Mercedes-Benz S-Class is about to attract a brand-new model, the most cost-effective Mercedes-Benz (imported).

Since its listing, popularity and word-of-mouth have increased significantly, especially for young consumers, Mercedes-Benz S-Class has been quite attractive. The Mercedes-Benz S-class air intake grille is advanced, and it is matched with the "Mercedes-Benz" logo, which makes the front part of the vehicle look simple, with unique headlight contours on both sides, and the internal light groups are patchwork, which makes it bright when lit. From the side waist, the new car adopts the side-looking design, which prolongs the visual effect of the car to a certain extent. In addition, with the 20-inch multi-spoke, it makes its sports atmosphere more intense. The tail line of the new car is very simple and clear, with a tendency to protrude backwards, which is very playful. The details of the tail lights have become more elegant after being redrawn.

The interior of Mercedes-Benz S-Class vehicle is full of spaciousness and layering. The steering wheel wrapped in leather is wrapped with leather material, which shows leather in texture and touch, and is also equipped with shift paddles, which is very fun to drive. The center console is made of plastic, leather, wood and metal. The materials and workmanship look quite satisfactory. The 12.3-inch central control large screen has simple screen design but complete functions. The front row is also equipped with a dual-temperature automatic air conditioning control system, which can freely debug the most comfortable space atmosphere. The seat is surrounded by everything and can hold the family firmly.

The length, width and height are 5320×1921×1503mm respectively, and the wheelbase has reached 3216 mm. In the same class, the wheelbase of Mercedes-Benz S-Class ranks 10th. The interior space of the car is relatively spacious at the same level, the height and width of the car are ideal, and the legroom in the back row will not feel cramped, which belongs to the upper-middle level at the same level. Mercedes-Benz S-Class redesigned S 500 L 4MATIC skylights provide a wider view, which can create a better visual environment and good sensitivity for the rear passengers and increase the light penetration for the whole vehicle. Among the models of the same price and class, the trunk volume of Mercedes-Benz S-Class ranks fourth. Spatial performance is limited by vehicle positioning, and the performance is acceptable, and the flatness is no problem, but the total space is average.

Mercedes-Benz S-Class is equipped with a 3.0 engine with a maximum output of 330kW and a maximum torque of 560Nm. The 3.0 engine is quite satisfactory in power performance on the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, with weak low torque and can feel hysteresis. The official measured acceleration of Mercedes-Benz S-Class is 5S, ranking 18th among the cars with more than 800,000 cars.

The active/passive safety configuration of Mercedes-Benz S-Class is complete, includingAutomatic parkingZero tire pressure endurance tireAutomatic parkingSteep slope descenthill start assist controlknee airbagHUD head-up displayAnti-lock braking (ABS)Braking force distribution (EBD/CBC, etc.)Brake assist (EBA/BAS, etc.)Traction control (ASR/TCS, etc.)Active noise reductionEngine start and stopSide safety air curtainWireless charging of mobile phonenight vision systemLED daytime running lightsForward reversing radarTire pressure monitoringSteering wheel heatingBody stability control (ESP/DSC, etc.)Rear reversing radarFatigue reminderRemote parkingChild seat interfaceLane keeping (LKAS)Equal configuration.

Among them,Automatic parkingYou can avoid stepping on the brakes for a long time or needing to pull frequently;Steep slope descentCan safely pass through steep slope road conditions at low speed;knee airbagReduce the injury of the car interior to the occupant’s knees in the secondary collision.

In order to get a more comprehensive and objective understanding of Mercedes-Benz S-Class, you can go to the Easy Car Mercedes-Benz S-Class Forum and browse the messages of users who have purchased the car in history.

Developing Intelligent Networked Cars "The Second Engine" for the Growth of China’s Automobile Industry

The picture comes from the Internet.

  Driverless technology is desirable and full of worries.

  At some moments, people will be excited and look forward to driverless technology, because the core of this technology is to replace human drivers with stable and accurate machines. One day, driverless driving may make all kinds of dangerous driving factors disappear. However, sometimes, people are afraid of driverless technology, because using immature technology on public roads does make people feel nervous. When will driverless cars develop by leaps and bounds and when will they be ready to go on the road?

  Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the Action Plan for Industrial Development of the Internet of Vehicles (Intelligent Networked Vehicles) (hereinafter referred to as the Action Plan), which aroused widespread concern. The Action Plan proposes that by 2020, a breakthrough will be made in the cross-industry integration of the car networking (intelligent networked cars) industry. What are the barriers to the development of the car networking in China at present? In the Action Plan, it is specifically pointed out that to speed up the key core technologies of intelligent networked vehicles, what are the core technologies? What are the specific support measures in the Action Plan? In response to these hot issues, the reporter interviewed relevant industry experts.

????Developing car networking is a good opportunity for overtaking in corners in China.

  What is an intelligent networked car?

  Li Keqiang, director of Tsinghua University Intelligent Networked Automobile and Transportation Research Center, said that intelligent networked automobile refers to the organic combination of the Internet of Vehicles and smart cars. It is equipped with advanced on-board sensors, controllers, actuators and other devices, and integrates modern communication and network technologies to realize the exchange and sharing of intelligent information between vehicles and people, roads, clouds, etc. It has the functions of complex environment perception, intelligent decision-making and collaborative control, and can realize "safe, comfortable, energy-saving and efficient" driving.

  "In the field of traditional automobile development, China lags far behind the West, so it is impossible to catch up in a short time. However, in terms of new energy vehicles, a great opportunity for China’s new energy vehicles is that its start is almost synchronous with that of the West in terms of intelligent technology. Therefore, the development of intelligent networked vehicles is a great opportunity for China car companies to overtake in corners. The development of intelligent technology in China is very fast, and it has reached the world-class level in speech recognition and other technologies, which is a very important opportunity for China car companies. " Xu Aiping, an associate researcher at the Institute of Industrial Development of Tianjin Academy of Social Sciences, said.

  In order to further promote the sustained and healthy development of the industry, the Action Plan proposes to achieve the goal of high-quality development of the car networking industry in stages. In the first stage, by 2020, a breakthrough will be made in the cross-industry integration of the car networking (intelligent networked cars) industry, and intelligent networked cars with high-level automatic driving function will be applied in a specific scene scale, and the penetration rate of car networking users will reach more than 30%. In the second stage, after 2020, technological innovation, standard system, infrastructure, application service and safety guarantee system will be fully completed, and intelligent networked cars with high-level automatic driving function and 5G-V2X will gradually realize large-scale commercial applications, and "people-vehicles-roads-clouds" will achieve high synergy.

????Technology, industry and policy restrict the development of vehicle networking.

  The rapid development of the market does not mean that the ecological construction of the Internet of Vehicles is mature. What are the difficulties between ideal and reality?

  "At present, China’s car networking industry has entered the fast lane, technological innovation is increasingly active, new applications are booming, and industrial scale is expanding. However, there are also problems such as key core technologies to be broken, industrial ecology to be improved, and policies and regulations to be improved." The head of the Science and Technology Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said.

  "China’s intelligent networked automobile industry foundation and technology research and development are relatively weak, especially in the fields of vehicle research and development, sensors, computing platforms, etc., and the relevant standards, laws and regulations are relatively lagging behind, and the intelligent development of road traffic is later than that of developed countries abroad." Wang Gang, director of the Beijing Economic and Information Technology Commission, said.

  Taking Beijing as an example, Wang Gang pointed out that in the process of promoting the development of intelligent networked automobile industry, some key problems still need to be solved: in terms of intelligent networked automobile core electronic devices, on-board intelligent software and hardware platforms, etc., it is necessary to further improve the control ability of key technologies.

  "At the same time, the traditional automobile manufacturing industry has limitations in the accumulation of intelligent networked automobile technology and product research and development, and the manufacturing capacity of new intelligent automobiles is still insufficient. The integration and collaboration between traditional automobile design and manufacturing and computing, communications and other industries also need to be strengthened. More importantly, intelligent transportation needs to strengthen overall planning, and needs to unify standards and enhance capabilities in intelligent road networks, cloud management and cloud control platforms, and application demonstrations. " Wang Gang said.

  "China has both advantages and disadvantages in developing electric technology and intelligent networking technology. Strong government coordination, large investment in infrastructure construction, and a good foundation of internet technology and communication technology are the advantages; The weak technical foundation and the policy environment are not conducive to technological innovation, which is the disadvantage. " Dong Yang, executive vice president of China Automobile Industry Association, said.

????Vigorously support the key technologies of wireless communication networks

  The head of the Science and Technology Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology pointed out that the Action Plan put forward five key tasks on the basis of in-depth research. The first aspect is to break through key technologies and promote industrialization.

