In the past ten years, three moments of Tencent’s cloud life hanging by a thread

  No one expected that the hot "stealing vegetables" game in 2009 would lead to the explosion of Tencent Cloud.

  What is even more surprising is that Tencent Cloud, which has been dormant for 10 years and was once not optimistic, will now become Tencent’s first starting point to solve the midlife crisis, and it is also a major weapon for Tencent, Alibaba, and Huawei in the industrial Internet PK.

  "Stealing Vegetables" Stolen Tencent Cloud

  In 2009, Tencent was still a medium-sized company, and QQ space was still a non-mainstream camp of the post-80s and post-90s generation. At that time, QQ farms were introduced into QQ space, setting off a national rush to steal vegetables.

  But behind the explosion of the game of stealing vegetables, it is Tencent’s team of programmers who are working hard to maintain it. The system of QQ farm is like a canal in a farmland, and users are like watering water. If the water storage capacity of the canal is not large enough to withstand the flood of hundreds of millions of users stealing vegetables at the same time, the system will naturally collapse.

  In order to support the normal operation of QQ Farm, Tencent purchased and put thousands of additional servers on the shelves in just one month, and it became a common thing to add 4,000 servers a month.

  The incident of "QQ Farm Stealing Vegetables" enlightened Tang Daosen and his colleagues, the technical head of QQ Space at the time. Not every company can keep adding servers, and not every company has the need to keep using these servers. If the game is not popular, these servers are equivalent to idling.

  Is there a way to solve this problem?

  At that time, a series of academic papers on the GFS architecture were published abroad, and the team of Tang Daosheng and Yao Xing analyzed the technical details and developed a new set of low-level data storage methods based on the actual needs of the business. After this creative method was abstracted, it was generally applicable in other businesses, so that other technicians did not need to redesign the system at this level.

  This is the embryonic form of Tencent Cloud.

  Two opinions, life on the line

  The process of Tencent Cloud gradually flourishing was not smooth sailing, and soon, two opinions emerged within Tencent.

  One side is to stop the business, and the cloud is a "hard work of mining coal". There is no profit, heavy investment, high cost, unclear long-term development, and its own business has been in a very low state. The other side is to argue that the cloud is a business that cannot be easily abandoned.

  Tang Daosheng defied all arguments and has been insisting on moving around with limited resources, giving Tencent Cloud a chance to survive.

  It wasn’t until around 2011 that Tencent realized that it was time to open up its industrial ecosystem and gain more partners. To achieve this goal, in addition to sharing the huge traffic of QQ and WeChat, it also needs to provide more solid technical capabilities to partners.

  Tencent Cloud finally has the opportunity to make an appearance!

  In a public interview, Mr. Tang explained the relationship between Tencent Cloud and the open ecosystem. "When you really open up traffic to the outside world, you find that the back-end support capabilities of these partners are relatively poor. Even if I can guide tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of groups to you, if you can’t catch it, it will collapse. And [Tencent Cloud] is the ability of Tencent to serve a large number of users accumulated over more than a decade. So, open up IT capabilities to partners as well."

  The most impressive thing was the subsidy war of Didi Kuaidi that year. Didi’s order volume rose dozens of times in a short period of time, and servers in various places were in a hurry.

  "When Didi’s server hangs up, users will flock to the fast one. The fast server hangs up immediately, and users will flock back, and Didi will hang up." The parties recalled that whoever’s server stabilizes, users will settle down.

  After receiving Didi’s call for help, Tencent and Didi’s technical team fought for 7 days and 7 nights. The engineers were too busy to take a shower and stinked, and finally withstood the battle that decided the survival of the two families. Then Didi quickly migrated the system to Tencent Cloud, withstood several traffic peaks, and finally had the last laugh in the online car-hailing war.

  In 2018, Tencent was on the cusp of the trend again. Based on this timing, Pony Ma, who has long been on the stage for Tencent Cloud, spoke out. In a small box in a Hong Kong restaurant, Pony Ma asked strategic questions such as "whether the cloud is the most important for Tencent" in one breath. These questions made every member of the general office disarm.

  A few days later, at an expanded meeting attended by more than 40 vice presidents, Liu Chiping, president of Tencent Group, asked: "I think the cloud business is very important to the future development of the company, and the company must do it. Please raise your hand."

  All hands raised.

  "Okay, you support it." Lau Chiping smiled, and after the meeting, the vice presidents realized that this was a "gun surrender" conference.

  Anticipating that "surrender the gun" might encounter resistance, Lau Chiping specially arranged this session, so that everyone had no room to bargain. "Which department should be taken from, and when it comes to cloud (CSIG business group), there are no conditions."

  Since then, from the "general manager" to the core executives, the view has been formed that the Internet has entered the second half of the TO B, the cloud is the most important strategic tool, and it is time to unleash the power of Tencent Cloud. Subsequently, Tencent announced the restructuring, and the Cloud and Smart Industry Group (CSIG) was born, focusing on the industrial Internet, as the pioneer of the new blueprint of Tencent.

  Pony Ma opened the "green light" to enter the 2B market

  Pony Ma is optimistic about the future of Tencent Cloud. He has always been cautious about WeChat entrance, and has business to try to get it. Before Zhang Xiaolong speaks, Pony Ma will rush to refuse. But this time, Pony Ma helped Tencent Cloud find Zhang Xiaolong to get WeChat entrance.

  This detail makes Mr. Tang more confident. On the cloud track, Mr. Tang quickly ran, and the first arena was the game cloud. Tencent is the world’s largest game company, which is its ecological advantage.

  The life cycle of a game is short, and it usually dies out after two or three years. However, in order to maintain the operation of a game, the operating company has to lay out a district and hundreds of servers. And Tencent Cloud can help game companies save these resources and provide a complete set of game services.

  Taking "Honor of Kings" as an example, Tencent Cloud has studied how to do mobile phone evaluation for games, how to do numerical system and game rating, how to do a good voice call system and other services, all packaged and provided.

  Soon, Tencent Cloud became the leading player in the gaming cloud market.

  In the field of live broadcast, real-time audio & video technology based on QQ social services has always been Tencent’s technical advantage. From video calls to group videos to live video broadcasts, Tencent’s accumulated IT capabilities in this field soon gained explosive output opportunities with the arrival of the first year of live broadcast. So soon, in 2017, Tencent Cloud firmly occupied the first position of live broadcast cloud.

  Then Tencent Cloud also made efforts to enter the field of government affairs, developing the "Guangdong Provincial Affairs" Mini Program. Today, one out of every 16 Cantonese people uses the "Guangdong Provincial Affairs" Mini Program, and 625 people handle business through Guangdong Provincial Affairs every minute. As of 2019, Tencent Cloud and partners have landed multiple large-scale government affairs projects in 22 provinces.

