Recently, Changan Mazda Automobile Co., Ltd. filed a recall plan with the State Administration of Market Supervision according to the requirements of the Regulations on the Management of Defective Automobile Product Recall and the Implementation Measures for the Regulations on the Management of Defective Automobile Product Recall. The following vehicles will be recalled from June 30, 2020, totaling 2,965,438+034 vehicles, as follows:
/kloc-some Mazda 3 produced from September 20, 2008 to August 30, 2009/kloc-0? AXELA Angkeira, * * * 26444 vehicles. ?
Part of CX-8 vehicles will be produced from 20 18 to 2020 10/4 to May 15, with 2690 vehicles. ?
Due to the insufficient density of the inner impeller (made of resin) of the low-pressure fuel pump core, the impeller in the vehicles within the scope of this recall expanded and deformed due to the influence of fuel during use, and interfered with the fuel pump housing and pump cover, resulting in poor operation of the low-pressure fuel pump core. In some cases, the vehicle may not start or the engine may be turned off while driving, which may cause safety hazards. ?
Changan Mazda Automobile Co., Ltd. will replace the improved low-pressure fuel pump core for vehicles within the scope of recall free of charge through authorized dealers to eliminate potential safety hazards. ?
Changan Mazda Automobile Co., Ltd. will notify relevant users of the recall by registered mail, SMS and telephone. Changan Mazda brand car users can call the service hotlines: 400-800-2777 (landline phone) and 800-807-2777 (mobile phone) for information about this recall. In addition, you can also visit the websites in dpac.samr.gov.cn and www.recall.org.cn and follow the official WeChat account to learn more information and reflect the defect clues. ? (From: AQSIQ website)
2. GM may enter the electric flying taxi market.
According to foreign media reports, on September 14, GM CEO Mary? Barra said for the first time that it is exploring various possibilities of the flying taxi market, including building a "flying car". It is reported that this is part of the company's expansion plan in the relevant transportation market.
Flying taxi (source: Joby? Aviation)
On the same day, Barra first mentioned the company's interest in the flying taxi market in a meeting with Royal Bank of Canada (RBC). She said: "We are very confident about the future of electric vehicles. The capabilities and flexibility of the Ultium battery system have opened the door to many other fields, including air travel. "
Flying taxi refers to a VTOL that can take off and land vertically by replacing jet engine with motor generator. This kind of aircraft has a rotor, and in some cases, the rotor replaces the propeller without using a long runway. Electric flying taxis may fly low-altitude routes to ease traffic congestion on the road. But if this kind of taxi is popular, it may also aggravate air traffic congestion.
Chief spokesman Stuart? Fowler declined to elaborate, saying only, "This is an area that we are really excited about and trying to explore."
According to insiders, GM is deciding whether to join Hyundai Motor, Toyota Motor, Daimler, audi ag and Geely Automobile to enter this developing market, and the company is also weighing all possibilities-production, supply or looking for partners.
The source said that GM's research on the air travel market is one of the plans of its innovation team to explore other transportation markets with a view to expanding. This team is led by Allen? Under the leadership of Wexler, he was appointed as Senior Vice President in charge of business innovation and growth in July this year. The team's plan also includes the establishment of a commercial protection department, and an agreement with the US military of $2,654,380,400 to build a personnel transport vehicle based on Chevrolet pickup Colorado and develop a new mobile application for OnStar members.
PitchBook, an investor website, said that enterprises and private investors have injected at least $2.3 billion into more than 100 flying car startups, including drones and electric flying taxi companies, but this technology still faces major obstacles in commercialization and profitability. Last year, Tesla CEO Elon Musk (Elon? Musk) said that electric supersonic vertical take-off and landing is a "difficult problem". Last month, he said it would take three to four years to develop a powerful battery that can power electric airplanes.
In June 5438+10, Hyundai cooperated with Uber to develop electric flying taxis, and promised to invest 654.38 USD +0.5 billion USD for urban air travel before 2025; In February of this year, Toyota led a $590 million investment in Joby, a flying taxi startup; At the same time, Daimler and Geely invested in the German air taxi company Volocopter；; Volkswagen's Porsche brand is working with Boeing to develop an electric flying concept car.
