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　　Disappearing Small Dishes Comic Book/Li Xiaojun

　　● With the implementation of the anti-food waste law, small portions and half portions of food were once popular with consumers, and many merchants also launched related dishes in due course. But nowadays, few restaurants set up small dishes and half dishes offline. The main reason is that the cost of time, manpower and material resources has risen and the unit price has become more expensive.

　　● Compared with offline catering, small dishes on the take-away platform are easier to find, but there are also many problems: some restaurants have fewer categories, that is, the types of small dishes provided are much less than those of conventional dishes, generally only six or seven; Some restaurants are not cost-effective, that is, the amount of small dishes is less, but the price is not much cheaper.

　　● It is suggested that businesses should integrate the prevention of food and beverage waste into business processes and employee assessment; The take-away platform can add an "anti-waste" score to the evaluation feedback, which not only urges merchants to fulfill their anti-waste obligations, but also reminds consumers to pay attention to saving. At the same time, in view of the operating pressure of small and medium-sized restaurants, the take-away platform can consider giving certain support to small and medium-sized restaurants that offer small dishes and half dishes, such as reducing commission rates and providing digital support.

　　□ Our reporter Zhao Li

　　□ Intern of this newspaper Hu Miao

　　"We don’t have a small dish here, and we have never set it up." "We used to have half a dish, but it didn’t work well." … …

　　A few days ago, the reporter of Rule of Law Daily came to Xidan Joy City in Xicheng District and Shuangqiao wanda plaza in Chaoyang District, and visited more than 20 restaurants, including well-known chain restaurants and specialty shops such as barbecue, hot pot and spring cakes. It was found that almost no restaurants set small dishes and half dishes.

　　Among them, four restaurants originally set up small dishes and half dishes, which were later cancelled. The only noodle restaurant that serves small dishes did not mark small dishes on the menu. It was only after the reporter asked that it could provide small dishes.

　　Once, with the implementation of the anti-food waste law, small dishes and half dishes were once popular with consumers, and many merchants also launched related dishes in due course. In March this year, the China Consumers Association, together with seven industry associations, societies and chambers of commerce, jointly launched an initiative, including actively promoting small dishes and half dishes.

　　However, the reporter’s investigation found that there are not many restaurants offering small dishes and half dishes. Many consumers from Beijing and Tianjin told reporters that whether going to a restaurant for dinner or ordering take-away, they felt that small portions and half portions of food were not as much as before.

　　People can’t help asking: where have the small dishes and half dishes gone?

　　It’s hard to find a small dish in a restaurant.

　　Either no or cancel.

　　"When I ordered takeout for a while, I felt that there were quite a lot of small dishes. Now there are obviously fewer businesses offering small dishes." Ms. Lin, who works near the Financial Street in Xicheng District, Beijing, said.

　　On the issue of small portions, among the 50 consumers interviewed randomly by reporters, nearly 40 consumers have the same feelings as Ms. Lin.

　　Ms. Wen, a citizen of Beijing, remembers that when she ordered food on the take-away platform last year, many restaurants provided small dishes for one person, the price was one third or more cheaper than the normal amount, but it was almost gone this year. "I don’t know why small dishes and half dishes disappeared."

　　Mr. Zhao, a Beijing citizen, often goes to a nearby Sichuan restaurant for dinner after playing ball games. The food in this restaurant is relatively large, and the dishes that the ball friends like to eat are different. They asked the boss to provide small dishes and half dishes. As a result, the boss shirked it on the grounds that the chef was too troublesome. "Every time we get together, there will be a lot of dishes left, which is too wasteful."

　　Many people have had the experience of being rejected after asking for a small portion of food. Xiao Han, who went to college in Beijing, met a friend for dinner at a northeast restaurant near Wangfujing some time ago. Seeing that other customers ordered a large amount of food, Xiao Han was worried about waste, so he asked the waiter if he had a small dish and whether he could cook it. The other party replied that he could not. "We had to order food normally, but we didn’t finish it, and there was a lot left."

　　In order to further understand the setting of small dishes in the hotel, the reporter recently came to Xidan Joy City in Xicheng District, Beijing. At 7 o’clock in the evening, there were long queues at the gates of many restaurants. The reporter randomly asked more than 10 restaurants whether they provided small dishes. Only one noodle restaurant replied that "large and small dishes are not indicated on the menu, but small dishes can be provided according to customers’ requirements". The rest of the restaurants all said that "only normal dishes are available, and no small dishes are set".

　　In a pasta shop that specializes in six kinds of materials, such as fat sausage, fried belly, squid and shrimp sauce, the reporter noticed that there are only two choices on the menu, normal portion and increased portion after the price increase. In the face of the reporter’s question "If you can’t finish the normal portion, can you order a small portion?", the waiter of the store replied that "we are all normal portions here, and there is no small portion."

　　In wanda plaza, Shuangqiao, Chaoyang District, Beijing, the setting of small dishes is almost the same. The reporter still interviewed more than 10 restaurants at random, and the other party unanimously said that "small dishes are not provided", some replied "I never thought about setting it", and some said that "it was set before, but it was cancelled if the effect was not good".

　　The reporter also noticed a phenomenon: even if the same restaurant provides small dishes on the take-away platform, there is no option for small dishes if you go to the restaurant.

　　Ms. Fan, who works in Beijing, has encountered this problem. It is precisely because she ordered a small dish to take out in a restaurant. Once she happened to pass by this store, she wanted to order a small dish for dinner. As a result, there was no choice between a small dish and a half dish when ordering.

　　"I’m eating alone in a restaurant now. If I want to mix vegetarian and vegetarian dishes, I can only eat fast food like Lamian Noodles, because ordinary restaurants can only order normal food, and there will inevitably be a lot left." Ms. Fan said that some time ago, she went to a restaurant and ordered a vegetarian meal. As a result, the amount of food was super large. Finally, she had to pack it and ate leftovers for two days.

