This week's car review: Mercedes-Benz BMW recalled; Geneva Motor Show cancelled …

It's the first day of March. In the last week of February, many great events happened in the world of automobile. From the important measures of relevant departments at the national level to the various dynamics of the automobile industry, it seems that there is only a short week, but there are many events worthy of attention and aftertaste. Following the horse-drawn car market, let's take a look at what happened in the car world this week.

Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issues guidance on enterprises' resumption of work and production

Promoting the upgrading and expansion of automobile consumption

On February 25th, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued "Guiding Opinions on Orderly Promoting Enterprises' Resumption of Work and Production in Industrial Communication Industry" in order to thoroughly implement the spirit of the important instructions of the central authorities on promoting the prevention and control of epidemic situation and economic and social development in COVID-19 and the requirements of joint prevention and control mechanism in the State Council.

in article 6 of the guidance, it is clearly defined that enterprises in key industries should be actively promoted to resume work and production, and industries with long industrial chain and strong driving ability such as automobiles should be given priority.

Article 8 clearly states that it is necessary to vigorously promote the upgrading and expansion of market consumption, especially points out the need to actively stabilize traditional mass consumption such as automobiles, and encourages areas where automobile purchases are restricted to appropriately increase the quota of automobile number plates to drive the consumption of automobiles and related products.

ma yue: the release of relevant guidance can be regarded as a positive policy orientation for the resumption of work and production of China's automobile industry. at the same time, it promotes the requirements of upgrading and expanding market consumption, and also has many positive effects on automobile consumption. In this national anti-epidemic campaign, the automobile industry has also ushered in new opportunities.

Mercedes-Benz and BMW issued five recall announcements this week

According to official website of the State Administration of Market Supervision, on 25th and 27th this week, four automobile manufacturers including Mercedes-Benz (China), Beijing Benz, BMW (China) and BMW Brilliance issued five recall announcements of defective products, four of which were automobiles and one was motorcycles.

Among them, Mercedes-Benz (China) recalled 17,915 vehicles in three batches; Beijing Benz Automobile Co., Ltd. recalled a batch of 4,547 vehicles; BMW (China) recalled 634 vehicles in a batch; BMW Brilliance recalled 4,193 vehicles. Mercedes-Benz and BMW recalled a total of 27,289 vehicles.

according to the statistics of Mara automobile market, in January and February this year, 13 automobile manufacturers announced the recall of defective vehicles, with a total of 254,625 vehicles recalled!

ma yue: judging from the time node of the recall, it seems a little sensitive, because 315 is approaching. It may be far-fetched if the "recall" on the eve of 315 is forcibly linked with the consumer protection day afterwards. However, it is undeniable that if it is exposed in the later period because of the recall, then the car companies obviously have corresponding countermeasures, which will inevitably reduce the risk of "causing contradictions".

Weilai China settled in Hefei

Jianghuai and Weilai denied "mixed reform"

On February 25th, Weilai Automobile signed a cooperation framework agreement with Hefei. According to the agreement, the project of China headquarters of Weilai Automobile includes the establishment of China headquarters of Weilai Automobile in Hefei, the establishment of R&D, sales and production bases, and the establishment of China headquarters operation system centered on Hefei.

The leaders from Anhui Provincial Committee to Hefei Municipal Committee have all arrived, which shows that the provinces and cities attach great importance to Weilai Automobile. At the same time, from the signing place (Jianghuai Weilai Factory), the industry interprets this signing as a deeper cooperation between Jianghuai Automobile and Weilai Automobile, even including the mixed reform of Jianghuai Automobile. The next day, Jianghuai Automobile and Weilai, who were caught in the rumor of "mixed reform" (the reform of mixed ownership of state-owned enterprises), both responded and denied mixed reform.

Among them, Jianghuai Automobile announced the abnormal fluctuation of stock trading, indicating that the deviation of the closing price increase of the company's stock for three consecutive trading days on February 24th, 25th and 26th, 22 has reached more than 2%, which belongs to the abnormal fluctuation of stock trading. After the company's self-examination and verification with relevant parties, there are no other cooperation plans between the company and Weilai Automobile except those disclosed, and there are no plans for "mixed reform".

At almost the same time, Qin Lihong, the co-founder and president of Weilai, also responded to the media that "the mixed reform has never been formally discussed between Weilai and the management of Jianghuai", making it clear that Hefei's strategic investment in Weilai and Weilai's settlement in Hefei have nothing to do with Weilai's further cooperation with Jianghuai.

Ma Yue: The fact that Weilai came to China to settle in Hefei generally reminds the industry of the possibility of "mixed reform", which is actually mainly related to a series of actions of Weilai Automobile in Hefei recently. Coupled with the current situation of Jianghuai Automobile and Weilai Automobile, "mixed reform" may be really a good path.

The National Bureau of Statistics announced the number of private cars in China in 219

On February 28th, the National Bureau of Statistics released a statistical bulletin on national economic and social development in 219. According to the communique, at the end of 219, there were 261.5 million civilian cars in China, an increase of 21.22 million over the end of last year.