  With the advantage of 2C ports, Tencent Cloud has fought one good battle after another in 2B ports. In fact, 2B is still very close to daily life. For example, Tencent Cloud’s technology allows multiple people to communicate in real time, minimize noise and echo, reduce the delay time of foreign calls, and allow leasing parties to sign online contracts.

Huawei is deeply empowered, the top ten black technologies get on the bus, ask the world M9 to reshape luxury smart travel specifications

China Economic News Network (Liu Chenxi)On December 26th, at the Wenjie M9 and Huawei’s winter full-scene conference, the luxury technology flagship Wenjie M9 was officially released. As the most important product of the year under Hongmeng Zhixing, Wenjie M9 is equipped with Huawei’s smart car full-stack technology solution. It not only fully boarded Huawei’s top ten smart car black technologies, but also brought many leading-generation product highlights such as new family design, changeable space, smart cockpit, intelligent driving control, intelligent driving, and intelligent security. Provide users with a continuous leading travel experience.

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Yu Chengdong, executive director of Huawei, CEO of End Point BG, and chairperson of Smart Car Solutions BU, said: "Qinjie M9 is a landmark product in the era of intelligence. We have brought all the best Huawei smart car black technology to the car. In all aspects that users can imagine and can’t imagine, it has brought a leading generation of excellent experience, redefined the smart car standard, and is a well-deserved luxury technology flagship SUV!"

New family design, six-seat seating

In terms of appearance, the internal and external design of Wenjie M9 continues Huawei’s aesthetic principles of "extreme, pure and simple", and is a design model for Huawei in the era of smart travel. Wenjie M9 offers two solid colors of car paint: "Makino Blue" and "Gilt Black", as well as three double colors: "Danxia Orange", "Yadan Black" and "Galaxy Blue". The interior offers three color schemes: "Wangshu Apricot", "Moon Shadow Grey" and "Red Tea Orange".

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Thanks to the new luxury D-class platform and the advantages of integrated die-casting body, Wenjie M9 allows SUV to achieve a flat floor for the first time, and the third row enters and leaves the farewell steps. Wenjie M9 has a front row space of 1045mm, a second row space of 1060mm, and a three-row space of 950mm. It has the largest space performance in the same class. At the same time, the occupant space in the cockpit reaches the largest 2725mm in the same class, with a higher room acquisition rate. It also supports a variety of seat modes with 3, 4, 5, and 6 seats. The sense of vision, space, and flexibility are comparable to mainstream MPV models, easily meeting users’ full-scene travel needs.

The M9 is equipped with six equal-right seats, with a unified front, middle, and rear row configuration. It also has independent charging ports, cup holders, mobile phone slots, and HUAWEI MagLink sockets. Even the third-row seats are equipped with heating functions, providing both practicality and entertainment.

Leading smart cockpit, intelligent interaction is further advanced

The M9 is equipped with the new HarmonyOS 4 and the new HUAWEI SOUND excellent series, and the whole car is fully equipped with 10 screens. At the same time, Xiaoyi is equipped with an AI large model for the first time, creating more full-scene possibilities for users.

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The M9 is fully equipped with up to 10 screens, ready to meet the full scene needs of users for driving, entertainment and work. Among them, the industry’s first car-level projection system is on board, with a 32-inch lifting projection screen, which perfectly replicates the cinema-level viewing experience.

The new HUAWEI SOUND Excellence Series has flagship hardware configuration, equipped with 25 units of professional-grade audio, and the power amplifier output reaches 2080W. The star ring scatter integrates light and shadow aesthetics, acoustic technology and AI wisdom, making the audio-visual effect more shocking. At the same time, the flagship-level hardware is matched with Huawei’s leading technology and algorithms, bringing super-sensory spatial sound, smart sound field, privacy sound shield, smart dessert bit, and many other original functions in the industry, so that the sound is more than just listening.

Xiaoyi, the intelligent assistant in the car, has been further upgraded and optimized to become the "strongest brain" of the Wenjie M9. At the same time, Xiaoyi also has unimaginable voice interaction capabilities, and the whole car has six seats without waking up. Xiaoyi can not only identify the identity of each passenger, but also know where they are sitting, respond accurately and provide personalized services.

Leading smart driving control, no restrictions on smart driving

The Wenjie M9 is equipped with the leading generation of Turing intelligent chassis, adopts front and rear multi-link independent suspension, intelligent closed air suspension and CDC variable damping shock absorber as standard in the whole system, and the body height is intelligently adjusted in 5 gears, with both comfort and handling. Based on the HUAWEI iDVP smart car digital platform, through the multi-modal fusion sensing system, HUAWEI DATS dynamic adaptive torque system and HUAWEI xMotion intelligent body collaborative control system, the mechanical quality is maximized with AI and software capabilities, bringing a better driving, safe and comfortable driving experience.

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In terms of power, the pure electric model has the highest mass-produced speed motor in the industry at 22000rpm, and the 0-100km/h acceleration time is only 4.3 seconds, which is comparable to supercars; the ultra-low power consumption is only 17.4kWh/100km, bringing users four-wheel drive power and two-wheel drive energy consumption. The extended range model is equipped with a pure electric drive extended range platform 4.0, with an industry-leading 15:1 compression ratio. With the intelligent range extension system, the CLTC has a comprehensive battery life of up to 1362km (42-degree battery)/1402km (52-degree battery), and the pure electric battery life reaches 225km (42-degree battery)/275km (52-degree battery).

Huawei’s industry-leading intelligent vehicle light technology, such as Huawei’s HUAWEI ARHUD head-up display system, HUAWEI XPIXEL megapixel smart projection headlights, etc. HUAWEI ARHUD deeply integrates real scenes with smart driving, and the wide light blanket allows users to drive and meet on narrow roads more safely, and jointly helps smart driving control enter the light age.

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Q & J M9 fully upgrades the HUAWEI ADS 2.0 high-end intelligent driving system, equipped with a newly designed 192-line lidar, with more powerful accurate detection and fast response capabilities. Q & J M9 has leading parking capabilities, visible and easy to park, supports custom parking spaces and traced reversing, and brings innovative parking and driving functions, so that there is no anxiety in parking the car from now on.

Leading hardcore security, security is the greatest luxury

Safety is the greatest luxury. In terms of passive safety, the super Xuanwu body adopts the most stringent design standards, and the body aluminum alloy volume accounts for 80%. The whole car is made of 2000MPa nuclear submarine-class thermoformed steel in 12 places, with high-grade batteries, cockpit, privacy and security protection, to escort users every trip.

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Based on the powerful capabilities of HUAWEI ADS 2.0, the forward AEB capability of the Q & J M9 is further advanced. The forward stationary vehicle AEB active braking speed supports a maximum of 120km/h, covering human driving and intelligent driving scenarios. Lateral support 40-120km/h active obstacle avoidance, backward support 1-12km/h active braking, greatly reducing the probability of accidents. In addition, the Q & J M9 is also equipped with ESA emergency steering assistance system for the first time. When there is a risk of collision between the vehicle and the target in front, it can automatically control the steering to assist the driver to avoid collisions, bringing safer intelligent avoidance capabilities to users.

