91 Ten Articles: Ford executive Zhu Jiang may join Xiaomi Motors, Volkswagen electric vehicle deliveries doubled

1. Zhu Jiang, Chief Operating Officer of Ford China Electric Vehicle Division, officially resigned today. Industry insiders said that Zhu Jiang's next stop will be working for Xiaomi Auto. The news that Zhu Jiang joined Didi Auto has been denied by him. Zhu Jiang officially joined Ford China on June 1, 2020 as the head of the pure electric Mach-E project, responsible for the operation and management of Mach-E-related marketing, public relations, sales, service and customer experience.

2. Swedish autonomous driving company Einride announced that it has successfully raised $110 million in its Series B financing to support its expansion in Europe and the U.S. market. Einride was founded in 2016 by Robert Falck, Linnéa Kornehed and Filip Lilja. It currently produces two types of vehicles: one is a connected electric heavy truck driven by humans, and the other is an unmanned small freight vehicle Pods.

3. In the first quarter of this year, Volkswagen Group's deliveries increased by 21.2% year-on-year to 2.4 million vehicles, of which the deliveries of electric vehicles doubled to 133,300 vehicles.

4. A survey by the German Ifo Institute for Economic Research shows that the prosperity of electric vehicles will cause the German automotive industry to lose more than 100,000 internal combustion engine production jobs.

5. Spain plans to use billions of euros in EU pandemic rescue funds to build new battery and electric vehicle factories to avoid falling behind in electrification.

6. CATL's wholly-owned subsidiary invested in AIWAYS and became the largest shareholder with a shareholding ratio of 21.2%. It is reported that the two parties will cooperate to develop the next generation of power battery technology. AIWAYS has cooperated with CATL for a long time, and its first car AIWAYS U5 uses ternary lithium batteries from CATL.

7. Autonomous driving technology company Hongjing Zhijia recently announced the completion of nearly 100 million yuan in Series A financing, which will be mainly used to expand the technology and data team and invest in the research and development of advanced autonomous driving technology. It is reported that this round of financing was led by Datai Capital, followed by Delian Capital and Yunjiu Capital, and oversubscribed by old shareholders such as Hillhouse Capital, BlueRun Ventures, Linear Capital, Tsinghua Research Capital, and Translink.

8. Mahle, a leading global automotive parts supplier, said it is developing a new type of magnetless motor that does not require rare earth materials. It has a more environmentally friendly production process and significant cost and resource security advantages. The key feature of this motor is the contactless inductive power transmission, which allows the motor to operate without wear and the efficiency can reach more than 95% under any working conditions.

9. Ms. Zhang and her husband, car rights protection owners in Henan, formally sued Tesla (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Tesla (Beijing) Co., Ltd. and Tesla's global vice president Tao Lin, demanding that the three defendants apologize to the plaintiffs in writing and claim RMB 50,000 in compensation for mental damages.

10. Nezha Auto, invested by 360, recently announced that it has added four "upgraded" models of its small SUV Nezha V, which are consistent with the current Nezha V on sale, and the overall shape is well known to everyone. In terms of power, Nezha V provides two versions of standard range and long range, with the maximum power of the motor being 40kw/55kw respectively, and the NEDC range being 301km/401km respectively. The price range is 60,900-76,900 yuan.

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