The spring of electric cars is not far away?
Editor’s note: This article is from “Future Car Daily” (WeChat public ID: auto-time), author: Terence Lee Nan.
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“Carmen Neshen” is the weekly section of the Future Auto Daily, which will sort out the business news that is worthy of attention this week. Here are the company and business news that are worth watching this week (November 18th – November 22nd):
Tesla “Blade Runner” breaks into the pickup market
On November 21st, local time, Tesla officially released the pure electric pickup Cybertruck in Los Angeles in the time and place of the classic sci-fi movie “Blade Runner”. This “Silver Wing Killer”, which Musk has been warming up on social media since 2016, finally appeared in the spotlight after experiencing the “summer release” ticket.
In Musk’s description, this will be Tesla’s “best product ever”, with the performance of the shoulder Ford F-150 and Porsche 911. “Compared to the equivalent Ford F-150, this will be a better truck, and compared to the Porsche 911, it will be a better sports car.” The largest share of the pickup truck market, the highest sales In the US market, pickup trucks are more popular than any other country. Tesla, which swept the US luxury car market with Model S and Model X, once again targeted the world’s largest pickup market.
Extended reading: The “Blade Runner” is coming, can Tesla win the pickup? Big cake
尴尬凯迪拉克, “Not a luxury car”
On November 18th, Cadillac officially announced that CT5 was officially listed. The new car has already been shipped to dealer networks around the world, and has been delivered to customers nationwide from now on. The price range is 27.97-33.97 million.However, today’s Cadillac faces the embarrassing situation of “not a luxury car”. The sales growth rate also lags behind the overall level of the luxury car market. The electrification strategy is not competitive. Cadillac’s past successful experience may become a further burden. .
For the Cadillac who boarded the second-line luxury driver’s seat, the glamorous seems to be just the appearance. After all, compared with the annual sales of more than 600,000 BBAs, Cadillac, who has tried to break through 200,000 vehicles, still has a long way to go.
Extended reading: 尴尬凯迪拉克, “Not a luxury car”
The first year of space travel will be launched in 2020
On October 28th, British billionaire and Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson ringed the opening bell of Virgin Galactic (stock code: SPCE) on the NYSE “The first share of space travel” was officially listed. This means that ordinary people also have the opportunity to explore the space travel, which has entered reality from science fiction. Virgin Galactic’s chief executive, George Whitesides, predicts that about 2 million visitors will want to fly into space in the next 10 years, but this demand is beyond the current supply capacity of commercial space companies.
At present, space technology development still takes time. Industry insiders expect that it will take another 10 years to prove the technology, but once successful, it will bring more profit to the market than space tourism. Musk also recently indicated that colonial Mars needed 1,000 rockets and 20 years, spending a total of $2 billion on rocket launches.
Extended reading: There will be “God” from $200,000, and the first year of space travel will be launched in 2020
Jaguar Land Rover seeks to warm up the group
Recently, Bloomberg quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that Jaguar Land Rover’s parent company Tata Group has contacted a number of automakers including BMW and Geely Holding Group to seek to promote the latter’s alliance with Jaguar Land Rover. relationship. The person familiar with the matter said that this contact is still in its early stages and Tata Group may still approach other potential partners. Geely said in the statement: “There is no negotiation with Tata or Jaguar Land Rover.” BMW and Tata Group also declined to comment.
At the moment, the Tata Group’s “Help” signal has been spread, but the car companies that bravely extend the “Olive Branch” have not yet appeared. Behind this is the consideration of the comprehensive strength and strategic strength of the car companies. No matter who becomes the shareholder of Jaguar Land Rover, the key is to