BMW recalled 4,460 plug-in hybrid vehicles around the world due to short circuit hazards.

1, due to short circuit? BMW recalled 4,460 plug-in hybrid vehicles around the world.

According to the German automobile magazine Auto? Motor? Hmm? Sport reported that BMW announced the recall of 4,460 plug-in hybrid vehicles, about 1 1,000 of which were from Germany, due to the possible short-circuit risk of high-voltage batteries, and the delivery of the models involved was also delayed.

(MINI？ Country people; Image source: MINI)

The recall * * * involves 1 1 plug-in hybrid vehicles: BMW 3 Series G20, 3 Series Travel G20 1 and 2 Series F45? ActiveTourer？ , 7 series G 1 1? /? G12,5 series g30,5 series travel version G3 1 4 X (F48? X 1、F39？ X2、G0 1？ X3、G05？ X5) and MINI? Countryman, all the above models are equipped with high-voltage battery packs manufactured from March 13 to August 6 this year.

The internal inspection results of BMW show that the welding beads on the high-pressure storage tank were not completely removed during the production process. According to the company, in rare cases, depending on the shape, size and location of the solder beads, the initial charging process may be contaminated, which will lead to operational failures, such as short circuit in high-voltage storage.

This news was confirmed by BMW, and said that the owner of the relevant vehicle had received a separate notice. At the same time, these car owners were also told not to charge in the wall box or charging station before the vehicle was inspected. BMW said that it will take technical actions soon, including checking the high-voltage storage and charging history of sold vehicles, and will take more measures if necessary. At the same time, the German Federal Traffic Administration (KBA) also received the news and plans to issue an official recall notice soon.

The Malaysian subsidiary of BMW said that BMW vehicles sold in the country did not involve this issue. It is reported that this recall does not involve the China market.

Last June, 5438+February, something went wrong with Volkswagen ID3. Although the company did not elaborate on the nature of the problem, it said that there were "huge" software loopholes in this model, which would be very troublesome to fix. (Source: Geshi Automobile? Gu Jiaojiao)

2. Toyota, FAW, Dongfeng and other joint ventures set up a joint fuel cell system research and development company.

The enterprise search APP shows that on August 20th, United Fuel Cell System R&D (Beijing) Co., Ltd. was established. There are 6 shareholders in the company's industrial and commercial disclosure, among which Toyota Motor Corporation is the largest shareholder with a shareholding ratio of 65%, and Beijing Yihuatong Technology Co., Ltd. is the second largest shareholder with a shareholding ratio of 65,438+05%. In addition, Dongfeng Motor Group Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd., China First Automobile Co., Ltd. and Beijing Automobile Group Co., Ltd. are tied for the third largest shareholder, all holding 5%. (Source: Sina Auto)

3. Skoda will release the first MEB platform SUV before Volkswagen.

According to foreign media reports, within the Volkswagen Group, Skoda will be the first to release a pure electric SUV based on MEB platform, and the brand will officially release Enyaq next month. On September 1 day, Skoda will hold the Enjak global conference in Prague. Will Enjak look better than Volkswagen ID.4? The SUV is three weeks ahead of schedule.

Skoda? Enyaq, image source: Autonews

Later this year, Skoda will be in Mlada, Czech Republic? Bolesav factory produces this SUV, and the new model will be officially launched on 202 1. Volkswagen ID.4 will also be put into production in Zwickau, Germany later this year.

It is surprising that Skoda can be the first to launch an SUV based on MEB platform, because under normal circumstances, when Volkswagen Group launches this platform, it will give priority to its core brands to launch new models first.

In recent years, Skoda's sales and profit performance are excellent, which also leads to the tension between Skoda and Volkswagen brand. According to German media reports, Bernd, a mass labor leader and member of the group's supervisory board? Osterloh had previously asked Skoda to stop acquiring the latest technology from Volkswagen. Insiders of Volkswagen brand played down the significance of Skoda's first release of SUV based on MEB platform, and said: "There is not much gap between us in terms of timing."

