March travel event: multinational car companies sent a delegation to China to change coaches; There are frequent actions in the field of automatic driving.

[? A billion euro guide? ]? In March 2020, in the field of automobile travel, many enterprises began to adjust their organizational structure. In the China market, high-level changes are more frequent. In addition, under the influence of COVID-19 on the world, with the large-scale use of unmanned delivery and other technologies, the field of autonomous driving has recovered.

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In order to facilitate everyone to understand and review the major events in the automobile travel industry in March, Yiou Automobile sorted out the major events of the month according to different categories such as traditional automobile enterprises, new automobile enterprises and technology enterprises.

In March 2020, in the field of automobile travel, many enterprises began to adjust their organizational structure. Toyota will appoint the current chief accountant Kenta? Kon is the next CFO, and the current CFO will continue to be the chief risk officer. At the same time, Toyota will cancel the post of Executive Vice President (EVP). Hyundai Motor once again welcomed an executive from China, Xiang Dongping as the deputy general manager of Beijing Hyundai. Didi Chuxing also announced a series of personnel adjustments in the full letter released this month.

In the China market, high-level changes are more frequent. Julian, senior vice president of international operations at GM? Blissett) will take over the management of all GM's businesses in the China market; Audi officials also said that from April 1 day, a Shi Hao (Werner? Eichhorn) will replace Gabe Louise? Wüst) is fully responsible for Audi's related business in China. Polestar also said in March that Gao Kun will be the president of Polestar China from March 16.

It is not difficult to see that due to the spread of the epidemic, the performance of multinational car companies in 2020 is full of uncertainty. When the automobile industry is troubled by the epidemic, it is particularly important to ensure business in China market.

In March, influenced by COVID-19, most parts of the world were isolated. With the large-scale use of technologies such as unmanned delivery, the field of autonomous driving has gradually recovered. Waymo received $2.25 billion in financing this month; China unmanned distribution startup "Neolithic" received nearly 200 million yuan in financing, which was led by Li; Huituo, a solution provider of unmanned transportation in mining area, has obtained A2 round financing of over 100 million yuan; MAXIEYE, a supplier of visual perception intelligent driving system products, announced the completion of a new round of industrial investment.

Car companies also move frequently in autonomous driving technology. Changan Automobile, a self-owned brand, released the L3-class automatic driving core technology-TJP (transportation? Jam? Pilot), which is the first L3 autopilot technology in China. Audi also denied the rumor of "canceling the research and development of L3 autopilot". Among the new automobile manufacturers, Xpeng Motors has obtained the import license for scientific research vehicles issued by NHTSA National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Traditional automobile enterprises

Audi ag released 20 19 financial report, and plans to hold 0/00% shares of Audi brand.

1 In March, the profit of Volkswagen Group in 20 19 increased by 12.8% year-on-year, and the profit from joint ventures in China was 39.9 billion yuan. On the day of the financial report, it was announced that the new CEO of Audi, Marcus Duzman, would be in charge of the R&D business of Audi AG. Duzman joined this time and became the third BMW executive to join the Volkswagen Group after Herbert Diss, CEO of Audi AG and Chairman of Audi Supervisory Board. Ingolstadt, the headquarters of Audi brand, will become the core of the organizational structure of "Automobile". Software "department. This new business unit is committed to integrating the software development work of all departments of Audi AG, and plans to increase the proportion of self-developed automotive software to at least 60% by 2025.

Cancel the position of executive vice president, and Toyota adjusts its organizational structure again.

On March 3rd, Toyota adjusted its organizational structure again. The Japanese auto giant said in the announcement that it will appoint the current chief accountant Kenta? Kon is the next CFO, and the current CFO will continue to be the chief risk officer. Toyota will cancel the post of Executive Vice President (EVP). Today, the company has six executive vice presidents. In the future, the four executive vice presidents will retain their existing responsibilities, but will no longer hold this position. At the same time, the current executive vice president Didier? Leroy and Morita? Yoshida will resign from his present position, but what about Didier? Leroy. Will continue to serve as the company's director and president of Europe until June this year.

