1. Cruise, GM's autonomous driving company, plans to lay off 24% of its workforce
According to foreign media reports, the autonomous driving department of Cruise, an autonomous driving company under General Motors, announced on Thursday (December 14) local time that it would lay off 900 people, and the laid-off employees mainly belonged to commercial operations and corporate functional departments, as well as some temporary workers engaged in unmanned work. Prior to the layoffs, Cruise had approximately 3,800 employees, and this time the layoffs are 24% of the company's total workforce.
Behind the layoffs, it means that the operational accidents of Cruise's autonomous driving department are still fermenting. The layoffs come after the company was in turmoil, with CEO Kyle Vogt leaving the company and nine other executives, including the COO and the head of the legal and affairs department.
These changes are related to the accident that occurred in October when a pedestrian collided and dragged six meters. After the accident, GM was stopped by Silicon Valley for operating unmanned vehicles.
ZEEKR officially announced its self-developed battery: it can be charged for 500 kilometers in 15 minutes
Recently, ZEEKR released the 800V lithium iron phosphate ultra-fast charging battery "Golden Brick Battery", which has been officially mass-produced and will be equipped on ZEEKR 007 for the first time. The gold brick battery has the characteristics of fast energy replenishment, strong cold resistance and high safety.
In terms of energy replenishment, the BRICS battery supports the 800V architecture, under which the maximum charging power of the battery can reach 500kW, and the cruising range can be increased by more than 500km after charging for 15 minutes in the 10% 80% range. It is understood that as early as around 2009, Geely has begun to research power batteries, and the gold brick batteries released this time are self-developed by ZEEKR from battery cells to battery packs, and are manufactured by Quzhou Jidian Factory.
3. It is rumored that AVATR plans to go public in Hong Kong in 2025
Recently, a person familiar with the matter revealed that AVATR Technology is considering going public in Hong Kong in 2025. AVATR Technology's last financing occurred in August this year, and this round of financing was continued to increase investment by Changan Automobile, Southern Assets, Liangjiang Industry, etc., and also introduced state-owned capital such as Chongqing Industrial Mother, Bank of Communications Investment, and Guangkai Holdings, raising 3 billion yuan and a post-investment valuation of nearly 20 billion yuan.
Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Chongqing, AVATR Technology's main shareholders are Changan, Huawei and CATL, and is committed to building an international high-end SUV brand. On November 10 this year, AVATR just released AVATR 12 at a price of 30080,000 yuan,4. BYD Song L listed, 18From 980,000 yuan
On December 15, BYD announced the official listing of Song L, a subsidiary of Dynasty Network. It is understood that the new car has launched a total of 4 rear-wheel drive models and 1 four-wheel drive version of the model, with an official guide price of 18980,000 yuan—24980,000 yuan. The new car is based on the e-platform 30 build, it will be equipped with CTB battery body integration technology, intelligent electric four-wheel drive, DIPILOT intelligent driving assistance, Yunyuan C system, etc.
In terms of appearance, the front face of the new car adopts the design language of dragon whiskers, and the headlight lamp groups and the "middle grid" are visually integrated, and the left and right sides highlight the design language of "dragon whiskers". In terms of interior, the overall design of the new car is relatively simple.
In terms of body size, the length, width and height are 4840*1950*1560mm. In terms of power, according to the previous information from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the new car will be available in single-motor and dual-motor versions, and the four-wheel drive version will be equipped with front and rear motors, with a maximum power of 150 230 380kw respectivelyThe maximum power of the motor in the single-motor version is 230kW. According to the information in the purchase tax exemption catalogue, its pure electric range under CLTC working conditions is 550km, 602km and 662km.
5. Geely Galaxy E8 will start pre-sale on December 16
The Geely Galaxy E8 will be available for pre-sale on December 16, and the new car is positioned as "China's new generation of pure electric flagship", and the first batch of show cars has covered 105 stores in 20 cities across the country, including Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Beijing. The Geely Galaxy E8 is a pure electric mid-size sedan based on the Sea's vast architecture, and is the first model of Geely Galaxy's "Intelligent Pure Electric E Series", with a length, width and height of 5010*1920*1465mm and a wheelbase of 2925mm.
In terms of appearance, Geely Galaxy E8 adopts the world's first mass-produced integrated light-emitting front face, with a light-emitting matrix composed of 158 windows, and the attitude of the new car is close to that of a coupe model, with a drag coefficient of only 0199cd。
Interior,Galaxy E8 will be equipped with45Inch "8K unbounded smart large screen", screen-to-body ratio of 98%, co-pilot provides 180-degree reclining flat seat, as well as executive-level rear row, the car machine is equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8295 processor, access to the Flyme Link mobile phone domain, will be equipped with "three-finger task flow" for the first time, support "address flow on the car" and a series of classic functions.
