袁春凤 (Tiffany)

According to foreign media reports, Mercedes-Benz has decided to build a battery factory in Poland in view of increasing investment in electric vehicles in the next decade. Mercedes-Benz said in its statement that its parent company, Daimler, has invested more than 1 billion euros ($1.12 billion) in global battery production networks, including factories in Europe, the United States, China and Thailand. The Polish plant will be located near its Jawor engine plant, 100 kilometers from the German border. Engine factories will start production this year, including four-cylinder engines for hybrid cars and traditional drive vehicles. Avon Engine Factory will be put into operation in 2019 and will supply Mercedes-Benz factories in Europe and around the world. Together with the battery factory being built, 300 jobs will be added in the future. Battery assembly will use cutting-edge technology, and EQ brand car battery production will begin after 2020. Mercedes-Benz revealed that Daimler will buy more than 20 billion euros of battery batteries by 2030 in preparation for mass production of hybrid and electric vehicles. Before 2022, Daimler's Mercedes-Benz and Smart brands will release at least 10 pure electric vehicles, starting with Mercedes-Benz EQC pure electric SUV, which will start production later this year.

China-based EV startup XPENG Motors officially launched its first mass-produced model, the XPENG G3, on December 12, 2018. Its second model, positioned as a mid-sized BEV sedan that is to compete with the Tesla Model S in terms of intelligent level, is expected to make its debut at Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition 2019, according to insiders from the startup. XPENG Motors aims to raise RMB 20 billion of investment in 2019. Up until now, it has completed the Series B round of financing with its value of fundraising totaling up to RMB10 billion. As to the financing performance of another two prominent EV startups, NIO has already gone public obtaining over RMB21.8 billion, while WM Motor has closed its Series D round with total funding value exceeding 15.5 billion.

Recently, foreign media reported that GM has confirmed that it plans to position Cadillac as the leading brand of the group's future electric vehicles. The newly developed general BEV3 platform is expected to be used by Cadillac in 2021. At present, the news about whether Cadillac's next electric car is SUV or car is unknown, but earlier, the company did release ELR plug-in hybrid model based on Volt and CT6 plug-in hybrid version. Meanwhile, in September last year, Cadillac CEO Steve Carlisle announced that they would suspend diesel engine development and focus more on electrification. It is understood that GM said in November 2018 that due to the restructuring of the company, they will increase investment in electric vehicles and autopilot in the next two years, and plans to launch a new electric vehicle structure and advanced battery system in 2021 to support its R & D in at least 20 new models in the United States and China.

On January 16, 2019, BMW Group, together with its large luxury car products and luxury leadership team, appeared in Shanghai. Among them, the new BMW 7 is the world's first appearance, and the first innovative BMW X 7 and brand-new BMW 8 double-door coupe in BMW history also appear in front of the Chinese media. According to reports, innovative BMW X7 will be officially listed in China in the second quarter of this year, while new BMW 7 series and brand new BMW 8 Series Coupe will be listed in the second half of this year. In 2019, BMW Group will open the "Year of BMW Luxury Cars" in China. Meanwhile, the Chinese market will also usher in the strongest product offensive of BMW Group.

According to foreign media reports, sales of light vehicles in the United States last year (2018) were not only higher than those in 2017, but also exceeded analysts' expectations, with a total of 17.3 million vehicles sold. However, analysts and industry observers again said that due to a variety of economic factors, the U.S. light vehicle market will show a downward trend in 2019, but the decline is relatively small. Many analysts expect U.S. light vehicle sales to range from 16.5 million to 17 million in 2019. J.D. Power expects between 16.9 million and 17 million vehicles, with retail sales of light vehicles between 13.6 million and 13.7 million. As in 2018, the relative strength of the U.S. economy masked concerns about new car prices and rising interest rates. But in addition to these, there will be other problems in 2019, such as the impact of tariff and tax reform. As a auto parts supplier, Chongqing Feilong Jiangli will keep up-to-date information on new information and new energy industries.

Among the top three Japanese car companies, only Toyota did not intentionally rush towards the end of the year. This will leave more foreshadows for the upstream in 2019. According to Daily Automobile, Toyota's retail sales in China in December 2018 were 123,300, up 14.7% from 107,500 in December 2017. Toyota's retail sales in China totaled 1,474,500 units in 2018, compared with 1,290,000 units in 2017, an increase of 14.3% last year, which is the sixth consecutive year that Toyota's sales in China have increased year-on-year. Compared with Nissan and Honda, the other two giants in Japanese auto companies, Toyota showed a double connotation last month: not only were it less than 176,191 Nissan cars in absolute terms of sales, but it was far from 191,907 Honda cars. In terms of year-on-year growth, Nissan fell 4.4%, Honda surged 33.8%, and Toyota's 14.7% was in the middle. As a auto parts supplier, Chongqing Feilong Jiangli will keep up-to-date information on new information and new energy industries.