Does Geely lay out the commercial satellite field?

On March 3rd, Taizhou Geely Satellite Project officially started. It is understood that this project is the first pulsating modular satellite intelligent AIT (assembly integration test) center built by Geely Science and Technology Group in Taizhou. It is planned to build satellite R&D center, component intelligent manufacturing center, measurement and control center, cloud computing big data platform and other facilities, and learn from the advanced assembly technology of the automobile industry to build a modular, flexible and intelligent manufacturing factory, which can flexibly meet the assembly and testing of different types and specifications of satellites.

Flat upgrade of BMW brand logo; 20 19 revenue exceeds10 billion euros.

On March 3rd, BMW Group officially launched the i4 pure electric concept car. With the release of this new car, BMW's brand-new logo is also displayed in front of the world. Compared with BMW's current brand logo, the new logo changes the previous black ring element to transparency, which is the first time in BMW's history to cancel the black ring element. At the same time, the outermost circle line was changed from silver to white, and the Bavarian flag element with blue and white in the middle remained, but the overall style became flatter. The new LOGO is more concise and transparent, and it is first applied to the i4 concept car, which represents the future development direction of BMW. BMW will also continue to pay attention to mobile travel and future driving pleasure.

On March/0/3, Beijing time, BMW Group released its 20/0/9 annual financial report. The data shows that the company achieved revenue of 1042 1 billion euros (about RMB 8 178 billion) in 20 19, a year-on-year increase of 7.6%. This is the first time in its 104 history that its revenue has exceeded 100 billion euros.

Despite the substantial increase in revenue, BMW's profit in 20 19 decreased by 28.9% year-on-year. In this regard, BMW Group said that the anti-monopoly litigation reserve and R&D expenditure accrued in the first quarter of fiscal year 20 19 led to a decline in profits. The announcement issued by BMW Group shows that the 20 19 annual financial report will be officially released on March 8, when more detailed company financial data will be available.

Universal release of Ultium battery system; Coach changes in China market

On March 5th, in Warren Technology Center, Michigan, GM unveiled for the first time the core of its electrification strategy-modular drive system and the third generation global electric vehicle platform equipped with Ultium exclusive battery. According to its official disclosure, the platform will fully cover all types of vehicles, including pickup trucks and performance vehicles. It is reported that Cruise, who debuted in San Francisco in June 5438+10? Origin pure electric autopilot * * * is the first product equipped with the third generation electric vehicle platform and Ultium battery.

Recently, GM announced a series of high-level changes. From April 1 2020, Qian Huikang (Matt? Tsien) will be the global chief technology officer; Julian, senior vice president of international operations? Blissett) will take over the management of all GM's businesses in the China market; Craig. Bouchholtz will join GM as senior vice president of global public relations.

Changan Automobile launched L3-class self-driving mass production experience, with a cumulative test of over 50 million kilometers.

On March 10, Changan Automobile released the L3-level automatic driving core technology-TJP (Traffic? Jam? This is the first L3 autopilot technology in China. Liang Fenghua, director of the Intelligent Driving Institute of Changan Automobile Intelligent Research Institute, said that vehicles equipped with this technology can conditionally realize the automatic driving operation of drivers leaving their feet, hands and eyes for a long time under the traffic jam scene with a top speed of 40 kilometers per hour.

BYD established Foday Company to develop new energy auto parts.

On March 16, BYD announced the establishment of Foday Company, which will rely on the latter to accelerate the sales of new energy auto parts. It is reported that Foday consists of five companies: Foday Battery Co., Ltd., Foday Vision Co., Ltd., Foday Technology Co., Ltd., Foday Power Co., Ltd. and Foday Mould Co., Ltd., which were established in May of 20 19 and February of 18 respectively, and are responsible for the research and development and manufacture of power batteries, automotive lighting systems, automotive electronics and chassis systems, automotive powertrains and automotive moulds.