How Nongfu Spring Achieved a Mineral Water Empire

  In 2024, the Hurun Rich List and the New Fortune 500 Rich List were released. Zhong Shanyuan, the founder of Nongfu Spring, once again topped the throne of China’s richest man with a total wealth of 450 billion yuan and a shareholding market value of 456.27 billion yuan. This is also his fourth consecutive title as China’s richest man. Mineral water is a traditional industry with intense competition and meager profits, but Nongfu Spring has achieved a hundred billion empire on such a track. What is the mystery?

  High gross margin and ROE lay a solid foundation for Nongfu Spring

  Despite the fierce competition in the mineral water industry, Nongfu Spring has an advantage among its peers due to its high gross profit margin and return on assets. The company’s net profit margin on sales in 2023 is as high as 28.15%, ranking among the best in the consumer goods industry, surpassing international giants such as Coca-Cola. At the same time, Nongfu Spring’s average ROE from 2019 to 2023 is 41.14%, and it will reach a high of 45.88% in 2023. This is mainly due to the company’s outstanding performance in supply chain management and cost control. Taking 2019 as an example, Nongfu Spring’s ability to control the cost of raw materials and packaging materials, logistics and transportation is significantly better than that of its peers, laying a solid foundation for high profit margins. Excellent profitability provides a guarantee for Nongfu Spring’s continuous and stable cash flow, and accumulates abundant capital for subsequent development.

  All-category layout and innovation empower Nongfu Spring to develop incremental markets

  The success of Nongfu Spring in recent years also lies in the industrial layout of all categories of beverages and the ability to cultivate new brands. In 2023, the company’s beverage business revenue accounted for more than mineral water for the first time, reaching 49.5%. Tea beverages, functional beverages, fruit juices and other categories together contributed more than 20 billion yuan in revenue. The matrix strategy across 17 brands and multiple categories has allowed Nongfu Spring to gain more incremental space outside the saturated mineral water market. Taking the tea drink "Oriental Leaves" as an example, the company has turned this "hardest drink" into a star product with 12.66 billion yuan in revenue, becoming the second growth curve after mineral water. With the support of innovative research and development capabilities, Nongfu Spring has continuously introduced new products, such as 100% tomato juice and 100% carrot mixed fruit and vegetable juice, to attract consumers’ attention with differentiated plant protein drinks.

  The huge sales network and superior water sources are the moat of Nongfu Spring

  Why can Nongfu Spring remain invincible in the fierce competition? In addition to the above factors, strong channel network coverage and high-quality water source endowment are the company’s core competitiveness that is difficult to replicate. In 2022, the company has more than 4,500 distributors, through which its products will be covered to more than 2.37 million end point retail outlets across the country. At the same time, the company’s high-quality water resources in Zhejiang Qiandao Lake, Jilin (), Hubei Danjiangkou and other places not only provide unique conditions for the production of Nongfu Spring high-end mineral water, but also bring synergy effect to the supply chain system of other beverage products, reducing comprehensive operating costs. With high-quality water sources and integrated operation from source to end point, Nongfu Spring has built an insurmountable moat in the industry competition.

  After going public in 2020, Nongfu Spring handed over a bright transcript: a cumulative net profit of 33 billion yuan and a cash dividend of 23.10 billion yuan for three consecutive years. In the first two years of listing in Hong Kong, the company’s market value once rose to 750 billion yuan. Although it has since fallen back, it has stabilized in the 450 billion-500 billion yuan range. The price-to-earnings ratio in 2023 is 33 times, which is favored by Huatai Securities. It is given a valuation of 38 times, corresponding to a total market value of 459 billion yuan. This valuation reflects the capital markets’ affirmation of Nongfu Spring’s status as a "mineral water empire". Under the influence of external uncertainties such as brand crisis and market fluctuations, Nongfu Spring’s mature public relations and innovation capabilities have allowed it to move forward steadily and continuously consolidate its leading position in the industry. Zhong Shanyuan has achieved the pinnacle of mineral water, a traditional industry, and achieved the business legend of the era that belongs to Nongfu Spring.

Hengchi 5 rushed offline, Hengda returned to blood?

(Text/Zhang Jiadong, Editor/Ma Yuanyuan)

Hengda, the real estate leader at its peak, has suddenly encountered "Waterloo" after the real estate industry was cold last year. As of September this year, 38 of Hengda’s 706 guaranteed real estate projects across the country have not resumed work.

Although Evergrande recently announced that the hearing of its liquidation petition will be postponed until November 2022, the market and Evergrande need good news.

According to Hengda’s official information, on September 16, Hengchi 5, the first model of Hengchi Automobile, was officially mass-produced at the Tianjin factory and began offline delivery in October.

In early 2019, in response to the rising tide of new energy in China, Hengda began to lay out the new energy automobile industry. But at the beginning of its establishment, Hengchi Automobile did not go well. According to the 2020 financial report, "Hengda Automobile", which was renamed from "Hengda Health", had revenue of 15.487 billion yuan that year, but of which revenue such as health care and medical beauty accounted for nearly 99%. New energy vehicle services such as lithium battery sales, technical services, and auto component sales contributed only 1%.

This data is completely different from Hengda’s investment in the new energy automobile industry. According to the management of Hengchi Automobile, as of March 2021, the company’s cumulative investment in the new energy automobile industry has exceeded 47.40 billion yuan. However, Hengchi Automobile has always attributed the company’s losses to the fact that it has not yet entered the mass production delivery period, so it cannot recover the upfront investment cost.

In August 2020, Hengchi released six products at one time, covering all levels from A to D, across the coupe, sedan, SUV, MPV, crossover and other market segments, and simultaneously announced its own layout in power batteries, electric drive systems, intelligent networking and autonomous driving.

Entering 2021, Hengda’s car manufacturing business began to accelerate. In February, Hengchi conducted a three-week winter calibration test in Yakeshi, Hulunbuir, and three new models of Hengchi 7, Hengchi 8, and Hengchi 9 were officially released. In March, Hengchi Automobile announced the establishment of a joint venture with Tencent to jointly develop an in-vehicle intelligent operating system with independent intellectual property rights. On March 25, Hengchi Automobile joined hands with Tencent and Baidu to jointly build the H-SMART OS Hengchi Intelligent Networking System, which took one year and 11 months to develop.

In order to make up for its own gap in the automotive industry, Hengchi Automobile has introduced more than 2,000 international top scientific research talents in three years, established the Global Research Institute and the Global Battery Research Institute. Adopting a global integrated research and development model, introducing international advanced technologies, and working with world-class leaders such as Magna and EDAC to jointly develop models.

