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In order to facilitate everyone to understand and review the major events that happened in the automobile travel industry in February, Yiou Automobile sorted out the major events of the month according to different categories such as traditional automobile enterprises, new automobile enterprises and technology enterprises.
In February 2020, major companies handed over the financial reports of the previous year one after another. The net profit of Ford Motor Company in 2065438+2009 was $47 million, down 98.7% year-on-year. However, Ford's losses in China continued to shrink. Gm's net profit in 20 19 reached $6.7 billion. Taking into account the loss of $3.6 billion caused by the strike, the adjusted income before interest and tax is $8.4 billion. Nissan's financial performance in 20 19 was bleak, and then its expected profit decreased. The net profit of Renault Automobile Group was 1.4 1 billion euros compared with last year, which was the first annual loss in 10 years.
The financial situation of Uber and Raffles Travel Company 20 19 is also not optimistic. Uber 20 14 1465438 earned $47 million, up 25.53% year-on-year, but its net loss exceeded $8.5 billion. The annual revenue of Raffles was US$ 3.6 billion, a year-on-year increase of 68%, exceeding market expectations; The annual net loss was $2.6 billion, nearly three times higher than the net loss of $900 million in 20 18.
In February 2020, the epidemic situation in COVID-19 was rampant, and many enterprises used practical actions to offset the haze caused by the epidemic and save the mask crisis. SAIC-GM-Wuling, BYD and GAC began to invest in the production of masks. In the future, the masks jointly produced by these automobile companies may reach half of the national production capacity.
Among the new car manufacturers, Weilai ushered in a lot of good news. In mid-February, Weilai completed two convertible bond financing projects, which were 1 billion USD respectively.
The latest sales performance previously announced by Weilai Automobile shows that in 2020, the overall delivery volume of Weilai is 1 .598 vehicles per year, 1 year, and Weilai delivers 1 10,000 vehicles per day, up by 22% year-on-year, and the sales efficiency is improved. In addition, Weilai officially announced its settlement in Hefei, and the project plans to raise 654.38+0.45 billion yuan for the company's research and development, market system establishment and operation; At the same time, the headquarters, R&D base and the second production base are under planning and construction.
In the power battery industry, the long-rumored cooperation plan between Contemporary Ampere Technology Co., Ltd. and Tesla finally landed. On Tesla's express train, Contemporary Ampere Technology Co., Ltd. climbed to the top of GEM again with a market value of 375 1 100 million yuan. Against the background of the wailing of the stock market in early 2020, its market value nearly doubled. Subsequently, at the end of February, Contemporary Ampere Technology Co., Ltd. announced that it would raise 20 billion yuan through private placement to continue to expand production capacity and improve profit margins.
Traditional automobile enterprises
PSA and Saft set up a battery company, and 5 billion euros attacked electricity.
On February 3rd, according to foreign media reports, PSA Group will jointly establish two automobile power battery factories with French battery manufacturer Saft. It is reported that PSA and Saft will invest 5 billion euros to build a company called Automotive? Cells? Company (ACC), each party holds 50% equity.
Ford's profit plummeted by 98.7% in 20 19, and the operating loss in China market was 77 10/00000 USD.
On February 4th, Ford released the financial performance report for the fourth quarter and the whole year of 20 19. According to the financial report data, the net profit of Ford Motor Company in 20 19 was 47 million dollars, which was 98.7% lower than the net profit of 3.7 billion dollars in 20 18. In terms of revenue, there has not been such a sharp decline. 20 19 in the fourth quarter, Ford's revenue reached $39.7 billion, down 5% year-on-year. In 20 19, Ford's revenue was155.9 billion USD, down 3% year-on-year.
Geely invested 370 million yuan to develop a "healthy car" that can prevent viruses? ; Geely Automobile and Volvo Automobile will merge into a global group.