Similar to Volkswagen ID.4, Enyaq will be available in single-motor and dual-motor versions. The entry-level Enyaq is rear-wheel drive with a cruising range of 365,438+065,438+0 miles (about 500 kilometers) under WLTP. The dual-motor version has a cruising range of 286 miles (about 460 kilometers), but the performance of this version is more powerful, and the acceleration time is only 6.2 seconds.

The first model based on MEB platform launched by Volkswagen Group is the Volkswagen ID.3 compact hatchback, which was unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 20 19 and is expected to be sold in the European market from next month. (Source: Geshi Automobile? Nebula)

4. The case of the chairman of Volkswagen manipulating the market was settled in Germany.

According to foreign media reports, Hans, chairman of Audi AG? Dieter? The case of Poetsch's market manipulation was solved, after he was accused with other senior executives of Volkswagen of failing to inform the market of the impact of the diesel scandal on the major shareholder Porsche Automobile Holding Company in time.

Volkswagen Golf, image source: Volkswagen official website

A spokesman for the prosecutor in Stuttgart, Germany, said in a telephone interview that Poetsch agreed to pay10.5 million euros (about10.8 million US dollars) to close the case. The prosecution also terminated the case against Matthias, the former CEO of Volkswagen? Muller's investigation, Muller was also a member of Porsche's board of directors at that time, and it is reported that Muller did not have to pay a fine. However, for Martin, a former CEO of Volkswagen Group and Porsche? Wendeng's investigation will continue.

The Volkswagen Group said in a statement: "The supervisory board of Porsche Automobile Holding Company still believes that its board members have not violated their duties, and these allegations are groundless. After careful examination and consideration, the board of directors decided to pay the fine faced by Mr. Poetsch. "

This is the second lawsuit solved by Poetsch. Last year, he and Volkswagen CEO HerbertDiess agreed to pay 4.5 million euros (about 5.3 million US dollars) to end the criminal proceedings initiated by the court in Brunswick. In the lawsuit, prosecutors in Brunswick accused the two of conspiring with Wendeng to delay informing the market of the investigation initiated by the United States into the diesel valve incident. The fine in this case was also paid by the public.

2065438+In September 2005, American regulators exposed the Volkswagen diesel scandal, which caused losses of more than 30 billion euros (about 33 billion US dollars) to the world's largest automobile manufacturer. At present, some investors and consumers are still suing the public. (Source: Geshi Automobile? Nebula)

5. Tesla's share price exceeds $2,000. Domestic models? You will come next year.

According to foreign media reports, on the occasion of the upcoming split, Tesla's share price continued its recent rise and broke through the $2,000 mark for the first time on August 20. At the close of the day, Tesla's share price reached a record $20,065,438 +0.83, an increase of 6.6%.

Models? Y. Image source: Tesla official website

After Tesla released a strong second-quarter earnings report last month, many investors thought Tesla would be among the Standard & Poor's Index. Since 2020, the company's share price has soared by more than 300%.

On August 1 1 day, Tesla announced that it would split its shares according to the ratio of 1: 5. Since then, its share price has risen by 45%. On August 2 1 day, each investor will receive an additional 4 ordinary shares per share, which will be distributed after the closing on August 28, 2020.

After the stock price soared on August 20, Tesla's market value reached $372 billion. Of the S&P 500 companies, only seven have surpassed Tesla in market value. At present, Tesla shares are one of the most expensive stocks on Wall Street, and the company said that it hopes to let employees and investors buy its shares.

However, as Robinhood and other brokers began to let customers buy some stocks, the benefits of stock split were no longer obvious, so Tesla's share price still rose after the announcement of stock split, which surprised some professional investors. According to Luft's data, Tesla's current share price is as high as 148 times the expected income, and the company's market value will not be affected by the upcoming stock split.

