| smart morning news, full view of world affairs. On April 16, 2021, the Intelligent Manufacturing Network will bring you the technological information from last night and this morning, covering hot topics in many fields such as cutting-edge technology and intelligent manufacturing, allowing you to gain insight into industry trends and discover market opportunities more quickly. A quick overview of the news is as follows:
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Huawei’s self-driving real car road test video exposed
On April 15, a car blogger exposed a video claiming to be Huawei’s driverless system. It is reported that, The video is an autonomous driving demonstration of the JiFox Alpha S equipped with Huawei's intelligent driving system. With a safety officer in the car, the vehicle is tested for autonomous driving with hands and feet off. During this period, when the vehicle passed through a crowded road with pedestrians, electric vehicles and cars passing back and forth, the vehicle's autonomous driving state was very technologically intelligent.
"China's Scientific and Technological Achievements Transformation 2020 Annual Report" is released
Recently, "China's Scientific and Technological Achievements Transformation 2020 Annual Report (Universities and Research Institutes)" was published nationwide. The report shows that in 2019, the number of contracts for 3,450 public universities and research institutes to transform scientific and technological achievements through transfer, licensing, and pricing investment increased. The number of contracts was 15,035, an increase of 32.3% over the previous year; the total contract value was 15.24 billion yuan, a decrease of 19.1% over the previous year.
Blue Origin launch rocket to assist manned spaceflight
News on April 15, according to foreign media reports, on Wednesday local time, Blue Origin, the space company owned by Jeff Bezos, successfully launched again. New Shepard rocket to test its reusable rocket boosters and capsule systems capable of taking humans to the edge of space and back. This is the 15th launch of Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket.
Xiaomi applied to register the "Mi Car" trademark
After Xiaomi announced its car, Lei Jun previously said in an interview with CCTV that he had not yet thought of a specific name for Xiaomi's car. However, the Qichacha APP shows that Xiaomi Technology Co., Ltd. applied to register multiple "Miche" trademarks on April 1. The international classification includes 12 types of transportation vehicles, and the trademark status is under registration application. It is worth mentioning that Xiaomi Technology Co., Ltd. also submitted a trademark registration application for "Xiaomi Auto" on the same day.
TSMC released its first quarter revenue
On April 15, TSMC announced its first quarter financial report at the performance conference. The financial report shows that the company’s revenue for the quarter increased by 16.7% year-on-year to NT$362.41 billion (approximately US$12.92 billion), setting a new record; net profit increased by 19.4% to NT$139.7 billion (approximately US$4.9 billion), exceeding the market Expected NT$134.019 billion; gross profit margin was 52.4%, compared with 51.8% in the same period last year.
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NIO’s first second-generation power swap station was completed
On April 15, NIO’s NIO power swap station, Sinopec Chaoying Station, a collaboration between NIO and Sinopec, announced its completion. This power swap station is NIO’s first second-generation power swap station. Shen Fei, Vice President of NIO, said that the company will deploy an additional 299 second-generation power swap stations across the country in the remaining 260 days of this year, completing the deployment target of a total of 500 power swap stations. Chairman Li Bin also revealed that NIO plans to build 5,000 charging and swapping stations by 2025.
AutoNavi’s vehicle-mounted truck navigation is launched
On April 15, AutoNavi Maps announced the launch of its vehicle-mounted truck navigation solution. Compared with mobile phones, higher-performance sensors on trucks have better performance in signal reception and positioning accuracy. AutoNavi combines its traffic big data capabilities with navigation product capabilities, through cooperation with truck front-loading and after-loading Cooperate with partners to customize exclusive in-vehicle navigation for trucks.
Huawei invested in the establishment of Shenzhen Hubble Technology Investment Partnership
Tianyancha App shows that on April 15, Shenzhen Hubble Technology Investment Partnership (limited partnership) was established with a registered capital of 2 billion yuan and its business scope is venture capital business. . The equity penetration chart shows that the company is jointly held by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Huawei Terminal (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., and Hubble Technology Investment Co., Ltd., with shareholding ratios of 69%, 30%, and 1% respectively.
Musk revealed the time of "Tesla AI Day"
On April 15, according to foreign media reports, Musk said in a conversation with netizens that Tesla's AI Day may be on July 7 this summer. Held at the end of the month. It is reported that at Tesla’s AI Day event, a series of new developments in the field of autonomous driving will be released, such as the “Dojo supercomputer.”
Cruise raises $2.75 billion from Walmart and others
On April 15, Cruise, a self-driving car company backed by General Motors, said it had received additional investment from Walmart and other companies in its latest round of financing, adding up to a total of $2.75 billion, giving the startup a valuation of over $30 billion.