On February 4th, Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (hereinafter referred to as "Geely Group") announced that it had decided to invest 370 million yuan in Geely Automobile in advance to start the research and development of "all-round health vehicle" with virus prevention function. This kind of car will be different from the professional medical protective car, and it is a consumer-grade product mainly for ordinary consumers, and will focus on breaking through the anti-virus function and technology in the car. "there will be no obvious increase in vehicle prices." In this regard, insiders of Geely Group said that the project is currently in the initial start-up stage, and the specific timetable needs to be confirmed.
On February 10, Volvo Car Group and Geely Automobile Holding Co., Ltd. announced that they are planning to integrate their business and form a stronger global enterprise group. The purpose of this powerful alliance is to promote deepening cooperation between the two sides and more effective coordination in technology research and development, cost control and finance.
From the perspective of both parties, through business restructuring, both parties will have more scale advantages and stronger professional capabilities and resources, and continue to lead the industry reform; At the same time, the integrated new group will continue to maintain the unique positioning of its brands such as Volvo Car, Geely Automobile, Link Automobile and Polar Star. The reorganized new business group will connect with the global capital market through the listed entity of Hong Kong Geely Automobile, and the next step will be to consider listing in Stockholm.
Great Wall Motor continues to go overseas: enter the Indian market and acquire the Thai factory of General Motors.
On the afternoon of February 5th, at the15th Delhi International Auto Show in India, Great Wall Motor officially announced its entry into the Indian market, and announced its strategy. In 20021year, it will bring its two brands to Indian consumers: Haval, and its product line will cover all SUV products and Great Wall EV, in response to the development goals of "clean India" and "electrification" in India.
17 February, Great Wall Motor and General Motors * * * announced that Great Wall Motor would acquire GM's manufacturing plant in Rayong, Thailand. According to the binding terms and conditions signed by both parties, GM Thailand, including Rayong House automobile factory and powertrain factory, will be handed over to Great Wall Motor, and both parties plan to complete the transaction and finally hand it over before the end of 2020. The agreement still needs to be approved by the government and regulatory agencies. ?
Lexus is ready to introduce L2-level autonomous driving technology.
On February 6th, Lexus said it would launch the first car with self-driving function this year, but consumers will not be able to use this function until the upgraded version is released. As early as 20 17 Tokyo Motor Show, Lexus had already announced this project. Koji Sato, president of Lexus, said at the Toyota Motor Press Conference that L2 Technology will adopt the man-machine cooperation mode, adhere to the principle of "people-oriented" service experience, and keep in mind the value and significance of driving itself to luxury car users.
General Motors released 20 19 financial report: net profit reached $6.7 billion.
On February 6th, the annual financial report released by General Motors in Detroit showed that its net profit for 2065438+2009 reached 6.7 billion dollars. Taking into account the loss of $3.6 billion caused by the strike, the adjusted income before interest and tax is $8.4 billion. Looking forward to 2020, GM expects the adjusted diluted earnings per share to reach the range of $5.75 to $6.25, and the cash flow generated by automobile business activities will remain strong, ranging from $654.38+03 billion to $654.38+045 billion.
German auto giant Daimler plans to lay off10.5 million people?
On February 10, Handelsblatt reported that Daimler, the parent company of Mercedes-Benz, is increasing the scale of existing cost-cutting measures and plans to cut up to15,000 jobs. Last year, the company said in June 1 1 that it planned to lay off at least 10000 people, and strived to reduce the labor cost by about 654,380.4 billion euros by the end of 2022. However, the German Business Daily quoted internal sources as saying that the final number of layoffs will far exceed 1 10,000. According to the report, Daimler plans to announce the expansion of cost reduction plan at the annual press conference held on Tuesday, and will announce the reduction of investment in loss-making projects in non-core businesses.
Nissan's financial performance in 20 19 was bleak, thus reducing the expected profit?