On August 20th, Global Times quoted an unnamed Tesla executive as saying that Tesla Shanghai factory would start producing Model from 202 1. Y. On September 22nd, Tesla will also hold a battery day (battery? Japan) event, investors expect Tesla to release important news at this event. Analysts at Morgan Stanley expect the company to announce the regulation to the auto industry? "High quality" battery pack. In addition to battery day, Tesla's annual general meeting of shareholders will also be held on the same day. (Source: Geshi Automobile? Nebula)

6.Zoox was sued by former employees and accused of sacrificing ordinary shareholders for the benefit of executives.

According to foreign media reports, two shareholders of Zoox, a self-driving car startup, have filed a lawsuit against the company, saying that competitors' bids are more beneficial to ordinary shareholders than Amazon's offer. In June this year, Amazon announced the acquisition of Zoox for $654.38+03 billion.

Zoox test car, image source: Zoox official website

The lawsuit was filed in the court of equity of Delaware on August 65438, 2008, but it was not made public until August 65438, 2009. According to the indictment, Amazon provided more rewards for Zoox executives and investors holding preferred shares at the expense of ordinary shareholders.

Last month, it was reported that Amazon plans to set up $65.438+0 billion in restricted stock awards to retain Zoox employees, and at the same time pay $65.438+0.25 billion in cash "trading bonus pool" for existing employees' shares in proportion. Jame, a former employee of Zoox and a common shareholder? Where's Wei He? Zhang said in the indictment that these rewards "far exceed" the benefits that ordinary shareholders will get, including employees who have worked in the company for many years but left before May 2020. Zoox was founded on 20 14.

They claimed that after Zoox signed an exclusive agreement with Amazon and started negotiations, before the two sides reached a deal, Zoox received an offer from other competitors, which was "actually more beneficial to ordinary shareholders than (Amazon)' s offer to Zoox", because in the deal with Amazon, a lot of money was used to provide bonuses and other compensation to company executives. Earlier, it was reported that Cruise, Honda and Softbank, autonomous driving companies invested by General Motors, had offered $654.38+$05 million to acquire Zoox.

Wei and Zhang asked the court to order Zoox to disclose its accounts, "to determine whether there is any obvious misconduct related to the acquisition, and whether it is appropriate to file a lawsuit against all or part of the company's board of directors and/or management or others"? . Neither Zoox nor the two former employees who filed the lawsuit immediately responded to requests for comment. (Source: Geshi Automobile? Nebula)

7. Volkswagen Zwickau factory began to produce ID.4? China Anting Factory will be put into production soon.

According to foreign media reports, on August 20th, Volkswagen began to produce ID.4 at its factory in Zwickau, Saxony, Germany, and the car will be officially launched at the end of September. German is only the first production place of ID.4, and Volkswagen will soon start producing this model in China and the United States.

Volkswagen ID.4, image source: Volkswagen official website

ID.4 itself is not news, but because of the measures taken to control the epidemic, the public has not revealed too many details about this car so far. According to today's report, Volkswagen is scheduled to hold a new car launch conference on September 23rd.

Thomas, a member of Volkswagen's board of directors responsible for electric vehicles? Ulbrich mentioned "the great challenges faced by society in recent months", so he thought the production of ID.4 was a "special achievement". He stressed: "The second car of the ID family has started to go offline. Until recently, this factory producing ID.4 was still producing internal combustion engine cars. "

In June this year, Volkswagen completed the renovation of the factory in Saxony. In the previous 1 16 years, this factory has been producing traditional power cars. After investing more than 654.38+0.2 billion euros, it became the first Volkswagen factory specializing in the production of electric vehicles. Volkswagen said that they will complete all the renovation work within the year as planned. Volkswagen's goal is to make the Zwickau factory produce 300,000 vehicles based on MEB platform in 20021year.