  "We propose to make full use of all kinds of innovative resources, accelerate the development and application of key parts and systems of intelligent networked vehicles, and promote the construction of intelligent networked vehicle decision-making control platform. Vigorously support the research and development and industrialization of key technologies of wireless communication networks such as LTE-V2X and 5G-V2X, and comprehensively build a vehicle networking architecture that combines communication and computing. " The person in charge said.

  "The key to intelligent networked cars is intelligence, the essence of which is cars. It is characterized by the networking of communication infrastructure, provided that traffic is safe, smooth and efficient." Li Shufu, chairman of Geely Holding Group, said that to achieve the above goals, we must pay attention to information security and privacy protection, vulnerability discovery and emergency remedy, traffic safety and malicious control, network boundary and system autonomy. Among them, the operating system is the core component of the intelligent networked car and the brain of the whole car, which is very important.

  Sun Fengchun, an academician of China Academy of Engineering and an expert on vehicle electrification, stressed that China Intelligent Networked Vehicle still has a long way to go. Intelligent networked cars on the road, or to achieve automatic driving, the prerequisite is that cars must be highly intelligent, but manufacturing highly intelligent cars is a gradual process; Secondly, intelligent networked vehicles based on new energy vehicles are China’s development strategy, and the network needs to be built well, and the construction of the network can not be completed overnight.

????Automotive, electronics, communications and other fields need collaborative innovation.

  How to ensure the implementation of the Action Plan?

  The person in charge of the Science and Technology Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said that the Action Plan sorts out the policies and measures for the development of the car networking industry, and puts forward specific safeguard measures from six aspects: strengthening organizational leadership, increasing policy support, building an industrial ecosystem, optimizing the industrial development environment, improving the personnel training system, and promoting international, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan exchanges and cooperation.

  "At present, the core technologies and testing standards of China’s intelligent networked vehicles are still not perfect, and the organic integration of standards between different industries still needs to be strengthened. Mechanisms in information security, open sharing, and operational supervision have not yet been fully established. " Luo Junjie, deputy director of the Equipment Industry Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that these problems are also challenges that the development of global intelligent networked vehicles needs to face together.

  Luo Junjie said that on the one hand, it needs collaborative innovation in the fields of automobiles, electronics, communications and the Internet; On the other hand, it is also necessary for major automobile producing countries in the world to join hands to strengthen exchanges and cooperation in intelligent networked automobile policies, technologies, standards and regulations. Under the framework of international organizations such as WP29 and ISO, especially with the help of the newly established self-driving vehicle working group under WP29, the key technologies of autonomous driving will be accelerated and relevant standards and regulations will be formulated.

  "On the question of how car companies can make good use of the existing industrial subsidy policy, I think it is better to remind China car companies to pay more attention to their own R&D investment. Modern car companies have established a strong R&D system with enterprises as the main body in order to survive for a long time. Like Ford, Mercedes-Benz, etc., they invested a lot of money in research and development and formed an independent and controllable core technology system to survive in the fierce market competition. " Xu Aiping said. (Reporter Ma Aiping)

Another challenger! Buick GL8 vs Honda Ailishen

  [Model PK] There is no doubt that it will be the overlord in the middle and high-end business market from the past to the present and even for a long time to come. Although the newly redesigned GL8 was criticized by many people for its "bloated shape", "ugly rear" and "smaller third row space" at the beginning of its listing, it did not affect its sales. When few competitors can shake the market position of Buick GL8, it is still the first choice for business reception vehicles such as major enterprises and institutions, hotels and leasing companies.

  Although this kind of competitors have been involved in the competition in the commercial MPV market before, the average monthly sales volume in the past six months is less than 400 units, which makes it difficult to challenge Buick GL8 (the average monthly sales volume is about 5,000 units). However, the listing on June 7th showed us a new showstopper with extraordinary strength. Ailishen is the second MPV model that the brand entered China, and the first MPV launched by Honda. It is different from Yishang IKEA in style, with larger size and more commercial positioning. As a latecomer, it aims at Buick GL8.

In this paper, compare models Shanghai GM Buick GL8 Dongfeng Honda Ailishen 2.4 LT deluxe business executive edition 2.4 VTi-S premium edition Market price: 328,000 yuan Market price: 319,800 yuan

  Today, the models we choose to compare are: Buick GL8 2.4L displacement top model, with a market price of 328,000 yuan; Ailishen’s top model, the market price is 319,800 yuan; The price difference between the two models is 8200 yuan, and the price is relatively close, so there is a tendency to compete.


■ introduction to the history of two cars

  Before starting the comparison, let me briefly introduce the history of the next two models. Buick GL8 officially entered China in 1999. As the first domestic medium and high-end MPV model, it successfully started the slogan of "business class on land" and almost formed a market monopoly. Although there are also MPV models on the market at the same time, such as:, and Honda Odyssey, the sales volume can’t compete with Buick GL8. After that, Buick GL8 made several changes, and successively launched GL8 Luxun, GL8 luxury commercial vehicles and other models, with the price range covering from 200,000 yuan to 400,000 yuan, further consolidating its market position.

  Let’s look at Honda Ailishen, a model that Chinese people are not familiar with. It first appeared in 2003, and won the recognition of overseas markets at that time with its advanced design and excellent comfort. In Japan, Ailishen’s target competitors are Toyota and these two models. From the product positioning point of view, it is higher than Buick GL8. Today, Ailishen, launched by Dongfeng Honda in China, belongs to the second generation of products. It was first launched overseas in 2006 and has been six years old. From the year point of view, Ailishen is not young, but actually from the design level of all aspects of the product, six-year-old Ailishen is still a product with great sense and full of humanized design. Compared with Buick GL8, its competitiveness is not bad at all.

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■ Appearance: Buick GL8 is larger.

  From the body size data, Buick GL8 is much bigger than Ailishen, especially the length of the car. The length of Buick GL8 is 5256mm, that of Ailishen is 4935mm, and the difference between the two cars is 321mm;; Buick GL8 is also 188mm longer than Eric. In terms of car width and car height, there is not much difference between them. Buick GL8 is also 33mm wider than Ailishen, and Ailishen is 5mm higher than Buick GL8.

Body data comparison   Length (mm) 5256 4935 Width (mm) 1878 1845 Height (mm) 1800 1805 (mm) 3088 2900

Honda Dongfeng Honda Ailishen 2012 2.4 VTi-S Premium Edition

  Although from the data, Buick GL8 is a full circle bigger than Eric Shen, but the actual visual effect is not quite the same as the data. Because Ailishen’s appearance uses a lot of straight lines, it gives people the feeling of being angular. When the two cars stop together, Ailishen looks even bigger.

Honda Dongfeng Honda Ailishen 2012 2.4 VTi-S Premium Edition

  The air intake grille and headlights of Buick GL8 and Ailishen are very large, and the air intake grille of Buick GL8 adopts the family classic straight waterfall design, which is somewhat similar in shape. Ailishen, on the other hand, created a large-area shield grille with three thick chrome trim strips, which made the visual effect more domineering, but compared with Buick GL8, it had more atmosphere and less vitality.

Honda Dongfeng Honda Ailishen 2012 2.4 VTi-S Premium Edition

  Both cars are equipped with headlight cleaning and other functions. The difference is that Buick GL8 uses a low beam integrated xenon lamp, while Ailishen only has a low beam xenon lamp, and the high beam still uses ordinary halogen bulbs. In contrast, the performance of Buick GL8 is more kind. As for the headlight cleaning function, both cars have it.

Honda Dongfeng Honda Ailishen 2012 2.4 VTi-S Premium Edition

  On the side of the car body, the length advantage of Buick GL8 is obvious, and the design styles of the two cars are also very different. Buick GL8 is decorated with a large number of chrome trim strips, and a "fold" is designed at the lower edge of the sliding door window. The third row of windows is arc-shaped and equipped with hidden slide rails. The side shape of Buick GL8 is very strong.

  In contrast, the shape of Ailishen’s car side is relatively dull, without chrome trim and hidden slide rail design. The straight roof and regular side windows look like a "van", and the only highlight may be the black and unique door handle.

