Weilai was criticized. Ideal delivered 10,000 vehicles. Sailin denied that the management resigned collectively.
Two offline experience stores in Nezha opened, Bojun Auto officially announced that all employees will be on standby, Byton’s new model patent drawings were exposed, and the registered capital of AIWAYS subsidiary was changed
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Weilai: Hit by porcelain marketing, won 1.68 million from Tencent ADS stock holdings increase
This week, a start-up low-speed electric vehicle brand has aroused widespread heated discussion among netizens. The reason is that its LOGO is directly flipped from the LOGO of NIO, and it has also been jokingly said to "dry NIO". Some netizens said, "It's very easy to create this LOGO" and "How can we build a car if we can't even afford a designer?"
With the fermentation of online public opinion, xx Auto changed the avatar of its WeChat public account on June 18, replacing the previous "flipped NIO logo" with other pictures, and deleted the originally published promotional article . On the 19th, a "statement" was issued, saying that it had no intention of clinging to Weilai and would redesign the LOGO.
Public information shows that xx is a brand owned by a new energy vehicle company in Shandong. It claims to focus on providing users with pleasant micro-mobility micro-electric vehicles. It has automated production lines, including stamping, welding, painting and final assembly, etc. The four major process workshops have an annual production capacity of 100,000 micro electric vehicles.
This is a blatant marketing push. For a brand like this that has no bottom line, if it is given a chance to be exposed, it will be exactly what it wants, so we refer to it as xx cars.
On June 20, a document submitted by Tencent disclosed that the company had increased its holdings of 1.68 million NIO American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) this month. NIO’s stock price once rose by more than 2 %.
The $10 million acquisition was made through Yellow River Investment Company. Tencent reported a 15.1% stake in NIO through preferred stock ownership, convertible notes and the purchase of additional shares, according to the new 13D filing. On that day (June 20), NIO closed up 2.37% at US$7.35, with a market value of over US$8.7 billion.
NIO has once again received support from its old shareholder Tencent, whose voting rights in NIO have reached 21.1%, ranking second only to Li Bin as the company’s second largest shareholder.
Ideal: Delivery of the 10,000th vehicle
On June 16, the user delivery ceremony of the 10,000th Lideal ONE was held at the Changzhou base of Li Auto. Since the delivery started in December 2019, Li Auto completed the delivery of its first 10,000 vehicles in six and a half months, which included the Spring Festival holiday and the special period of the epidemic, setting a new record for a new model in the car manufacturing industry. A record of 10,000 vehicles delivered.
According to the retail data of China Automotive Data Terminal, from January to May 2020, Ideal ONE became the first choice in China’s new energy medium and large SUV market (including hybrid, plug-in hybrid, pure electric, and extended-range electric) The leader has sold more than the second to eighth place combined.
Since Li Auto ONE began to be delivered to users, Li Auto has actively collected user feedback through various channels and continuously carried out corresponding product optimization and improvement work. Since December last year, Ideal ONE has launched 6 OTA software upgrades to create a continuously improved car experience for users. In the third quarter, Ideal ONE will also launch a new round of OTA software upgrades, bringing new applications such as QQ Music, WeChat Reading, and Tencent News.
Li Auto will further accelerate the expansion of its sales and service network. In the third quarter of this year, Li Auto's retail centers will expand to more than 30 cities, including Hefei, Kunming, Changzhou, Dongguan, Foshan, Nanchang, Shenyang, Dalian, Nanning, Haikou, Fuzhou, Guiyang, Lanzhou and other places. Centers will be opened one after another to provide services to local consumers.
At the same time, Li Auto’s after-sales service network will also cover all provinces except Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan in the third quarter, and will expand to 100 cities by the end of the year to provide after-sales service guarantee for Li ONE users across the country. Work.
Xpeng is rumored to be listed in the United States and apply for new patents
On June 19, multiple media reported that Xpeng Motors had recently submitted a secret application to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). According to the prospectus documents, the listing will be completed in the third quarter at the earliest.
According to public information, Xpeng Motors was founded in 2014. It currently has an R&D headquarters in Guangzhou and has branches in Beijing, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, San Diego and other places. It has more than 4,000 employees, and its R&D personnel account for 10% of the total. The proportion of total employees is 60%.
Xpeng Motors has been supported by various front-line capitals since its establishment, including Alibaba, Xiaomi, Hillhouse Capital, Morningside Capital, GGV Capital, Shunwei Capital, Matrix Partners China, IDG Capital, Primavera Capital, CICC. According to sources, Li Auto, which is also a new car-making force, is also planning to go public in the United States and is secretly preparing for the listing. Xpeng and Ideal will become the next two new car-making forces to go public in the United States after Weilai.