According to the bulletin, as of December 31, 219, the number of private cars in China was 226.35 million, an increase of 19.5 million. The number of civilian cars was 146.44 million, an increase of 11.93 million, including 137.1 million private cars, an increase of 11.12 million.

the number of private cars has exceeded 2 million, which does not mean that China's automobile consumption has no potential. Because there is also an important consideration data, that is, the number of cars owned by thousands of people.

According to the data of the number of cars owned by 1, people in 2 major countries in the world published by the World Bank in 219, China has 173 cars per 1, people, ranking 17th in the rankings; In contrast, the number of cars per thousand people in the United States ranked first reached 837, 4.8 times that of China.

Ma Yue: It is not difficult to see that there is a certain gap between the car ownership of China and developed countries such as Europe and America, and it also lags behind developing countries such as Brazil, Mexico and Iran. Therefore, although the number of private cars in China has exceeded 2 million at present, the automobile market still has great development space and potential.

The 9th Geneva International Auto Show was officially cancelled

On February 28th, Beijing time, the Swiss government issued a notice saying that events with more than 1, people would be banned for fear of novel coronavirus. The ban will take effect immediately and will last at least until mid-March. Subsequently, the organizers of the Geneva Motor Show held an emergency press conference and officially announced the cancellation of the 22 Geneva Motor Show.

as one of the top five international auto shows, Geneva International Auto Show was founded in 1924? In, it was the only large-scale auto show held every year in Europe. Due to its status, the Geneva Motor Show is known as the "vane of international automobile trends".

The Geneva Motor Show was originally regarded as a landmark node for car companies from all over the world to implement electrification transformation. This year's auto show also has a number of brands bringing a variety of heavy electric vehicles, including Lexus UX? 3e, BMW i4, Volkswagen ID.1, etc., and China also has Changan, Aichi and Polar Star brought their own pure electric new models.

ma yue: from the announcement of the postponement of the Beijing auto show some time ago to the formal cancellation of the Geneva auto show the day before yesterday, the COVID-19 epidemic sweeping the world is showing its "butterfly effect" on a global scale, and it naturally suffers as a large and crowded auto show. According to industry estimates, most manufacturers will bring their new models to everyone in the form of online release without lifting the epidemic.

Tips

From today (March 1st), the following policies related to car life will be officially implemented:

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Electronization of motor vehicle inspection marks in 16 pilot cities

From March 1st, Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Chongqing, Harbin, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Jinan and Zhuzhou.

The specific measures are as follows: for vehicles exempted from inspection within 6 years, you can directly apply for the inspection mark electronic certificate online; In-use vehicles within the validity period of inspection can be downloaded and used directly on the Internet. Vehicles that have received the inspection mark electronic certificate do not need to be affixed with paper marks, and the traffic police will check the vehicle inspection status through police enforcement terminals in law enforcement management.

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Pilot to receive education to reduce traffic violation scores

The maximum reduction in each scoring cycle is 6 points

From March 1st, pilot online learning test methods will be reduced in Chongqing, Sichuan, Shenzhen, Guangdong and other places. According to the "Work Specification for Reducing Traffic Violation Scores by Accepting Traffic Safety Education (Trial)", eligible motor vehicle drivers can reduce or reduce the traffic violation scores by taking the road traffic safety laws, regulations and related knowledge study exams organized by the public security traffic control department or traffic safety public welfare activities.

if there are more than two full marks in this scoring cycle or the cumulative score has reached 12 points, the application will not be accepted. Motor vehicle drivers have accumulated a maximum deduction of 6 points per scoring cycle.

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Pilot provides online inquiry of traffic accident handling progress and results

Starting from March 1, six provinces (cities) in Shanghai, Jiangsu, Shandong, Guangdong, Chongqing and Sichuan have been piloted as follows: For traffic accidents that cause casualties or large property losses and are handled by general procedures, the parties to the accident and their agents can use the Internet traffic safety integrated service platform, "Traffic Management 122"

Among them, the accident handling progress includes case acceptance, detention, investigation and evidence collection, inspection and appraisal, and mediation of damages; The accident treatment results include the road traffic accident confirmation, traffic accident certificate, review conclusion and so on. In addition, if the owner of the accident vehicle or the personnel of the accident vehicle underwriting insurance company apply, they can also check online.

in addition, three reform measures, which have been piloted in the early stage, such as simple and quick handling of traffic violations of rental cars, online transfer of passenger car registration information and traffic safety navigation prompt service, will be fully implemented nationwide before the end of March.

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The annual inspection fee for private cars was raised to 29 yuan

From March 1st, the annual inspection fee for private cars increased, and it was adjusted from 14 yuan to 29 yuan once. The main reason for the increase in cost is the increase in the integrity inspection of pollution control devices and the increase in OBD inspection of some vehicles. In addition, other inspection items have been added for different models (such as diesel vehicles).

This article comes from the author of Chejia, car home, and does not represent car home's standpoint.