Honda Dongfeng Honda Ailishen 2012 2.4 VTi-S Premium Edition

  Of course, Ailishen also has its own magic weapon-the whole system comes standard with double electric side sliding doors. This configuration is both practical and classy, which is much more than fancy modeling! The same price Buick GL8 does not have this configuration. (Buick GL8 needs to buy a 3.0L model to have an electric side sliding door, starting at 368,000 yuan)

Honda Dongfeng Honda Ailishen 2012 2.4 VTi-S Premium Edition

Honda Dongfeng Honda Ailishen 2012 2.4 VTi-S Premium Edition

  In the rear modeling, Buick GL8 has richer lines, while Ailishen is square. The taillights of both cars use light sources, among which Ailishen’s taillights have a larger area, but the shape is not bright. The willow taillight of Buick GL8 was controversial at the beginning of its launch, but with the increase of the visibility of the car on the road, everyone gradually began to get used to its new shape. On the whole, the rear of Buick GL8 is still more energetic than Ailishen.

Honda Dongfeng Honda Ailishen 2012 2.4 VTi-S Premium Edition

  The wheels of the two cars are the same size, both of which are 17-inch and 10-spoke styles. However, Ailishen’s wheel hub adopts a two-color design, which is more chic. As for tires, Buick GL8 adopts tires, the model is MA656 225/60R17, and the market price is about 700 yuan. Ailishen uses tires, the model of which is SP SPORT 270 215/60R17. The specifications are relatively unpopular, and the market price is about 1000 yuan. (Tire price, refer to the quotation from Shanghai)

Appearance summary:

  The body size of Buick GL8 is larger, and the overall design is more fashionable, especially the front face and car side shape are more dynamic than Ailishen. On the other hand, Ailishen’s appearance is full of atmosphere and lack of bright spots. The straight lines and the angular design look like a standard "van". Except for the shiny front air intake grille, it is difficult to leave a deep impression on other places. However, Ailishen’s standard double electric side sliding doors are very sincere. As for the larger body size of Buick GL8 than that of Alekson, what impact will it bring to the interior space? Please look at page three. (Click to enter)

I have been driving for more than a year. Let’s talk about the personal situation of Changan Yidong plus.

Author: Leasue

long-winded

I changed my local job for 20 years and came to a big city from a ravine. At first, my transportation was a small electric Sitter, because I didn’t plan to buy a car because I was expected to be seconded for one year.

Fortunately, when I was seconded for almost a year, I competed for formal employees, so I planned to buy a car. The rainy season in Kunming is also coming soon, so buying a car is put on the agenda.

Car selection

Considering that I drive a car alone most of the time, once a month, my family occasionally travels 200 kilometers away, and I take my baby to dinner alone every week, and I have no money in my hand.

It is estimated that the down payment will be 5 W, so I aimed at the A-class car. What is expensive is that I can’t afford it. I started to watch cars in various apps and forums. The general direction is these cars:

1. LaVida, the champion of mass sales, has a good car. Unfortunately, the money is small. This budget can only buy 1.5L self-priming, and it was still the old version in May of 2011. The car is too old-fashioned.

2, mainly look at the 1.2T Deluxe Edition, landing about 13 times, the loan pressure is slightly greater, the whole system comes standard with praise, and the interior and car machine are too tight.

3. Lei Ling is basically the same as Corolla.

4, Arrizo, the top is equipped with 9.99 W, the discount is about 5,000, and the configuration is also very high. I visited 2 4s and landed almost 11, black!

5. Finally, Buick, Chevrolet and Yinglang Chevrolet are too small, especially in the back row, but the price is very low. When Weilang was in the process of replacement, the new one was not available, and the old one was out of stock.

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6, Changan Yidong, Ruiyi CC, let’s talk about Yidong first. At the beginning of 4s, WeChat agreed on a loan of 10.8, and then went to the store and changed it to 11.2, hehe.

Ruicheng CC, a quasi-"B" class car, has a wheelbase of 2770, which is 7 cm larger than Yidong, and the corresponding length of the car is 7 cm. After a test drive, the landing is more than 1.5 times more expensive than Yidong.

Occasionally, Baidu saw Che Hemei, a self-operated store in Chang ‘an, with a loan of 63,000 years in interest-free installments, and basically did not have to wait for the bus, and chose the Andean gray roof, Hongnei.

This is a good card for driving home. Park it in your own parking space.

This was taken at the time of the first insurance. It’s fairly regular, and the cover is not much, so it can’t be compared with Chery and Geely.

The tire is SUS318A 17 inch from Chaoyang, which is not expensive for 300 yuan.

There is a piece of sound insulation cotton on the engine cover, and the effect is average.

advantages and disadvantages

Space: space is an excellent student in the same class, and it is also a disadvantage to be short in the seat, which is 4 cm shorter than the mainstream car! ! The passenger space in the back row is ok, and the seat can also be reclined at 46, but the co-pilot is also manually adjusted, so I’m sorry that this top meets the specifications.

Configuration: Intelligent configuration is OK, but it is L2, which should be worse than lane keeping and automatic parking. Such as active safety, 540-degree image, full-speed adaptive cruise and full skylight are all good. The most hateful thing is that there is no automatic parking auto hold and bad review! The new model has also been added, alas, it is really only one or two minor problems that have been improved!

Sound insulation: Generally speaking, the roads in the city are still quiet below 60, and it will be very big when it reaches 120. Especially for the newly paved roads, this tire is a bit picky. There is nothing we can do about the price. We can only wait until the tire is changed, but the whole car is here, and it is estimated that it has not changed much. It is better to change to a better car in the future.

Car machine: The top two 10.25-inch screens look very powerful. Unfortunately, the main driver’s seat can only display the basic information of the vehicle, but it can’t fly the screen and display navigation, and it depends on the middle entertainment screen. The overall reaction speed of the lathe is average, the interface switching has a large delay, and sliding on the same screen is ok. Up to now, the system has been updated twice, and it is estimated that there will be no more in the future. The new model will definitely not be a pipe fitting. One place that needs to be spit out is that there are only CCTV audio-visual and cool music in the application market. As a result, CCTV audio-visual has to spend extra money to open services, and many cool people can use it as members. There is also a big car problem, voice search often can’t find anything! If you can’t find it, give me a random search!

Fuel consumption: At present, the meter shows 7.2L for more than 10,000 kilometers, but the fuel consumption calculated by my software is about 7.5-7.6L, and the expressway in the city is almost half. At present, I use the economic model. The high-speed Kaiping is a little above and below six, and the city can have about seven if there is no traffic jam. If there is a little traffic jam, I will go to eight, while if I use the normal model, the overall fuel consumption will be 0.5, which is the actual fuel consumption. As for the sports mode, I tried it once, but the fuel consumption is going up. I haven’t driven it for a long time, and it is expected to be about 1 higher than ordinary.

Another disadvantage is that there is no physical button for air conditioning temperature! At present, only voice control or touch screen settings are available, which is not as refreshing as physical buttons!

Another disadvantage is that the cup holder will block his hand in this position! The new model will be changed soon, cheating!

Then, after only a few months of driving, there was no blood, and it was pierced by a screw! But fortunately, only a little gas was exposed, and the pressure dropped from 2.5 to about 1.8. Fortunately, I persisted all the way to the Tuhu store and spent 80 yuan to install a mushroom head.

By the time I published this article, 17,000 kilometers have been opened, and the first insurance has been maintained for three times. The first insurance is 3 months or 5,000 kilometers, and then every six months or 7,500 kilometers, all the kilometers have not arrived. Time is up.

When I bought a car, I gave a total of 12 maintenance (including the first insurance), and the working hours of charter oil filter. The only expense I paid was that I thought the fuel consumption was a little high when I was in the second insurance, just because 4S recommended cleaning. I spent 99 yuan on that kind of cleaning, but this one doesn’t need to be spent. Others don’t spend money at present, so it’s gentle for me to drive. It’s time to speed up. Only a few pebbles hit or scratched the car body, and the maintenance service attitude is not bad. I have had two lunches.

As my first car in the true sense, it can meet all the needs at present, and the space is spacious, and the power can run, and some intelligent configurations are also very convenient.

That’s about it. Domestic cars are just like that. The overall use is good, and the after-sales maintenance is ok. The design style level is passable at night, which means that you must be mentally prepared to buy domestic cars! Cars are just for driving. They are used to keep you warm and convenient on the road. You must drive and choose according to your own strength. Don’t lose your face and do what you can. I have thought about good cars and luxury cars, but I am nothing in front of the house and children’s tickets.

This car is going to run out of maintenance until it is delivered. At that time, we will wait and see the electric car. If the battery life changes greatly, let’s continue to change to an oil car.

It’s a bit messy. Write whatever comes to mind on your mobile phone. Please bear with me if you have any questions.

Dongfeng Warrior 917 interprets off-road luxury with hard core strength.