If it weren’t for the sudden "rout" in the real estate market, Hengchi Automobile should have started its own marketization road earlier. However, it is precisely because of the collapse of the pillar industry that Hengchi Automobile, as the group’s largest investment in recent years and the project closest to marketization, has been regarded by the outside world as the biggest blood bag for Evergrande to stop losses and recover.

Hengchi 5 Single Rider Savior

In January this year, Hengchi Automobile announced that the first car of Hengchi 5 was officially launched, 12 days earlier than originally planned, becoming the first model of Hengchi Automobile to go into mass production. Half a year later, under the pressure of a broken capital chain, Hengchi Automobile officially announced the news of the pre-sale of Hengchi 5 and began to enter the market.

Now that the mass production of Hengchi 5 is offline in the Tianjin factory, it not only breaks the rumors that the Tianjin factory is shut down, but also pushes Hengchi further into the "examination room".

From full category coverage to three years of sharpening a sword, the birth of Hengchi 5 was accompanied by Hengda’s helplessness in the capital chain, but it also demonstrated Hengda’s emphasis on new energy vehicles.

Three years ago, when Xu Jiayin stepped into the automotive industry from real estate as a "little white", few people were optimistic about the future of Hengchi Automobile. Even if it took only one year to bring six concept cars to the stage, the industry still put words such as lack of heritage and sloppiness on the head of Hengchi Automobile.

However, when Hengchi 5 opened the pre-sale, the car circle has undergone a 180 ° change in the wind evaluation of this car. The pre-sale price of 179,000 yuan; the CLTC comprehensive battery life of 602km; the personalized intelligent cockpit design; the L2 + level intelligent driver assistance system; and the blessing of global leading suppliers such as Magna, EDAK, Bosch, etc., accurately cut into the pure electric SUV market positioning and product performance within 200,000 yuan, all showing the determination of Hengchi Automobile to fire the first shot.

Geely Volvo merged with Xingyue L, and the whole system comes standard with Volvo Drive.

    International Online auto channel News: Recently, following the merger of Geely and Volvo’s "official announcement", Geely Automobile announced the new compact SUV Xingyue L under CMA high-end series products to be launched in 2021, which will be equipped with Volvo Drive-E 2.0TD engine — — 2.0TD-T4 EVO and 2.0TD-T5 two Nordic luxury power. This is another "subversive" news brought to the industry by Geely after it announced its name "Xingyue L" at the start of the new year. This new car, which is positioned as a compact SUV and enjoys the reputation of "subversive SUV in China", shows the vitality of everything in early spring.

Auto channel [Information+Headline News Red Bar] Geely Volvo merged with Xingyue L and the whole world comes standard with Volvo Drive-E 2.0TD engine.

Geely xingyue l

    It is understood that on the basis of successful cooperation in the past decade, Geely Automobile and Volvo Automobile will play a synergistic role, continue to expand cooperation areas, deepen cooperation in the new four modernizations of automobiles, especially merge powertrain business into a new company in the form of equity merger, focusing on developing a new generation of dual-motor hybrid systems and efficient internal combustion engines, which are of the same origin as the world and fully empower Geely brand models including Xingyue L.

Auto channel [Information+Headline News Red Bar] Geely Volvo merged with Xingyue L and the whole world comes standard with Volvo Drive-E 2.0TD engine.

Geely and Volvo merge

    As the flagship SUV model based on CMA super matrix structure jointly developed by Geely Automobile and Volvo Automobile, the 2.0TD engine of Xingyue L is the high-end power product of Volvo Drive-E — — VEP4 inline four-cylinder all-aluminum turbocharged mid-range direct injection gasoline engine takes into account the high performance of luxury cars and the economy and energy saving of A-class SUVs, and completely subverts the product value of strong joint venture brands. The engine is made of all-aluminum and has obvious advantages in light weight, low fuel consumption and NVH. It has won the "Top Ten Engines of Ward" for three years in a row, and has been widely used in Volvo XC90, Volvo S90, Lectra 03, Lectra 03+,Lectra 05 and other models, and its global cumulative sales have exceeded one million. In addition, relying on the intergenerational leading "electronic and electrical architecture", the Drive-E engine has a future-oriented electrification design concept, which also means that the Drive-E engine has more room for intelligent evolution and can continuously create more extreme driving experience for users.

Auto channel [Information+Headline News Red Bar] Geely Volvo merged with Xingyue L and the whole world comes standard with Volvo Drive-E 2.0TD engine.

Drive-E 2.0TD engine

    The data shows that the 2.0TD engine of the whole system of Xingyue L has two versions of medium and high power. The medium power version has a maximum power of 160kW and a maximum torque of 325 N m. The transmission system is matched with a 7-speed wet DCT gearbox, and the maximum transmission efficiency can reach 97.2%. This gearbox has high transmission efficiency and strong economy, and is well-known in shifting logic and speed, fuel economy and other aspects. It has shipped over one million vehicles worldwide and its quality is stable and reliable. The high-power version has a maximum power of 175kW and a maximum torque of 350N·m, matching the world-leading Aisin 8AT gearbox. Aisin 8AT gearbox has many advantages, such as high reliability, smooth shifting, light weight, low noise and small vibration. At present, it is mostly used in many ultra-luxury models such as Porsche Cayenne and Volkswagen Touareg, and its market share ranks first in the world. The two sets of power combinations are perfectly matched. After full market verification, the powertrain of Xingyue L far exceeds the mainstream SUVs of strong joint venture brands such as Volkswagen Tiguan L, Honda CR-V and Toyota RAV4 Rongfang in terms of maximum power and maximum torque.

Auto channel [Information+Headline News Red Bar] Geely Volvo merged with Xingyue L and the whole world comes standard with Volvo Drive-E 2.0TD engine.

Drive-E 2.0TD engine

    As a Nordic luxury power, this 2.0TD engine is Volvo’s manufacturing standard, luxurious technology, micron factory, world quality, mature and reliable, powerful, efficient and fuel-saving, achieving 2.0T power, with only 1.5T fuel consumption. It also has a unique supercharging mode, with a wide peak torque burst range of 1800~4500 rpm. Because the engine uses a low inertia turbocharger, when the engine speed reaches 1000rpm, the turbine can intervene to eliminate the turbine hysteresis and improve the response speed. The maximum speed of the turbocharger can reach 240000rpm, and the power response is rapid, so that the engine can provide more sufficient power reserve in the middle and high speed range.

    It is worth mentioning that this Drive-E engine is not only mounted on luxury models such as Volvo XC90, but also the only mass-produced product that has been tested by the track and is closest to the racing engine. As the first car under CMA modular architecture — — Lectra 03 was equipped with this engine and won the first "World Champion" of China Automobile in WTCR’s world-class events. It has the same origin with the world and has been tested by the track, which fully verified the reliable quality and ultimate performance of this engine in many aspects.