Audi: The level has not been cancelled? 3. R&D project of autonomous driving technology; Business Transformation in China

Recently, it was reported that Audi cancelled the L3 autopilot project. In this regard, in March 2009, 65438+ Audi officially stated that the Level was not cancelled? 3. Autopilot technology research and development project. But will it be flat? 3 the research and development of autonomous driving has been upgraded to the level of Audi ag. Cars. Software, the department responsible for the development of vehicle software in the group. Cars. Will the software be responsible for the passenger car level? 2 to the level? 4 autonomous driving technology research and development, including level? 3 technology.

On March 26th, Audi officially announced that a Shi Hao (Werner? Eichhorn) will replace Gabe Louise? Wüst) is fully responsible for Audi's related business in China. Ann Shi Hao was previously responsible for the marketing, sales and after-sales work of Volkswagen in North America. Wu has successfully managed Audi's business in China in the past two years, and will take up a new management position of Volkswagen brand.

Hyundai Motor once again welcomed China executives and Xiang Dongping as the deputy general manager of Beijing Hyundai.

On March 23rd, Hyundai Motor announced the appointment of Xiang Dongping as the vice president of Hyundai Motor Group (China) and the deputy general manager and head of the sales department of Beijing Hyundai Motor Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Beijing Hyundai"), and took office on March 23rd, taking full charge of the sales and marketing network and other related businesses in Beijing Hyundai Market.

FAW Car: Industrial and Commercial Change Completed by Asset Replacement Project

On March 26th, FAW Car announced that the asset replacement project has completed the registration procedures for industrial and commercial changes, which means that the project has made significant progress. As an unlisted wholly-owned subsidiary of FAW, FAW Pentium Car Co., Ltd. will become the main business entity of FAW Pentium; Meanwhile, faw liberation, a commercial vehicle brand, will successfully land in the capital market.

The merger of PSA and FCA is blocked by the epidemic, and both parties may re-examine the terms of the signed agreement.

On March 27th, according to sources quoted by Agence France-Presse (AFP), the novel coronavirus epidemic has caused huge economic losses, which also made people doubt the merger of PSA and FCA.

New car manufacturer

The star changed coaches, and Gao Qi took over as the president of China.

Polestar officially announced on March 2nd that Gao Kun will be the President of Polestar China from March 6th, reporting to Thomas Ingrat, CEO of Polestar. Ingenlath) reported that Wu Zhenhao, the former president of Polaris China, was transferred to Volvo Car Asia Pacific to be responsible for strategic and business coordination. Will be fully responsible for Polaris's business in China, including further strengthening Polaris's brand building and accelerating Polaris Art Space (Polestar? Space) experience and network development, establish a marketing management and customer service system under the direct selling mode, and make full preparations for the delivery year of Polaris products in 2020.

Aichi U5 marches into Europe, U6? Ion concept car released

On the evening of March 3, 2020, Aichi Automobile announced that its product Aichi U5 had landed in Europe. Aichi U5' s landing in Europe means that it will become the first China electric vehicle brand to introduce electric vehicles into Europe. Subsequently, Aichi released its second quasi-mass production model-Aichi U6? Ion concept car, the new car is built with MAS platform architecture, has a more avant-garde design language, and its comprehensive endurance will exceed 500Km. In addition, Aichi U5 has officially landed in the European market and is expected to be delivered in August 2020.

Weilai once again completed $235 million in convertible bond financing; 20 19 years net loss112.96 million yuan.

On March 5th, Weilai announced the completion of another $235 million convertible bond financing project on its investor relations website. The investors are several Asian investment funds, and all of them are "unrelated parties", that is, pure financial investors. Up to now, Weilai has announced that it will complete convertible bond financing totaling 435 million US dollars in 2020. Previously, Weilai and Hefei signed a cooperation framework agreement of over10 billion yuan.

On March 18, Weilai Financial Report was officially released. In its fourth quarter and annual performance report of 20 19, the total revenue of Weilai 20 19 in the fourth quarter was 2.85 billion yuan, down 17. 1% year-on-year. The net loss was 2.86 billion yuan, a decrease of 65,438+08.2% compared with the same period of last year; The total revenue in 20 19 was 7.825 billion yuan, which was lower than the market expectation and increased by 58.05%. The annual net loss was112.96 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 17.2%.