　　There is no standard for quantitative pricing.

　　Customers think it is not cost-effective

　　Although restaurants that don’t offer small dishes are annoying to consumers, some restaurants that offer small dishes are not happy.

　　The reporter’s investigation found that compared with offline catering, small dishes on the take-away platform are easier to find, but there are also many problems: some restaurants have fewer categories, that is, the types of small dishes provided are much less than those of conventional dishes, generally only six or seven, and only one or two are rare; Some restaurants are not cost-effective, that is, the amount of small dishes is less, but the price is not much cheaper.

　　Some interviewees opened a take-away platform for reporters to see that the price of a small portion of hot and sour potato chips in a certain store is 15 yuan, while the price of a normal portion is 18 yuan, only 3 yuan. "The weight is reduced by half, but the price is only reduced by a little, which is too unreasonable."

　　Xiao Yang, a graduate student in Beijing, also noticed this problem. She calculated an account: some small dishes and half dishes are only one-third of the large dishes, but the price is half of the large dishes; Some small dishes with a weight of 1 person are almost two-thirds of the normal vegetable price, or even less. "Many restaurants only mark ‘ 1 person ’ There is no specific gram, so it is only cheaper for businesses, and it is very difficult for consumers to benefit. "

　　The reporter saw on a take-away platform that on the take-away menu of a restaurant, kung pao chicken was priced at 38 yuan /1 box, and small portions were priced at 26 yuan /1 person. The specific weight of 1 box and 1 person was not marked. On the take-away menu of another restaurant, the small portion and the normal amount of fish-flavored shredded pork are 26 yuan and 39 yuan respectively, and their portions are all marked as "1 box". There is also a restaurant’s take-away fried chicken. The small portion is different from the normal amount in 10 yuan, and the weight is marked as "about 350g".

　　The reporter then compared the large portions and small portions of several dishes on the take-away platform, and found that some small portions have only one-third of the Caicai amount of large portions, and the price is half or even more than that of large portions.

　　Although some merchants provide small dishes and half dishes, they have set delivery thresholds, such as clearly marking "No delivery for a single dish" or "The price of a small dish cannot meet the delivery standard". "We can only order multiple small dishes with full discounts and coupons, and we have to use multiple packaging boxes. In this way, the price is much higher and it causes a lot of waste." Xiao Yang said.

　　The reporter noticed that some consumers spit on the take-away platform that merchants did not indicate the specifications and weight of small dishes, which made it difficult for them to estimate the actual weight of dishes. Sometimes they clearly ordered small dishes and received too many dishes, which eventually led to waste. Some consumers say that the price of small dishes is almost the same as that of large dishes. Instead of letting merchants take advantage, it is better to order large dishes.

　　Popularize the concept of nutritional balance

　　Subsidy support should be in place

　　Promoting small portions and half portions of dishes is a concrete starting point of "CD Action". In recent years, after active publicity and guidance, this good idea of practicing economy once became the "new standard" of the catering industry.

　　The Insight Report on Small Dishes in 2022 released by a platform at the end of last year showed that the number of users searching for "small dishes" on the platform exceeded 130,000 times per day. As of September 2022, the sales volume of small dishes increased by 114.5% compared with the same period in 2020.

　　Seeing that the market is getting hot, why don’t many businesses follow the trend? Why do many consumers feel that there are fewer businesses offering small dishes?

　　Some merchants told reporters that because the cooking methods and processes of small dishes are the same as those of large dishes, the workload of chefs has increased, and there are more tableware to be washed, and the cost of time, manpower and material resources has risen, so the unit price is more expensive.

　　"In the Chinese food industry, dishes have to go through a complicated processing process, and the labor cost of each dish will increase accordingly. Cooking small dishes will consume the same labor cost as cooking large dishes, but the profit is much lower, and I dare not raise prices at will, so I simply don’t cook small dishes." Mr. Liu, who runs a small and medium-sized hotel in Beijing, said.

　　There are also hotel operators who have calculated such an account for reporters: for two people to eat, the table area usually selected is four people, and one course is calculated according to five minutes. In the past, the normal weight only needed to order two courses, and the kitchen took 10 minutes. Now, it takes 15 to 20 minutes for customers to order three or four small dishes. As the workload of the stove and chef increases, the serving time will slow down, the time for customers to occupy the table will become longer, the turnover rate will decrease, and the profit will decline.

　　The interviewed hotel operators pointed out that if they can’t find a balance between business model and avoiding waste, the introduction of small dishes and half dishes will lead to higher hotel costs, which is the fundamental reason why they are reluctant to provide small dishes and half dishes.

　　Cheng Shengkui, a researcher at the Institute of Geographical Sciences and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and chairman of the Chinese Society of Natural Resources, found that different regions with different levels of economic development have different demands for small dishes. "Consumers in economically developed cities generally feel that the amount of food in hotels is too large, hoping to introduce small dishes. Consumers who often engage in manual labor may ask for a larger amount of food. "

　　Therefore, Cheng Shengkui suggested that low-end restaurants can continue to ensure the weight of food, and middle-and high-end restaurants can launch more small dishes to meet the actual needs of customers.

　　Li Guoxiang, a researcher at the Institute of Rural Development of China Academy of Social Sciences, analyzed that whether a restaurant can launch a small portion of dishes is mainly considered from the perspective of profit. In addition to small portions, catering enterprises in the future can also provide nutritious meals for customers from the perspective of nutrition. Whether online or offline, relevant departments should introduce policies to encourage and guide businesses to launch small dishes.