In terms of power, the car adopts a high-efficiency SiC silicon carbide electric drive, equipped with a dual-motor high-performance four-wheel drive system, with a maximum power of 165kW for the front motor and a maximum power of 310 kW for the rear motor, supporting 800V fast flash charging, and the official claim is that the battery life is 180km in 5 minutes, and the acceleration is 349s, with a range of up to 665km.
6. Ali ** Xiaopeng Motors, cashed out nearly 400 million US dollars
Node Auto learned that according to the documents submitted by Xiaopeng Motors to the SEC in the United States a few days ago, Alibaba plans to **25 million shares of Xiaopeng Motors, worth 3$912.5 billion. The relevant person in charge of Alibaba Group said, "According to our own capital management goals, we hold part of the shares of Xpeng Motors, and the shareholding is 102% to 75%。”
Xpeng Motors was founded in 2014 by He Xiaopeng, founder of UC and former president of Alibaba Mobile Business Group, Li Xueling, founder of YY, Fu Sheng, CEO of Cheetah Mobile, and Wu Xiaoguang, executive of Tencent. According to Xpeng's prospectus on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, China is the company's second largest shareholder, with a shareholding ratio of 119%。
7. Li Bin: Battery swapping is NIO's moat, not a burden
On December 14, Li Bin, the founder of Weilai, talked about the battery swap route of NIO at the ** communication meeting, and he said that battery swapping is not a burden for NIO, but a moat for NIO. The battery swap service loses money, mainly because the electricity bill is too expensive. If the battery swap is only in Shanghai, a battery swap station will make a profit if there are 60 orders per day. NIO's current opening of battery swaps has nothing to do with its financial situation, and NIO's battery swapping is ultimately open to the outside world. Li Bin also said that the battery swap business may be financed independently.
8. The ideal is to open a new round of rank system reform
Recently, Li Auto has completed the company-wide reform of the rank system. The reform of the rank system of Li Auto has been adjusted from two rank sequences of technology (P sequence) and management (M sequence) to six categories of work, including product, R&D and **, according to the professional division of employees. The range of staff ranks has also been expanded, from 8 to 30 levels.
Some employees said that the reform of the rank system has little impact on the employee level at present. The increase in ranks seems to have more room for promotion, but the climb time may also take longer, and the salary increase at each level is also lower than before.
Energy released an official picture with a range of more than 1,000 kilometers
A few days ago, Revo Zero (founded in 2018, headquartered in Virginia, USA, focusing on hydrogen energy and zero-emission technology) has released a set of official pictures of its new model Energy. From the point of view of **, the light strip at the front of the energy car extends to the front door, and a large number of flat straight lines are used as a whole, and the front and rear doors are designed with side sliding doors. The interior has a three-row seat design, with the rear two rows of individual seats, and the center console uses multiple screens and retains some physical buttons.
Unfortunately, there is no specific information on the powertrain, but according to Revo Zero's route, the car may use a "plug-in fuel cell" powertrain, which combines the advantages of hydrogen fuel cells and lithium batteries, and has a range of up to 1,127 kilometers.
10. ARCFOX Alpha T5 will be launched on December 27, the cheapest 800V tram
Node Auto learned that the pure electric SUV Alpha T5 of JiHu will be launched and delivered on December 27. Previously, the car has already started pre-sales, with a total of 4 models launched in a pre-sale range of 1558-20.380,000 yuan.
The length, width and height of the new car is 4690 * 1936 * 1650mm, the wheelbase is 2845mm, and the drag coefficient is 0245。In terms of design, the new car adopts the mainstream elements of new energy vehicles. The interior design has highlights, the dashboard has been canceled, only the large-size central control screen has been retained, and the car machine is equipped with a Qualcomm 8155 chip.
In terms of power, the new car is equipped with a single motor with a maximum power of 200kw, a maximum torque of 365 Nm, and an acceleration of 7 per 100 kilometers5 seconds. The battery is divided into 65kw and 79There are two kinds of 2kW, corresponding to a pure electric range of 520km and 660km, and an 800V high-voltage platform is adopted, which can reach 260km in 10 minutes of charging. There are already a number of new energy vehicles on the market that support 800V, and the ARCFOX Alpha T5 has the lowest **.