On the same day, media reports stated that Xpeng Motors applied for a new patent with the State Intellectual Property Office. This patent mainly shows that when a car experiences thermal runaway, the fire extinguishing device installed in the car can automatically sense and directly extinguish the fire of the power battery, thereby reducing the car's spontaneous combustion.
The thermal runaway protection system mainly consists of a sensor integrated device, a liquid storage tank, a pressure relief valve, a power unit, an internal fire extinguishing material storage device, and an activation control unit. Among them, voltage/current sensors, temperature sensors and smoke sensors can all become one of the sensor integrated devices. When the sensor senses the thermal runaway detection signal of the power battery, the control module in the system will determine whether the power battery is on fire based on the signal, and then carry out fire extinguishing work according to the situation.
Sailin denies the collective resignation of the management team
On June 19, Cheyun.com reported that "Sailin Automobile was completely paralyzed: the management resigned collectively, the office building was about to be closed, and the employees opened Rights Protection", claiming that Sailin Automobile is in a state of complete paralysis. Although chairman Wang Xiaolin has repeatedly stated that the company will fully protect the basic rights and interests of employees, it has not given specific solutions.
In the report, a manager-level employee of Sailin Automobile revealed the true operating status of the company. According to this employee. All Sailin Automobile's projects in Beijing, Jiangsu Rugao and Shanghai have been stopped, and all employees are at a loss. Although the employees of this company in Shanghai come to work as usual, they are already looking for other ways to find a way out and communicating on how to protect their rights.
The employee also revealed that the lease of Sailin Automobile’s office building in Jing’an District, Shanghai will expire on June 30. If the lease is not renewed, it will be completely closed on July 15. By then, Shanghai Employees will not have a place to work.
The original solution given by the management of Sailin Automobile was to have employees submit a resignation application and state that the company was unsustainable, could not continue to provide office space, and had not received any jobs. instructions, and failure to receive timely paychecks. According to the provisions of Chapter 8.2 of the labor manual, employees submit their resignation and retain the right to fight for their own rights and interests.
But the employees believed that they could not sign such a resignation application. Since you are applying for resignation on your own initiative, your rights and interests will not be guaranteed after resignation. They believe that the company should take the initiative to issue a written document, or dissolve the company, or suspend the company with pay, hoping to find a proper solution.
However, the company's management signed a resignation application yesterday (June 18) afternoon and resigned en masse overnight. Employees have no way to appeal and can only plan how to protect their rights today (June 19). Large-scale rights protests are expected to break out next week.
According to reports, the current demands of Sailin employees are very simple. They hope that after resigning, the company will provide compensation in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Labor Law, and that past reimbursements, performance bonuses from the previous year, and annual leave can be implemented.
However, Sailin's senior management was unable to satisfy these demands, and employees did not know when Sailin Automobile would go bankrupt. Because there is no official document regarding the relevant demands. Even Sailin employees can accept solutions like those of Nanjing Bojun Automobile.
In response to the content of the report, Auto Business Review asked a senior executive of Sailin for verification. The other party responded that "the management collectively resigned", which was "false. The senior executives are still working normally."
Nezha: Two offline experience stores opened
On June 18, the first Nezha Automobile Direct Sales Experience Center in Futian, Shenzhen officially opened. As of June, Nezha Automobile's direct-operated store system has fully covered core first-tier cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen.
Many senior leaders of Hezhong Company attended the opening ceremony. Huang Yugui, the company's vice president of marketing, said in his speech: "In the wave of new energy development, Shenzhen has a unique advantageous market environment and is the gathering place for Nezha Auto's target group, the 'dare to create people'." Nezha Auto's land prices in Shenzhen The highest landing in Futian District fully demonstrates the determination to deeply explore the South China market and the strong market explosive power of the brand. ”
Different from traditional 4S stores, Nezha Automobile’s directly-operated experience stores start from the user’s perspective and Internet thinking. , through the new retail model of online customer acquisition and offline services, we have created a zero-distance communication and innovative experience platform, and the store is located in the core business district of first-tier cities. Users can not only experience products and services here, but also extend the offline activity space of the fan community.
Based on the Nezha Care+ brand service concept, consumers can receive exclusive consulting services throughout the life cycle. In terms of creating a sharing community, the experience center will provide consumers with a new lifestyle through online and offline linkage and other means through the development of test drive interactive experience activities.
In terms of marketing strategy, Nezha Automobile is gradually implementing the Ultimate Sea of Clouds plan, hoping to cover the entire business chain, all time periods, and all scenarios for user experience through cloud system construction and massive store layout. Now in terms of channel construction, Nezha Automobile and city partners have covered Nezha Automobile's service network to 22 provinces and cities across the country, creating an online and offline network.