Auto channel [Information+Headline News Red Bar] Geely Volvo merged with Xingyue L and the whole world comes standard with Volvo Drive-E 2.0TD engine.

Geely xingyue l

    Judging from the published product information, the high performance, high intelligence and high value of Xingyue L have become a new emboldened force to subvert the market structure of joint venture SUV. With the merger of Geely and Volvo and the establishment of a new company for the merger of powertrain business, the products of Geely and Volvo will continue to be empowered in the future. Coupled with the advanced technology of CMA Super Matrix, Xingyue L will not only become another "cow" of Geely’s global SUV strategy, but also represent China Auto and mainstream joint venture brands to compete in the SUV market. (Source: Geely Automobile)

From Sun Yaowei to Wu Mengda, why did "Fighting Demons in Chang’an" attract so many "old faces"?

After watching the movie "Changan Fighting Demons", some audience members exclaimed: "My God! My youth is back! Why are so many familiar faces and old faces appearing one by one." The main content of the movie’s story is what the title tells everyone – in Changan City, Changan goes to fend off demons. Li Changan, the little chef who accidentally got the artifact, finally saved the people of Changan City after continuous struggle and test.

The actor who plays the male lead, Li Changan, is the actor Bao Jianfeng, whom the audience has not seen for a long time. Speaking of this handsome and handsome actor, it is rare that he has ever starred in any film and television dramas. Previously, he has also starred in many classics that impressed many audiences in their childhood, such as "The Supreme Beauty" and "See Another Curtain of Dreams". Although he only starred as the second male in these dramas, his appearance has always been very online, which does not prevent him from becoming one of the childhood memories of the audience.

There is also Sun Yaowei, who played the villain, who was once recognized by the Hong Kong media as one of the four little kings. "Oolong Breaking Through Love" and "Princess Huaiyu" are also precious childhood memories for many people. In addition, there are veteran actors such as Luo Jiaying and Wu Mengda, who do not need to list their works. As soon as they see their faces, the audience will understand them all.

This made one wonder why this movie attracted so many veteran actors.

The first reason is that one of the directors of this film is Li Lichi, who has worked with Zhou Xingchi many times. His films such as "King of Comedy", "God of Cookery", "Shaolin Football", "Tang Bohu Dian Qiuxiang" and "Domestic Lingling Paint" are all well received and well received. Therefore, we are not at all surprised that there are supporting roles in Chow Xingchi’s previous films, such as Wu Mengda’s appearance.

Secondly, it is because the characters in the script can attract them and make them feel that the role is tailor-made for them, or that the role is an experience they have never had before, that they are willing to play.

Take the nearly 70-year-old Wu Mengda, Uncle Da, for example, the character he plays is willing to self-destruct his cultivation for the common people in the end, thus saving the world. Such a profound sense of human nature cannot be easily brought to the audience, but only Uncle Da plays, the audience can feel full of true feelings. When Wu Mengda appears in the movie, it is still what we remember. It seems that he is an old demon suppressor with profound Taoism, who has "exquisite" words and deeds, and eating a shabu meat hot pot is also different, but occasionally he will drop the chain, resulting in a series of laughs, and finally played a decisive role at a critical moment. Although it is Wu Mengda’s usual routine and setting, it still reminds the audience of the memories of that year. Sure enough, a classic is a classic, and only Uncle Da can bring us this feeling.

Of course, in addition to the supporting role blessed by Wu Mengda, which brought the audience a sincere humanity, this movie is a rare plot in which the protagonist hangs up at the end. The heroine committed suicide for love, sacrificed herself, and sacrificed everything for peace. The movie goes smoothly, and the protagonist sacrifices himself naturally as the plot develops. Compared with the cheap means of forcibly earning tears, it reflects the depth of human nature that the screenwriter pays attention to when polishing the script.

Li Changan, the male protagonist who can make the heroine willing to sacrifice himself for love, is an ordinary little chef. For love, he became a demon suppressor under various coincidences, and wanted to prove himself. Such characters can be seen everywhere in the Jin Yong film and television dramas we have seen before. The little character wears the protagonist’s halo, takes the golden finger, and has been hanging all the way since then, constantly upgrading and fighting monsters, and finally laying down the boss, marrying Bai Fumei, and reaching the peak of life. Although such stories are old-fashioned, but in good conscience, the audience sometimes likes such stories. After all, the Chinese New Year is approaching, and no one wants to add blockages to their hearts. This is the plot that everyone likes to hear.

Moreover, this did not mean that the male protagonist was really useless, relying entirely on the protagonist’s aura. In fact, many times the male protagonist’s meticulous intelligence was hidden in every corner of the plot, laying the groundwork for his future success, and it would not make people feel that he could become the "only" to save the world.

For many audiences, some old actors are indeed no longer seen. Now that they can come out and make a new movie, it is nothing more than allowing them to meet the characters and books that really suit them, so that they have the opportunity to show their faces. Therefore, audiences who want to relive their old dreams can try to see if this movie can still bring back the feeling they once remembered. Text/Moon Arc

Evergrande Real Estate will hold a "20 Evergrande 05" bondholders meeting

Beijing News (Reporter Zhang Jian) October 16, Hengda Real Estate Group Co., Ltd. (referred to as "Hengda Real Estate") announced that according to the "Prospectus" and "Bondholders Meeting Rules", related matters trigger the conditions for the company’s bondholders meeting. The company will hold the "20 Hengda 05" corporate bondholders meeting from October 18 to October 19.

The announcement shows that the proposals to be considered at the above meeting include "Proposal on Changing the Relevant Time of the Bondholders’ Meeting" and "Proposal on Adjusting the Principal and Interest Repayment Arrangement of" 20 Evergrande 05 "Bonds".

According to public information, Hengda Real Estate completed the issuance of "20 Hengda 05" on October 19, 2020, with an issuance scale of 2.10 billion yuan, a coupon rate of 5.80%, a bond term of 5 years, with an option for the issuer’s coupon rate at the end of the third year and an option for investors to sell back.

Editor, Wu Xin

Proofreading, Liu Jun

Didi released a car rental big data report: the popularity of the Spring Festival rose by 30%, and the Lantern Festival increased by 10% year-on-year.

  CCTV News:Didi Chuxing today released the "2017 ****** Festival Car Rental Big Data Report" to reveal the characteristics ** self-driving travel during the ****** Festival. The report shows that the popularity ** car rentals during the ****** Festival holiday has risen by nearly 30% compared with half a month ago; northerners are more inclined to plan their itineraries in advance, such as Qingdao and *******, where more than 70% ** users book cars more than 10 days in advance. From the perspective ** user composition, the car rental group is dominated by men, and the younger age is becoming more and more significant. In January this year, men accounted for 84% ** car rental users, and the post-80s and post-90s accounted for 46.9% and 44.8% respectively, exceeding 90%.

