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Chinese brand passenger car sales in July reached 1.323 million units

According to statistics and analysis by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, in July 2024, a total of 1.323 million Chinese-branded passenger cars were sold, a decrease of 7.6% month-on-month and an increase of 10.1% year-on-year, accounting for 66.4% of the total passenger car sales, and the sales share increased by 9.2 percentage points over the same period last year.

BAIC Blue Valley responds to whether it will invest in Huawei

On August 23, in response to questions about whether BAIC Blue Valley will acquire a stake in Huawei, Zhao Ji, secretary of the board of directors of BAIC Blue Valley, said that there is no information to disclose at present. The company is firmly betting on cooperation with Huawei from a strategic level. At present, the interests of both parties are deeply bound together, and the cooperation will be further deepened in the future.

He stressed that the company will continue to ALL IN Huawei, "We are now one of Huawei's 'Four Realms', and (our products) occupy the mid-to-high-end market. At present, the reserved production capacity of BAIC New Energy Xiangjie Super Factory is 300,000 vehicles. Don't worry about the company's cooperation with Huawei."

It is reported that Han Junyu, the former head of Baidu Visual, has joined the Changan Intelligent Driving team

On August 23, the financial media Wandian reported that Han Junyu, the former senior manager of Baidu's visual technology department, recently joined the Changan Intelligent Driving team and reported to Changan's Chief Intelligent Driving Technology Officer Tao Ji. Han Junyu joined Baidu in 2012 and was an early employee of Baidu's IDL Deep Learning Laboratory, engaged in visual AI research and development. Tao Ji and Han Junyu worked together at Baidu.

Ideal Auto and Shoucheng Holdings signed a cooperation agreement to jointly build charging facilities

Ideal Auto and Shoucheng Holdings signed a cooperation agreement in Beijing Shougang Park and announced that they will jointly invest in the establishment of Beijing Shoucheng Supercharging Energy Technology Co., Ltd. The two parties will carry out in-depth cooperation, based on Shoucheng Holdings' site resources and power acquisition capabilities, combined with Ideal Auto's site selection capabilities and investment and construction standards, to promote the construction and operation of charging infrastructure in cities in batches.

BYD steps up efforts to combat "online black PR"

On August 23, the "BYD Online Reporting Center" issued a statement saying that in the past month, many users have provided the company with some preliminary clues, including organized water army chat records, press release materials, batch likes of negative comments to raise rankings, etc. For these clue providers, the company will provide an additional preliminary reward ranging from 1,000 to 50,000. At the same time, the company will follow up with the clue providers and reward them according to the value of the subsequent clues. If they can provide evidence that meets the requirements of the previous reward, they will be rewarded with 200,000 or more, with a maximum reward of 5 million yuan.

GAC Haobo Quark Electric Drive 2.0 rolls off the assembly line

On August 23, Aion's brand Haobo "Quark Electric Drive" 2.0 officially rolled off the production line today. It uses amorphous alloy stator + carbon fiber high-speed rotor materials, with a speed of up to 30,000rpm, motor power density increased to 13kW/kg, and motor efficiency of 98.5%. According to the official introduction, under ideal conditions, the new electric drive module can increase the range of pure electric and extended-range models without increasing the battery and fuel tank volume, and the range of four-wheel drive multi-motor models will also be improved. The new module will be installed on Haobo's products.

Another Tesla executive leaves

Tesla's Vice President of Finance and Operations, Sreela Venkataratnam, recently posted on a workplace social media platform that she has left Tesla after 11 years at the company. Venkataratnam recalled that she joined Tesla as Director of Financial Operations in 2013. At that time, the company could only deliver less than 3,000 cars a year and its market value was only $4 billion.

Daihatsu Industries of Japan will suspend production of several models

On August 23, due to the problem of data falsification in the product certification process, Japan's Daihatsu Industries' vehicle research and development business was temporarily suspended, which will further lead to the suspension of production of many models of Daihatsu Industries.

According to the revision of vehicle safety standards implemented by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan, all vehicles sold from November this year must be equipped with rearview cameras. Due to the suspension of R&D business, some models of Daihatsu Industries will not be able to meet the relevant requirements on time. Affected by this, Daihatsu Industries will suspend production of many models from late October, and the suspension time of some models may last for several months.

Volkswagen executive says battery production target is not 'set in stone'

The head of Volkswagen Group's battery department said on August 23 that the company's battery production capacity target is not "set in stone" and that Volkswagen Group will closely monitor the development of electric vehicle demand. "Our goals are realistic, but not set in stone. Building a battery factory is not an end in itself. The expansion of the factory will depend on the development of the electric vehicle market," the head said.