　　"The obstacles to promoting small dishes and nutritious meals are mainly the eating habits and social identity of the masses, and businesses and consumers must make certain changes. First of all, the media should popularize the concept of balanced diet and nutrition to consumers. After the change of consumers’ concept, catering enterprises will naturally comply with customers’ requirements to provide dishes with balanced nutrition ratio. At the same time, relevant departments should also give certain subsidies to hotels that provide small dishes. " Li Guoxiang said.

　　Zheng Fengtian, a professor at Renmin University of China, also believes that it is completely possible to indicate the specifications and calories of meals. From the health point of view, everyone needs to consume a certain amount of calories and protein every day. If the food is clearly marked, consumers can calculate it by themselves when buying, reducing waste and developing scientific and healthy eating habits.

　　"The Anti-Food Waste Law stipulates that catering service operators should make food according to the standard specifications, reasonably determine the quantity and weight, provide small meals and other different specifications, and must not induce or mislead consumers to order too much. Many catering businesses should take this regulation as a benchmark and take the initiative to undertake the main obligation to stop catering waste, so as to ensure the sustainable and healthy development of the entire catering industry on the basis of strict economy. At the same time, in view of the operating pressure of small and medium-sized restaurants, the takeaway platform may consider giving certain support to small and medium-sized restaurants that offer small dishes and half dishes, such as reducing commission rates and providing digital support. " Liu Junhai, a professor at Renmin University of China, said.

　　The experts interviewed agreed that the core meaning of promoting small portions of food is to stop food waste, which requires the majority of catering businesses and consumers to put the concept and actions of "practicing economy and opposing waste" in place. It is suggested that businesses should integrate stopping food and beverage waste into business processes and employee assessment; The take-away platform can add an "anti-waste" score to the evaluation feedback, which not only urges merchants to fulfill their anti-waste obligations, but also reminds consumers to pay attention to saving. At the same time, consumers also need to jointly safeguard the consumption culture atmosphere of "wasting shame and saving pride" and promote civilized consumption in the whole society.

The car official announced the pre-sale of 2025 models, renamed Xingrui Dongfang Yao, with 5 configurations, and the official pre-sale price was 100,000-140,000 yuan. The appearance of the new car remains unchanged, and the interior is upgraded. In terms of power, a 2.0T engine is added, with a maximum power of 175kW. With 8AT gearbox, the power is greatly improved compared with the current 140kW.

Geely really spent a lot of money this time! You can buy a compact car with 2.0T+8AT in the early 100,000 s, which is simply to engrave the words "cost performance" into DNA. But then again, the competition in the automobile market is fierce now, and the major manufacturers try their best to compete for the favor of consumers. Geely’s operation is also reasonable.

Let’s talk about this price first. In the range of 100,000-140,000, there are quite a few models to choose from. The entry-level models of joint venture brands, the middle and high-end brands of independent brands, and even some small SUVs are at this price. Geely’s pricing this time can be said to be quite sincere, especially considering the new 2.0T+8AT powertrain, which is simply to set off a "power revolution" at this level.

Let’s talk about appearance again. From the description, the new Xingrui has not made a big fight in appearance. This is not surprising, after all, the face value of the current Xingrui has been quite capable of playing. The polygonal front grille with blackened headlights, coupled with the "fangs" shape, makes the whole front face look domineering and stylish. The lines on the side are also clean and neat, especially the waistline that extends from the front fender to the rear of the car, giving people a dynamic feeling. As for the tail, the exhaust layout of the two sides is a bit super-running, and I have to say that Geely has made great efforts in design.

In terms of interior, although the official did not release specific pictures, according to the news, the new Xingrui is likely to adopt a more advanced interior layout. The floating all-LCD instrument panel and large-size central control panel can be said to be quite luxurious in a 100,000-class car. If you add HUD head-up display and Meizu FlymeAuto system, it is simply full of technology. However, I would like to remind prospective car owners that high-tech configuration is good, but we must also consider the later maintenance costs. After all, once something goes wrong with the screen, it is no ordinary pain.

The power system is undoubtedly the biggest highlight of this upgrade. The maximum power of the newly added 2.0T engine reaches 175kW, which is 35kW higher than the current one, which can be said to be quite powerful. What’s more worth mentioning is that it is matched with the 8AT gearbox, which is a configuration that many luxury brands will adopt. With this powertrain, it is believed that Xingrui will have a qualitative leap in high-speed cruising and acceleration performance. Of course, if the power is improved, will the fuel consumption increase? This is also a problem that needs attention.

However, everything has two sides. Power improvement is certainly a good thing, but for some consumers who pay attention to comfort, the 1.5T engine may be more suitable for daily use. After all, urban roads are heavily congested, so it is difficult to give full play to the power advantage of 2.0T, but it may face higher car maintenance costs because of the increase in displacement. Therefore, which power version to choose still depends on the individual’s use needs and budget.

In addition, although Geely has made a lot of efforts in configuration and power this time, quality and after-sales service are the foundation for the long-term development of car companies. It is hoped that Geely will not neglect the improvement of user experience and after-sales service while improving its product strength. After all, it’s easier to buy a car than to maintain it. A good car should not only drive, but also be affordable.

The article is almost over. I have a question to ask you here: does Geely’s drastic upgrade mean something like "making decisions for the people"? Or is there a hidden mystery behind this, to raise prices and hit the higher-end market? What do you think?

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Make up and be smooth

A few days ago, a mysterious car appeared near Xiangyun Town, Shunyi, Beijing. The car body is tightly wrapped, but it is not difficult to see through its unique lights that this car is the brand-new car of Xpeng Motors "MONA" which will debut at the 2024 Beijing Auto Show.

Source/New Energy Prospective Shooting

In February of this year, the test spy photos codenamed "MONA" were exposed by many media platforms.

Source/He Xiaopeng Weibo New Energy Prospective Screenshot

As the listing of "MONA" approaches, it may change the dilemma of Xpeng Motors’s weak sales in the "new force of making cars".