  Car rental self-driving tours are becoming an important part of the National Spring Festival. According to Didi data, a large number of users chose to car rental self-driving tours during the Spring Festival in 2017. Its popularity began to heat up from the week before the Spring Festival. The holiday week was 29% higher than half a month ago, and the Lantern Festival still maintained a hot topic, an increase of 11% over the usual weekend. It can be seen that in addition to the long "driving period", many users chose to "leave early" or "return late" to avoid the travel peak.

  How long is the super long "driving period"? According to the big data of Didi Car Rental, a woman in Shanghai rented a car from January 12 to February 4, for a total of 23 days, which is the most time for renting a car in China during the Spring Festival this year. In addition, there are not a few rentals for more than 10 days, and it is speculated that the annual vacation is also used. However, most office workers still play until 7 days and 8 days. During the Spring Festival, orders with a rental time of 7 days and 8 days accounted for the highest proportion, reaching 33%.

  One of the characteristics of holiday car rentals is that there are many users who book cars in advance, which is the so-called "not moving first". Didi Chuxing car rental big data shows that people in northern cities are more inclined to plan their trips in advance. Take Beijing and Qingdao as an example, more than 70% of the people book car rentals more than 10 days in advance, while in southern cities such as Chengdu, Shenzhen, Wuhan, the proportion is around 55%.

  Where are the car rental people "lurking" during the ****** Festival? The answer is the airport, railway station and the program ape colony. Shanghai, Chengdu, Shenzhen and Qingdao have airports and railway stations on the list ** popular car rental areas, while *******, Shanghai, Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech and Wuhan Optics Valley are also quite popular. It can also be inferred that the program ape is one ** the main groups ** car rental, and there are many tourists from different places during the ****** Festival.

  From the perspective of first- and second-tier cities, in terms of the proportion of car rentals in different places during the Spring Festival, Didi big data shows that Chengdu, Qingdao and Shanghai have the highest. There are many tourist attractions in and around these cities, which attracts a large number of foreign tourists during the Spring Festival, and car rentals are also very popular. Especially in Chengdu, its delicious food in the city, the ancient towns in the suburbs and the beautiful scenery of Yunnan Road in western Sichuan have attracted many self-driving tour enthusiasts from other places. Remember the "Sichuan A Army" that captured Panzhihua, Xichang, western Sichuan and many places in Yunnan during the Spring Festival? Maybe there are also many foreign tourists who are to blame.

  In early January this year, Didi officially launched its overseas car rental business. Chinese users can rent a car abroad through the international version of Didi Car Rental. With the increasing number of outbound tourists, overseas car rentals have gradually become popular in some countries where intercity and intra-city public transportation is not convenient. According to Didi data, during the Spring Festival, Chinese people like to rent a car in the United States for self-driving trips. Among them, Los Angeles and San Francisco are the most popular overseas cities. The self-driving travel links between the two cities are also very close.

  It is conceivable that from San Francisco, along Highway 1 south to Los Angeles, or from Los Angeles north to San Francisco, the winding, hundreds of kilometers of coastal roads are breathtaking in epic grandeur.

  Didi data also shows that users in first- and second-tier cities prefer overseas car rental self-driving trips, with Beijing, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Hangzhou at the top.

  From the Spring Festival and the recent trend of the distribution of the attributes of Didi car rental users, the younger and masculine are obvious, accounting for about 90%. In January this year, 84% of car rental users were male; the post-80s and post-90s accounted for 46.9% and 44.8% respectively, adding up to more than 90%. However, this group of people is no stranger to self-driving travel, especially holiday travel. (CCTV reporter Liang Zhiwei)

Company Frontline | Changan Automobile Theme Key Points Adjustment and Update

  () F10 data shows that on August 24, 2022 () the main points of the theme have been updated and adjusted:

  Proposed increase of $1.169 billion to Avita

  In August 2022, in order to enhance its core competitiveness, strengthen the coordination of industrial chain resources, and accelerate the development of intelligent electric vehicle (SEV) business, Avita Technology, an associate of the company, introduced investors in the Chongqing United Equity Exchange by way of public listing and expansion. Six investors were finally identified. The original shareholders of Avita Technology, Southern Industrial Fund, (), Fujian Mindong, Jiangxi Securities, Chongqing Cheng’an, and NIO waived the right of first refusal. Avita Technology has signed relevant strategic cooperation agreements with the above-mentioned new investors, and plans to carry out strategic cooperation in the fields of sales network support, chip supply guarantee and visual image perception, and intelligent cockpit development to further strengthen the advantages of industrial chain resources. Avita Technology plans to increase its registered capital by 472,241,200 yuan, and Changan Automobile plans to increase its capital by 116,900 yuan. After the completion of this capital increase, the proportion of Avita Technology’s shares held by the company will increase from 39.02% to 40.99%. It is still a joint venture of the company and will continue to be accounted for using the equity method. Based on the financial data of Avita Technology on March 31, 2022, this transaction is expected to reduce the company’s capital reserve by about 100 million yuan, which will not affect the company’s profit and loss.

  High-end intelligent electric vehicle brand

  The LUMIN released by the company interprets the new generation of "national boutique scooter" through good-looking appearance, safe configuration and comfortable driving experience. The upcoming C385 is the first mass-produced model of Changan’s new pure electric platform. It realizes soft and hard coupling with forward-looking styling and intelligent technology to meet the needs of users in all scenarios. The company and its partners join hands to deepen cooperation and win-win future, and join hands with Huawei and Ningde Times to release a new high-end intelligent electric vehicle brand – Avita, debuting the first model Avita 11. In 2022, Changan high-end brand Avita will launch the first high-end intelligent electric SUV, dedicated to meeting the needs of automobile consumption upgrade and promoting the transformation of intelligent electric vehicles. It will create leading products from six aspects: styling design, battery life and performance, fast charging, intelligent driving, emotional intelligence and smart ecology.

  UNI series, CS series new products

  In 2022, the company released three products of the UNI series. The UNI-V has restored the concept design of the coupe, equipped with the unique electric rear wing of the same class, electric hatchback door, large-size sports tires, and equipped with a new UNI smart driving cabin, high-level intelligent driver assistance system and APA6.0 remote intelligent parking. It aims to give users a unique sense of advanced sports and future technology, redefining "DREAMCAR for young people". The listed UNI-KiDD is the company’s first mass-produced model equipped with the Blue Whale iDD hybrid system. Under NEDC conditions, the pure electric cruising range is 130 kilometers, and it is also equipped with a wealth of intelligent technology configurations to meet the needs of users in a variety of vehicle scenarios. In the second half of the year, another hybrid model will be launched to deepen the hybrid market segment, strengthen its occupation, and accelerate the transition to electrification and electrification. The company’s listed second-generation CS75PLUS is equipped with a new generation of Blue Whale engines, all Aisin 8AT, and is equipped with intelligent W-HUD, IMS intelligent interaction system, APA5.0 remote control valet parking system, IACC full-speed intelligent cruise system, 12.3-inch dual screen and other fully upgraded tomorrow’s intelligence, bringing strong power experience and intelligent travel companionship, dedicated to meeting users’ core demands for compact SUVs. It is expected that two CS series models will be launched in the second half of 2022, which will be continuously optimized through internal and external accessories, performance improvement and intelligent technology configuration upgrades to enhance product competitiveness.

