Tesla pickup truck will trial-produce the first ID.3 next year, and deliver it to Toyota for $800 million for autonomous driving.

0 1? Tesla "alien pickup" Cybertruck? Trial production in Texas next May.

A few days ago, Tesla released the "Pre-qualification Report of the Colorado River Project Partner in Travis County", including the approximate timetable of the upcoming electric pickup trucks Cyberruck and Semi trucks. According to the news, Tesla's electric pickup truck Cyberruck will start trial production at the Texas factory in May next year.

According to the report, the first trial operation of Dezhou Super Factory is scheduled for February 30, 2020, and the first substantial completion is scheduled for May 30, 2002 1,1. This means that Cybertruck will start trial production in the Texas factory in May next year.

In 20 19, Tesla released the electric pickup truck Cybertruck, which is 5.88m long, 2.02m wide and1.9m high. It looks like an armored car and is called an alien pickup truck. In July this year, it was reported that Tesla would open a second electric vehicle production plant in the United States. The new factory in Texas will be responsible for manufacturing Tesla's pickup truck Cybertruck and long-distance commercial truck Semi.

02? Domestic models? 3 will be exported? Or because of insufficient domestic demand.

According to foreign media reports, Tesla plans to ship the cars produced by its Shanghai factory to other countries in Asia and Europe. Target markets include Singapore, Australia and New Zealand, as well as models made in Europe and China that will be delivered overseas. Mass production may start in the fourth quarter, and delivery may start at the end of this year or the beginning of 20021at the earliest.

This move is completely different from the plan put forward by Musk when the 20 19 Shanghai factory started. At that time, he said that the Shanghai factory would only produce lower-priced models for Greater China. 3 and model? Y, and it is predicted that the local demand will be large enough to open several factories in China.

At present, the annual production capacity of Tesla Shanghai plant is 200,000 vehicles, that is, nearly 1.7 million vehicles per month. In August, Tesla sold about 1. 1.8 million vehicles in China. According to the analysis of overseas investment institutions, Tesla's shift from China to export may indicate that the market demand in China is lower than the production capacity. Tesla's representative in China declined to comment.

03? Sino-American electric vehicle hedging ratio model? X and model? 3 separate?

Recently, the China Automobile Association released a report on the value preservation rate of new energy vehicles. The survey report shows that Tesla models? x？ 75D？ It is the model with the highest rate of preservation among new energy vehicles, with a second-hand residual value of 67.3%, which is much higher than other new energy vehicles. At the same time, the authoritative automobile magazine "Automobile? And then what? The driver published a research on iSeeCars to show Tesla models? 3 is the electric vehicle with the highest insurance rate in the United States.

ISeeCars research shows that the depreciation rate of electric vehicles is 52%, the average depreciation rate of fuel vehicles is 39%, and the average depreciation rate of pickup trucks is 34%.

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04? The world's first Volkswagen ID.3 was officially delivered to users.

On September 1 1, Volkswagen officially delivered the first limited edition ID.3 to users, and the sales director of Volkswagen delivered it to the first ID.3 user-Oliver Nicolai in the transparent factory in Dresden, Germany.

Volkswagen ID.3 is the first pure electric vehicle on the Volkswagen MEB platform, positioning a compact car. It is reported that there are as many as seven versions of new cars, corresponding to different groups of people, and the model names include family, style, Tech and Tour. In 20 19, in order to celebrate the launch of electric vehicles, Volkswagen announced the early opening of the Volkswagen ID.3 model named 1ST version, with a limited sale of 30,000 vehicles, which sold out quickly after the start of booking, which shows that the market responded very enthusiastically. In addition, Volkswagen launched a regular edition reservation in the European market on July 20, which is different from the limited edition in configuration.

In terms of power, Volkswagen ID.3 limited edition adopts rear-wheel drive, with the maximum motor power of 204 HP, peak torque of 3 10 Nm, and WLTP cruising range of 420 km. Users can enjoy free charging for one year, and there are three vehicle configurations and colors to choose from.

05? Has Toyota set up a fund of $800 million? Put into automatic driving

September 10, Toyota Research Institute-Advanced Development Department (Toyota? Research? College-advanced? Development, TRI-AD) said that Woven, a global investment fund of US$ 800 million, will be established. Capital, a company that invests in self-driving cars and smart cities, weaves? The capital will start to operate on 202 1 and 1, and the fundraising process is now being started.

This year, Toyota announced plans to build a city called Woven at the foot of Mount Fuji in Japan. City)? The "future city" is planned as an experimental base for self-driving cars, and the city will be powered by hydrogen fuel cells.

06? Huawei HiCar cooperates with more than 20 automobile manufacturers? The goal is to pre-install more than 5 million units next year.

10 In September, Huawei revealed at the developer conference that Huawei HiCar has cooperated with more than 20 automobile manufacturers, involving more than 50 models of/kloc-0. At the same time, Huawei said that Hicar plans to pre-install more than 5 million vehicles in 202 1 year.

Huawei? HiCar is an intelligent interconnection solution for people, cars and homes provided by Huawei. Huawei? Chical? Connect mobile devices with cars, make use of the powerful properties of cars and mobile devices and the ability of multi-device interconnection, establish a pipeline between mobile phones and cars, extend the applications and services of mobile phones to cars, realize the full scene experience with mobile phones as the core, and create a smart travel experience for consumers.