Because of the model? 3 "Reduced distribution door", Tesla was interviewed by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

At the beginning of March, many netizens revealed that they bought domestic models? The control hardware on 3 is not "HW3.0" on the list, but "HW2.5". On March 5, Tesla officially responded that this was based on the adjustment of supply chain conditions. At the same time, its official information also shows that if the FSD (fully automatic driving) function is not optional, which models of HW2.5 and HW3.0 are used? There is basically no difference between the three models in driving experience and safety. This response caused great dissatisfaction among car owners and netizens.

March 10 the first division of the equipment industry of the Ministry of industry and information technology aims at Tesla models? 3 Vehicle model The problem of illegal assembly of HW2.5 parts in some vehicles was interviewed by Tesla (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., and it was ordered to immediately rectify in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Measures for the Administration of Road Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Enterprises and Product Access, earnestly fulfill the main responsibility of the enterprise, and ensure production consistency and product quality and safety.

Li will adopt BYD power battery products.

On March 12, the Equipment Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the 330th new car declaration announcement. Among them, Li applied for four new products. In addition to the three models using the power battery of Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd., one of them is equipped with the ternary lithium battery of Xi Anzhongdi Lithium Battery Co., Ltd. According to the industrial and commercial data, Xi Anzhongdi is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BYD.

Xpeng Motors is allowed to conduct autopilot tests in the United States.

On March 13, the chairman of Xpeng Automobile announced in a circle of friends that Xpeng Automobile had just obtained the import license for "scientific research" vehicles issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) (this license will allow non-American-made vehicles to test on the road in the United States), which means that Tucki P7 meets the requirements of the US Customs and Border Protection (U.S.? CBP) For all the requirements of imported cars, it is believed that Tucki P7 made in China will be seen soon, and a complete closed-loop road test of automatic driving can be carried out in the United States.

Lifan Motor's production and sales in February were all zero, and all orders of 500 million yuan came from motorcycles.

12 On the evening of March, Lifan Motor released the latest production and sales express, and the production and sales of passenger cars in February were all zero. From June 5438 to February, Lifan sold 55 traditional passenger cars and 0/5 new energy vehicles/KLOC, down by 99.47% and 96.74% respectively. Compared with the automobile business, Lifan's motorcycle business has improved. According to the production and sales report, the sales volume in lifan motorcycle reached 43,569 vehicles in February, up by 65,438+0,065,438+0.96% year-on-year. Lifan said in February that * * * received 500 million orders after returning to work on February 22, but all of them were motorcycles.

The net loss of Evergrande's new energy automobile business was 3.2 billion yuan.

On March 22nd, Evergrande Health announced that the estimated net loss in 20 19 was more than 3.4 times that in 20 18, which was about 4.9 billion yuan, of which the net loss in new energy vehicle business was as high as 3.2 billion yuan. Evergrande Health said that the loss was mainly due to the expansion of new energy vehicle business, which is still in the investment stage, and the related expenses such as purchasing fixed assets and equipment, research and development and interest expenses increased.

science-and-technology enterprise

I have a heart: the used car business has encountered difficulties; Youxinpai was acquired by 58 cities for150,000 USD.

March 1 news, influenced by COVID-19, Xinyou used cars said in a letter to some employees that it was necessary to stop work from March 1. However, in the meantime, the second-hand car will pay the minimum living allowance for employees in accordance with local policies, and bear the basic social security and housing provident fund for employees. According to media reports, since February 15 this year, some employees have been faced with salary reduction and short-term salary reduction, ranging from 20% to 40%. It is understood that the heart has also reduced the employee's provident fund. Regarding the salary adjustment of employees, Xin You said in the relevant response that this is to cope with the impact and prepare for difficulties.