  The subsidiary plans to introduce capital increase entities such as Ningde Times

  In November 2021, Avita Technology, a subsidiary of the company, took the asset appraisal report as the basis for pricing, and introduced Ningde Times, Fujian Mindong, Chongqing Chengan, two Jiangxi certificates, Southern Assets, and Southern Industrial Fund as the investment entities of this capital increase and share expansion to participate in the capital increase, and Changan Automobile participated in the capital increase by non-public agreement. The capital increase and share expansion will be carried out in cash, and Changan Automobile plans to increase its capital by 50 million yuan (waiving the right to increase the capital in the same proportion). CATL plans to increase its capital by 769.6 million yuan. After the completion of this capital increase, the registered capital of Avita Technology Company will increase from 288 million yuan to 117,222.26 million yuan. Changan Automobile’s shareholding ratio will be diluted from 95.38% to 39.02%. CATL holds 23.99%. Fujian Mindong holds 5.00%. Chongqing Chengan holds 19.01%. Two Jiangxi Securities hold 1.87%. Southern Assets holds 8.73%. Southern Industrial Fund holds 1.25%. Nio Co., Ltd. (referred to as "NIO") did not participate in the capital increase, and the shareholding ratio will be diluted from 4.62% to 1.13%. Avita Technology Company is committed to building China’s independent high-end national brand and realizing its industrialization. In order to enhance development vitality, improve operational efficiency, accelerate the integration of new energy vehicle industry chain resources, and continuously expand the development space of the industry chain, this capital increase and share expansion involves the introduction of external resources for equity diversification reform, and ultimately realizes the smooth transformation of Avita Technology Company.

  Smart driving and vehicles to everything

  The company continues to build intelligent products with leading performance, and the "Beidou Tianshu" plan has been effectively implemented. In 2021, the APA 6.0 remote intelligent parking system will be released, which supports automatic location finding within a range of 30m, remote parking is controlled through mobile phones, and the parking accuracy of small parking spaces has reached the industry’s leading level. Mass-produced AR navigation, four-screen linkage, gesture control, track mode, intelligent welcome and escort, and more than ten industry-leading smart cockpit and intelligent vehicle control functions will bring users an excellent car experience. At the same time, Changan accelerated the construction of intelligent core capabilities of "core device map nuclear cloud network day", established a forward-looking technology research institute to carry out cutting-edge technology research such as chip design, crowdsourced maps, artificial intelligence, etc., and built a Changan automobile intelligent computing center to support intelligent driving and vehicle to everything services. On this basis, the first Changan Automotive Science and Technology Ecological Conference was held, and together with industry partners, the next generation of intelligent vehicle super digital platform SDA will be the first to realize the service-oriented central ring network architecture in 2023.

  Cooperate with Huawei, Ningde Times, etc. to build smart car brands

  On November 14, 2020, the company released the "Changan Changan – Changan Automobile Brand Day" activity on the CCTV financial channel. Changan Automobile, Huawei, and Ningde Times announced that they would jointly build a high-end smart car brand and publicly release the intelligent architecture "Ark Architecture" for the first time.

  Intelligent innovation

  Changan Automobile has released its intelligent strategy – "Beidou Tianshu" plan, which aims to transform from a traditional automobile manufacturing enterprise to an intelligent travel technology company. With the "4 1" action plan as the driving force, it has opened a new chapter in the transformation of Changan Automobile. Cooperate with Tencent, Huawei, (), etc., to build an intelligent automobile industry alliance. The new CS75 is launched with APA4.0, achieving the first mass production of L2-level intelligent driving in China; the L3-level limited autonomous driving technology has been engineered and entered mass production development. 55 new CS55s are equipped with L3-level autonomous driving technology, completing the world’s "largest autonomous vehicle cruise" and successfully challenging the Guinness World Record. L4-level autonomous driving has achieved the first demonstration operation in China and is in the leading position in the industry.

  Entering the automotive aftermarket

  Chongqing Changan Automobile joint stock company, Jilin Province Long-term Industrial Group Co., Ltd., and Nanjing Runli Automotive Parts Co., Ltd. have jointly signed the second brand spare parts joint venture cooperation agreement to establish a new joint venture company. The joint venture company will bring together the superior resources of brands, customers, supply chain, logistics and distribution channels, and provide quality and cost-effective second brand spare parts products and services to long-aged car owners in a market-oriented mechanism to build an automotive service platform and officially enter the automotive aftermarket.

  Established a shared travel company with Tencent, Alibaba, etc

  The company signed an agreement in Nanjing to jointly invest and establish a Nanjing Linkage Equity Investment Partnership (Limited Partnership) (tentative name, final name shall be subject to the name approved by the Industrial and Commercial Registration Authority, hereinafter referred to as "Linkage Partnership" or "Partnership") with Ning, FAW, Dongfeng, Tencent, Segali, Ali, Wuxi Feiye, Rongxun, Nanjing Hengchuang and Nanjing Linkage Bank, with a total share of 9.76 billion yuan. Among them, Changan Automobile subscribed 1.60 billion yuan. This partnership only invests in travel companies and does not engage in other businesses. The travel company is jointly funded by the three major central enterprise automobile groups and the leading companies in the Internet, finance, retail and other industries. The project aims to create a networked and shared "smart travel new ecology", providing the public with high-quality, high-safety, high-efficiency travel and a more pleasant lifestyle as the starting point, and is committed to becoming the most trusted travel service enterprise in China. While helping Changan Automobile cultivate new kinetic energy and explore new models, the travel company also plays a positive role in stimulating the traditional vehicle business. It will enrich and improve the Changan automobile ecosystem, enhance Product Research & Development, improve the brand power of Changan Automobile, and help Changan Automobile transform and develop.