On September 15, 2020, the World Economic Forum and Los Angeles jointly issued a rules agreement to support the launch of the urban air travel system. A spokesman for the forum said that it is negotiating with other cities to adopt the same road map. (Source: Geshi Automobile? Gu Jiaojiao)
3. The court ordered the media owner to compensate Weilai for the infringement loss of 300,000 yuan? And publicly apologize for 90 days.
Recently, Tencent Auto learned that the People's Court of Jiading District of Shanghai sued the plaintiff Weilai Auto and the defendant Liu Yue in 2020. 7? Month? 24? The trial was held in public on the 20th, and the trial has now ended.
20 19, 1 1, the article "Weilai Automobile is Negotiating Bankruptcy and Liquidation with Several Law Firms" published by Liu Yue, the owner of the media "Shijie", had a great negative impact on Weilai Automobile.
In June 5438 +2020 10, Liu Yue issued the Letter of Apology to Weilai Automobile. He said that because this article became the explosive news of the day, it was widely reported by major media and reprinted by the public, which caused great negative impact and harm to Weilai Automobile. I feel deeply guilty and regretful about this.
Shanghai Jiading District People's Court? Things? Sentence? According to the judgment, according to the second paragraph of Article 110 of the General Principles of the Civil Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) and the national laws, Articles 2, 15, paragraphs 1, 6, 7, 8 and 2 of the Tort Liability Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), Articles 11 and 11 of the Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Laws in the Trial of Civil Disputes over the Use of Information Networks against Personal Rights and Interests.
1. Defendant Liu Yue should immediately stop making comments on Sina Weibo that infringe the reputation right of plaintiff Shanghai Weilai Automobile Co., Ltd.;
Two. Liu Yue, the defendant, shall delete the information on his Sina Weibo account "Vision" within 10 days from the effective date of this judgment? 185? Speech articles (see the attached table, that is, before the attached table 185);
3. Defendant Liu Yue shall send an apology letter to the "Shijie" account of Sina Weibo within 10 days from the effective date of this judgment, and the top of the letter shall not be less than? 90? Apologize to Shanghai Weilai Automobile Co., Ltd., and the content must be audited by our hospital;
Four. Defendant Liu Yue shall compensate plaintiff Shanghai Weilai Automobile Co., Ltd. for the infringement loss of 300,000 yuan within ten days from the effective date of this judgment? Yuan;
Verb (abbreviation of verb) The defendant Liu Yue shall compensate the plaintiff Shanghai Weilai Automobile Co., Ltd. for the lawyer's fees within 10 days from the effective date of this judgment? 80,000 yuan;
The defendant Liu Yue, an intransitive verb, shall compensate the plaintiff Shanghai Weilai Automobile Co., Ltd. for the notary fee within ten days from the effective date of this judgment? 22, 1 1 1 yuan;
Seven. Reject the remaining claims of Shanghai Weilai Automobile Co., Ltd., the plaintiff ... If the plaintiff fails to fulfill the obligation to pay money within the period specified in this judgment, the interest on the debt during the delayed performance shall be doubled in accordance with the provisions of Article 253 of the Civil Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).
Case acceptance fee? 25,798? Yuan, borne by the plaintiff Shanghai Weilai Automobile Co., Ltd.? 23,488? Yuan, borne by the defendant? 2,3 10? Yuan. The money paid by the defendant Liu Yue shall be delivered to our hospital within seven days from the effective date of this judgment.
If you refuse to accept this judgment, you can submit an appeal to our court within 15 days from the date of service of the judgment, and submit copies according to the number of the other parties, and appeal to the Shanghai No.2 Intermediate People's Court. (Source: Tencent Auto)
The U.S. Department of Justice intervened in the investigation of Nicholas's fraud allegations.
According to foreign media reports, informed sources revealed that the US Department of Justice has begun to investigate the complaint against Nicholas in the brief HindenburgResearch report.