Xpeng Motors sold 9,026 vehicles in March, and the cumulative sales in the first quarter reached 21,800 vehicles. According to the sales target of 280,000 vehicles in Xpeng Motors in 2024, less than 7.8% of them have been completed at present, and the pressure in the last three quarters can be imagined.

It is worth noting that Xpeng Motors’s sales performance is not good, and its performance situation is not optimistic. In 2023, the net loss of Xpeng Motors reached 10.38 billion yuan, with a year-on-year increase of 13.6%.

Faced with the double pressure of sales and revenue, Xpeng Motors, which shouted "the first year of the knockout", urgently needs a "cardiotonic".

01

Sales in the first quarter underperformed the market.

According to the latest sales data released by Xpeng Motors, although it increased by 20% year-on-year, Tucki once again underperformed the market. You know, in 2021, Xpeng Motors once topped the list of new forces with an annual sales of 98,000 vehicles.

Looking back, in the first quarter of this year, the top three seats in the "new forces to build cars" were asking for boundaries, ideals and zero running. Among them, as a "new force", the delivery volume in the first quarter was 85,800 vehicles, up 636.27% year-on-year; The ideal, which was once as famous as Wei Lai and Tucki, has now "soared", with a delivery volume of 80,400 vehicles in the first quarter, a year-on-year increase of 52.9%; The zero-run car, which has been behind Tucki for several years, although there are still no more than 10,000 models at present, its market potential can not be underestimated according to the data of its delivery volume of 33,400 vehicles in the first quarter, with a year-on-year increase of 217.92%.

As a result, the once three-legged pattern of "Wei Xiaoli" has long since ceased to exist.

In addition to the increasing number of new car-making forces in the new energy market, the "second generation of cars" such as Extreme Krypton, Deep Blue and Lantu, which are backed by traditional car companies, are gradually getting better and gaining market share.

Under the fierce market competition, automobile products are compared by consumers under a "magnifying glass". Xpeng Motors’s own product weakness and sales service system are slowly emerging.

In terms of intelligence, as one of the first new forces to enter the market, Tucki once won a wave of market dividends by virtue of its P7 all-voice in-vehicle system and long battery life. However, in the past two years, Xpeng Motors, which still preaches "smart driving", not only has no obvious advantage in the actual expenditure on R&D, but also has a serious loss of R&D personnel.

Source/Wu Xinzhou Weibo New Energy Prospective Screenshot

In the second half of 2023, Xpeng Motors frequently lost its R&D "veteran". With the departure of Wu Xinzhou, vice president of Xpeng Motors Autopilot, the responsible persons of perception, decision-making and laser radar have also left. Recently, according to the interface news, Liu Yilin, senior director of Xpeng Motors Autopilot, will leave his post.

As a result, Xpeng Motors’s intelligent moat is thin.

Zhong Shi, an auto analyst, told New Energy Foresight, "Since Wang Fengying entered Tucki, Tucki has been undergoing an all-round organizational restructuring, but this internal rectification will take time and will affect its current performance to a certain extent; At the same time, Tucki is also somewhat weak in product strength, but from the planning of Tucki, it is actually slowly adjusting. This year, Tucki’s new products may improve after they are listed. "

02 once the explosion, into a dark moment.

However, at present, Xpeng Motors’s existing models have not formed a fighting force, and won sufficient time for its new products to appear and climb. Even in this sales report, Tucki P7, an explosive model that Xpeng Motors once prided itself on, has played the role of disappearing.

According to the statistics of the third-party platform, P7, once the "Hua Dan" in Xpeng Motors, has experienced a step-by-step sales performance since its listing, and will hold the title of the new power pure electric vehicle in 2021. However, this good time didn’t last long. Since the second half of 2023, the sales volume of Tucki P7 began to decline all the way. In February this year, the retail volume was less than 1,000 vehicles, which was a waist-cutting decline from the previous month, reaching 113.3%.

Source/Xpeng Motors official website New energy forward-looking screenshot

Sales declined, but the number of complaints increased, mainly focusing on issues such as battery life discount and power battery failure. At the beginning of November last year, 290 owners of Tucki P7 jointly sent a letter to He Xiaopeng, CEO of Xpeng Motors, expressing their dissatisfaction with the unfulfilled OTA upgrade.

To make matters worse, according to incomplete statistics, there have been many spontaneous combustion incidents in P7, Tucki since 2024.

Tucki P7′ s "reputation" is not as good as before.

Perhaps based on this, Tucki P7 has not been found in many Xpeng Motors stores in Beijing. However, due to the listing of Xiaomi SU7 and the steady improvement of sales of the new M7 in the world, the passenger flow of many Xpeng Motors stores is only single digits, and at the same time, it is obviously less than that of Xiaomi and Huawei.

In fact, since the first model of Xiaomi, SU7, was officially put on sale on March 28th, all major new brands have been impacted to some extent, but Xpeng Motors’s feedback on this matter seems to be particularly obvious.

However, Zhong Shi said, "The listing of Xiaomi SU7 will have a certain impact on Tucki P7 in the future, but not so soon. After all, the current delivery capacity of SU7 is not enough, and it takes time to climb the production capacity. Therefore, in the absence of sharing more market share, SU7 during this period will basically not pose too much threat to the market. "

In response to the current and expected competitive pressure, it has become Xpeng Motors’s choice to rush into the "wave of price reduction". On April 1st, Xpeng Motors issued a statement on the official platform, stating that from April 1st to April 30th, the 2024 Tucki G9 will start the subsidy for smart driving, and the current car will be reduced to a maximum of 20,000 yuan.

On April 15th, a poster of "Tucki P7 reappears in rivers and lakes" was circulated on multi-media platforms. The contents of the poster showed that the original price of a version of Tucki P7 was 239,900 yuan, and now the comprehensive preferential price is 140,900 yuan.