  Intelligent technology, new energy technology

  Enhanced intelligent labels, APA5.0 with CS75PLUS launched in China, and L4-level autonomous driving based on 5G was put into demonstration operation, becoming the first Chinese brand. The first WeChat car version appeared at the Smart Expo, and joined hands with Tencent to create the "strongest cross-border CP". After 8 years, the global R & D center with a total investment of 4.30 billion was officially put into use, marking the official arrival of the R & D 4.0 era of "open sharing and global collaboration". Significant progress has been made in the financing and development of new energy, and the capital increase and mixed reform of new energy technology companies have been completed. Fuel cell vehicles appeared at the Smart Expo. Release with completely independent intellectual property rights, international first-class, domestic pioneering high-tech products – Changan smart core, fuel cell, battery safety and other core technologies have achieved phased results, new energy technology company UK hydrogen fuel cell technology innovation center inaugurated, the future will focus on hydrogen fuel cell vehicle power system integration and control technology, is building a fuel cell power system platform, new energy products are increasingly abundant, pure electric SUVE-Pro surprise listing, E-Rock debuted at the Guangzhou Auto Show.

  Intelligent Low Carbon Travel Technology Company

  The company’s main business covers the R & D, manufacturing and sales of complete vehicles (including passenger cars, commercial vehicles) and the R & D and production of engines. At the same time, the company actively develops new businesses such as mobile travel, automobile life services, new marketing, and power exchange services, and accelerates the exploration of industrial finance, used cars, and other fields, in order to build a more comprehensive industrial ecology and transform into an intelligent low-carbon travel technology company. The company always adheres to the mission of "leading automobile civilization for the benefit of human life", adhering to the concept of "energy conservation, environmental protection, and technological intelligence", vigorously develops new energy and intelligent vehicles, and is committed to leading automobile civilization with technological innovation, and strives to provide customers with high-quality products and services. After years of development, the company now owns Changan Automobile, Auchan Automobile, Kacheng Automobile and other independent car brands, and produces and sells joint venture brand models through joint ventures Changan Ford and Changan Mazda. It has launched a series of classic independent brand models including CS series, Yidong series, UNI, Auchan series, Shenqi series, etc. The joint venture has a new Focus, Forrest, Ruiji, Explorer, Adventurer, Aviator, Onxella, CX-5, CX-30 and other well-known products. At the same time, it has created Yidong EV, Benben E-star, CS55E-Rock and other new energy models, which are well received by the market and consumers.

Changan and NIO invest in establishing a new energy vehicle technology company

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Recently, we learned from the Qichacha official that on October 20, Avita New Energy Vehicle Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. was established, the legal representative is Ma Xinjie, the registered capital is 10 million yuan, and the business scope includes: auto parts research and development; conference and exhibition services; enterprise management consulting, etc.

Qichacha’s equity penetration shows that the company is 100% controlled by Avita Technology (Chongqing) Co., Ltd., which is a holding company of Changan Automobile (000625) and NIO.

It is worth noting that, according to previous information, Avita Technology will operate completely in the market, operate independently, develop independently, and join hands with Changan Automobile, Huawei, and Ningde Times to create new products. Previously, the expected carrier company for Changan, Huawei, and Ningde Times to jointly build cars is Avita Technology. This new high-end independent brand launched by Changan will run in parallel with the existing Changan brand.

On May 20, 2021, Chongqing Changan Automobile joint stock company (hereinafter referred to as "Changan Automobile" or "Company") holding subsidiary Changan NIO New Energy Vehicle Technology Co., Ltd. has officially changed its name to Avita Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Avita Technology"). Avita Technology will be fully market-oriented, operate independently, and develop independently. Together with Changan Automobile, Huawei, and Ningde Times, we will create a world-leading, autonomous and controllable intelligent electric connected vehicle platform (CHN), create a rich range of intelligent vehicle products, and build a "people-car-family" smart life and smart energy ecosystem.

According to the official, the name "Avatar" is taken from the English Avatar, which means virtual avatar in the game or online world. Avatar Technology has given the word a deeper meaning, that is, to create another self in the intelligent parallel world for each user, knowing "you" worries, understanding "you" thinking, and giving "you" what you want. Based on this, Avatar Technology is committed to creating a new generation of intelligent end point beyond the mobile space through future-forward design aesthetics, discreet driving experience and emotional human-machine interaction. Avatar, yourmostemotionalintelligentcompanion.

Avita technology aggregates the superior technologies of Changan Automobile, Huawei and Ningde Times in the fields of R & D and manufacturing, intelligent solutions and energy management ecology, and deeply integrates the strategic resources of the three parties to redefine the future intelligent electric vehicle (SmartElectricVehicle). Huawei will give full play to its ICT technology advantages and jointly build a full value chain of R & D, channels, services, and ecology with Avita Technology to provide users with full-stack smart vehicle solutions and achieve the intelligent level of electric vehicles; Ningde Times, as a power battery provider and new energy solution service provider, empowers Avita Technology with smart electric vehicle power battery technology and jointly creates a safe and convenient energy ecosystem; Changan Automobile will jointly develop the world’s leading intelligent electric connected vehicle platform (CHN) with Avita Technology based on the capabilities of Huawei and Ningde Times.

In fact, the cooperation between Changan and NIO has been in place for nearly 4 years. On April 9, 2017, Changan Automobile and NIO signed a strategic cooperation agreement. Li Bin, founder, chairperson and CEO of NIO, said at the time that the two parties will establish a joint venture company to develop new products (different from JAC’s foundry cooperation). On August 17, 2018, Changan NIO New Energy Vehicle Technology Co., Ltd., a joint venture jointly funded by Changan Automobile and NIO, settled in Nanjing Jiangning Development Zone. Li Bin is the chairperson of Changan NIO, and the vice chairperson is Li Wei, executive vice president of Changan Automobile.

However, since then, the cooperation between Changan and NIO has been delayed. In June 2020, Changan NIO underwent an industrial and commercial change. NIO Li Bin stepped down as the chairperson of the company, and the new chairperson was Tan Benhong, executive vice president of Changan Automobile. Changan Automobile originally held a 50% stake in Changan NIO, but Changan Automobile increased its investment in Changan NIO through cash increases and other means. After the capital increase was completed, Changan Automobile held a total of 95.38% of Changan NIO’s equity, while NIO only held 4.62%. In other words, in the joint venture relationship of Changan NIO, NIO retreated significantly, and Changan Automobile took over.

On November 15, 2020, Changan officially announced that together with two other giants in the automotive industry, Huawei and Ningde Times will jointly create a new high-end smart car brand. In the future, the AB brand will be built based on the CHN architecture (the architecture jointly created by Changan, Huawei, and Ningde Times), and will launch 5 new energy high-end products. The first model may be a high-end pure electric SUV. The product definition of this model is responsible for Changan, equipped with Huawei’s intelligent cockpit platform CDC, autonomous driving domain controller ADC, and some Sandian components.

In the future, AB brand and the existing Changan New Energy will be two independent operating companies, with different product brands and product segments, providing products and services to customers in different market segments. Among them, Changan New Energy is the new energy business bearer of Changan Automobile brand, and AB brand is a high-end intelligent electric vehicle brand jointly created by aggregating the resources of Changan Automobile, Huawei and Ningde Times.