In 2020, H6 hits, Wuling is on fire, and Tesla drops.
Although the epidemic has brought a great impact to the original pace of life, there are still many things worth remembering in the automotive industry last year.
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Haval H6 collided with
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Haval H6, known as the "sweet car", successfully "rolled over" in the final stage of 2020. Z1z
is precisely the "Five-Star Wholesale Department" China Automobile Research Institute that makes the H6 "roll over".
The following day, Great Wall Motors officially responded that “the vehicle was in a power-off state during the collision” and issued an announcement “ welcomes the nationally qualified testing agencies to randomly sample the third-generation Haval H6 from the market for collisions to verify product safety . On the last day of 2020, China Automotive Research Institute and Great Wall Motors held a joint briefing to explain the matter in detail.
According to the explanation of this briefing, the test vehicle is undergoing software system upgrades during the crash test, which caused some parts of the power supply to be cut off, which caused the relevant safety systems of the vehicle to not work. This explanation does not seem to be recognized, and the general questioning point is "Will the security system be affected by OTA power off? ". However, this matter will not be followed in the next few days, and we will continue to pay attention.
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People's Wuling
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In mid-to-late January, the epidemic broke out across the country, and masks instantly became items needed by the whole people, and they became extremely scarce.
On February 19, the "Wuling brand mask machine" was officially off the assembly line. The phrase "what the people of need, Wuling will make " quickly became popular.
Wuling's achievements in 2020 are not only the rapid response to the epidemic, but back to the main business of car manufacturing, Wuling's performance last year was also very impressive. One is the pure electric Wuling Hongguang MINI EV, and the other is the Wuling Capgemini, the first model of the silver-label Wuling.
Hongguang MINI EV sold close to 80,000 four months after its launch. For a pure electric model, such growth performance is indeed exaggerated. Cheap and flexible are its biggest advantages, and users who buy this car are basically buying additional models.
Wuling Capgemini, as the first model of the silver-label Wuling, has assumed the responsibility of Wuling brand. Wuling also hopes to use Capgemini to prove that it is more than just soliciting goods. The sales volume of exceeded 20,000 in the first two months, and the order volume exceeded 50,000 . At present, it seems that Wuling Capgemini is a success.
2020 is a successful year for Wuling. It not only lets everyone know "what the people need, Wuling builds what", but also adds Wuling Hongguang MINI EV and Wuling Capgemini two more popular models. In 2021, see what else Wuling will create for the people.
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Tesla cuts prices
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In 2020, a lot of "leeks" will be reborn in China.
Many Model 3 owners have just ordered the car, and the price has dropped. This kind of operation of Tesla has become a normal state in 2020. The car owners laughed and said that they were "cut leek", and actually felt "who cries and knows." Price cuts are not unusual in terms of car sales, but it is really rare to see such a high level of attention for price cuts like the Tesla Model 3.
Many people said that the introduction of Tesla into the country was intended to promote the development of domestic electric vehicle companies, but they did not expect to have a trick to "lead wolves into the room." Not to mention whether Tesla is a wolf or not, anyway, they delivered 499,550 vehicles in 2020 (the global target), which is only 450 from the target of 500,000 vehicles.
No matter what others say, the leek should still be cut . Tesla is still doing its own thing about reducing prices. So at the beginning of 2021, after the domestic Model Y was released, the price dropped by 148,100 yuan and 165,100 yuan compared with the original price. Now the domestic Model Y is priced at 339,900 yuan and 369,900 yuan. For the high-performance version of Model 3, the price of the new model has been lowered by 79,900 yuan, and the current price is 339,900 yuan.
In this regard, Wei Lai Automobile Li Bin said that Tesla’s repeated price cuts would hurt user brand loyalty, and Wei Lai would not do this. Xiaopeng Motors He Xiaopeng said that the price reduction is just a marketing method.
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China's auto market under the epidemic
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Although the sales volume of the Chinese auto market has declined slightly in recent years, it is still the world's largest auto market. The 2020 epidemic has brought a huge impact to the automobile market.
According to data from the Federation of Travelling Industries, in February, affected by the epidemic, sales fell off a cliff. The total sales volume of the passenger car market in January 2020 was 1.721 million units, which plummeted to 250,000 units in February (only equivalent to the level of February 2006) . In order to prevent and control the epidemic, many industries including automobile manufacturing and sales have temporarily suspended work and production, which has a very large impact on the entire automobile industry.
With the domestic epidemic under control, the auto market has gradually recovered. The total sales volume of the passenger car market in March was 1.045 million, a significant recovery from the previous month. By August, the total sales of the passenger car market reached 1.703 million, which was basically the same as before the epidemic. In November, the total sales volume of the passenger car market was 2.081 million , which basically returned to normal levels.
is not only car sales, but also affected by international crude oil prices. Domestic oil prices have also experienced relatively large fluctuations this year. At the lowest point, the petrol stations in some areas even had the situation that "oil is at the same price as water", but as of December 31, 2020, 92 gasoline in Guangzhou is 5.97 yuan/liter , the price is lower than this year Rose a lot at the time.
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Toyota oil emulsification/increase The response is " does not affect engine performance, not a quality problem ".
According to Toyota’s explanation, oil emulsification may be caused by . Because the engine repeatedly uses in a state where it cannot be fully warmed up, a small amount of condensation water in the engine cannot evaporate and is mixed into the oil. The engine will fully warm up after the vehicle is driven at medium and high speeds. As the temperature of the engine oil rises, the emulsification phenomenon will disappear after a small amount of water mixed in the engine oil evaporates.
Toyota China did not carry out a large-scale recall on this matter. Some car owners said that after the oil emulsification phenomenon occurred, they went to the 4S shop to change the oil free of charge. Toyota's sales in the Chinese market have always been good. In 2020, FAW Toyota will sell 800,000 vehicles throughout the year, exceeding the original target of 5% . It seems that no one can resist the true incense's law.
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is written at the end
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Due to the length of the article, there are still many major events in the auto market in 2020, we will not go into details one by one. Regardless of whether it is leeks or sacred cars, 2020 is over. What are you most looking forward to seeing in the automotive industry in 2021? Leave a comment and share it.
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writer / Cheng Zi classmate
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