Nicholas? I (Source: Nicholas)
The source said that recently, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of new york (US? Lawyer's? Officefor？ That? South? District? Yes? New? York) is very interested in Hindenburg's report and has held a meeting to discuss Nikola and the accusations against the company in the report. Both the Manhattan Attorney's Office of the U.S. Department of Justice and Nicholas declined to comment.
The report accuses Nicholas of patent technology fraud, calling his business activities "complicated fraud"; At the same time, he blasted TrevorMilton, the founder of the company, and provided details of business transactions that ended in litigation in one of his early enterprises.
Nicholas called it a replica? The report is "false and misleading", and a detailed statement was issued on September 14, rejecting the accusation and refuting the accusation against Milton, but acknowledging several allegations in the report. The company said that in the early models, Nikola relied on the technology of suppliers and used a downhill car in a marketing video to promote it.
The intervention of investigators from the Ministry of Justice caused Nikolai's share price to drop by 40% since September 10. On September 10, the company and General Motors just signed a $2 billion cooperation agreement for two days, and the share price soared to a record high. Since the merger and listing with a special purpose acquisition company this summer (which made the company avoid the traditional public offering), Nikola's share price has been rising steadily.
Two people said that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is also investigating the allegations against Nicholas in the Hindenburg report and Nicholas's counterclaim that Hindenburg manipulated its market. Nikolai has indicated that she contacted the SEC on her own initiative and reported her "concerns" about this short report, and "intends to fully cooperate with the SEC in its investigation of these issues". The SEC declined to comment.
Securities case law firm Riley? Safer? Holmes? & amp？ Cansila's partner Jacob? Kahn said that the participation of prosecutors and regulators in the investigation "does not mean that this is a serious case. This is like saying that there is smoke, but the reason is not necessarily fire. But this has already constituted enough reasons for investigation. " (Source: Geshi Automobile? Gu Jiaojiao)
5. Open the outflow of internal documents? Compare ID.4 and Tesla models in detail? Y
According to foreign media reports, Volkswagen said that its ID.4 electric SUV will not compete with Tesla. However, it is obvious that Volkswagen actually makes Tesla models? Y is regarded as a competitor. An internal document released recently by the company shows that Volkswagen made a detailed comparison between the above two electric SUVs.
ID.4 and model number? Y comparison chart (source: Electrek)
Previously, Volkswagen said that its main competitors in the upcoming ID.4 electric SUV are Toyota RAV4 and Honda CRV. ID.4 will mainly compete with these two models for market share, while Tesla models? Y is not its imaginary enemy. At the same time, the company also said that they have great respect for Tesla and its latest electric SUVModel? Y. Not long ago, Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diss (Herbert? Diess) said he tested the model? Y and use it as a "reference" model.
Public documents show that ID.4 is shorter than ModelY 17 cm, but the internal space is 6 cm larger than Modely. Volkswagen also stressed that ID.4 is better than Model? Some other differences of y:
1.？ High Quality Interior, Volkswagen OS and Digitalization
2.？ More mature dealers and services
3.？ 1100,000 euros price advantage
4.？ Models? Y acceleration is stronger and charging speed is faster.
5.？ Models? Y is more software-centric.
Later this month, Volkswagen will officially release ID.4, so we will get more information about this car in the next few weeks. Volkswagen will begin to deliver ID.4 in Europe and North America before the end of this year. (Source: Geshi Automobile? Nebula)
6. Mercedes plans to adopt solid-state battery technology in city buses.
According to foreign media reports, Mercedes-Benz said: "Overall, vehicles using solid-state batteries will not appear until around 2025. But Mercedes is faster: the new eCitaro? G is the world's first mass-produced city bus equipped with solid-state batteries. "
Mercedes? eCitaro？ G (source: Mercedes-Benz)
It is generally not expected that solid-state battery technology can reach mass production level in a short time. Toyota has previously said that it will not start producing solid-state battery cars until 2025, and the output is limited. Fisk also delayed the plan to use this technology. The development of solid-state battery technology is not smooth sailing.
Compared with other manufacturers' solid-state battery technology, Mercedes-Benz's technology seems to be somewhat "compromised". Previously, when talking about solid-state batteries, manufacturers have been emphasizing its ultra-fast charging speed (from zero to full in about 15 minutes) and higher energy density. As for Mercedes-Benz's solid-state battery, it is reflected in higher energy density (25% higher than the company's latest generation of lithium-ion battery technology), but the company said that its solid-state battery has limited fast charging ability.