On June 19, the first Nezha Automobile directly-operated experience center located in Longwan Tianjie, Longhu, Jiangning, Nanjing also held an opening ceremony. Nezha U and other models of the brand were on display at the store.
Zhou Ping, Vice President of Marketing of Hezhong Company, attended the opening ceremony and said in her speech: "In the wave of new energy development, Nanjing has a unique market environment. The landing of Nezha Automobile in Nanjing, It fully demonstrates the brand's strong market explosive power and will continue to upgrade its products and service experience with its confident, brave and fearless brand spirit to lead the continuous upward development of China's new energy vehicles.
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Bojun Automobile officially announced that all employees will be on standby
On June 15, Bojun Automobile issued an announcement stating that all employees will be on standby from June 15, 2020. At the same time, regulations Living expenses of 2,480 yuan will be paid during the period of waiting, and the days of waiting will be automatically offset against the untaken annual leave. If you want to leave the job, you can scan the QR code. If you are employed, you can terminate the labor relationship by informing both parties.
Previously, Bojun Automobile had. It has refuted the news that all employees are on the job, and stated that the human resources VP will take the lead in establishing a "consulting company" to complete 100 million yuan in financing within 2-3 months to achieve "the only self-rescue path"
An internal employee of Bojun Auto said that there is still unfairness within the company. Unlike most employees whose social security and provident fund payments have been suspended, some employees have continued to receive provident fund payments.
Public information shows. , Borjun Auto was established in August 2016. Its founder, Huang Ximing, has worked for Ford, General Motors and other large automobile companies for more than 10 years, focusing on model and vehicle performance development. Starting from December 2016, Borjun began to suffer losses in 2017. Annual operating income was 13.18 million yuan, with a net profit loss of 300 million yuan; revenue in 2018 was 57.0 million yuan, with a loss of 479 million yuan.
Beidou Star released the "2019 Performance Forecast and Goodwill". and Asset Impairment Risk Reminder Announcement" also pointed out that the accounts receivable owed by Bojun to Beidou Star have been overdue since July 2019. Due to the tight capital chain, the entire vehicle project is in a state of suspension.
Byton's new model patent pictures exposed
On June 15, Suzhou Auto Market Dianping reported that it obtained a set of patent pictures of new models registered by Byton Motors from the National Patent Office website. The unique 1+2 three-seater layout also adopts a very unique sliding door + gull-wing door opening method.
From the patent drawing, the overall appearance of the new car continues the Byton family style. The front face and taillights are somewhat similar to the upcoming M-Byte. The most unique appearance is the push-pull door opening and the small gull-wing door on the roof. There is a small sunroof in the center of the roof. .
Looking carefully at the patent picture, there is actually no door in the position of the traditional front door, and there is a fixed body panel in front of the rear sliding door. The opening of the small gull wing on the roof is further forward than the sliding door. It is designed to facilitate the front row entry and exit without bumping the head.
You can understand the reason for this special design more clearly when you see the interior of the car. The car adopts a special 1+2 three-seater configuration. Layout. The front driver's seat is in the middle of the vehicle, and the two rear seats are split to the sides in an inverted figure. It can be seen that the new car is positioned for smaller urban commuting purposes. Each side of the console is designed with an independent LCD display. The steering wheel continues the Byton tradition of having a universal display screen. In addition, the car is also designed with two sets of interior styles. In addition to the conventional steering wheel, there is also a set of styles. The more sci-fi short handle steering wheel is designed with a large display screen in the middle.
Change in registered capital of AIWAYS wholly-owned subsidiary
On June 15, the registered capital of AIWAYS Auto (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. changed. The registered capital was changed from 10 million yuan to 1 billion yuan, with a capital increase of 990 million yuan.
Public information shows that AIWAYS Auto (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. was established on February 24, 2017, and its legal representative is Wang Dongchen, chief technical officer of AIWAYS. Mainly engaged in the research and development of new energy vehicles and parts, the development of heavy metal technology, superconducting material technology, biotechnology and other technologies, and engaged in the import and export of goods and technology import and export business.
It is worth noting that AIWAYS Automobile (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., which increased its capital this time, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of AIWAYS Automobile Co., Ltd. (i.e. AIWAYS Automobile). AIWAYS was established in February 2017. It is a member of the new car-making forces and is mainly engaged in technology research and development, product development and other businesses of new energy vehicles and parts.
At present, AIWAYS has obtained the qualification to produce new energy passenger vehicles by participating in the mixed-ownership reform of Jiangling Holdings. The first mass-produced car, AIWAYS U5, also completed its domestic launch at the end of last year. In March this year, AIWAYS also released the European version of AIWAYS U5 in Stuttgart, Germany, and plans to sell it in the European market through direct sales in August this year.
This article comes from the author of Autohome Chejiahao and does not represent the views and positions of Autohome.