It is reported that up to now, there are Volvo, Geely, BYD, Great Wall Motor and Changan Automobile? 20? Hundreds of models of many mainstream car companies are equipped with Huawei? Chical? system

07? Will BYD provide Daimler with blade power?

Foreign media reported that BYD will provide blade batteries for Daimler. Recently, the audit team of customerNo was exposed on the Internet. 1 visited Chongqing Foday battery XAB factory from August 3 1 day to September 1 day to conduct on-site audit, praised the production situation and technological process of the workshop, and announced that the PHEV module beat audit was successfully passed on site. Many clues show that the customer 1 is Mercedes-Benz Daimler. However, neither BYD nor Daimler responded to this news.

According to public information, Foday Battery Chongqing Factory is the first "blade battery" factory in the world. At present, its production capacity is 2GWh, which can be increased to 13GWh by the end of the year, and it is expected to be increased to 20GWh by the end of 2002/kloc-0. Besides Foday Chongqing, BYD also has battery factories in Shenzhen, Xi 'an, Qinghai, Changsha and Guiyang. By the end of 2020, the production capacity of Foday batteries will reach 65GWh, and the total production capacity including blade batteries will reach 75GWh and 100GWh respectively in 2022.

The "blade battery" skips the "module" in grouping, which improves the volume utilization rate of the battery pack and solves the weakness of the endurance of the lithium iron phosphate battery, and the battery life can exceed 600 kilometers. In addition, BYD announced a "acupuncture experiment", showing that the safety of blade batteries is higher than that of ternary lithium batteries. At present, BYD Han, the first model equipped with "blade battery", has been put on sale.

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08? A new generation of Toyota Mirai? It is expected to be officially lit at the Beijing Auto Show in 2020.

As a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle owned by Toyota, the concept version of the second-generation Toyota Mirai was officially launched at the 20 19 Tokyo Motor Show, and the official production version of the vehicle will be officially released in early 2020.

The second generation Mirai adopted a brand-new TNGA-L platform, and the original predecessor became a rear drive, and its appearance also changed greatly. The size of the whole vehicle is 4973* 1884* 1468mm, and the wheelbase is 29 18mm, which has reached the level of an intermediate car. The body is more slender and integrated into the coupe style. Toyota's latest family style, "big mouth" shape, front grille and through taillights are all very individual.

In terms of power, the new car will be equipped with a hydrogen fuel cell power system. The specific power parameters are unknown, but the official said that its cruising range will exceed 600km. Meanwhile, the new Toyota Mirai will not be listed in China in the future, and will be mainly sold in Japan, Europe and North America in the future.

09? Weimar automobile completed the d round of financing? Or land on the science and technology innovation board early next year.

On September 10, some media reported that the D-round financing of Weimar Automobile had been completed, and the lead investor was from SAIC. It is expected that Weimar Automobile will complete the industrial and commercial changes in the next two weeks, and start to declare on the science and technology innovation board at the end of September, and land on the science and technology innovation board at the beginning of 2002/KLOC-0.

According to the report, the leading investor of Weimar Automobile's D-round financing is Shanghai Automobile Industry (Group) Corporation, and Gaspar Automobile, a shareholder of Shanghai Automobile Group Co., Ltd., learned from the Enterprise Adjustment Office that Weimar Automobile has completed seven financing since the establishment of 20 15. The main enterprises participating in the investment include industrial investors such as Shanghai Automotive Industry Group and Far East Hong Xin, Internet giants represented by Baidu and Tencent, and industrial funds represented by Changjiang Industrial Fund and Minmetals Capital.

In August this year, its monthly delivery volume was 2,057 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 143%. Since the delivery of 438+08 in September 1965, the cumulative sales volume of its first intelligent pure electric SUV Weimar EX5 has exceeded 30,000. In addition, Weimar today released the "IdeaL4" technology strategy, focusing on the research and development of intelligent cockpit, digital architecture, platform-based three-electric system and autonomous driving technology. According to the plan, Weimar will invest 20 billion RMB in the next 3-5 years to apply these forward-looking technologies to the production of vehicles.

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10? Gac R&D mani technology? It is expected to be mounted on the Ai 'an model.

According to public information, Guangzhou Juwan Technology Research Co., Ltd. was jointly established by Guangzhou Automobile Group, Guangzhou Juwan Investment Partnership (Limited Partnership), Guangzhou Automobile Capital Co., Ltd., Huang Xiangdong and Pei Feng. The purpose of this company is to accelerate the large-scale production and application of ultra-fast rechargeable batteries. According to public information, the registered capital of the new company is 58.82 million yuan, and its business scope includes sales of graphite and carbon products, sales of graphene materials, sales of new ceramic materials and sales of batteries.

At the end of July, Feng Xingya, general manager of Guangzhou Automobile Group, revealed on Guangzhou Automobile Science and Technology Day that in order to better promote the commercial application of graphene technology, Guangzhou Automobile Group plans to establish Guangzhou Automobile Graphene High-tech Industrialization Company with Guangzhou Automobile Investment and employees as shareholders.

It is reported that Guangzhou Automobile Group began to study the large-scale preparation of graphene from 20 14. Now it has independent intellectual property rights of 3DG graphene preparation technology and has developed a super fast-charging battery, which can fully charge 80% of the electricity in 8 minutes, and the charging time is equivalent to that of a traditional fuel vehicle. At the same time, it can realize charging 10 minute and battery life of 200-300 kilometers. According to the official introduction of GAC, graphene super fast-charging batteries will be mass-produced on Aion series models.

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