  On June 7, 2024, the 2024 (26th) Chongqing International Automobile Exhibition officially kicked off with the theme of "Enlightening the New Journey and Leading the Future".

  Dongfeng Warrior Technology brought its heavyweight model-Dongfeng Warrior 917 to stand 2T05 in N2 Hall. Dongfeng Warrior 917 has become a dazzling star of the audience with its unique heroic design, strong off-road performance and highly intelligent technology.

  Leading technology, dare to fight for the first place, brave warrior to build a luxury electric off-road benchmark

  Chongqing Auto Show is the largest automobile professional exhibition in the central and western regions, and it is committed to continuously promoting the development of Chongqing’s automobile industry in terms of new energy, intelligent networking, high-end and green.

  As the strategic pioneer of Dongfeng Company’s "East Wind" plan and "Science and Technology Leap" action, Dongfeng Warrior Technology bravely broke into the no-man’s land, realized the integration and innovation of military vehicle off-road technology and intelligent electric technology, and created the first comprehensive solution of luxury electric off-road technology in China-Warrior Intelligent Off-road Architecture M TECH, which includes three hard-core technology clusters: Warrior off-road platform MORA, Warrior Power MEGA POWER and Warrior All-terrain System M ATS. It is first-class in China and the world.

  Chongqing is known as the "8D" magic city because of its complex urban roads, which requires very high vehicle flexibility. Warrior 917 is equipped with many cutting-edge technologies such as VMC chassis dynamic domain control, AKC rear wheel steer-by-wire control and so on. The maximum steering angle of the rear wheel is 10.6 degrees, and the minimum turning radius is only 5.1 meters. It also supports the vehicle’s "crab-walking" lateral driving, even in Chongqing, a complicated urban road with 8 days of road conditions, it can be driven with ease.

  In order to meet the needs of different users, Dongfeng Warrior 917 provides two sets of power systems. Warrior 917 pure electric version, equipped with front and rear four motors, wheel torque exceeds 16,200 Nm, horsepower is as high as 1,088 horsepower, and it is easy to achieve 100% climbing degree. Warrior 917 extended range version, equipped with a combination of three motors and efficient range extender, with a horsepower of 816 horsepower. Whether traveling through the busy streets of Chongqing or taking a pleasant outdoor cross-country trip, Dongfeng Warrior 917 can take you to your destination easily.

  With the blessing of M ATS, Dongfeng Warrior 917 can also switch intelligently according to the intelligent road identification system, plus 150 mm adjustable air suspension and 326 mm ground clearance, which can effectively improve the passability of the whole vehicle. No matter how complicated the road conditions in Chongqing are, Dongfeng Warrior 917 can make your driving confident and relaxed.

  Hard-core strength, attracting much attention, Warrior 917 shocked and appeared at Chongqing Auto Show.

  At the auto show, Dongfeng Warrior 917 attracted countless audiences to stop and watch with its majestic posture. Dongfeng Warrior 917 inherits the genes of military vehicles, and its design inspiration is drawn from "Lion Dance in the East". With the lion dance in the East, it interprets the pure male soul, and the recognizable front face design is matched with the sharp and stylish body lines, the lion-roaring array grille, the crosshair headlights and the Wu Hou taillights, showing its unique charm.

  Fearless conquest, won many honors. On the occasion of the Chongqing Auto Show, Dongfeng Warrior 917 won the 12th China Automobile Media Award "All-round Luxury Off-road Vehicle of the Year". Not only that, since its listing in 2023, Dongfeng Warrior 917 has successively won the special award of the third China Automobile Fengyun Festival Jury, the annual Fengyun Car Award of the fourth China Automobile Fengyun Festival Jury, the 2023 China Automobile Extreme Safety Peak Challenge Award, the 2023 China Top Ten Chassis, the Best Off-road Award and many other authoritative awards. It also successfully passed the first off-road performance certification in China and became the ultimate off-road performance benchmark in the eyes of the industry and users.

  Keep moving forward and challenge yourself. Dongfeng Warrior 917 has set a number of extreme challenge records with its subversive innovative technology and extremely powerful off-road performance. From the ice and snow at minus 40 degrees to the desert Gobi at 60 degrees, from the cold region to the plateau, from Mohe to Turpan, from the harsh working conditions of off-road venues to the road opening in the whole scene, Dongfeng Warrior 917 traveled all over China, creating eight "firsts" in China and winning the reputation of being the first luxury electric off-road vehicle in China.

  The appearance of Dongfeng Warrior 917 undoubtedly added a touch of bright color to this Chongqing International Automobile Exhibition. It not only shows the innovative strength and technical level of Dongfeng Warrior Technology in the field of off-road vehicles, but also wins the attention and love of consumers with its unique charm and excellent performance.

  In the future, Dongfeng Warrior Technology will continue to adhere to the spirit of "fearless conquest", constantly promote product innovation and technological progress, bring more high-quality and high-performance products to consumers, and help China’s automobile industry move forward to the world stage.

Officially signed, Evergrande wants to extend its life for three years

(Text/Zhang Zhifeng, Editor/Ma Yuanyuan) The official signing of the contract began, and Xu Jiayin successfully extended Evergrande’s life for three years in one move.

Less than two weeks after the disclosure of the overseas workout agreement, China Evergrande officially signed the agreement with creditors on April 3.

According to the core terms of the restructuring, Evergrande will issue new bonds to replace the original bonds; the new bonds will last for 4 to 12 years, with an annual interest rate of 2% to 7.5%; no interest will be paid for the first 3 years, and interest will be paid at the beginning of the fourth year, paying 0.5% of the principal.

It is worth noting that this does not mean that all foreign creditors support the restructuring plan.

According to the announcement, the members of the special group of creditors who currently signed a restructuring support agreement with Evergrande hold only about 20% and 35% of the total outstanding principal of the existing Evergrande and existing Jingcheng Notes, respectively. The signed agreements are the Group A restructuring support agreement, the Jingcheng restructuring support agreement, and the space-based restructuring support agreement. According to this, the parties agree to cooperate to facilitate the implementation of the proposed restructuring.

Evergrande did not disclose the proportion of creditors who signed the Group C restructuring support agreement. At the same time, the company continued to invite all creditors to join in the announcement.


Evergrande said that it will fully invest in the protection of the building, stabilize the recovery momentum of sales, and gradually return to the right track.

However, this does not mean that Xu Jiayin can rest easy from now on.

According to the observer network previously reported that by the end of 2021, Hengda’s total assets 1.699 trillion yuan, but the total liabilities have reached 1.898 trillion yuan, that is, net assets are – 199 billion yuan.

In addition to the overseas debt that has been restructured this time, the domestic debt issue cannot be ignored.

The announcement shows that the overdue amount of Hengda’s domestic interest-bearing liabilities reached 208.40 billion yuan, the overdue amount of domestic commercial acceptance bills reached 326.30 billion yuan, and the overdue amount of domestic contingent debts reached about 157.30 billion yuan.

As of the end of 2021, the company’s domestic overdue debt totaled 692 billion yuan, and more than half of the domestic creditors have taken legal action.

Evergrande said that its core task for the next three years is to "protect the building" and will strive to maintain the "resumption of work and production" to maintain orderly operations. It is expected that an additional 250 billion yuan to 300 billion yuan of financing will be required.

From the fourth year onward, assuming that the company can resume normal operations and that the old reform projects that have not yet been confirmed as the main implementation entities can continue to be developed, the unleveraged free cash flow is expected to increase gradually.

Evergrande expects to achieve unleveraged free cash flow of about 110 billion yuan to 150 billion yuan annually from 2026 to 2036.

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Geely Automobile’s mobile phone rocket dream: net profit has plummeted for three consecutive years, with multiple vehicle recalls a year

"Harbor Business Watch" Wang Xinyi

Left-handed car, right-handed mobile phone, and a rocket on the back. Geely Group’s current business can be described as getting busier and busier.

Looking closely at the automotive sector, the latest monthly car sales have declined year-on-year. On the new energy vehicle track, how can veteran Geely widen the gap with new forces?

01

Acquiring Meizu, Geely’s Rocket Dream "Ambition"

Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Geely Group or Geely Automobile, 00175.HK) was founded in 1986. It started from the production of refrigerator parts and developed to the production of refrigerators, freezers, building and decoration materials and motorcycles. Until 1997, Geely Group officially entered the automotive industry. Five years later, in 2002, Geely Automobile had reached the top ten achievements of Chinese automobile enterprises.

According to public information, Geely Group currently owns Volvo Cars, Geely Automobile, Lynk & Co Automobile, Polestar, Proton Automobile, Lotus Automobile, London Electric Vehicle, Long-range New Energy Commercial Vehicle and other automobile brands. But unlike other private auto companies, Geely Group’s "ambitions" do not stop at automobiles.