Volkswagen claims that the shape of ID.4 is "very aerodynamic". Ralph, CEO of Volkswagen brand? Brandest? "Excellent aerodynamic design reduces the drag coefficient and enables the cruising range of the ID.4 to reach 500 kilometers, depending on the power kit," said tter. The previously released ID.3 is equipped with 77? KWh's battery life is 550 kilometers. The battery capacity of ID.4 is also 77kWh. The reason why the cruising range is 50 kilometers less than that of ID.3 is because of its heavy weight and increased air resistance. But Brandeister? Tter said: "With ID.4, Volkswagen has added a pure electric vehicle to the fastest growing market segment (compact SUV) in the world."

Brandst, in order to push ID.4 to the global market? Tell said: "In the future, this car will be produced and sold in Europe, China and the United States." He pointed out that in addition to Zwickau's factory, the company's factories in Anting, China and Chattanooga, USA will also produce ID.4, and Volkswagen said that like ID.3, the production of ID.4 will be carbon neutral. (Source: Geshi Automobile? Nebula)

20265438+0 August Washington Auto Show postponed to March.

According to foreign media reports, on August 20th, the organizer of Washington Auto Show said that the opening time of next year's auto show will be postponed from the original plan of 1 65438+ on October 29th to February 7th to March 26th to April1,and the venue will be Walter E. Washington Convention and Exhibition Center.

Image source: Washington Auto Show official website

John, CEO of Antonel Exhibition Company, said in a statement: "We believe that this change is in the best interests of the participants, the automobile manufacturers' partners and the District of Columbia. Our most important thing is to ensure the safety of the participants. We firmly believe that the two-month extension will enable us to prepare for the comprehensive and immersive exhibition that participants are used to. "

Michael, spokesman of the exhibition organizer DC Huafu New Automobile Dealers Association? Bushnell revealed that up to now, brands confirmed to participate in this exhibition include Acura, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Ford, GMC, Jeep, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Lexus, Lincoln, Nissan, Ram, Subaru, Toyota and Volkswagen.

According to the organizer, safety and social distance measures will be implemented during the event, including regular ticket checking, temperature measurement, mandatory wearing of masks, site density scanning, setting up hand disinfection stations, widening passages and deep cleaning at night. Organizers will announce other details of the exhibition in the next few months.

On October 24th, 654381this year, the 2020 Washington Auto Show was opened to the public. At that time, the blockade measures to contain the COVID-19 epidemic were not implemented nationwide. The automakers participating in this year's Washington Auto Show include Detroit's three major automakers, Toyota, Honda, Nissan and Volkswagen. (Source: Geshi Automobile? Nebula)

9. Condi hopes to build an electric vehicle assembly plant in North America.

According to foreign media reports, on August 20th, Kangdi Technology Group, a battery and electric vehicle manufacturer in China, said that it was trying to establish an electric and off-road vehicle manufacturing plant in North America.

It is reported that Condi is conducting preliminary negotiations with several partners, including local government agencies on the US-Mexico border. However, the company added that the negotiations are still in the initial stage, and the negotiations do not mean that factories will be built in North America in the future. It is worth noting that Condi mentioned North America, not the United States, which means that the company may also set up a factory in Mexico.

Hu Xiaoming, Chairman and CEO of Kangdi Company, said: "Our strategic decision to enter the US electric vehicle market has achieved initial results. In the short term, we are confident that the existing production facilities in China can meet the growing demand in North America. However, in the long run, we are actively exploring the possibility of producing electric vehicles locally in North America. "

Condi said that by building a factory in North America, transportation costs and tariffs can be saved, so that cars can be provided at a lower cost and occupy a place in the electric vehicle market in North America.

Kandy K27, source: Kandy official website.

Recently, Condi began to accept pre-orders for its K23 and K27 electric vehicles in the United States. These two models are priced at $9999 and 19999 respectively, plus federal tax credit. The new car is expected to be delivered in the fourth quarter. In contrast, Tesla's best-selling model? The price of this car is $37,990.

With the increasing demand for electric vehicles, many China electric vehicle manufacturers seek to expand in the US market. Recently, Li went public, and Spang applied for listing in the United States in July. (Source: Geshi Automobile? Zhan yazhen)

10, Nissan launches stock compensation plan? Further stimulate the demand for talents and reduce labor costs.