13 February, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. announced the fourth quarter financial report of fiscal year 20 19 and the first three quarters financial report of fiscal year 20 19 (March 20 19-February 2065438). In the first three quarters of fiscal year 20 19, Nissan's total revenue was 7,507.3 billion yen, down 12.5% year-on-year. Operating profit was 54.3 billion yen, down 82.7% from last year. In terms of net profit, it plummeted by 87.6% to only 39.3 billion yen in the same period. The Q4 financial report data of 20 19 shows that Nissan's operating profit was 23 billion yen, and its sales decreased by 18% to 2.5 trillion yen. The actual performance is not as good as analysts expected.
Will SAIC-GM-Wuling's self-made masks go offline after 3 days?
On February 13, SAIC-GM-Wuling announced that as the first automobile company to obtain a medical device business license and pass professional testing, the masks independently developed have been shipped. It is reported that some products produced by SAIC-GM-Wuling are using polypropylene, a medical high-specification material, to produce sound-proof cotton. After the transformation of the production line, it can be put into production quickly, and it has the relevant qualifications of mask research and development, production and management. Therefore, SAIC-GM-Wuling quickly joined hands with its soundproof cotton supplier, Guangxi Defude, to switch to masks.
Renault's loss in 20 19 years 1.4 1 100 million euros.
On February 14, Renault Automobile Group announced its performance for 20 19 years. The financial report shows that the company's operating income in 20 19 was 55.54 billion euros, down 3.3% year-on-year; Net profit 1900? The net profit was 1.4 1 billion euros (about 1.53 billion dollars) compared with last year, which was the first annual loss in 10 years.
Zheng Mengjiu resigned as the chairman of Hyundai Motor Company, and his only son will take over next month?
19 February, Hyundai Motor Group said it would nominate Jin Shangxian (Jin? Sang? Hyun) took Zheng Mengjiu's seat on the board of directors. Shareholders of the company will vote on the proposal at the 65438+ meeting in March 2009. At that time, Zheng Mengjiu will step down as chairman, leaving only unregistered executives of Hyundai Motor and registered directors of Hyundai mobius. It is predicted that Zheng Mengjiu's eldest son, Eui-Sun Chung, will take over the post of chairman after the shareholders' meeting on 19 next month. ?
Faw car assets reorganization meeting
17 February, FAW Car announced that according to the announcement of the 4th working meeting of M&A and Restructuring Committee of China Securities Regulatory Commission in 2020, M&A and Restructuring Committee of China Securities Regulatory Commission will hold the 4th working meeting of M&A and Restructuring Committee in 2020 on February 18, 2020, to review the company's major asset replacement, issuance of shares and payment of cash to purchase assets and related transactions. The announcement shows that this major asset restructuring is an asset replacement between FAW Car and faw liberation. According to the relevant regulations, FAW Car's stock has been suspended since the opening of the market on February 18, and will be announced and resumed after the company receives the audit results from the M&A Committee.
Guangzhou automobile mass-produced homemade masks
/kloc-in February, 2009, five production lines of GAC's self-made masks have been installed and debugged, and will be officially mass-produced on the 20th. GAC's self-made masks will be co-ordinated by the Guangzhou Municipal Government and will not be retailed. Priority is given to frontline personnel such as medical care, public transportation, taxis and subways. It will also be provided to employees of Guangzhou Automobile Group, car owners and upstream and downstream partners of Guangzhou Automobile's vehicle brands. ?
Kia Motors' new logo was launched in 10 and will be used for electric vehicles for the first time.
On February 25th, according to Korean media reports, Park Han-woo, president of Kia Motors, confirmed for the first time in an interview with Korean media that Kia will replace its new logo this year. The new Logo will be officially released on 10 this year. From the patent map, KIA's new Logo abandoned the original oval structure and only kept the abstract English Logo“KIA ",which was more concise and flat.
New car manufacturer
Weilai has announced the completion of two convertible bonds financing.
On the evening of February 6, Weilai announced that it had signed a convertible bond subscription agreement with an unrelated Asian investment fund. According to the agreement, Weilai will issue and sell convertible bonds with a total principal of US$ 70 million by non-public offering. It is reported that the issuance of the convertible bonds will be carried out according to the contract signed by Weilai and the London Branch of Bank of New York Mellon as the trustee. The placing of this transaction needs to meet the usual closing conditions and is expected to be completed on February 10, 2020.