If you want to buy a bus that can charge quickly, you can consider the lithium battery model of Mercedes-Benz. However, in terms of cruising range, lithium batteries are not as good as solid-state batteries. The company said that the capacity of its solid-state battery pack is 44 1? KWh, its lithium battery capacity is 396kWh. The company has not announced the cruising range of new solid-state battery models, but it is estimated that the cruising range of solid-state battery models should be 10% higher than that of lithium-ion batteries.
Another advantage of solid-state batteries is their longer service life. Mercedes-Benz provides a longer warranty period for solid-state batteries: 10 years or 280 yuan per battery pack? Megawatt-hour transmission capacity.
Mercedes claims that the company "is in a leading position in technology not only in the field of buses, but also in the field of global automobile manufacturing". However, Mercedes has not disclosed its plan to use solid-state batteries in mass production cars. Anyway, solid-state battery technology has been used in the field of public buses, which is still gratifying news, although the battery capacity is temporarily limited. (Source: Geshi Automobile? Nebula)
7. Tesla built a new super charging station? Or it will become its largest charging station.
According to foreign media reports, Tesla is building a new large-scale super charging station, which may become the largest super charging station in the world.
Tesla is building a super charging station. (Source: Electrek)
With the rapid increase of Tesla cars on the road, the company is striving to develop its infrastructure, such as service centers, mobile service fleets and charging infrastructure. Tesla's charging infrastructure is mainly composed of a super charging network, which is also regarded as one of Tesla's most important assets. Last year, the expansion of the super charging network slowed down because Tesla was busy increasing the production of version V3 super charging piles.
Today, Tesla seems to have re-accelerated the deployment of the super charging network, and the company is currently building a super-large super charging station. A Tesla owner found a charging station in Firebaugh, California. He took a photo and posted it on Twitter. In addition, the documents submitted by Tesla to the planning department of Fresno County show that this charging station will have 56 super charging piles.
Tesla had previously built several large-scale super charging stations in China, each with 50 charging piles. But this new station with 56 charging piles is likely to become Tesla's largest super charging station in the world. The document also shows that Tesla plans to build convenience stores and restaurants at the new station.
At present, Tesla has 1, 97 1 super charging stations in the world, and the total number of super charging piles is 17467, with an average of 8.8 charging piles per charging station. This charging station with 56 super charging piles has 6 times the number of charging piles. (Source: Geshi Automobile? Nebula)
In August, 20021,two major international auto shows in Canada were held online.
According to foreign media reports, 202 1 CIAS and MIAS will be held online.
(Source: Canada International Auto Show)
Because the epidemic of coronavirus pneumonia-19 is still going on, and "continuous safety measures have been taken to stop the spread of the virus", CIAS organizers moved this exhibition from Toronto Convention Center to the Internet. Jason, general manager of CIAS? Campbell said in a statement: "In the foreseeable future, Ontario will continue to restrict public meetings. In the past, our exhibitions attracted an average of 330,000 visitors every year, so large-scale exhibitions will undoubtedly be banned. "
The exhibition organizer Trillium Automobile Dealers Association hopes to resume the offline exhibition in February 2022. The company said in a statement that until then, it will "focus on providing immersive world-class automobile exhibitions on virtual platforms". More details about this exhibition will be announced in the next few weeks.
At the same time, the smaller Montreal International Auto Show will also be held online. On September 14, the organizer of the Montreal Exhibition said that the offline exhibition, 202 1 1, originally scheduled to be held at the Parliament Palace in Montreal from May 5 to 24, had been cancelled. The online virtual exhibition will be held from1October 20 to 24, 202 1 1, and the audience can watch it for free.
