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SAIC Group, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech and Alibaba Group jointly built Zhiji Auto

On December 17, Zhiji Auto, jointly built by SAIC Group, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech and Alibaba Group, was launched at the A media communication meeting was held in Shanghai. This is the first time a team called "Zhiji Automobile Youth Commune" has shared with the public since the project was officially announced in November.

At the communication meeting, several important information about the product time nodes are: 1. On January 13, 2021, the A and B models named internally by Zhiji Auto will make their global debut; 2. Next year In April, the three models A, B, and C will be unveiled at the Shanghai Auto Show, and the first model will accept limited reservations; 3. By the end of next year, the first model will be delivered in small batches.

BMW and ArcherMind Technology will invest 50 million to establish a joint venture to engage in automotive software development

According to official information, in order to further enhance the digitalization process, BMW China and ArcherMind will cooperate with ArcherMind on December 18. Mai Technology (Nanjing) Co., Ltd. has reached an agreement to establish a joint venture company specializing in automotive software development, taking a new step in cross-field cooperation with Chinese high-tech enterprises.

Both parties plan to jointly invest 50 million yuan. The joint venture relies on BMW's capabilities and expertise in vehicle integration and ArcherMind's expertise in agile software development.

“BMW’s digital strategy in China is committed to providing customers with a seamless and smooth in-car digital experience. We look forward to the new joint venture being an important part of this strategy,” said BMW Group Greater China said Mr. Goller, President and Chief Executive Officer. "We regard China as the frontier of global digital innovation. The new joint venture reflects our determination to continue to delve into the Chinese market and advance hand in hand with China's innovative forces."

After obtaining approval from relevant departments Later, the joint venture will help further strengthen BMW's digital capabilities in China and effectively support BMW in creating better digital products and services for Chinese customers.

Geely leverages Xingrui's listing to increase channel reform

As the first Chinese car company to enter the "Ten-Million Passenger Car Club", although Geely has won the independent sales champion for three consecutive years, But sales have always faced growth bottlenecks. How to find new market space and growth points has become the key to Geely's current development.

Geely is focusing on both business and passenger cars, and is targeting the joint venture market. On the one hand, Geely invested 74.9 billion to develop commercial vehicles; on the other hand, it proposed the concept of "Technology Geely 4.0", using the CMA architecture as the basis for the development of passenger cars in the next "tens of millions era", and plans to incubate "Galaxy" "The product matrix directly points to the joint venture brand market space.

SAIC Motor Travel Strategic Brand Upgrade Conference

On December 18, 2020, SAIC Motor Travel Strategic Brand Xiangdao Travel held a platform for "Smart Travel? Enjoy the Journey" At the strategic upgrade conference, it was announced that the layout of the "full-scenario smart travel complex" has been completed, covering online car-hailing business, corporate car business, personal car rental business and taxi business. Among them, part of the business of the time-sharing rental brand EVCARD has been incorporated into the Xiangdao travel service system, named Xiangdao Time Rental, and it still carries out personal car rental business. At the same time, Xiangdao Travel announced the official completion of a series A strategic financing of over RMB 300 million jointly invested by Alibaba and CATL.

Xiangdao Travel, which has been established for 2 years, has the flavor of "a sparrow that is small but has all the internal organs", gradually completing the process from 0 to 1. But when asked in an interview whether he would eventually fight Didi Chuxing, Wu Bing, CEO of Xiangdao Chuxing, responded euphemistically: "We have to do our own thing well. We don't want to be anyone's disruptor, nor do we want to be anyone's disruptor." Competitors. "However, it is obvious that Xiangdao Chuxing and Didi Chuxing are increasingly similar in terms of travel business. In addition, the reason why Xiangdao Chuxing does not regard Didi Chuxing as a competitor is due to ecological development. This is also the confidence behind Xiangdao Travel’s proposal to “redefine the competitive landscape of smart travel”.

Xi'an has launched a number of measures to promote consumption in the automobile market

A few days ago, the Xi'an Municipal People's Government issued the "General Office of the Xi'an Municipal People's Government on Issuing Several Measures to Respond to the Impact of the New Crown Pneumonia Epidemic and Promote Market Consumption" "Notice", which mentioned some measures to promote consumption in the automobile market.

Specific details include: encouraging the consumption of new energy vehicles, promoting the expansion of production by car companies, accelerating the elimination and renewal of high-emission old vehicles, promoting convenient transactions of second-hand vehicles, promoting the upgrading of automobile consumption, encouraging new models of automobile sales, and strengthening the automobile industry. Measures such as consumer finance support and accelerating the construction of automobile consumption infrastructure.

It is rumored that Baidu and WM Motor will join forces to build cars

Recent media reports indicate that Baidu may join forces with WM Motor to build cars. The two parties are currently discussing possible cooperation models. At present, both Baidu and Weimar have responded with "no comment." At Baidu's "2020 Apollo Ecological Conference", the third new smart pure electric SUV developed and built by WM Motor and Baidu Apollo platform also made its debut. It is the first to carry the world's first electric SUV jointly developed by WM Motor and Baidu *** Mass-produced "cloud-based intelligent unmanned parking system". In addition, Baidu has led multiple rounds of financing for WM Motor. Baidu is the largest institutional shareholder of WM Motor, so it is not surprising that the two parties will cooperate to build cars.

Didi joins hands with Intel to collaborate on autonomous driving

Recently, Intel and Didi Chuxing signed a strategic cooperation agreement. Didi will use Intel's products and solutions to optimize product performance and user experience. . In the field of autonomous driving, Didi will also join hands with Intel to jointly explore the future development direction of autonomous driving based on Intel's IoT autonomous driving solutions and new generation Xeon processors.

This article comes from the author of Autohome Chejiahao and does not represent the views and positions of Autohome.