On February 14, Weilai Automobile announced that it had completed another 1 100 million USD convertible bond financing project. This time, the investors are two Asian investment funds, both of which are "unrelated parties". Wei Lai said that other financing projects are still in progress and have made positive progress. At this stage, Weilai mainly focuses on financing projects that can bring strategic value to China's business development and efficiency improvement. The latest sales performance previously announced by Weilai Automobile shows that in 2020, the overall delivery volume of Weilai is 1 .598 vehicles per year, 1 year, and Weilai delivers 1 10,000 vehicles per day, up by 22% year-on-year, and the sales efficiency is improved.
Weilai officially announced its settlement in Hefei, and the project plans to raise over 10 billion yuan.
On February 25th, 2020, the signing ceremony of Hefei's major industrial projects and the launching ceremony of Jianghuai Weilai EC6 mass production project were held in Hefei Jianghuai Weilai Factory. Leaders from Anhui and Hefei attended the signing ceremony. According to the agreement, Weilai China headquarters project will be settled in Hefei. It is reported that the project of China headquarters of Weilai Automobile includes: establishing China headquarters of Weilai Automobile in Hefei, establishing R&D, sales and production bases, and constructing the operation system of China headquarters centered on Hefei. The project plans to raise 654.38+045 billion yuan for the company's research and development, market system establishment and operation; At the same time, the headquarters, R&D base and the second production base are under planning and construction.
Tesla plans to launch a carpooling application; To issue $2 billion of common stock, Musk will subscribe for $65.438+million.
On February 7th, according to electrek, Tesla plans to launch a carpooling application. However, before fully autonomous driving is approved by the regulatory authorities, all vehicles will be equipped with human drivers, and they will also enjoy Tesla's own insurance.
In fact, as early as last year, elon musk, CEO of Tesla, said that he was interested in publishing a paper entitled "Tesla Network" (Tesla? Network) is open to carpooling applications. At the fourth quarter earnings conference of Tesla 20 19 held last week, Musk reiterated this open attitude.
On February 13, local time, Tesla officially announced that it plans to raise $2 billion by issuing common stock. Musk himself will buy shares of up to $6.5438+million, and Larry Ellision, a member of Tesla's board of directors, will also buy shares of $6.5438+million. Tesla said that it plans to use the proceeds of this issuance to "further strengthen its balance sheet and use it for general corporate purposes".
Xpeng Motors will provide G3 car owners with 1 month free charging service.
On February 9th, Xpeng Motors released a message through the official Weibo, saying that the resumption of work was just around the corner. Xpeng Motors decided that all G3 car owners in Tucki could charge at Xpeng Motors Super Charging Station for free from 0: 00 on February 9th to 24: 00 on March 8th.
science-and-technology enterprise
Contemporary Ampere Technology Co., Ltd. officially announced "hand in hand" Tesla; It is planned to raise 20 billion yuan to expand the production capacity of battery projects.
On February 3, Contemporary Ampere Technology Co., Ltd. announced that it planned to sign a contract with Tesla and Tesla (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Tesla) for production. Pricing? Agreement? (China) Agreement. According to the above agreement, Contemporary Ampere Technology Co., Ltd. will supply lithium-ion power battery products to Tesla from July 2020 to June 30, 2022 for a period of 1.
On February 28th, Contemporary Ampere Technology Co., Ltd. plans to raise RMB 20 billion (about US$ 2.85 billion) through private placement for the construction, research and development of power batteries and energy storage batteries, and supplement the working capital to enhance the profit space. In a document submitted to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, Contemporary Ampere Technology Co., Ltd. said that the financing will help the company expand the production capacity of its battery factories in Fujian, Jiangsu and Sichuan, and it is estimated that the production capacity of lithium batteries will exceed 52GWh, as well as an energy storage research project.
The joint traffic control department of Gaode Map launched the "entrance registration" function in Shanghai and Chongqing.