At the Consumer Electronic Show 2019 (CES) in Las Vegas, BMW and Chinese tech giant Alibaba announced that the Tmall Genie (a smart speaker of Alibaba Group) intelligent voice assistant will be integrated into such BMW's models as the 3 Series and 5 Series. Production models carrying the Alibaba's technology is set to hit the market in October 2019. The latest cooperation allows BMW car owners who have the Tmall Genie-compatible facility at home to operate vehicle functions conveniently. For instance, using the Alibaba-developed voice assistant, users can turn on the in-car air conditioner and call up appointment stored in the BMW Connected mobility agenda and the navigation planning to their destinations just sitting at home. Besides, the voice-driven device can calculate and present mileage, battery life and fuel consumption for users. In addition, Tmall Genie's “AI plus Vehicle” solution will be integrated into the AliOS-based Banma in-car operating system and access to AutoNavi's A+Box intelligent mobility solution—both of them are backed by Alibaba Group—working in more flexible cooperative modes. Meanwhile, smart home developers and manufacturers will be benefitted from this voice AI technology by agreeing the open communication protocol issued by Alibaba AI Labs. As a auto parts supplier, Chongqing Feilong Jiangli will keep up-to-date information on new information and new energy industries

According to foreign media reports, the German car companies represented by BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen have been working hard to develop electric vehicles and self driving cars, but the pressure is still relatively large. In North America, China and Europe, the world's largest automobile market, all automobile manufacturers have joined a new wave of competition. However, the German automobile industry has obvious disadvantages. Automobile electronics is the trend of the times, and digitalization is also the future direction of automobile development, including automatic driving. This means that in addition to the traditional automobile manufacturers, technology companies will continue to enter the competition in the future automobile market. From another point of view, for German auto companies, the opening of the era of electric vehicles is also more difficult. First, from the profit point of view, the profit of electric vehicles in the early stage of development is obviously less than that of traditional energy vehicles. For example, Toyota and Volkswagen, the traditional car giants, have annual operating profits ranging from 15 billion to 20 billion euros, while high-tech companies such as Apple make about three times their annual profits. Pressure bears the power, because Feilong Jiangli's parent company, Xipu, is supporting German brands such as Volkswagen and Daimler, we are full of expectations and confidence for the development of German brand automobile enterprises.

Recently, BYD officially released the news that "Yuan EV535 is coming". According to the information on the poster, the maximum range of Yuan EV535 is 535 kilometers. According to the previous declaration information from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, BYD EV535's comprehensive operating conditions lasted 410 kilometers. In terms of appearance, there is no big difference between the cash of the new car. It is known that the interior of the new car will adopt the latest interior design of the BYD family and change into a large rotating screen. In terms of size, the length, width and height are 4360/1785/1680 mm and the wheelbase is 2535 mm, respectively. The new car is equipped with a permanent magnet synchronous motor with a maximum power of 120 kW and a maximum torque of 280 Nm. Power batteries are lithium-ion batteries, which can be upgraded to 410 km under comprehensive operating conditions. Feilong Jiangli is a supply of BYD car makers for traditional car models, and we strive to seek an opportunity to develop new energy parts.

According to foreign media reports, Tesla announced in a regulatory document released on January 2, local time that the price of all car models in the United States had been reduced by $2,000. Tesla said the price cut would help compensate for the phasing out of electric vehicle subsidies by the federal government. Starting from January 1, Tesla Electric Vehicle Subsidies will be halved to $3,750 from the previous $7,500. After the price reduction, Tesla Model 3 started at $44,000 in the United States, Model S started at $76,000, and Model X started at $82,000, excluding tax subsidies provided by federal and state governments. In the United States, consumers of electric vehicles can receive subsidies of $2,500 to $7,500 from the government depending on the type of car they buy and the power of their batteries. In the two quarters after the total sales of 200,000 electric vehicles, subsidies will begin to decrease, while Tesla's cumulative sales of electric vehicles will exceed 200,000 in 2018. It is reported that Tesla consumers who pick up cars from January 1 to June 30 this year will receive a subsidy of $3,750, while those who pick up cars from July 1 to December 31 will only receive a subsidy of $1,875. After 2020, consumers who buy Tesla vehicles will not receive federal subsidies. As a auto parts supplier, Chongqing Feilong Jiangli will keep up-to-date information on new information and new energy industries.

Seeking Opportunities in Cooperation Suzuki and Toyota Deepen Business Alliance in India According to LiveMint, Suzuki Motor Corp., parent company of Toyota Motor Co. and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd., is deepening business cooperation in all areas except equity alliances and competing in the changing car market. Since Suzuki and Toyota first announced their cooperation in the fields of green energy, security, information technology and mutual supply of products and components, the negotiations between the two sides have lasted for two years. Suzuki's Indian subsidiary, Maluti Suzuki, is the largest local automaker, while Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt. Ltd. ranks sixth in India. Further cooperation between Toyota and Suzuki may help Maluti consolidate its position as a leading automaker in India. Toyota has noticed that Suzuki's production process is simpler and more efficient than the company's inherent "Toyota Way", especially in a cost-sensitive market like India, where the "Toyota Way" is more organized, but more complex and time-consuming because it is based on the "Kaizen concept".

