car weekly review | tesla fsd will be launched in china in the first quarter of next year, and another european car company postpones its full pure electric plan
2024-09-15
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01. tesla will launch fsd in china next year
recently, tesla officially announced on social media that it plans to launch fsd in china and europe in the first quarter of next year, but it still needs approval from regulators. this is one of the few clear responses from tesla regarding the introduction of fsd in china over the past year, which has attracted attention from the industry.
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fsd, the full name of which is full self-driving, is the highest level of autonomous driving system currently provided by tesla. although people are looking forward to the super strong autonomous driving capabilities of tesla fsd, after its landing in china, it will not only face challenges of relevant policies and regulations, and the complex actual road conditions in china, but also fierce competition from a number of domestic automakers in multiple factors such as technology, market, and marketing, in order to truly popularize and maximize its capabilities.
02. volkswagen closes its german factory for the first time
on september 2, local time, volkswagen group issued a statement saying that in order to further cut costs, the company is considering closing "at least one of the larger automobile manufacturing plants and a parts factory in germany" to save billions of euros in costs. this will be the first time volkswagen group has closed a german factory in its 87-year history.
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currently, volkswagen group is facing severe challenges in europe, the united states and china, especially in china, where its market share is gradually being swallowed up by local chinese new energy vehicle brands. byd has replaced volkswagen as china's largest automaker in terms of sales in 2022. the slowdown in demand for electric vehicles in europe and the united states has also dealt a heavy blow to volkswagen group, which is committed to promoting electrification transformation. it has to temporarily cut electric vehicle production and suspend the site selection for new battery factories.
03. toyota and bmw jointly develop fuel cell vehicles
on the evening of september 5, toyota motor corporation and bmw group announced that the two parties had signed a basic agreement to jointly develop the third-generation fuel cell system. at the same time, bmw officially announced that it would launch the first mass-produced fuel cell vehicle (fcev) in 2028. this is not the first time toyota and bmw have cooperated. the two parties first started cooperation in december 2011 and have cooperated in the research and development of environmental technologies such as fuel cells and performance models for more than 10 years. both companies hope to realize a hydrogen energy society. before this, toyota provided battery cells and other core components of the battery. this time, it is a deeper cooperation. toyota will provide fuel cell systems to help bmw launch mass-produced hydrogen fuel vehicles within a few years.
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infrastructure, scale and high costs are still obstacles to the development of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. bmw and toyota have carried out relevant technical cooperation, and the two car manufacturers can share some r&d costs, making the entire investment project more efficient. in the domestic market, the popularity of the hydrogen energy industry has continued to rise in recent days, and many local governments have given strong policy support, but at present, hydrogen energy vehicles, especially hydrogen energy vehicles for ordinary consumers, are still far from the critical point of mass production.
04. volvo abandons its goal of selling only electric cars by 2030
on september 4, a statement from swedish automaker volvo cars said that as the electric vehicle market continues to struggle, it has abandoned its goal of selling only electric vehicles by 2030. volvo cars said in a statement that its goal now is that by 2030, 90%-100% of its global sales will be made up of electrified vehicles (including fully electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles), and the remaining 0%-10% will allow for the sale of a small number of mild hybrid vehicles when necessary, which will use electricity as a supplement to traditional internal combustion engines.
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many multinational automakers in europe and the united states have adjusted the pace of their transformation to electrification. at the same time, european and american governments have also begun to relax the carbon neutrality timetable for automakers. however, this cannot be interpreted as european and american automakers stopping their electric vehicle business. they are just postponing the timetable for full electrification and elevating hybrid models, especially plug-in hybrid models, to the strategic level. for automakers such as volkswagen, bmw, and mercedes-benz, financial performance is a higher priority. they have invested heavily in electrification and intelligence, but the market acceptance is not high. slowing down and starting with hybrid models is a better choice.
xu fanghua, reporter of nanfang.com and yuexuexue