On February 6th, the joint traffic control department of Gaode Map launched the "entrance registration" function in Shanghai, Chongqing, Zhengzhou and Suzhou. Users returning from the Spring Festival can complete the registration of health information online through the map of Gaode, reducing the stop and waiting time at the epidemic checkpoint on the way back.
Uber's 20 19 financial report was released, and the annual loss exceeded $8.5 billion.
On February 7th, Uber released its fourth quarter and annual financial report for 20 19. The financial report shows that as of the fourth quarter of 20 19, 12, 3/kloc-0, Uber's revenue was 4.069 billion US dollars, up 36.82% year-on-year, better than analysts' expectation of 4.060 billion US dollars. The net loss was $6543.8+$96 million, an increase of 24.83% over the same period of last year, which was less than the market expectation.
In 20 19, Uber's revenue was $65,438+0,465,438+47 million, a year-on-year increase of 25.53%; The adjusted net income was $6,543.8+$02.897 billion, up 25.25% year-on-year. It is worth mentioning that Uber's annual net loss exceeds $8.5 billion.
Lucky car? Q4' s revenue reached a record high of 10. 17 1 100 million USD, and the loss continued to expand. Its share price fell by more than 10%?
On February 12, the American taxi platform Raffles announced the fourth quarter financial report of fiscal year 20 19. In the fourth quarter, the revenue of Raffles was 10 17 1 billion US dollars, up 52% year-on-year, setting a record for the company's single-quarter revenue and exceeding the general expectation of analysts of 984 million US dollars. The net loss was $356.0 million, a year-on-year increase of 43%. According to the data of 20 19, the annual revenue of Laifu Automobile was 3.6 billion US dollars, up 68% year-on-year, which also set a record in the company's history and exceeded market expectations. The annual net loss was $2.6 billion, nearly three times higher than the net loss of $900 million in 20 18.
Baidu Apollo won IATF? 16949 certification to accelerate the process of mass production of autonomous driving.
On February 24th, Apollo announced that it had recently won the IATF? 16949:20 16 quality management system certification certificate, which is the most authoritative quality management system certification in the automobile industry and is certified by the internationally renowned standard certification body T? v？ Issued by NORD North Germany. At the same time, Apollo and China Branch of Quality Management Center of German Automobile Industry Association (VDA? QMC？ China) signed a strategic cooperation agreement and became the Quality Management Committee of China District (QMA? China) invited guests from Chinese enterprises to attend the closed-door meeting of the industry. ?
Shi Yu Science and Technology got a new round of financing, and Bosch joined China Autopilot.
On February 26th, Shi Yu Science and Technology announced that it had won the strategic investment of Bosch Series B financing. In the same period, it also invested in VC, PE and local strategic emerging industry funds such as Shenzhen Venture Capital (Shenzhen Innovation Investment Group), CICC Capital, Xiamen Seven Wolves Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Fund and Chongqing Liangjiang Service Fund. Shi Yu Science and Technology said that it will continue to open financing in 2020 to attract more supporters for the company's development.
Ma Xiao Zhixing received an investment of $400 million from Toyota with a valuation of over $3 billion.
On February 26th, Pony.ai announced that it had received a $400 million investment from Toyota to deepen and expand the cooperation between the two companies in the field of travel. At the same time, the two sides will further accelerate the research and development and commercial application of autonomous driving. It is understood that Ma Xiao Zhixing's new round of financing totaled US$ 462 million, with a valuation slightly higher than US$ 3 billion and a total financing of nearly US$ 800 million, making it one of the most highly valued autonomous driving companies in the world.
Car group, the parent company of melon seeds used car and edamame new car, announced a pay cut.
On February 28th, Cheduoduo Group, the parent company of melon seeds used car, released the salary reduction plan for February and March of 2020. Group vice president level: M6 and above all pay cut by 50%; Group directors: P9M4 and P 10M5 all-inclusive pay reduction of 40%; Group post: P series and M series will be paid 30% off, with compensatory time off 13 days.
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