On the afternoon of June 13, 2022, the State Administration for Market Regulation announced the case of Hubei Xingji Times Technology Co., Ltd. acquiring the equity of Zhuhai Meizu Technology Co., Ltd. According to the public information, Xingji Times has signed an agreement with Meizu Technology and the shareholders involved in the transaction, and Xingji Times intends to acquire 79.09% of the equity of Zhuhai Meizu and become the actual controlling person.

Hubei Xingji Times Technology Co., Ltd. is a mobile phone company under Geely. It was established in September 2021. According to relevant public information, Geely Mobile has established four new companies in May this year. But currently choosing to enter the mobile phone industry does not seem to be the best option.

The Prospective Industry Research Institute’s "China Mobile Phone Industry Market Prospect and Investment Forecast Analysis Report" shows that from 2018 to 2021, the proportion of domestic brand mobile phone shipments in total mobile phone shipments showed a downward trend, and the proportion of domestic mobile phone shipments in 2021 was 86.6%, the lowest point in the past four years.

The reason why Geely chose mobile phones, Li Shufu, chairperson of Geely Group, explained: "Mobile phones can connect vehicles to everything, satellite Internet, create rich consumption scenarios, and strengthen the ecosystem, which is conducive to building a user ecological chain, building a corporate moat, and better coordination with the automotive business."

If mobile phones are about better synergy with the car business, then Geely’s dream of "going to heaven" seems to be explained by this.

On April 17, 2020, Yang Xueliang, vice president of Geely Automobile Group, posted on Weibo: "Recruitment of rocket chief engineer, welcome to sign up, resume @Geely Recruitment." On June 2, 2022, Geely Automobile launched a rocket carrying a total of nine satellites.

In order to build a better intelligence system, Geely Group’s "buy buy buy" has involved many fields. Some people think that if you do too much, you forget to start a car, and the car is not good.

"This statement is in line with the fact that companies need to focus on their main business and avoid the dispersion of resources." Bai Wenxi, chief China economist at IPG, told Harbor Business Watch:"Geely’s acquisition model, whether it is the acquisition of a number of car companies before or the recent acquisition of Meizu in the mobile phone sector, can only be sustainable and enhance and strengthen the industrial chain and ecosystem of the enterprise if it realizes the specialization of the operation while diversifying the investment.

02

Sales volume is under pressure, net profit and net asset return continue to decline

Looking at the main business of Geely Group, the latest sales data of Geely Automobile does not seem to be satisfactory. According to Geely Automobile’s monthly report,The cumulative sales volume in the first five months of 2022 was 487,000, down 8% year-on-year. Among them, the sales volume in May was 89,100, down 7% year-on-year.

The difference is that Geely Automobile has achieved new breakthroughs in the field of new energy vehicles in the sub-sector. In May 2022, Geely Automobile sold 19,619 new energy vehicles, an increase of 304% year-on-year, an increase of 39% month-on-month, and a penetration rate of 22%.

Not only Geely Automobile’s new energy brand, the entire new energy vehicle industry has achieved good results in May. According to the latest data released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, China’s new energy vehicle sales in May were 447,000, an increase of 49.6% month-on-month and 105.2% year-on-year. The cumulative sales volume from January to May was 2.003 million, an increase of 111.2% year-on-year.

For new energy vehicles, the outside world has always held a high degree of popularity, and there is no shortage of optimism about new energy vehicles. Yu Fenghui, a famous economist and new finance expert, told Harbor Business Watch: "The replacement of fuel vehicles by new energy vehicles is definitely a direction. In the current situation where the oil price is about to exceed ten yuan per liter, it is an opportunity for new energy vehicles. Although the price of new energy vehicles is also rising, the price increase is a rigid cost and must be raised. If it does not rise, it will lose money. But new energy vehicles must be a development opportunity. It can be seen that although new energy vehicles are temporarily difficult, the pace of development of new energy vehicles deserves to be firmly optimistic."

For the capital markets, this year’s new car-making forces are on the rise. On March 10, 2022, NIO landed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, which is NIO’s second return to Hong Kong listing after the listing of US stocks. On March 17, Zero Run Auto submitted a prospectus to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. On June 1, Weimar Motor also chose to submit to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. In the face of the new energy vehicle cake that the market is competing for, how can Geely Automobile join the list?

According to public information, Geely Automobile has Geely New Energy, Lynk & Co, Geometry, Proton, Lotus, Volvo New Energy and Extreme Krypton in the new energy sector. This year, Geely will add two new energy vehicle brands. On June 17, Geely’s new new energy brand RADAR held a brand launch. On June 21, Geely Ruilan brand will also be officially released. The official description of the brand is that it focuses on the positioning of "changing electricity and light travel".

Compared with the "back waves" of new energy vehicles, Bai Wenxi believes: "Geely Automobile is growing faster than itself in the field of new energy vehicles, but compared with other new energy and new power car companies, both in terms of core technology innovation ability and marketing seem to be slightly inferior, but Geely’s enterprise scale, industrial supporting and manufacturing capabilities will be stronger."

Look at Geely Automobile as a whole in recent years. In 2021, Geely Automobile achieved operating income of 101.611 billion yuan, which is the second time after 2018 that its revenue exceeded 100 billion yuan. In 2019 and 2020, Geely Automobile’s revenue was 97.401 billion and 92.114 billion respectively, showing a downward trend. Correspondingly, Geely Automobile has continued to decline in net profit attributable to its parent in the past three years.From 2019 to 2021, 8.19 billion, 5.534 billion and 4.847 billion.

Bai Wenxi said: "The reason why the revenue will exceed 100 billion again, while the profit of the parent company continues to decline, on the one hand, it may be related to the decline in the average gross profit margin caused by industry competition, and on the other hand, it may also be caused by the increase in the proportion of sales of low-margin products in the product structure caused by the adjustment of the company’s market strategy."

At the same time,Geely Automobile’s average return on net assets in the past three years has shown a significant downward trend, reaching 16.48%, 9.37% and 7.33% respectively.

Some market voices believe that the company’s net profit has continued to decline, as has the average return on net assets, which may reflect to some extent that the company’s profitability is weakening. How does the company plan to boost it? Harbor Business Watch contacted Geely Group to inquire about relevant issues, but did not receive a corresponding reply.

In addition to the decline in performance, in the capital markets, Geely Automobile has not been able to escape the decline shared by automakers this year. "Harbor Business Watch" found that from December 17, 2021 to June 17, 2022, six months, Geely Automobile fell by 35.13%.

(Geely Automobile’s share price trend in the past half year, picture source: Flush (300033))

Yu Fenghui said: "The decline is relatively normal. In the new energy vehicle sector, it is affected by raw materials, and traditional cars cannot escape the epidemic. One of Geely Automobile’s R & D centers is located in Shanghai, and under the influence of the epidemic, Shanghai has been under control for a period of time, which has a great impact on car companies. Including NIO, XPeng Motors, and Li Auto, the three major new energy vehicle brands listed on Wall Street have all experienced sharp declines."

03

Quality "hidden danger", vehicle recall four times a year

Looking at the complaints against new energy vehicle companies this year, the failure to deliver cars is definitely an important issue. In the current market environment, the global price of lithium and nickel has risen sharply, and the cost of building cars has increased, so that many car companies have delayed delivery.

The difference is that most car companies complained about the delay in delivery, which aroused consumer dissatisfaction, while Geely Automobile may have directly chosen to stop production and hoped that consumers would return the car. On the Black Cat complaint platform, there are consumer complaints: "I ordered a Geely Kung Fu Niu ordinary new energy passenger car in early February, and agreed to deliver the car in April. In June, the dealer told me that there was no car and asked me to return the car. However, since March, the price of new energy vehicles has increased by nearly 10,000 yuan, the waiting time and the cost of buying a car have increased significantly, and the manufacturer has forced the car to return, causing serious losses to consumers."

After searching by "Harbor Business Watch", it was found that there was not only one such complaint. Is the company’s production still greatly affected by macro factors? Is the company’s vehicle production normal? "Harbor Business Watch" contacted Geely Group and did not receive any response.

(Source: FM1031 Jinan Traffic Radio)

On the Black Cat complaint platform, Harbor Business Watch searched Geely Automobile and found that as of June 17, 2022, the company had 393 complaints on Black Cat complaints, 9 had been replied, 7 had been completed, and the completion rate was less than 2%. Including complaints about the quality of the transmission and engine.