Source/new energy forward-looking readers for the picture

Informed sources told New Energy Foresight that this is a qualified customer price in Shenzhen, but the quantity is small, and the model is a silver low-profile version.

As a result, all the models in Tucki have joined the army of price reduction, and even the P5 and P7 in Tucki have dropped to less than 150,000 yuan, which overlaps with the upcoming "MONA" price.

In addition, putting pressure on dealers has also become an "open plan" for Xpeng Motors to cope with market competition. However, many insiders said that the advantage of the dealer model lies in the double benefits when the products are competitive; When the product strength is not strong, the main engine factory will also be under double pressure.

03

In the eventful "spring", Tucki bet on the brand new MONA.

Recently, influenced by the good news that Tucki G9 went to sea, Xpeng Motors rebounded in the secondary market. However, under the background of intelligentization and electrification sweeping the automobile market, Xpeng Motors was suppressed by the world, ideal and Weilai, and pursued by Xiaomi SU7, Extreme Krypton, Deep Blue and Lantu.

Source/Xpeng Motors official website New energy forward-looking screenshot

In the first year of the knockout, Xpeng Motors moved forward under heavy pressure.

In contrast, some weak brands of new forces gradually marginalized, and finally ended up losing the market, such as Gaohe, Aichi and Weimar. New energy foresight found in several shopping malls in Beijing that the former Gaohe exhibition hall was empty, with only a few dusty Gaohe cars.

Ren Wanfu, an auto analyst, told New Energy Foresight, "In 2024, even in the next 1-2 years, due to the efforts of traditional car-making enterprises in new energy, the current market will be squeezed. In this case, it will accelerate the withdrawal of some weak new energy brands, but in fact this is a good thing."

In Ren Wanfu’s view, only by giving some superior resources and technologies to enterprises that have really made achievements can we face international competition. Gaohe is only one of them, and there may be other marginalized new forces making cars one after another in the future.

Cui Dongshu, secretary-general of the Federation, also said, "The current complicated automobile market situation will accelerate the elimination process of some weak brands with small sales volume and tight capital chain to a certain extent."

Xpeng Motors has stepped up its pace and laid out its market in various directions.

He Xiaopeng, CEO of Xpeng Motors, said in an internal letter to start construction in 2024 that "2024 is the year when the accumulation of products and technology platforms in Xpeng Motors broke out. Tucki has planned 30 cars in three years, and recruited about 4,000 people in 2024, investing more than 40% of research and development expenses. "

According to the official plan of Xpeng Motors, the first models will be launched in the 150,000 class and over 300,000 class respectively this year. The 150,000-yuan category is the brand-new brand MONA that Xpeng Motors cooperates with Didi.

On February 29th, Xpeng Motors officially announced that it had signed a technical cooperation agreement with Volkswagen for joint development of platform and software, and announced that it would jointly develop two B-class pure electric vehicles specially for China market, which will be officially launched in 2026.

This is not the first cooperation between Tucki and Volkswagen. At the end of last year, Volkswagen spent 5 billion yuan to acquire a 4.99% stake in Xpeng Motors and formally became a shareholder in Tucki.

Overseas layout is also the road to redemption for Xpeng Motors. Xpeng Motors has reached strategic cooperation with five local dealer groups in five markets in the Middle East and Africa, including UAE, Egypt and Lebanon. According to the plan, Xpeng Motors will also expand into other European markets including German, British, Italian and French markets during the year.

The leader who has been in the forefront of new power brands for many times with technical labels is now struggling below the average sales volume. In 2024, whether Xpeng Motors, with its large-scale, intelligent and international layout, can usher in a new turning point in brand development will continue to be concerned.

* The title map comes from vision china.

* Disclaimer: In any case, the information or opinions expressed in this article do not constitute investment advice to anyone.

In the automobile market with fierce competition like battlefield, Geely Automobile is like a fearless warrior. In November 2024, it waved a sales "heavy punch", with a proud achievement of 250,100 vehicles and a rapid growth rate of 27% year-on-year, which shocked the whole industry. By the end of November, the total sales volume of 1,966,500 vehicles and the year-on-year growth rate of 31% showed its unstoppable rise. What kind of secret weapon is hidden behind this brilliant record?

Technological innovation: a powerful engine to drive the future

Geely Automobile knows that in today’s surging tide of science and technology, technological innovation is the foundation of foothold in the market. Its heavily launched Geely Aegis short knife battery is undoubtedly a bright pearl of science and technology, and won the 2025 China Travel Technology Award in one fell swoop. This battery is a perfect combination of safety and performance. In terms of safety, it is like a loyal, extremely rigorous acupuncture experiment, and its safety standards are far higher than the industry average, creating an indestructible "safety fortress" for vehicles, so that drivers and passengers can feel at ease in every trip.

Not only that, in the two key areas of battery life and charging, Aegis short knife battery has shown remarkable strength. It can provide vehicles with a long cruising range and easily break through the 600-kilometer mark, which seems to inject endless power into the car. In terms of charging speed, it has also achieved a qualitative leap, greatly shortening the charging time and letting users bid farewell to the long and anxious waiting. Take Geely as an example, this model equipped with Aegis short knife battery and 11-in-1 intelligent electric drive system is amazing in acceleration performance, and the acceleration time of 0-100 km is significantly shortened compared with traditional models. At the same time, the blessing of FlymeAuto car system makes the interactive experience in the car silky smooth, as if bringing future technology into real driving.

Product Matrix: "Automobile Kingdom" to Meet Multiple Needs

Geely Automobile’s product lineup is like a huge and rich "automobile kingdom", ranging from affordable family cars to high-end luxury smart cars, from fuel-powered classic models to pioneers in the field of new energy, covering the needs and preferences of different consumers in all directions.