On March 24th, 58 cities bought the online auction business of B2B used cars for 654.38+0.5 billion dollars. After the transaction is completed, Xinyou will continue to focus on its main business "national purchase"; Based on the traffic advantage of the second-hand car platform, the same city will integrate the auction loan business and build a circulation system for the second-hand car industry. In this regard, Yao Jinbo, CEO of 58 City, said, "Providing used car auction services to car dealers is also part of our core strategy. In the future, we will continue to improve our service capabilities in the B-end market, not only to help car dealers sell cars, but also to help them collect cars through online auctions, and truly promote the efficient circulation of the used car industry. "

Hellobike: The ride has been launched in 303 cities, and the cumulative number of certified owners exceeds130,000.

On March 4th, Hellobike released "Harbin Shunfeng City Return to Work Travel Data Report". According to the "Report", Harbin Shunfeng launched services in 303 cities across the country in the past year, and issued more than 40 million passengers. Accumulated certified car owners exceed130,000; The total mileage of all rides on the platform exceeds 6.7 billion kilometers. From March 4th, the Hello Ride Platform will be launched with Hangzhou Health Code, and the pre-audit mechanism of "green code for owners and green code for passengers" will be opened, and the epidemic prevention and control gateway will be moved forward through technical means to ensure the safety of returning to work and reduce the risk of epidemic prevention and control on the platform to a greater extent.

Tucson's unmanned driving will help UPS to open new North American transportation routes in the future.

On March 5th, Tucson will announce that its cooperation with UPS's driverless transportation service will be increased to 20 times a week, and a new transportation route will be opened to connect Phoenix, Arizona and El Paso, Texas. It is understood that among the 20 transportation services per week, 10 will be carried out on this new line, and 10 will still be carried out on the original line between Phoenix, Arizona and Tucson. At the same time, during transportation, Tucson's future driverless truck saves UPS about 10% of fuel consumption.

Google's autopilot company Waymo raised $2.25 billion.

On March 2, Waymo announced that it had received the first round of external investment of $2.25 billion. In addition to the parent company Alphabet, investors include Magna International, an auto parts supplier, AutoNation, an American auto dealer chain, and the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Council. And three other large investment companies: California private equity firm Silver Lake, well-known venture capital firm Anderson Holovitz and Middle East sovereign wealth fund investment company Mu Badala Investment Company. On March 3, Waymo released the fifth-generation autopilot system.

Huituo, a solution provider of unmanned transportation in mining area, has obtained A2 round financing of over 100 million yuan.

On March 5th, Huituo, a driverless traffic solution provider in the mining area, announced the completion of the 1 100 million A2 round of financing, which was led by Caive Fund Automobile Fund, followed by Shandong Haichuang striker's old and new kinetic energy conversion parent fund, old shareholders and capital, and Hanergy Venture Capital, with Hanergy as the exclusive financial consultant. It is reported that this financing is mainly used for productization, platformization and systematization of the overall solution of unmanned mines, promoting the landing of unmanned solutions for "underground coal mines" and promoting the mass production and delivery of unmanned equipment in mines.

Didi online errands business; Senior vice president leaves office

Didi launched the "Didi errands" business on March 9. The project is under the responsibility of Didi Daidai team and belongs to Didi Pratt & Whitney Travel Group. Didi took only one week from project establishment to running errands. At present, most people in the driving training team are fully engaged in this business.

It is reported that Didi's errand business is currently only launched in Chengdu and Hangzhou, and the second batch of cities will be opened on March 16. At present, there are many players in the domestic purchasing market. The first one is the purchasing of Meituan. In addition, there are hummingbird purchasing, JD.COM and other independent brands. COM, Dada and Suning's Seconda. It is understood that the daily errand business of Meituan is around several hundred thousand, and it can reach one million at the peak, which belongs to Meituan's home business group.

On March 24th, Didi Chuxing issued a letter to all employees, announcing a series of personnel adjustments and goals for the next three years. Didi said that Fu Junhua, senior vice president of the group and general manager of Pratt & Whitney Travel and Service Group, left Didi for personal reasons. At present, Liu Xidi, former deputy general manager, has taken over the management of ESE. It is reported that the employee letter also announced the goal of Didi in the next three years, that is, "0 188": to be a company that pays attention to safety and sustainable development, serving more than 1 100 million orders every day, with a total travel penetration rate of over 8% in China and a global service user MAU of over 800 million.

