms of intelligent driving, Ziyoujia and Horizon jointly developed the SuperDrive AAD supercomputing platform, super-perception system and highly integrated domain controller. Ziyoujia NV uses 2 Horizon Journey 5 chips, and the AI ​​computing power reaches 256TOPS.

Dong Chejun is most interested in its Smart Stacks plug-in interaction. Thanks to this, Ziyoujia NV is likely to be the first new model to support CarPlay, applaud.

Tesla to deliver first Semi trucks to PepsiCo

On October 6, local time, Musk said on Twitter that production of the Tesla Semi electric truck has begun, and PepsiCo will get the first vehicles on December 1.

PepsiCo ordered 100 Semis in 2017 to transport food between production and distribution facilities, as well as for home deliveries to retailers within 500 miles.

In the U.S., the Semi electric truck starts at $150,000, and this version has a range of about 480km, and there is a long-range version with a range of 800km for $180,000.

In addition, it will be eligible for tax cuts of up to $40,000 under a subsidy program approved by the U.S. Senate.

In addition to PepsiCo, United Parcel Service, Walmart, JB Hunt Transport Services and food service distributor Sysco Corp, among others, have booked Tesla's Semi trucks.

I really want to take a look at its battery, how big will it be?

GM develops pure electric military vehicles for the US military. Will the US soldiers drive electric Hummers?

The U.S. Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has selected General Motors subsidiary GM Defense to develop a battery pack prototype for DoD platform testing and analysis, PR Newswire reported on October 6.

The DIU required a scalable design that could be used in tactical military vehicles that would be built on GM's state-of-the-art Ultium all-electric platform.

In July of this year, GM Defense made a similar announcement that their GMC HUMMER EV pure electric pickup truck was selected by the U.S. Army for analysis and demonstrations designed to meet the U.S. military’s requirements for battery electric vehicles, reducing both operational and garrisoned environments. Dependence on fossil fuels.

Is this a plan to install a supercharger in the camp?

Tesla will remove ultrasonic radar, adopt 100% vision solution

After removing the millimeter-wave radar, Tesla is finally going to work on the ultrasonic radar.

Tesla recently announced that it will remove the ultrasonic radar from the car within a month and adopt a 100% pure vision solution.

Tesla said they simultaneously launched a vision-based occupancy network to replace ultrasonic radar input. This approach provides Autopilot with high-definition spatial localization, greater distance visibility, and the ability to recognize and differentiate objects.

However, since the software has not been updated, the front and rear summoning, smart summoning, automatic parking, and parking distance assist functions of the new car after the radar is cancelled will be affected, but it will be repaired through OTA in the future.

Germany's largest car rental company will buy 100,000 BYD vehicles

Sixt, Germany's largest car rental company, announced a plan on October 5:

Procurement of 100,000 BYD electric vehicles in 6 years, and the first thousands of electric vehicles ordered will be put into use in the following weeks. At that time, customers in Germany, France, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom can lease BYD electric vehicles.

Last year, the British public opinion survey company asked more than 2,000 Germans about their attitude towards Chinese cars. According to the survey results, only 27% of Germans said they could choose Chinese cars.

However, the youngest group, 18 to 24 years old, is particularly open to new brands from the Far East, with 38% of respondents saying Chinese brands could be considered. In the oldest target group (over 55 years old), the proportion was only 24%.

Faraday Future executive chairman resigns

According to Bloomberg, the executive chairman of Faraday Future (FF), Susan Swenson, announced her resignation this week, and two other board members will also resign this week.

FF said in a statement that criticism of existing management had escalated into "physical violence and even death threats", culminating in a company restructuring. With this reorganization, the partner team and company founder Jia Yueting has regained control of FF.

At present, FF is also facing issues such as the resignation of auditors, and the US Securities and Exchange Commission has launched an investigation into FF's financial statements.

I feel that the story of FF can be made into a TV series.

Volkswagen considering listing Lamborghini

Volkswagen is evaluating the possibility of an initial public offering (IPO) for Lamborghini, according to sources familiar with the situation in the Milan financial newspaper.

However, the source added that the assessment is still in the preliminary stages.

Not long ago, another brand of Volkswagen, Porsche, just landed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange at an issue price of 82.5 euros, with a total market value of 75 billion euros, the largest IPO in Germany in the past 25 years.

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422 million people traveled domestically during the National Day

According to the data center of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, during the 7-day National Day holiday in 2022, 422 million domestic tourists will travel across the country, a year-on-year decrease of 18.2%, and it will recover to 60.7% of the same period in 2019 on a comparable basis. The domestic tourism revenue was 287.21 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 26.2%, and recovered to 44.2% in the same period of 2019. The national cultural and tourism holiday market is generally safe, stable and orderly. (CCTV News)

Foxconn Announces OEM Electric Vehicles

Foxconn announced on October 7 that it has reached an agreement with Los Angeles-based electric vehicle startup INDIEV to produce a prototype vehicle for INDIEV, the Indi One, at Foxconn’s recently acquired Ohio plant (formerly GM’s Lordstown plant).

Foxconn Chief Product Officer Jerry Hsiao said that he is confident in producing high-quality prototypes for INDIEV.

In addition to INDIEV, Foxconn has also partnered with US electric vehicle brands Lordstown and Fisker.

Musk says he will colonize Mars himself

Musk recently gave an exclusive interview to the Financial Times in which he talked about colonizing Mars:

You have to ask this question: Do we want to be a space-flying civilization, a multi-planetary species? What percentage of resources should we devote to it? I think if you say 1%, that's probably a reasonable number.

He said he would like to be among the first to colonize Mars, "especially if I get older, which I would do. Why not?" he said.

When asked if he had any other illegitimate children, he laughed: "I'm pretty sure there are no other children coming." In addition, he dismissed ludicrous rumors that he had acquired a clinic specifically to support him in having children.

He said some friends did suggest he should have 500 children, but that would be "a little weird" and he might have a few more, but only if he can be a good father to them.

"Need for Speed" new work announced, street theme returns

Need for Speed ​​22: Uninhibited was officially announced last night and will be released on December 2 for $69.99 on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S platforms.

The characters in the trailer are all represented in a three-and-two way, which is quite in line with the street theme of this generation, but the gameplay is still "fighting wits with the police", and the biggest highlight may be the original soundtrack produced by A$AP Rocky.

It looks great, so I choose GT7.