Geely series has always been a popular choice for ordinary families to buy cars. With its high cost performance and reliable quality, it has won the trust of countless consumers and occupied a decisive position in the sales map in November. With its fashionable and dynamic design, outstanding performance and configuration full of science and technology, Linke brand has become the heart of young and fashionable consumers who pursue individuality and quality life. The steady growth of its sales volume in November is the best proof. In the wave of new energy, Geely Galaxy series is like a dazzling new star. With advanced electric technology, excellent endurance performance and comfortable and environmentally friendly driving experience, it has quickly emerged in the market, and its sales growth of 121% in November is a powerful manifestation of its strong strength.

The spurt growth of Geely Automobile’s sales in November is not accidental, but an inevitable result of its long-term careful cultivation in technological innovation and product layout. Looking forward to the future, Geely Automobile will continue to hold on to the "golden key" of innovation, constantly expand and enrich its product matrix, open more exciting and unlimited travel chapters for consumers around the world, and lead China automobile industry to sail on the world stage for a more brilliant tomorrow.

Beijing News Shell Financial News (Reporter Zhang Bing) "Alpha T5 is positioned as a gift for itself and the whole family, and this positioning determines the scene requirements of Alpha T5." On November 17th, Dai Kangwei, Party Secretary and General Manager of BAIC New Energy, said at the Guangzhou Auto Show that the new car was positioned as a pure electric SUV with a battery life of 660 kilometers and 800V high-voltage overcharge.

In January of this year, Beiqi Blue Valley launched a new car polar fox koala specially designed for parent-child travel, which became its first attempt to build a car driven by scenes. In September this year, Dai Kangwei revealed that the polar fox koala has received 5206 orders since the pre-sale.

Editor Bai Huabing proofreads Lin Zhao.

CCTV News:A conference that brought together the world’s top Internet scientific and technological achievements caused a sensation in Wuzhen on the evening of 16th. Fifteen carefully selected global teams, including IBM’s Watson artificial intelligence brain, quantum communication technology, Microsoft HoloLens holographic glasses and deep neural network processor, announced their latest research progress. This makes world internet conference a gathering place of the world’s top Internet technologies and a new window for observing the world’s cutting-edge technologies.

The World’s Top Scientific and Technological Achievements "Bright Sword" Wuzhen Conference

If you want to know the innovative technology trend of Internet technology in the future, this is definitely a feast that should not be missed. With the appearance of Wu Hequan, an academician of China Academy of Engineering, and the cool opening animation, Tesla was the first to show the "enhanced automatic assisted driving" in a huge and wide projection. The intelligent system with eight cameras realized 360-degree coverage of the surrounding environment, and the longest monitoring distance reached 250 meters.

Tesla enhances automatic driving assistance.

Tesla Electric Vehicle has developed an intelligent suite, which can use the key to "summon" the vehicle to automatically drive out of the garage, detect the driver’s position and stop at the driver’s side. People get in the car again and start. On the road, 8 cameras and 12 ultrasonic sensors cover the environment within 250 meters. When the driver gives an order, the car can automatically change lanes, and the car can also park automatically.

"I personally use this technology every day and experience perfection." Ren Yuxiang, global vice president of Tesla, said.

Doctors can’t save lives, but they can save lives.

IBM’s Waston 2016

International Business Machines (IBM) announced the latest Watson)2016 artificial intelligence brain. Chen Liming, IBM’s global vice president, announced that watson, their famous artificial intelligence system, has been able to read all laboratory reports, CT films, nuclear magnetic resonance films and even gene maps. "In this way, our old and young hospitals can get the same services as the top three hospitals."

Chen Liming, for example, said that a Tokyo woman with leukemia was sentenced to death by the hospital, and watson spent 10 minutes reading the relevant 4-kilometer-thick medical materials and gave medical advice to save her life. Chen Liming revealed that this is the first time that a brain-like computer has been released in the field of basic science, and its processing capacity is equivalent to 4 billion human synapses. Artificial intelligence adopts the latest atomic storage technology, which is of great significance in the era of big data. "It has successfully diagnosed diseases that are difficult for top medical experts in the world to diagnose."

120,000 accounts a second are not wrong.

Alibaba’s large-scale distributed and highly available e-commerce processing platform based on Feitian platform

“‘ Double 11’ On this day, behind the shopping of 120.7 billion yuan in 24 hours, our flying technology platform is supporting. " Zhang Yong, CEO of Alibaba Group, said, "We have set a record this year. The electronic trading system supports 175,000 trading orders and 120,000 payments per second, with zero errors."

Zhang Yong said that Alibaba’s invention of remote dual-activity technology made the system safe and sound in the face of huge crowds.

China chips challenge world standards.

CAMBRIAN 1A Deep Neural Network Processor of China Academy of Sciences

The research strength and scientific and technological achievements from China are also very eye-catching. Sun Ninghui from Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences brought the CAMBRIAN 1A deep neuron network processor, which has the same intelligence as human beings. It imitates human neural network, and its computing instructions are different from those of ordinary CPU. The power consumption is very low and the function is very powerful. With it, it is expected to put the Alpha dog into a mobile phone. From language understanding to image search, many artificial intelligence functions can rely on it.

The Kirin 960 soc chip of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

Huawei introduced their latest "Kirin 960" chip, which is the core of Huawei’s newly developed mobile phone, challenging the highest level in the world and achieving a breakthrough in high performance and long battery life. It is also the result of nearly 10 years’ research and development by scientists and engineers around the world: photography technology comes from teams such as France, Russia and Japan, and some communication technologies come from teams such as the United States, Belgium and Sweden.

