Recently, foreign cars **InsideEVS conducted tests on the range of the Tesla Cybertruck. The results showed that the actual cruising range could not be run out of the official announcement, and the achievement rate was only 80%.
The test was initiated by Kyle Conner, the streamer of the YouTube channel Out of Spec, and was live-streamed for 5 hours. The test method is to turn on until it is unable to move when it is fully charged.
The test results showed that the Cybertruck could actually only travel 254 miles (408 km) on high speeds, a 20-mile reduction from the official 320 miles (515 km).6%。
Recently, in response to the rumors circulating on the Internet about Xiaomi's automobile industry chain and the price of SU7, Xiaomi refuted the rumors four times in three days.
On January 2, a spokesperson for Xiaomi clarified on Weibo that at least 50% of the information about Xiaomi's automotive industry chain spread on the Internet was completely wrong.
On January 5th, Wang Hua, general manager of the public relations department of Xiaomi Group, issued a document saying that in the past two days, three rumors have been refuted and clarified by the **p picture of Xiaomi cars, and today's final refutation of rumors is until the end of the official Xiaomi car product launch conference, all information and posters with Xiaomi car versions and prices are fake.
On January 8, Lei Jun said in the answer to 100 questions from netizens that Xiaomi Su7 is in addition to the 990,000 yuan and 14In addition to 90,000 yuan, it will not be sold for 1990,000 yuan.
The previously announced standard version is the entry-level model, and the beggar version will not be launched in order to reduce the price when it is released.
He also mentioned that the current goal is to do a good job in the whole chain of production and sales of Xiaomi cars and even Xiaomi Su7, and there is no plan to launch Redmi cars.
On January 4, Dongfeng Motor Group underwent industrial and commercial changes, Zhu Yanfeng stepped down as the legal representative and chairman, and was replaced by Yang Qing, and a number of directors and supervisors were changed.
In addition, as a subsidiary, Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. has also undergone industrial and commercial changes, Guo Tao stepped down as the legal representative and chairman, and was replaced by Zhou Xianpeng, and a number of directors and supervisors have changed.
Although the rumors have been refuted, the shutdown storm of Gaohe Automobile continues to ferment.
On January 4, the Automobile Commune reported that Bosch had refused to continue to provide technical services to the company because it owed too much money, and had laid off all the outsourced employees in charge of the company's business.
It is reported that in addition to Bosch, some first-class suppliers have refused to give Hiphi Fa auto parts, which has also led to the shelving of Hiphi A's new car.
The ** also said in the report that the expense reimbursement of some employees has not been heard from for several months, and the promotion promised by the company has also become a blank checkThe commissary downstairs of the company also stopped the company's employees from paying with meal cards due to financial problems.
Later, a source revealed that it was not Hiphi A that was shelved, but the entry sedan project of Hi-Ho, which was codenamed AN1 internally. At present, the project has stopped optimizing due to business entanglements and has not been truly revoked.
On January 5, it was reported that GAC Group is pushing for the listing of its electric vehicle division in Hong Kong, with plans to raise about $1 billion. The move is part of GAC Group's accelerated expansion in the electric vehicle market, aiming to provide financial support for the development of its electric vehicle business.
This is actually referring to GAC Aion. Aion has also been trying to obtain funds through capital operation, and the news of its IPO in Hong Kong has been around for a long time. According to the analysis of industry insiders, the main reason for choosing to list in Hong Kong is that Hong Kong's capital market usually values the automotive industry higher than that of A-shares.
According to public information, in October 2022, GAC Aion's Series A financing was 18.3 billion yuan, releasing 1772% of the shares, so it is estimated that its valuation has reached 103.2 billion yuan.
Recently, a set of spy photos of the new car cooperated by Huawei and BAIC in the Hongmeng Zhixing mode were found on the Internet. The new car, branded as Stelato and named X4, is positioned as a mid-to-large electric sedan and is expected to be released in the first half of 2024.
Judging from the spy photos, the new car uses lidar and electronic exterior mirrors. Its headlights, front bumper, and C-pillar silhouette look similar to the Zhijie S7, but the tail adopts the Wenjie M9 style taillights.
Compared with the appearance, its interior** is more complete, you can see that the steering wheel similar to the Zhijie S7 is used, equipped with a central control screen + LCD instrument, and there are dual wireless charging pads at the bottom.
Recently, Xpeng Huitian announced that the Xpeng Huitian land-air integrated flying car will be unveiled at CES in the United States. The CES was held in Las Vegas from January 9 to 12 local time.
It is reported that the land-air integrated flying car unveiled at the CES exhibition continues the land-air integrated configuration announced by Xpeng Huitian two years ago, and further design optimization has been made, and the flight systems such as arms and rotors can be completely folded and stored in the car.
According to foreign media reports, on January 5, local time, Cruise, a self-driving taxi company under General Motors, offered to pay 7$50,000 to conclude an investigation by California regulators into the company's failure to disclose the details of a self-driving car accident.
Last October, a pedestrian was hit by a hit-and-run vehicle and thrown into a side lane before being hit a second time by a Cruise robotaxi, but the Cruise vehicle failed to stop in time, dragging the pedestrian 20 feet (61 m).
According to a ruling filed on Dec. 1 last year, Cruise is suspected of misleading regulators and could face a $1.5 million fine and additional sanctions for failing to disclose all details of the accident.
The California Public Utilities Commission ordered Cruise to attend a hearing to be held on Feb. 6 of this year, citing Cruise's misleading approach by ignoring the seriousness of the accident.
On Jan. 5, Cruise said in a filing that it expects to complete the investigation and publish its findings by Feb. 6.
According to foreign media reports, semiconductor manufacturer Nvidia will resume shipments of AI chips for China, and the current U.S. sales attitude towards China seems to have softened, and mass production of H20 and other AI chips will begin in the second quarter of 2024.
It is reported that the United States** issued a new ban on October 17, 2023, further restricting the export of Nvidia's high-performance AI chips. However, according to industry chain sources, Nvidia is developing the latest improved version of AI chips for China, and the three chips are all based on Nvidia H100 to comply with the latest technology export control policy of the United States.
The report also said that these chips were originally planned to be launched at the end of 2023, but were postponed to early 2024 as the chip war between China and the United States heated up. At present, the United States seems to have softened its attitude towards China sales, and Nvidia has also assured that the chips will fully comply with the requirements of the US Department of Commerce.
Recently, according to the announcement of the State Intellectual Property Office, Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd. applied for a patent called "A Test Method, Device, System and Computer Readable Storage Medium for Intelligent Driving", publication number CN117348440A, and the application date is October 2023.
The patent abstract shows that the invention discloses a test method, device, system and computer-readable storage medium for intelligent driving, and its functions include real-time acquisition of the trajectory data of self-car and traffic vehicle in the scene, judgment whether a collision accident will occur between the self-car and the traffic vehicle at a certain time in the future in the scene, if so, send collision data, and assist in determining the responsibility for the accident.
Recently, some Zhiji car users have reported that the car machine system has failed, including the main interface does not display the speed, gear, radar does not alarm, and the rearview mirror does not display, etc., which are mostly seen in LS6 models, which affects normal travel. At the same time, there are a large number of car owners who complain on major online platforms.
In this regard, Zhiji Auto's customer service said that due to the problem that the car screen is not displayed due to the update of the latest version of the system, Zhiji officially carried out an OTA push upgrade, as long as the owners have carried out normal system updates, this problem can be solved.