Francois, president of MIAS? Boisvert said in a statement: "It is an easier decision to skip the exhibition for one year, but we hope to keep this tradition in June 5438+ 10 next year, even though the audience will not be able to attend the exhibition in person. Our goal is, first of all, to be loyal to our mission and continue to provide Quebec people with a one-stop platform to see all the products in the automobile market and help them make travel choices. "
The virtual platform will display exhibitors in the form of 3D floor plan, and the audience can search according to the conditions of exhibitors, new models and special promotions, and chat with factory representatives in real time. (Source: Geshi Automobile? Nebula)
The British government announced a new plan? Promote the popularization of electric vehicles.
According to foreign media reports, the British government announced a new plan to provide more than 20 million pounds of funds to improve the utilization rate of electric vehicles. About 6.5438+0.2 million pounds will be used for battery technology research projects. In addition, the government plans to introduce other incentives, such as setting up special parking spaces for electric vehicles and selling websites for electric vehicles.
Models? 3 (Source: Tesla official website)
This decision is based on the results of a report published by the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) in the UK, which studies the effectiveness of various policy ideas, such as scrapping plans, tax relief and changing government subsidies for plug-in hybrid vehicles (PIGG).
After obtaining the research data, the British Minister of Transport Grant? Shapus confirmed that the government will invest in battery development projects, including one aimed at developing batteries that can be recharged in six minutes. The British government said that "a series of competitions" will also be held, and researchers can obtain funds through these competitions.
At the same time, the government is considering other ideas put forward in the report, such as building charging stations in popular places (such as supermarkets and scenic spots) and setting up special parking spaces for electric vehicles (such parking spaces will be painted green). The British Department of Transport (DfT) also plans to unify clear public signs for drivers to reduce confusion and enhance people's understanding of electric vehicle technology.
In addition, DfT said that it has reached close cooperation with AutoTrader, an online car market, and set up a special electric vehicle column on the company's website. DfT said that this will promote the purchase decision of potential electric vehicle buyers, and the department also predicted that similar websites will increase rapidly. Cars? Ian, director of traders? Plummer said that the company's website can help consumers understand electric vehicles and dispel their concerns about electric vehicles.
At the same time, Jim, CEO of the British Highway Bureau? O 'Sullivan said that they will also try to persuade more enterprises to buy electric vehicles through the "try before buying" plan. (Source: Geshi Automobile? Nebula)
10, after the merger clause with PSA is modified? FCA shares rose.
According to foreign media reports, on September 15, FCA's share price rose sharply, after the company and French partner PSA revised the merger terms, FCA reduced the cash dividend paid to shareholders, but shareholders will get shares in another business.
Electric version of Fiat 500 (Source: Fiat)
Last year, FCA and PSA agreed to merge, which will create the fourth largest automobile manufacturer in the world. This new organization is called Stellantis. 14 In the evening of September, the two companies said that in order to save cash and better cope with the coronavirus pneumonia crisis faced by the automobile industry-19, the two sides revised the merger agreement. The revised terms stipulate that after the merger, the cash portion of the special dividend received by FCA shareholders will be reduced from 5.5 billion euros to 2.9 billion euros.
However, PSA will postpone the spin-off plan of Faurecia, an auto parts manufacturer, until the merger is completed, which means that all Stellantis shareholders (not just existing PSA investors) will get Faurecia shares. PSA holds a 46% stake in Faurecia, with a market value of about 5.8 billion euros. According to Strantis? According to the shareholding ratio of 50: 50, FCA and PSA will get 23% of Faurecia's shares respectively.
The two companies further confirmed that the merger is expected to be completed before the end of the first quarter of 20021. On September 15, the shares of FCA listed in Milan rose by nearly 8%, and those of PSA also rose by 1.5%.
Previously, PSA and FCA said that they would consider paying 500 million euros to the shareholders of each company before the merger is completed, or 654.38 billion euros to the shareholders of Stellantis after the merger, depending on the market situation and the company's performance and prospects.
Earlier this year, because the epidemic seriously affected the sales of new cars and hit the automobile industry hard, both car companies canceled the performance dividend of 20 19, and the dividend amount was 1 1 billion euros. MikeManley, CEO of FCA, said last week that he and CarlosTavares, CEO of PSA, both knew that when merging, the two companies needed to produce balance sheets that looked as good as possible. (Source: Geshi Automobile? Nebula)
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