Chen Liming of IBM said that their newly released brain-like computer has the computing power equivalent to 4 billion synapses and consumes only 2.5 watts of power. Moreover, the atomic storage technology they developed can store 1 bit of information with 12 atoms, while the current technology needs 1 million atoms.

Transistor density enhancement technology at the University of California, Berkeley

Hu Zhengming, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, is the inventor of the "fin transistor". In 2011, Intel took the lead in adopting this technology, which enabled Moore’s Law to continue. On the same day, Hu Zhengming announced their innovation this year: introducing molybdenum sulfide as a material, so that two-dimensional semiconductors can be "transformed into tall buildings" and transistors can be reduced to 1 nanometer. Hu Zhengming said that this may increase the density of semiconductor transistors by another 1,000 times.

VR glasses take you to Mars.

Shen Xiangyang, Microsoft’s global executive vice president, played a video in which users wearing glasses saw the real scene and virtual scene fit together and could manipulate the virtual scene. Users at home can share images with people thousands of miles away and make virtual marks to remove the sewer pipes at home.

Microsoft Hololens mixed reality holographic glasses

"Microsoft’s HoloLens holographic glasses are the most advanced holographic computers in the world." Shen Xiangyang said, "Students can learn anatomy through digital holograms. Using the holographic image of the Mars probe, scientists can work on the surface of Mars in an immersive way. HoloLens can not only present a three-dimensional holographic model of the engine, but also superimpose parts on it and even see through the internal structure. "

Baidu company Baidu brain

Zhang Yaqin, president of Baidu, said that the Baidu brain they developed now contains massive data, including search, behavior, location and transaction data, which can create personalized knowledge maps, business logic and user portraits. Baidu Brain is also the largest deep learning neural network in the world, including trillions of parameters, hundreds of billions of feature trainings, hundreds of billions of different models, and hundreds of thousands of servers. Baidu is also trying to apply artificial intelligence to the fields of education and medical care, simulating the dialogue between patients and doctors, and artificial intelligence itself can read a large number of documents to judge cases accordingly. Driverless technology also applies artificial intelligence, which will also be integrated into people’s lives.

Tencent’s WeChat Ecological Innovation

　

Kaspersky Industrial Security Platform 2016

　

Industry 4.0 intelligent manufacturing production line of SAP in Germany　　

In the field of business model innovation, Alibaba released a large-scale distributed e-commerce processing platform, Tencent introduced and demonstrated the achievements of "WeChat Ecological Innovation", Kaspersky Lab demonstrated "Industrial Security Platform 2016" and SAP released the "Industry 4.0" interconnected manufacturing solution.

The latest scientific and technological achievements in the global Internet field were displayed at this conference, which highlighted the creative contributions of practitioners in the Internet field and built an all-round global innovation exchange platform. More than 2,000 guests from all over the world were packed.

Artificial intelligence has become an indisputable highland for technology display.

Artificial intelligence is an indisputable hot spot this time, and most innovative technologies are related to it. For example, the realization of Tesla’s automatic assisted driving function makes full use of artificial intelligence algorithm to analyze the data received by the sensor; Biochips also need to rely on artificial intelligence to interpret biological data in application.

Wu Hequan, academician of China Academy of Engineering and chairman of internet society of china, said that the 15 leading scientific and technological achievements of the world Internet released this time have demonstrated the wisdom in the Internet field. In order to select these projects, the organizing committee of the conference set up a recommendation committee composed of 33 well-known internet experts to collect the leading scientific and technological achievements, theoretical achievements, technological achievements and the most influential products in the world over the past year. The organizing committee has received more than 500 applications from the global Internet field.

The press conference of "World Internet Leading Scientific and Technological Achievements Release Activity" was held.

After the launch event, the conference held a press conference on "World Internet Leading Scientific and Technological Achievements Launch Event". Five publishers of leading achievements and one person in charge of participating enterprises answered reporters’ questions on relevant issues.

When answering a reporter’s question, Mr. Hu Zhengming, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, said that the significance of the release of scientific and technological achievements lies in encouraging people to use their wisdom more for scientific and technological innovation; The second is to encourage young people to seize more innovation opportunities in the Internet field.

When answering a reporter’s question, Mr. Chen Liming, senior vice president of IBM and chairman of Greater China, said that scientific and technological inventions are meaningful only if they are applied to human social practice. If scientific and technological achievements are to have vitality, they must be applied to real life.

Mr. Zhang Yaqin, President of Baidu Company, introduced the significance of artificial intelligence technology to human beings. He said that artificial intelligence is actually not mysterious, and now it has been widely used in our daily life. For example, online booking, ordering, shopping, volunteering and other functions are all based on artificial intelligence technology, and driverless cars will soon "drive into" people’s daily lives.

When answering a reporter’s question, Mr. Sun Ninghui, director of the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, lamented that it is very gratifying to be able to change the world through basic theoretical innovation. He believes that after the arrival of the intelligent age, human life and working style will be completely changed.

Mr. Li Qiang, Senior Vice President of SAP and General Manager of Greater China, said that the next stage of Internet development will focus on basic research and core technologies, as well as the craftsmanship embodied in the products themselves. He believes that enterprises in China really need core technologies to survive and develop, and to go overseas and go global.

