Looking back on the auto market in a week, what happened in China auto market in the past week? Stellantis invested 1.5 billion euros to get a 20% stake in Zero Run; Guangzhou Automobile Mitsubishi reorganized and will always provide superior services for car owners; Invited by Tesla to build a factory in Mexico? Wo Sai: No final decision has been made; "Hua" is the new flagship of the car, and the number of M9 bookings in the world has exceeded 15,000; It is ideal to issue "Hancheng Expressway Accident Description" to explain "the problem of out-of-control vehicles".
Stellantis invested 1.5 billion euros to get a 20% stake in Zero Run.
On October 26th, Stellantis Group and Zero Run Automobile announced that Stellantis Group plans to invest about 1.5 billion euros to acquire about 20% equity of Zero Run Automobile, which will make Stellantis Group an important shareholder of Zero Run Automobile.
The transaction also confirmed that Stellantis Group and Zero Run Automobile will set up a joint venture company named "Leapmotor International" at a ratio of 51%:49%. Except for Greater China, the joint venture company has the exclusive right to export and sell to all other markets in the world, as well as the exclusive right to manufacture zero-run automobile products locally.
Stellantis Group will have two seats on the board of directors of Zero Run Automobile, and Stellantis Group will appoint the CEO of the "Zero Run International" joint venture company.
According to reports, the partnership between the two parties will not only focus on further increasing the sales of zero-run cars in China, the world’s largest automobile market, but also rely on the mature commercial layout of Stellantis Group in other markets around the world to greatly increase the sales of zero-run car brands in the local market, which is expected to start with the European market.
It’s not the first time that international manufacturers have invested in China’s new forces. Not long ago, Tucki won the public’s investment. This series shows that China’s new power brand is new, but it has been highly recognized by international peers in the field of new energy vehicles. Although the cooperation between Zero Run and Stellantis focuses on overseas, it also creates a new mode of "going out to sea" for car companies.
GAC Mitsubishi will always provide superior services for car owners.
On October 24, Guangzhou Automobile Group issued an announcement, intending to implement restructuring matters such as equity adjustment for Guangzhou Automobile Mitsubishi and Guangzhou Automobile Mitsubishi Automobile Sales Company. After the completion of the reorganization, GAC Mitsubishi will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of GAC Group, and GAC Ai ‘an will use GAC Mitsubishi Factory to increase production and expand capacity. It is planned to achieve mass production in June 2024. After completion, GAC Ai ‘an will form a basic production capacity of 600,000/year, helping Ai ‘an achieve the goal of production and sales of 1 million in 2025.
In addition, GAC Mitsubishi Automobile Sales Company will be jointly owned by GAC Group, Mitsubishi Motors and Mitsubishi Corporation, and will continue to provide spare parts and after-sales service for GAC Mitsubishi car owners.
GAC Mitsubishi is not the first joint venture brand to leave the China market, but it is the first one as "decent" as it left. After withdrawing from the China market, GAC Mitsubishi is still willing to continue to provide after-sales service for the old owners of GAC Mitsubishi, which is beyond the comparison of some "new forces".
Tesla invites lidar manufacturers to go to sea.
On October 23rd, some media reported that Samuel Garcia, governor of Nuevo Leó n, Mexico, said during his trip that Tesla’s two China suppliers would invest nearly $1 billion in Nuevo Leó n, northern Mexico, and Tesla was planning to build a new factory there. According to media reports, the two proposed factories are Topp Group and Hesai Group.
Hesse Technology said that the news was not released by Hesse, and the company "has not yet made a final decision" to build a new factory in North America. The other party said that it did not know whether the laser radar of Hesai Technology was supplied to Tesla cars or humanoid robots.
In March of this year, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that Tesla will build a super factory in Nuevo Leó n, northern Mexico, and this factory will be used to produce Tesla’s next-generation models, which is an important part of the company’s expansion of global layout.
Adopting a complete vision scheme is one of the important ways for Tesla to reduce costs. It seems a bit contradictory to invite a leading lidar company to go to sea. But after understanding Tesla’s product planning, it is not surprising that the humanoid robot that Tesla will vigorously develop in the future needs an important component-lidar.
The order of M9, the new flagship of Wenjie, has exceeded 10,000.
On October 25th, according to the latest news released by AITO Automobile, the number of M9 bookings in the world has exceeded 15,000. This new car, which was officially launched on October 18th, is positioned as the brand flagship large SUV with a pre-sale price of 500,000-600,000 yuan and is expected to be officially launched in December.
According to the information in the Catalogue of New Energy Vehicles Exempted from Vehicle Purchase Tax (the seventieth batch) published by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the M9 will launch pure electric vehicles and extended range vehicles. Among them, the M9 EV model has at least one configuration with a pure battery life of 630km; The pure electric battery life of the M9 extended-range vehicle is 175km, the matching displacement is 1.5L turbocharged range extender, and the fuel consumption per 100 km is 6.9L.. For the M9, Yu Chengdong once said that it "will redefine the best intelligent SUV within 10 million yuan."
Taking advantage of the rising data of M7, the appearance of M9 in the field of inquiry has a halo of concern. This brand-new model brought by Huawei and Cyrus is also the latest flagship of the "Huawei" model. If an automobile brand wants to take the road of brand upward, it must have a flagship with full performance. With the M9, the "Hua" series car also ushered in its own "true" flagship model.
LI explained "the problem of car out of control"
Recently, a car owner went to a LI store in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province to defend his rights, saying, "LI, the car was out of control and the car was destroyed.". The owner and his family members who defended their rights told the media: "At that time, the car was driving normally at a speed of 103 km/h at high speed, and suddenly the ACC auxiliary system automatically took over the vehicle, causing the vehicle to shift to the right and hit a tree with a diameter of 10cm on the side of the road. The tree was not broken, the A-pillar was torn, the B-pillar was broken, and the roof was deformed, causing a major traffic accident with one death and three injuries." When this incident came out, it caused widespread concern.
To this, LI responded on October 27th, stating that "at 23: 59 pm on July 27th, 2023, an ideal L9 had a serious traffic accident on Wei Zhuang Expressway in Hancheng, Shaanxi Province. We feel very sad and sorry for the casualties caused by the accident. Since the accident, LI has not responded positively, because it was a unilateral accident with clear facts. After the accident, we immediately cooperated with the traffic police to provide EDR (Vehicle Incident Data Recording System) data. According to the feedback from the Judicial Appraisal Center of Traffic Accident Traces of Shaanxi Chang ‘an University entrusted by the traffic police, it is confirmed that no other members in the car are wearing seat belts except the driver. The appraisal conclusion is that there is no product quality problem in the vehicle and there is no problem of out-of-control of the vehicle. The owner has received a traffic accident certificate. "
As cars enter the intelligent era, assisted driving has become the "standard" of new models. We have always called on everyone to be cautious in using safety-related functions such as assisted driving. Caution is not "resistance", but rational use, and we must not relax every time we turn on assisted driving and intelligent driving.
Xiaoxiang morning herald reporter Hu Xiong