Uber and Volvo officially restarted the autopilot test in San Francisco.

On March 10, Uber officially resumed its driving test in San Francisco. Uber said that the company will limit the road test time to "a few weeks", Uber will complete the code base and infrastructure upgrade, and configure two Volvo XC90 prototypes. Each test vehicle will be equipped with two safety drivers in the front seat.

Contemporary Ampere Technology Co., Ltd. established a new energy technology company: the layout of intelligent microgrid integrated power storage system.

On March 1 1, in response to the news that "Contemporary Amp Technology Co., Ltd. and Baicheng New Energy set up a new energy technology company", Contemporary Amp Technology Co., Ltd. responded that "the joint venture company is the official layout of the intelligent microgrid integrated storage and charging system. The system is a system equipment developed by contemporary Ampere Technology Co., Ltd., which integrates three functions: energy storage service, charging service and electric vehicle detection service. It solves the problems of difficult location selection of traditional charging stations and high impact risk on the power grid, and can quickly form a high-power super fast charging network. "

China unmanned distribution startup "Neolithic" received nearly 200 million yuan in financing, which was invested by Li Ling.

On March 1 1, China unmanned distribution startup "Neolithic" announced that it had recently completed the A+ round of financing, with a financing scale of nearly 200 million yuan. This round of financing was led by Li Xiang's Li Ling. In addition, the new investor Yida Capital joined, and the old shareholders Yun Qi Capital and Yaotu Capital made additional investments.

According to the data, Neolithic is an unmanned car company that started with unmanned distribution. After the completion of this round of financing, Li Xiang's Li expanded his shareholding ratio and became the second largest shareholder of Neolithic after CEO Yu Enyuan. In addition, there will be new financing in the Neolithic Age in 2020.

Xiongshi Technology received financing of 200 million yuan from Chery Automobile.

/kloc-industrial and commercial data in March/0/9 show that on March/0/8, Wuhu Chery Xiongshi Automobile Technology Co., Ltd. obtained strategic financing of 200 million yuan from Chery Automobile. Chery Lion consists of five business segments: intelligent driving, intelligent intelligent cloud, intelligent winning, intelligent manufacturing and intelligent walking, covering autonomous driving, intelligent networking, big data, intelligent manufacturing and mobile travel services.

Baidu Apollo won the bid for Hefei 5G Vehicle-Road Collaborative Demonstration Line Project.

On March 24th, according to the announcement of Hefei Public Resource Trading Center, Baidu won the bid for the integrated project of procurement and construction of the 5G demonstration line project of Hefei Intelligent Networked Automobile Tangxihe Park, which will build the first large-scale 5G vehicle-road collaborative demonstration line in China. This is also the implementation of national policies such as "transportation power" and "smart car innovation and development strategy" in Hefei, and the promotion of new infrastructure benchmarking projects represented by 5G, artificial intelligence and Internet of Things.

MAXIEYE obtained strategic investment from Ruili Group, and defined the positioning of Tier 1.5 industrial chain.

On March 24th, MAXIEYE, a product supplier of visual perception intelligent driving system in China, announced the completion of a new round of industrial investment, which was strategically invested by Ruili Group, a commercial vehicle pneumatic braking system enterprise in China. According to the data, MAXIEYE was founded in 20 15, and the last round of financing took place in 20 19. The employer also has an industry background, which is Shanghai Yu Sheng Equity Investment Fund Management Co., Ltd.?

The company said that this round of funds will be used for MAXIEYE's product research and development, providing capital reserves for mass production delivery of pre-installed projects. Maxie? CEO Zhou revealed that the company is still financing local government debt to further supplement cash flow.

Taber was invested by Dongfeng or rushed to the science and technology innovation board.

On March 26, Taibo Car Network won the strategic investment of Dongfeng Group, and the two sides will carry out in-depth cooperation. According to informed sources, in the past few years, Taber has cooperated well with Dongfeng Motor Group Co., Ltd. The investment is based on the capital injection of strategic investors into Taber, and the investment amount and specific share ratio have not been disclosed.

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