　

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The exterior design of the eπ 008 is full of technology and sporty atmosphere. The front face adopts bold lines and streamlined contours, with sharp headlights to create a strong visual impact. The air intake grille adopts a closed design, which is in line with the characteristics of new energy vehicles, while improving the aerodynamic performance of the whole vehicle. Overall, the exterior design of the eπ 008 is both fashionable and dynamic, highlighting the brand’s innovative spirit and design concept.

eπ008的车身尺寸为5002*1972*1732mm，轴距为3025mm，前轮距和后轮距均为1650mm，车身线条流畅且富有动感，配备265/45 R21规格的轮胎，搭配风格独特的轮圈，提升了车辆的运动感和美观度。

eπ008的内饰设计以科技感和舒适性为主导，旨在为驾驶者提供一个现代而精致的驾乘环境。驾驶舱内，方向盘采用皮质包裹，不仅手感细腻，还支持手动上下及前后调节，能够满足不同驾驶者的需求。中控台上配备了一块15.6英寸的触控屏幕，支持语音识别控制，涵盖多媒体系统、导航、电话和空调等功能，操作便捷且智能化。前排座椅采用仿皮材质，具备加热和通风功能，为驾驶者带来更加舒适的乘坐体验；驾驶位的座椅还配备了头枕扬声器，进一步提升了驾乘的豪华感。前排和后排均设有USB及Type-C接口，方便乘客连接设备充电。此外，eπ008还配备了前排手机无线充电功能，便于驾驶者在驾驶过程中为手机充电。第二排座椅同样支持前后和靠背调节，甚至可以调节腿托，提高了乘客的舒适度。后排座椅支持比例放倒，增加了车内空间的灵活性和实用性。

eπ008搭载了一台1.5T 147马力的L4发动机，最大功率为108kW，最大扭矩达到210N·m，搭配电动车单速变速箱，为车辆提供了强劲的动力输出和平顺的驾驶体验。

车主认为，eπ008的车身整体设计大气，非常耐看，甚至给人一种价值30多万的车的感觉。他的评价不仅展示了eπ008的外观设计，也体现了其在性价比方面的突出表现。

According to a report by Sina Variety, today (May 4), Deng Chao posted that he had been kicked out of his home by Sun Li, and the topic was hot.

I thought it was Mr. Sun who was fed up with Abby’s embarrassment, but it turned out that he took Guizhou Smelly Sour home after recording the variety show.

Deng Chao, a Chinese mainland actor and director born in 1979, married his wife, Sun Li, in the 2005 TV drama "Happiness Like Flowers." On February 8, 2010, on Deng Chao’s birthday, the two registered their marriage. The wedding was held on June 7, 2011.

On October 17, the Baidu World Conference 2023 was successfully held in Beijing. At the Whole House Intelligent Big Model Application Forum, MPE Smart Bed & Xiaodu Whole House Intelligent officially reached a strategic cooperation.

Xiaodu whole house intelligence is built by Baidu’s artificial intelligence brand "Xiaodu", with advanced AI and smart home technology, based on DuerOS, integrated into ERNIE Bot, with leading voice technology and large model capabilities, and is one of the leaders in the field of whole house intelligence.

What is a smart bedroom?

In the field of "whole house intelligence", there is no room with the highest demand for intelligence than the bedroom. Just because it is impossible for people to operate the central control when they are asleep, the bedroom needs "wisdom" more than other places in the home.

The core of a smart bedroom lies in whether it can perceive the environment, determine which plan to run in the current scene, compare, analyze, and make decisions about external information, and actively adjust the micro-scene plan based on human needs.

The MPE smart bed, the creator of sleep micro-scene integration, joined hands with Xiaodu Whole House Intelligence to give the answer.

Sleep micro-scene integration creator

As the pioneer of smart beds, MPE has been building a "smart bedroom ecosystem based on one bed", which fits well with Xiaodu’s whole house intelligence. After MPE’s self-developed AI voice technology is connected to DuerOS, it can control the whole house through voice. Through voice technology and large model capabilities, it can achieve word-for-word accurate recognition, control the core appeal, and give solutions; it can also automatically adjust the preset mode in various micro-scenes by sensing the environment:

It was getting late, and when you were ready to go to bed and enter the bedroom, the bedroom curtains had been drawn, and the air conditioner had already made the room "neither hot nor dry";

?Relax and read a book before going to bed, gently shout "leisure mode", and adjust it to a suitable angle;

When you start to get sleepy, you can shout "deep sleep mode" softly, MPE will adjust the smart bed to level, and all electrical appliances will enter sleep mode;

After a while, you will enter a deep sleep and start to snore. The head of the MPE smart bed is raised to an appropriate angle to reduce the duration of snoring and ensure sleep quality;

When getting out of bed at night, the bedside light is lit, and the soft light is enough to see objects and ensure safety.

At the wake-up time you set, open the blackout curtains little by little, raise the head of the bed, and play music. After a good night’s sleep, you wake up gracefully and naturally.

Know what you need, everywhere

With the improvement of large model capabilities, the future home will be smarter, and the bed, as the most important component of the bedroom, has an irreplaceable role in the smart bedroom scene. MPE always believes that from "smart" to "smart", the most useful way is to let the smart bedroom understand what you need, adapt to the situation independently, and provide a high-quality sleeping environment.

In the future, MPE smart beds and Xiaodu whole-house smartphones will continue to create a warm, personalized, and intelligent life for users, transforming the bedroom into the future and creating an extremely comfortable smart sleep experience.

Yichexun A few days ago, I obtained the mixed version of the declaration map from relevant channels. The logo of "hybrid" has been added to the rear of the new car, which is equipped with a 1.5T hybrid system with a declared value of 6.4L/100km.

The appearance of the hybrid version does not adopt a new generation of design, which is not much different from the current fuel version. Only the "hybrid" logo is added at the rear of the car.

The logo and the net on the front face are still chrome-plated, and the rear taillights are designed as through taillights, with dimensions of 4700mm long, 1860mm wide and 1746mm high respectively.

The hybrid version still uses 1.5T, and the hybrid system is composed of motors. Compared with the current fuel version of 1.5T, it will have stronger power and better performance. The official declaration is 6.4L, and the fuel version is reduced by 1L. Since the hybrid electric vehicle is not a new energy vehicle, the main competitor of the new car is the fuel version of the same price, and the advantage is naturally lower brought by the hybrid vehicle.