Car companies have handed in their 2019 transcripts.
Editor’s note: This article comes from “ Future Car Daily ” (WeChat public account ID: auto-time), author: Terence Lee Nan.
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Former Nissan CEO Ghosn fights back
At 9 pm on January 8th, Beijing time, Ghosn made his first public appearance in more than 400 days and held a press conference at the Lebanese Journalists Club. He spent up to three hours complaining about Nissan’s conspiracy and betrayal of himself, and Li Chen was “pained and inhumane tortured” for more than 400 days in prison and tried to prove his innocence. In Ghosn’s view, he fell into an organized conspiracy carefully planned by individual individuals. He sees himself as “the captain betrayed by sailors” and “they have taken everything I have”.
More importantly, the former Nissan CEO, who is accustomed to holding absolute power, declares that he will never give up all power at Nissan and Renault. But in this play against the eye, there is no winner. Profits have shrunk, stock prices have fallen, and the internal tensions in the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance are subtle and delicate, and they may even collapse. Ghosn was reduced from a giant in the automotive industry to an international fugitive, and reluctantly acknowledged that “Ghosn’s time has passed.”
Further reading: Pre-Nissan CEO Ghosn fights back: Either die in Japan or escape >
Ukraine airliner crashes, Boeing becomes “victim” again
On January 8, a Boeing 737-Shortly after taking off in Iran, the 800 passenger plane crashed near Sabachar near the Iranian capital Tehran, and none of them survived. The findings of the accident are crucial to Boeing. If the cause of the plane crash is a technical failure, Boeing will face the risk of both credit and asset bankruptcy. At the same time, it may trigger the butterfly effect, which will hurt the US economy.
The impact of the Ukraine Airlines PS-752 accident was so great that it triggered an investigation by the Western Multinational Alliance, not only because of the large number of victims, but also the citizens of many countries. Behind this, there is also economic and political wrestling. If the responsible party is Boeing, the century-old aircraft manufacturer and the huge industrial chain behind it will be hit hard. If the responsible party is Iran, the diplomatic relations between the Middle East and the Western powers may deteriorate further.
Further reading: Ukraine crash, who will fall with it?
Domestic Tesla goes offline, Musk goes to Shanghai to hand in the car
On the afternoon of January 7, the highly anticipated domestic version of the Model 3 was delivered at the Shanghai Super Factory. Tesla CEO Musk flew to Shanghai Lingang and personally handed over 10 new domestically produced Model 3s to the first social car owners.
On January 7, a year ago, Tesla’s Shanghai Super Factory officially broke ground. Musk danced excitedly and set the flag on the spot: “The goal is to complete the initial stage in the summer of this year (2019). Construction, production of Model 3 at the end of the year, and mass production next year (2020). “Now it seems that Tesla has surpassed the first two goals beyond expectations, and the last one is also in sight. At the delivery ceremony, Musk once again improvised on the stage, and announced that the Model Y project will be launched soon, and the domestic version of Model Y will be pre-ordered.
Further reading: Musk went to Shanghai to hand in the car, and the domestic Model 3 is expected to fall below 200,000?
Automotive startup Yushi Technology goes commercial
In 2019, the life-and-death knockout competition in the field of autonomous driving is still continuing, the amount of financing is almost cut, and the financing cycle has been greatly lengthened. When the enthusiasm on the air is gradually dissipating, more and more startups need to survive on their own blood. The market also revealed new signals. The OEMs have a huge demand for L2 / L2.5 level autonomous driving, and stepped up to achieve rapid mass production and assisted driving and automatic parking functions.
November 25, 2019, a number of self-driving baggage logistics vehicles provided by Yushi Technology