"The gearbox was damaged after driving 29,000 kilometers, which caused the gear to change to neutral. The product had serious quality problems. It broke down during use. It caused road hazards. Serious quality problems threatened personal safety. The manufacturer refused to solve the quality problem on the grounds that the product was out of warranty."

"My car is about 48,000 kilometers long. During heavy rain, the windows automatically fell (twice in a row), causing water to accumulate in the car. The next day, the gearbox failure light came on, causing the engine to fail to start normally."

(Image source: Black Cat Complaint)

Quality problems do seem to be a long-standing "hidden danger". According to Qichacha, Zhejiang Haoqing Automotive Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (100% owned by Geely Group) has had four vehicle recalls due to quality problems in 2021. There have been 14 recalls since 2019.

The most recent recall of vehicles occurred on April 7, 2022. A total of 18,031 vehicles were recalled for some 2016 Geely Vision GC7 vehicles produced from January 27, 2016 to November 26, 2016. The reason is: During the driving of the vehicle under specific working conditions (long uphill and rapid acceleration), the transmission oil pot may leak oil, and the spilled oil may cause fire in the case of fire source, which poses a safety hazard.

Whether Geely Group’s "buy buy buy" model can really construct a more comprehensive system of self-occupied vehicles to everything is unknown, but the current product after-sales complaints have not been replied, and the product has been recalled frequently, which urgently needs to be rectified. (Produced by Harbor Finance)

This article was first published on WeChat official account: Harbor Business Watch. The content of the article is the author’s personal opinion and does not represent the position of Hexun.com. Investors operate accordingly, and please bear the risk.

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Ministry of Communications: Continue to remove Didi Hitch from the shelves before completing the rectification of hidden dangers

  On November 28th, according to the WeChat official account of the Ministry of Transport, on the morning of the 28th, the Ministry of Transport held a news conference on the inspection of the special project of the online car ride-hailing type safety, in conjunction with the Central Network Information Office, the Ministry of Public Security and other departments, reported the inspection work. According to the report, Didi has 7 main problems, and continues to remove the Didi ride-hailing business before completing the rectification of potential safety hazards.

  Check the basics

  Since the beginning of this year, there have been cases of passengers being killed in Didi Hitch in Zhengzhou, Wenzhou and other places. The central leadership has attached great importance to it, and the social impact has been very bad.

  After the inter-ministerial joint meeting on the coordinated supervision of new business models of transportation, the Ministry of Transport, the Central Political and Legal Committee, the Central Network Information Office, the Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Emergency Management, the People’s Bank of China, the General Administration of Market Supervision and other 10 departments formed a special project inspection working group for safety. From September 5th to 15th, Didi, Shouqi, Shenzhou, Cao Cao, Yidao, Meituan, TikTok, Autonavi and other 8 major online car-hailing and ride-hailing platform companies carried out joint security project inspections and went to Zhengzhou and Wenzhou to learn about the case.

  At the same time, all localities have also carried out safety inspections on other online car-hailing and ride-hailing platform companies in the region with reference to the form and content of ministerial-level inspections.

  In accordance with the decision-making and deployment of the State Council, the Ministry of Transport, together with relevant departments, has always adhered to the basic principles of people-centered and "encouraging innovation and standardized development" for new forms of transportation services such as online car-hailing, and implemented inclusive and prudent supervision. The special project inspection work adheres to the problem-oriented and goal-oriented, and in accordance with the principle of "comprehensive coverage and key points", "check the pulse of the physical examination and prescribe the right medicine" for the platform company, focusing on the platform company’s existing problems affecting public safety, passenger personal safety, information and other issues. At the same time, adhere to the rectification while inspection, urge and guide the platform company to check the problem, analyze the cause, make immediate changes, block security bugs, and effectively protect the safety of people’s lives and property.

  The main issues identified

  From the inspection, Didi mainly has the following seven problems:

  First, there are major security risks in Hitch products. There are risks of user personal information leakage and security risks, product "social" positioning induces major security risks, Hitch rules violate relevant national and local regulations, are suspected of illegally operating road passenger transportation, and the business fund settlement model is not compliant.

  The second is that the main responsibility for safety production is not in place. The safety management organization is not perfect, the safety management system has major deficiencies, the safety production responsibility system and the accident hidden danger investigation and management system have not been implemented, and the safety production costs have not been fully guaranteed. Safety management personnel have not passed the assessment and have not carried out driver training and education as required.

  Third, the problem of illegal operation of online car-hailing is prominent. There are a large number of unqualified illegal operations of platform companies, vehicles and drivers.

  Fourth, the foundation of emergency management is weak and inefficient. The formulation of emergency plans is unscientific, the system is not perfect, the emergency drills are not in place, the emergency management personnel are seriously insufficient, the customer service personnel are seriously insufficient, the emergency response efficiency is low, and the linkage mechanism with relevant departments is not perfect.

  Fifth, the risk of social stability is prominent. To promote the "rent-based purchasing" business, the operating rules such as order dispatch and distribution mechanism are opaque, and orders are changed day by day, which poses hidden dangers of instability.

  Sixth, the problem of public safety hazards is relatively large. The driver’s qualification and background review are not in place, the company’s offline management of people and vehicles is out of control, criminal security cases occur from time to time, the main responsibility of comprehensive social security management is missing, the early warning and cleaning of high-risk drivers are not in place, the abnormal itinerary and abnormal order cancellation are not effectively monitored and managed, and the APP safety function settings are not perfect.

  Seventh, there are hidden dangers in Internet information security. There are loopholes in information systems, hidden dangers and risks of being attacked by external hackers and unauthorized access by internal employees; data grading and classification management requirements are not strictly implemented, and user personal information is stored in plain text; information security responsibilities of employees in important departments and positions are not implemented effectively, and specific measures are not enough; Insufficient management and training of employees in information security.

  For the other seven platform companies, the main issues identified during the inspection included:

  First, the compliance rate of online car-hailing is still insufficient. Some "asset-heavy" platform companies have high compliance rates for their own vehicles, but some "asset-light" companies have low compliance rates. Second, safety production management needs to be strengthened urgently. There are problems to varying degrees in implementing the main responsibility of safety production, signing safety production responsibility letters at every level, and strengthening safety production education and training.

  Third, there are deficiencies in public security prevention. There is a general lack of dynamic management of the background situation of vehicles and drivers, and security protection technology needs to be improved. Fourth, there are hidden risks in Internet information security. Some companies have not implemented the relevant work of grade protection as required, the data grading classification management regulations are not clear, and the management and training of internal information security of enterprises are insufficient. Fifth, some product capital settlement models are not compliant, and there are capital security risks.

  Handling opinions on relevant responsible units and responsible personnel

  In response to the problems discovered by the inspection team, the inspection team formed opinions on the handling of relevant responsible units and responsible persons according to law, mainly including the following aspects:

  The first is to continue to remove Didi Hitch from the shelves before completing the rectification of potential safety hazards. For Didi, there are serious illegal acts of wantonly engaging in illegal business activities in the name of Hitch, endangering social and public interests, and major liability accidents and multiple safety production accidents have occurred, resulting in serious consequences. The company is ordered not to continue to carry out Hitch business until the rectification of potential safety hazards is completed.

  The second is to deal with illegal operations in accordance with the law. The relevant territorial management departments shall, in accordance with the "Interim Measures for the Administration of Online Booking Taxi Business Services" and the relevant requirements of the local implementation rules, severely crack down on online car-hailing platforms and private passenger car sharing information service platforms for illegally engaging in taxi business activities, and increase penalties for platform companies and other enterprises.

  The third is to impose administrative penalties on the relevant responsible persons in accordance with the law. The relevant territorial management departments shall impose administrative penalties such as fines on the main responsible persons and legal representatives of Didi Chuxing Technology Co., Ltd. in accordance with the relevant provisions of the "Safety Production Law". At the same time, the company is required to handle the internal responsible persons according to the list of problems.

  The fourth is to deal with suspected acts of excluding and restricting competition and publishing illegal advertisements. For Didi’s suspected use of market dominance to obtain improper benefits, in accordance with the Antimonopoly Act and other laws and regulations, the market supervision department will take the lead in organizing interviews and issuing reminders. For Didi Hitch’s previous propaganda advertisements suspected to contain content that obstructs social public order and violates good social customs, interviews will be conducted and disposed of according to law.

  Requirements for rectification of platform companies

  According to the problems found in the inspection, the Joint Inspection Unit put forward rectification requirements for Didi Company. The specific requirements are as follows:

  The first is to strengthen the safety management of hitchhiking. Offline rectification of hitchhiking hidden dangers, comprehensive self-inspection and rectification of hidden dangers, before the rectification of hidden dangers is completed, the hitchhiking business will be stopped indefinitely, and the privacy protection of users’ personal information will be strengthened. Strengthen new product security evaluation.