According to foreign media reports, in the past three months, the inventory of Jeep Wrangler, unsold or already on the way by U.S. dealers, has exceeded 100 days'demand. Among them, there were 156 days in early November and 135 days in early December. The total U.S. inventory of the vehicle has risen from 69,579 in October to 85,979 in early December. With the introduction of both new and old products by Fiat Chrysler (FCA), Jeep Herdsman's stock in the first two months of this year has also exceeded 100 days, while dealers now have almost twice or even triple the stock of the previous JK version of the Herdsman. But distributors say another reason for the larger impact of inventory on sales may be price, which seems to be "more troublesome". A dealer in the Midwest of the United States said, "Our stock of horsemen has reached its highest level in history. Over the past three years, the price of horse herders has risen by $12,000, and now it has reached $55,000. Vehicles are price-sensitive products, and I think the price is a little too high, a little radical.

3. Improving self-driving requires reconsidering user experience OEM and Tier Ones have to rethink how humans understand and interact with autopilot technology, thus requiring the redevelopment of the entire dashboard. To ensure that drivers are 100% aware of what is happening, the limitations of the system and what they need to do if they need to drive, it is not enough to add a simple icon. Jason Johnson, Director of User Experience Design of Haman, points out that there are several problems to be solved in redesigning the vehicle dashboard. Does it involve tactile feedback? Is there an audio signal? Are warnings displayed on the head-up display? This year, the user experience of self-driving and semi-self-driving will begin to take shape. 4. The present and future automobiles need a sixth sense, or even a seventh sense. Tim Van Goethem, Vice President of HARMAN X Advanced Mobile Travel Solutions, predicts that the handover between vehicles (especially Level 2 and 3 self-driving) and humans requires a set of sensor technologies to create a comprehensive environmental view. In the future, there will be a trend to use multiple sensors at the same time, but designers will face challenges and need to integrate multiple sensors in a beautiful, safe and efficient way. New features such as augmented reality and synchronization across cloud platforms will increasingly be used to create a coherent and safe driving experience.

According to the NDRC, Dongfeng Nissan will build a new energy vehicle power battery project to form an annual capacity of 600,000 e-POWER batteries. E-POWER is a new energy technology unique to Nissan, which uses on-board gasoline engine to generate electricity, but uses pure electric drive. Nissan calls the e-POWER powered vehicle "pure electric vehicle", but this type of vehicle can only refuel, can not be charged outside. After entering China, the technology is expected to be applied in Dongfeng Nissan's entry-level vehicles in advance. Nissan e-POWER power system features that wheels are powered directly by motors. In traditional hybrid power systems, when the battery power is low (or in the process of high-speed driving), low-power motors need to work with the engine to provide power for the wheels. In Nissan e-POWER power system, the engine is no longer connected to the wheel, it only plays the role of battery charging. At the same time, unlike pure electric vehicles, the energy source in the e-POWER power system is the engine, not the battery. Chongqing Feilong Jiangli strive to develop electronic water pumps,TMM variable oil pump. And we have supply 60W,120W electronic water pumps for car plant. maybe we’ll have an opportunity to cooperate with each other.

Great Wall will put into operation SUV and electric vehicle with 100,000 additional capacity in Zhejiang The online car market has learned from the Development and Reform Commission that Great Wall Automobile will invest 2 billion yuan to build 100,000 new vehicles per year in Pinghu, Zhejiang Province, and plan to produce 50,000 new energy passenger cars, 30,000 SUV models and 20,000 pickups per year. This factory is the seventh complete vehicle factory in China after Baoding, Tianjin, Xushui, Chongqing, Rizhao and Zhangjiagang. Judging from the current production capacity distribution, Pinghu factory will mainly put into production Eurasia, Harvard F series and other models. Great Wall Automobile has a series of products such as Harvard H-series, F-series, WEY, Euler, Fengjun pickup truck, beam and so on, with an existing capacity of 105,000 vehicles. F series, WEY and Euler have just entered the market. With the improvement of product camp and the improvement of market demand, their capacity demand will be further expanded. Euler, as the "front position" of the Great Wall's new energy sector, is currently in the climbing stage. The first model iQ delivered 1,043 new cars last month, an increase of 46.9% over the previous month. The second model R1 has also been pre-sold, and the first limited number of 777 vehicles have been sold out. Sales of Harvard F series have broken 10,000 yuan a month. Sales of Harvard F5, the first model, have continued to climb, reaching 7,065 in November, a 12.77% annualized increase. Another flagship product, Harvard F7, has broken 10,000 terminal orders and sold 6,067 vehicles.