Tencent Auto News? Nissan will introduce restricted stock units as part of its stock compensation plan. From FY 2020 onwards, restricted stock units will replace stock appreciation rights, and the company terminated stock appreciation rights in FY 20 19. Details of the stock compensation plan announced on August 7, 2020 are as follows.

At the end of the shareholders' meeting held by Nissan on June 25, 2009+2065438, the legal form of the resolution of the third committee was adopted. All four members of the Remuneration Committee are independent external directors. The Remuneration Committee has taken appropriate measures to review benchmark companies and external research reports, so as to promote objective and reasonable discussions when designing new remuneration standards and policies. The company tries to further improve the governance salary system through the above methods.

As part of efforts to improve corporate governance since February 20 18, the remuneration committee decided to stop awarding stock appreciation rights bonuses from FY 2020 and beyond, and has been exploring new long-term incentive compensation plans to replace the former, so as to maximize the value of the company's stakeholders. The plan is part of a fair and consistent incentive system, and Nissan hopes to encourage recipients to contribute to the improvement of the company's long-term operating performance through the plan.

In addition, for the benefit of the company's stakeholders, the company will seek to further strengthen compensation governance, including implementing more transparent business processes and promoting information disclosure.

According to the plan, executive executives, corporate officials, employees of some companies and their group companies, and directors of the company will be awarded ordinary shares by the company after being selected on a case-by-case basis, which will be part of the long-term incentive plan and will replace the suspended stock appreciation rights.

The plan outline is as follows:

(1)rsu overview

Nissan will issue restricted stock units corresponding to the number of ordinary shares of the company to the recipients, one of which is that the recipients are not allowed to leave their jobs within the time limit stipulated by the company. In each of the three fiscal years, one third of rsu will be awarded. According to the plan, the company will provide common shares to the recipients from the shares it holds.

(2) 2) Total number of RSUs

The recipient will receive restricted stock units equivalent to 4 million shares in total. In addition, among the above-mentioned shares, Nissan will grant the company's executive officers shares equivalent to 858,036 shares of rsu.

(3)RSU structure

Designated period: three years

Determine the number of restricted units.

The compensation committee or CEO (collectively referred to as RSU decision maker) will determine the number of restricted stock units according to the basic salary and position of the recipient.

(c) Distribution of common shares

The decision makers of RSU will determine the number of common shares to be distributed according to the number of restricted stock units in a specific period.

(4) Conditions for obtaining stock remuneration

Employees who meet the following conditions at the expiration of the prescribed time limit can get common stock remuneration:

(a) Within the specified period, the receiving party continues to serve Nissan or the group company as a company executive or employee;

(b) There shall be no prohibited acts in the stock compensation plan;

(c) Meet some other conditions necessary to achieve the planned objectives specified in this plan.

(5) Incentive and recovery policies

Nissan will implement the reward and recovery policy (hereinafter referred to as the "policy") in this plan, which is the practice of executive compensation in Europe and America. Implementing such a policy is also one of Nissan's efforts to improve corporate governance. According to the plan, if the recipient commits any improper or illegal acts, Nissan may revoke the right of the recipient to receive ordinary shares and/or demand that the ordinary shares allocated to the recipient be returned to the company. This policy will be implemented and clearly stated in the internal regulations related to this plan, and will be distributed or otherwise provided to the recipients.

According to the plan, the inventory unit will be registered temporarily.

As of the date of this announcement, Nissan has submitted a suspension registration statement for the distribution of treasury shares according to the stock compensation plan. The summary of the statement is as follows:

(1) Type of securities provided: stock.

(2) Validity period: two years after the expected validity period of temporary registration (August 28, 2020 to August 27, 2022).

(3) Maximum amount: 65.438+0.7 billion yen.

(4) Use of net income: Nissan distributes common shares to recipients in the form of wages, and the company will not get any benefits from it. (Source: Tencent Auto)

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