  The second is to implement the main responsibility of safety production. Strictly implement the "Safety Production Law" and other laws and regulations, establish and improve the company’s safety production management rules and regulations, strengthen the construction of offline safety forces, improve the cooperation mechanism between government and enterprises, implement the safety production responsibility system, strengthen the investigation and management of hidden dangers, and strengthen Security Training education.

  The third is to operate in full compliance with the law. In accordance with relevant regulations, comprehensively promote the compliance of online car-hailing, remove non-compliant vehicles and drivers on the platform as soon as possible, and connect the online car-hailing operation information data to the national online car-hailing supervision information exchange platform according to regulations, and ensure data quality.

  The fourth is to improve emergency response capabilities. Improve and perfect the company’s emergency plan system, enhance the pertinence, practicality and operability of emergency plans, improve the emergency response mechanism for emergencies, and effectively achieve responsive and efficient handling. Increase customer service force allocation and handling capabilities. Strengthen customer service personnel training, strengthen complaint handling capabilities, and improve customer service personnel response capabilities. Improve the linkage mechanism with relevant management departments to ensure rapid response and handling of emergency incidents.

  The fifth is to implement the main responsibility for social stability. Take the initiative to implement the main responsibility for social stability of enterprises, respond to drivers’ demands for enterprises in a timely manner, resolve conflicts in a timely manner, strengthen the education and management of connected drivers, and cooperate with relevant departments to maintain industry stability.

  The sixth is to strengthen the governance of public safety issues. Take good care of the access of vehicles and drivers, strengthen the dynamic verification of vehicle and driver qualifications, strengthen the dynamic risk management and control of vehicle operation, strengthen the consistency review of online and offline people and vehicles, resolutely block "impostor" security bugs, and implement the main responsibility of comprehensive social security management.

  The seventh is to improve the level of Internet information security management. Conduct an overall investigation of the internal information system,. Further improve the data grading classification management measures and strictly implement them to strictly prevent information leakage. Improve the company’s information security management system, clarify the information security post responsibilities of key departments and key personnel, formulate a systematic Internet Information Security Training plan, and urge employees to further enhance their awareness of information security responsibility.

  For the other 7 platform companies, the rectification requirements put forward by the inspection team mainly include: First, comprehensive compliance with the law. Accelerate the progress of vehicle and driver license applications in accordance with relevant regulations, and realize all legal compliance of vehicles and drivers under the platform as soon as possible. Remove non-compliant vehicles and drivers, and standardize the product fund settlement model. The second is to improve the level of safety production management. Implement the main responsibility of safety production in accordance with relevant laws and regulations, strengthen customer service team building, improve customer service team awareness and handling capabilities, and conduct regular training to continuously improve the platform company and driver emergency response capabilities. The third is to improve offline management and service capabilities. Improve vehicle and driver management mechanisms, improve offline service quality, and ensure that various safety and security measures are in place. The fourth is to strengthen the governance of public safety issues. Do a good job in security risk investigation, improve the platform APP function settings and strengthen vehicle risk management and control, and deal with vehicle dynamic risk hazards in a timely manner. Fifth, improve the level of Internet information security management. Do a good job in level protection related work, and regularly carry out information security threat and risk assessment and hidden danger investigation work. Perfect data grading classification management methods, key data should be encrypted and stored to prevent the leakage of user personal information.

  Regarding the above existing problems, handling measures and rectification requirements, the Joint Inspection Unit has sorted out the relevant list and formally provided face-to-face feedback to the relevant platform companies.

  In the next step, the Joint Inspection Team will guide the relevant departments of the territory to follow the requirements of relevant laws and regulations and the list of issues reported by the inspection team, and urge the platform company to seriously implement the rectification and put it in place to better ensure the safety of people’s travel.

Dialogue with Tamia Liu, co-CEO of Zhiji Automobile: The negative impact of the crazy price war of car companies is greater than the positive.

At the same time that SAIC announced that it would fully sprint vehicle sales of 6 million vehicles in 2023, brands of Zhiji, Feifan and other groups began to launch new models with full horsepower. On February 10th, the intelligent "pure electric medium and large luxury SUV" Zhiji LS7 announced the vehicle configuration and price, which was officially listed nationwide.
Tamia Liu, co-CEO of Zhiji Automobile, said in an interview with Shell Finance on February 16th that the sales target of Zhiji Automobile in 2023 is 45,000 vehicles. In order to achieve the goal, Zhiji will speed up the spread of channels, and it is estimated that there will be 240 experience and delivery centers this year.
The reporter noted that according to the sales volume of Zhiji Automobile in 2022, the sales volume of Zhiji Automobile in 2023 needs to increase more than 8 times year-on-year to achieve the goal.
Regarding vehicle pricing, Tamia Liu said that with the endorsement of SAIC, Zhiji can get better quality parts at a lower cost, thus reducing the cost and selling price. However, Tamia Liu also said that the current crazy price war in the industry is more negative than positive. "If we do simple electrification at a low price and low level, in addition to our limited development, it will also make the market very unhealthy."
Frankly speaking, the channel is slow to spread, taking advantage of SAIC endorsement to flush sales.
Shell Finance: What is Zhiji’s future sales target?
Tamia Liu:We mainly rely on L7 and LS7 to support this year’s sales target, and another model will be launched in the second half of this year. With these three models, we hope to sell 45,000 cars this year.
Shell Finance: At present, domestic brands are very "involuted". Some people even say that many brands will die in the next 3-5 years. How can Zhizhi occupy the mainstream position?
Tamia Liu:Zhiji was jointly built by SAIC, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech and Alibaba Group, and the initial round of financing reached 10 billion yuan. Zhiji has the endorsement of SAIC’s supply chain and manufacturing industry, and the endorsement of Ali and Zhangjiang. At present, these empowerment and potential have not been fully realized.
For example, some people ask whether Zhiji is under pressure in the supply chain and whether the chip will still be the bottleneck in the next impact on sales. But I feel confident. As long as SAIC can buy chips, it will never lack Zhiji’s chips. Moreover, SAIC allows us to get better quality products at the most appropriate cost.
Shell Finance: What kind of planning does Zhizhi have in terms of channels in the future?
Tamia Liu:At present, there are about 120 experience centers and delivery centers in Zhiji. Because of the great inertia of channels, the annual operating expenses of channels are hundreds of millions. Once the market fluctuates, the sales volume is too small and there are too many channels, there will be cash flow pressure and channel management will be difficult. As a brand-new brand with a level of 400,000, Zhiji also had its own forecast of sales volume at that time, so it was conservative in channel spreading. Now it seems that it is true that the speed of spreading our channels is somewhat slow.
Our goal at the end of the year is to open 240 channels, of which we are confident that 180 to 190 will be opened before June 30, and a large number of second-tier cities will be covered.
After studying the high-end luxury market, choosing ladder pricing means that the negative side of price war is greater than the positive side.
Shell Finance: What are the considerations and processes for the pricing of a car?
Tamia Liu:It is a long process for car companies to price and configure products. The iteration cycle of the mobile phone can be changed instantly; The automobile development cycle is long, and there are many restrictions on price adjustment. For example, the whole supply chain adopts very strict approval and centralized procurement. The cycle of a model from the beginning of planning to listing is about two and a half years. Basically, in the initial period of time, 99% of the configuration of this car has been decided. According to these configurations, the price of the car has been basically set at that time.
Shell Finance: Why did Zhiji choose the current pricing range? What do you think is the most suitable price range for the luxury car market in China?
Tamia Liu:At present, the mainstream price range of high-end luxury electric SUVs and cars in China is 350,000 to 390,000 yuan. Among the medium and large SUVs with more than 250,000 yuan, the sales volume of five products is much larger than that of seven and six; Most of the intensive sales segments are 300,000 yuan to 350,000 yuan. If the price exceeds 400,000 yuan, users’ requirements for models will increase, and it will be difficult to achieve the sales target.
Therefore, the pricing range of Zhiji LS7 this time has been designed, and the core pricing is 329,800 yuan, 349,800 yuan, 379,800 yuan and 459,800 yuan. Which is the key and which is the auxiliary has been scrutinized. For example, Zhiji relies on L7 to help Zhiji automobile stand firm in the queue of high-end brands, and LS7 strives for more market share through the lower price and higher value ratio of 329,800 yuan.
The price of 459,800 yuan is really high. We consider that Zhiji, as a new brand, has a low popularity, and it is a great challenge for users to accept the pricing of 400,000 yuan. Last year, due to comprehensive reasons, the sales of Zhiji L7 also failed to meet expectations. However, we think that the overall design and handling of our models are good, so we continue to move towards the price range of 360,000 yuan to 400,000 yuan.
Shell Finance: What does Zhiji think about product planning in the next step?
Tamia Liu:If the popularity is 0 to 100 points, brands such as Tesla and Volkswagen have 99 points, and brands that you have heard of have 80 points, then the popularity of Zhiji is only 40 points now. Next, we plan to raise the brand awareness to 80 points in three months.
In fact, from 2021 to now, we are observing which version the sales of mainstream brands like Tesla are mainly focused on. In the future, we will launch a version suitable for daily commuting in cities, that is, the 77kWh standard battery life Pure exclusive rear drive version.
Shell Finance: The listing of Zhiji LS7 coincides with the fierce price war of new energy. What do you think of this situation?
Tamia Liu:From an industry perspective, I personally think that the negative side of crazy price war is greater than the positive side. Crazy price reduction, crazy involution, and all kinds of mixed products madly grab the market, which is unhealthy competition. Moreover, products with insufficient quality are particularly irresponsible to users.
Compared with oil vehicles, the cognitive threshold of smart electric vehicles is relatively high. After all, the fuel vehicle has a history of 137 years, and it is well known by the industry, users and market. Intelligent electric vehicle is a clear track, but the cognitive threshold is relatively high, and a large number of brands and products flock in, which is not conducive to the development of the industry.
In particular, electric vehicles have high requirements for intelligence and motor quality. If they are simply electrified at a low price and level, in addition to their limited development, they will also make the market unhealthy. Maybe users don’t have a complete product understanding at first, and they will pay the bill in a short time, but there will never be a second time. The core is product strength. You must have lasting product strength before users will pay for your brand and products.
Definitely do not change the power to ensure the iterative speed of the battery
Shell Finance: Previously, Zhiji L7 had wireless charging function. What do you think of the fact that car companies built their own energy replenishment system?
Tamia Liu:For the time being, Zhiji LS7 has no open unlimited charging function. We mainly consider that the situation in each city is quite different. Because of the ground, residential environment and other reasons, many users’ parking spaces are not suitable for installing unlimited charging equipment. We are also optimizing this function, which has not been opened yet.
Regarding the energy-supplementing system, if the starting point of car companies is "I will do it if others do it", it will come to a dead end. Because charging is essentially an infrastructure operation, it is difficult for car companies to do heavy asset operation, so we still think that everyone should do their own professional things. Zhiji currently has charging piles available in the delivery center, but we will not blindly expand charging piles. I don’t think this is the field that Zhiji is good at.
Shell Finance: SAIC has joined hands with PetroChina and Sinopec to change electricity. Will Zhiji launch a model that can change electricity in the future?
Tamia Liu:Zhiji is very clear not to change electricity. There are many benefits, but there are also many challenges and limitations, which are mainly reflected in the basic aspects at present. Zhiji’s L7 and LS7 models are the thinnest in the current market segment. If the battery is changed, it needs to be standardized, and the battery should be 20mm to 30mm thick.
On the one hand, such a thickness will have a great impact on the shape, and it will also reduce the internal space of the vehicle. On the other hand, the iterative speed of the battery will be greatly limited. We believe that the technical reserve of battery cruising range has supported the cruising range of 1000 kilometers, and the mileage anxiety of users has been greatly reduced. There is no need for us to change electricity.
Beijing News Shell Financial Reporter Lin Zi
Editor Yue Caizhou
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Welfare+guarantee, ask the new M7 new gameplay to promote the big decision. In 45 days, 70,000 sets have been broken!

