Just now, we have witnessed the completion of 2 billion yuan Pre-A financing, the launch of Nezha N01, the first mass-produced car of Hezhong New Energy, and the release of Archimedes 1.0 Plan, and the Chinese brand of SF MOTORS named Jin Fu EV…… … The new car-making forces have made frequent moves. The first electric network specially launched the column "E-Week New Forces", which was summarized every week, followed the trends closely, and tracked and presented every progress of the new forces in car making with the most intuitive content.
Tucki
On August 2nd, it was announced that it had completed the B+ financing with a total signing amount of RMB 4 billion, and was jointly led by Chunhua Capital, Morningstar Capital and He Xiaopeng, Chairman and CEO of Xpeng Motors. This is the largest single round of financing among the new car-making forces since 2018. After the completion of this B+ round financing agreement, the whole B round financing in Xpeng Motors has reached 6.2 billion yuan, and the accumulated financing amount has exceeded 10 billion yuan. At present, the valuation of Xpeng Motors is nearly 25 billion yuan.
Mr. Bao Siyuan, the former head of Fidelity Investment China Fund, has officially joined Xpeng Motors as the managing director of the strategy department, responsible for Xpeng Motors’s international strategy, financing and investor relations, and reporting directly to Dr. Gu Hongdi, vice chairman and president of Xiaopeng Automobile. Before joining Xpeng Motors, Bao Siyuan worked for Fidelity Investment Group, the world’s largest professional fund company, for 21 years and delivered outstanding results.
Hezhong new energy
Nezha N01, the first mass-produced vehicle of Hezhong New Energy, was officially launched in its smart factory in Tongxiang. Nezha N01 is positioned in a small, fast charging mode, which can charge 80% of the power in 30 minutes, with a maximum torque of 175 Nm and an acceleration of less than or equal to 4.9 seconds at 0-50 km/h. The new car is planned to be officially launched in August this year.
At the corporate strategy and product launch conference held by Hezhong New Energy, its president Zhang Yong released the mid-term development strategy of the enterprise "Archimedes Plan Version 1.0". "Archimedes Plan" is the whole travel ecosystem including product planning, vehicle technology, intelligent system, service and sales volume.
Electric coffee
On July 31st, E-Cafe held a brand-new communication meeting in Beijing, exposing its new brand "ENOVATE" and the design sketch of its first mid-to-high-end model. The chairman and CEO of E-Cafe announced that the new brand will be officially released in the second half of the year, and the goal is to be of German quality. Eight cars will be launched within five years, with a sales target of 360,000.
Among the 8 executives of electric coffee car, 6 are from SAIC, and all have more than 20 years of experience in building cars; Among the 600 employees in the factory, more than 60-70 are from SAIC Volkswagen, and they also have more than 20 years of experience in building cars, and they are the main leaders, which makes electric coffee cars will be advertised as Volkswagen in the future.
Its second model-Weilai ES6 spy photos broke out. The new car is positioned as a 5-seat model, and it is expected to be officially released on "NIO Day" on December 16th, and the price will be announced simultaneously. According to previous news, the ES6 will continue to be produced by automobile OEM.
Weilai Center has been officially put into operation in Beishangguang and other places, facing huge store expenses and the problem of mass production delivery. Coupled with the retreat of the new energy vehicle policy, many parties predict that its annual loss will exceed 5.1 billion yuan.
BP invested US$ 10 million in Weilai Capital to lay out the travel field in China. After BP, a multinational oil giant, established a long-term partnership with Weilai Capital, the venture capital of BP decided to invest $10 million in Weilai Capital’s US dollar fund to support Weilai Capital to explore new opportunities in China’s new energy electric vehicle ecosystem.
Another owner of Weilai ES8 reported that this car could not meet the official standard. When driving at a high speed of about 120km/h, it did not reach the official comprehensive cruising range of 355 km. After the official test, the cruising range is 226 kilometers, because the specific use of the vehicle is different, and the user thinks that the car can only travel in the urban area.
Chehejia
The spy photos of Chehe’s brand-new SUV broke out, and the new car is expected to be officially unveiled in October, and the first batch of cars will be delivered in 2019. It is reported that the car is positioned in a medium and large SUV, using hybrid power and a comprehensive cruising range of more than 700 kilometers.
Weima
At the joint conference of 2018 car-making plan strategy with the theme of "JU Unlimited, Making Extraordinary", Hummer Group, Prologis, Jingdong Logistics and Sifang announced that they would jointly set up a smart truck company to create new truck species. The smart truck will provide the driver with a "high IQ" "co-pilot" through the intelligent terminal, with a series of new experiences such as business docking OPEN API, logistics map, multi-point delivery, remote real-time diagnosis, and dangerous intelligent reminder, so as to match the needs of young drivers in the future, support various complex logistics scenarios, and let drivers work safely and efficiently. At the same time, behind each truck, it will be escorted by a whole set of logistics Saas platform and asset management platform. It is estimated that smart trucks will be mass-produced and put on the market in 2020.
FF
FF appointed Liu Hong as the global chief administrative officer and global executive vice president.
Henry Hong Liu, a well-known expert in international legal affairs, finance and regulatory affairs, and a former global equity partner of Meiyabo International Law Firm, joined FF as the global chief executive officer, global executive vice president, global general counsel, and the chairman of FF’s newly established functional committee. He will take FF’s headquarters in Los Angeles, California as his work base.
On July 30th, after the first BIW arrived in hanford factory two days earlier, FF announced the successful start of vehicle assembly on the same day, and Hector Padilla, FF BIW processing and equipment manager, was responsible for the on-site supervision of the whole process. FF 91 BIW uses a number of cutting-edge manufacturing technologies such as aluminum body structure and FuffFrand? thread technology, and all technologies will be equipped in hanford factory before December this year.
Baiteng
Baten made his first bold attempt in Munich Design Center, Germany-let Baten’s automobile designers communicate face to face with the "chief intelligence officers". This is just that Baiteng is advancing its own established plan. At the launching ceremony of the second concept car BYTON K-Byte Concept in June this year, Baiteng announced the launch of the "Intelligent Officer" recruitment plan that allows end users to participate in R&D evaluation.
Zero run
On July 28th, Zero Run Car held the "Self-research and Leading the Future" brand experience day at the test drive experience center in Baima Lake, Hangzhou. By the way of on-site explanation by engineers combined with physical exhibition, Zero Run Automobile showed the core "Three Electricity" system and other technological innovations independently developed to the guests. And by setting up a scene experience area on the spot, guests can personally feel the industry-leading autopilot function of Zero Run S01.
Chinese express
Dr. Qian Li, an expert in intelligent electronic architecture, car networking and autonomous driving, confirmed to join Chinese Express Technology Co., Ltd. as the vice president, responsible for the independent and forward development of relevant cutting-edge technologies, specializing in intelligent electronic architecture, car networking and autonomous driving.
