"91 Ten Articles" - A daily must-read briefing for the new energy vehicle industry (210304)

1. Following Huawei, traditional communications giant ZTE has also officially launched a smart car project. Its goal is the same as Huawei's, which is to "help car companies build better cars."

2. The epidemic has caused a setback for German auto sales. According to data from the German Ministry of Transport, due to the impact of the epidemic, the country's new car registrations in February fell 19% to only 194,349 vehicles.

3. Representatives of the two sessions, including Zeng Qinghong, Chairman of GAC, Chen Hong, Chairman of SAIC, Yin Tongyue, Chairman of Chery, and Wang Fengying, President of Great Wall Motors, put forward many development suggestions for the autonomous driving industry. Zhou Hongyi, President of 360, and Robin Li, Chairman of Baidu, gave important opinions on the security of automotive data.

4. Chinese home appliance brand Hisense acquired Japan's Sanden Electric Co., Ltd. for RMB 1.3 billion, decisively entering into businesses related to electric vehicles and Internet cars.

5. Investment firm Morgan Stanley gave Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer Xpeng an overweight rating and raised its target price to a new high of $70.

6. The share price of Zotye Auto, which has been delisted, has been fluctuating continuously, with 24 daily limit increases in 32 trading days.

7. UBS is optimistic about Volkswagen's future performance and raised its target share price to 300 euros. It also made the judgment that Tesla = Apple in the electric car industry and Volkswagen = Samsung.

8. Tesla's sales in Japan soared after it cut prices by 24%. Analysts said that Japanese local brands will not be able to compete on price with Tesla imported from Shanghai. In 2020, Tesla sold less than 2,000 vehicles in Japan.

9. Ambarella, a semiconductor company focusing on artificial intelligence vision, announced today that it will join hands with Motional, an autonomous driving company jointly established by Hyundai Motor and Aptiv, to enter the driverless car track. As of March this year, Ambarella's cumulative shipments of AI SoC chips exceeded 2 million, and the demand from the automotive market exceeded 300,000.

10. A study by the University of California, Davis, shows that by using microfluidic technology, the problem of dendrite growth in lithium metal batteries can be effectively controlled, thereby improving the safety and life of the battery.

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