There are still two months to the end of the year, and the automobile market is surging. In order to occupy the automobile market, major automobile brands have come up with unique tricks. Among them, the unique marketing strategy of the new M7 in Wenjie has gained widespread attention in the market. It is understood that Huawei not only provided 30,000 yuan worth of rights and interests for the new M7, but also promised to delay the delivery of subsidies for 200 yuan/day, providing consumers with a car purchase experience of "having benefits on the top and being guaranteed on the bottom", creating a record ceiling of 70,000 units in 45 days.

Different from the strategy of focusing on "promotion" when new cars of other automobile brands go on the market, Huawei has taken a different approach to stand on the side of consumers, dig deep into consumers’ needs, and introduce rights and protection at the same time. Specifically, the big rights and interests of this new car include:

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(1) enjoy 5,000 yuan to deduct 8,000 yuan, and reduce the final payment;

(2) a gift of 12,000 yuan worth of interior and exterior decoration matching gold;

③ Enjoy the matching rights worth 15,000 yuan (as described below);

Max smart driving edition users can deduct the optional ADS2.0 urban navigation NCA function by equal amount;

Plus rear-drive users can choose and install a technology enjoyment package worth 15,000 yuan in equal amount;

Users of all models can also choose a combination of rights and interests with a value of 15,000 yuan (21-inch wheels with a value of 10,000 yuan and one of the original aftermarket products).

In order to make consumers worry-free about buying a car, Huawei has also made a care plan for the new M7. According to this plan, new M7 users who have completed the big payment before November 30, 2023, the order status on AITO App starts from the date of "delivery plan confirmed" to the date of "vehicle has arrived at the store". If the waiting period in the table below is exceeded, they will receive the cash subsidy for car pick-up care according to the number of days (vehicle arrival date-delivery plan confirmed date-waiting period). The standard of overdue subsidy is 200 yuan/day, up to 10,000 yuan.

On the basis of marketing strategy innovation, Yu Chengdong, managing director of Huawei, CEO of BG, and chairman of BU, a smart car solution, personally promised that Celeste Smart Factory is working overtime to ensure market supply demand. At the same time, the investment in the supply chain has exceeded 1 billion yuan, and new production shifts are running around the clock 22 hours a day, making every effort to ensure delivery. This wave of operations makes consumers satisfied with Huawei’s strength and commitment.

The new M7 in Wenjie broke through the large quota of 50,000 orders in 25 days, reaching 60,000 orders a month, and the quota has exceeded 70,000 units in 45 days! Such achievements are remarkable. Of course, the new M7 has achieved such good results, not only relying on welfare and rights, but also relying on Huawei’s strong product strength and user orientation.

Empowered by Huawei, the new M7 intelligent driving field in the world is far ahead. At present, the new M7 intelligent driving version of Wenjie has completed the OTA upgrade, and supports the functions of high-speed NCA and urban LCC. On high-speed and elevated roads, vehicles can follow the navigation to their destinations, and consciously identify the signal lights to assist in controlling normal driving, intelligent lane change, intelligent speed limit, etc., which greatly liberates drivers from manipulating characters. It can also show its talents in urban roads, cruise at a fixed speed, follow the car, cross corners, etc. in the traffic flow, and it can also realize automatic avoidance in and out of the lane, greatly improving driving safety and happiness. It is worth mentioning that Huawei also uses technology to make parking more self-free. Because of the launch of the custom parking function, users can drag and drop vehicle icons on the ground where parking is allowed but not marked. A temporary parking space is supported with the narrowest width of +0.4m, and there is no need to ask an old driver for parking.

Not only that, but the new M7 in space and interior also shows amazing strength. In terms of interior space design, the new M7 in Wenjie has gained more effective interior space with a smaller "pool" through excellent design and layout optimization, with a "room occupancy rate" of 66.3%, leading the same class, and both front and rear rows can get a very spacious and comfortable experience. Moreover, in order to further improve the experience of drivers and passengers, the seats of the new car are designed with 10 layers of comfort lamination, with a total foam thickness of 100mm, and four seats are equipped with ventilation, heating and massage functions as standard, which can bring drivers and passengers a comfortable experience like first class. In addition, thanks to Huawei’s strong technical strength, the car’s Xiaoyi intelligent assistant can greatly liberate the user’s hands, and the double-row nap function of the main and auxiliary drivers can be turned on through voice, bringing more comfort, intelligence and fun to the user’s travel experience. In addition, the new M7 also provides a six-seat layout, giving consumers more car choices.

From the perspective of users, Huawei not only provides high-quality products and services, but also cares about the needs and rights of consumers. The new M7 in the world has won the favor of consumers through Huawei’s unique marketing strategy and caring plan, and soon became a hot model in the market after listing. If you have a car purchase plan recently, you may wish to take a look at the new M7 in the world. Now you can enjoy the rights and protection of buying a car, so act quickly!