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　　Source: New Consumer Daily

　　NIO, which has always claimed not to reduce prices, still failed to hold on.

　　Recently, NIO announced that it will untie the lifetime power exchange rights from the vehicle price: the original 4 times a month /6 power exchange given to users is no longer the basic car rights, and the price of all NIO models is also reduced by 30,000 yuan.

　　For consumers, due to the different areas where the NIO power station is located, the electricity and service fees charged will also vary. At the same time, according to the different car habits of the owner, the discounted 30,000 yuan of the lifetime power exchange rights will also reflect different practical values.

　　New Consumer Daily reporters found through interviews that NIO is not the only brand, and other brands of new energy vehicles have also shrunk in their rights to charge and replace electricity. Some industry insiders believe that these changes in strategy are in response to the increasingly fierce competition in the new energy vehicle market.

　　Lifetime free power exchange rights can be "discounted"

　　Does not affect current car owners

　　NIO cars ushered in the first price reduction this year, up to 30,000 yuan. Corresponding to the price reduction, the first owner’s car purchase rights also "depreciated".

　　Li Bin, Founder, Chairperson and CEO of NIO

　　After the news was announced, it triggered a heated discussion. Li Bin, founder, chairperson and CEO of NIO, responded to the adjustment on the NIO community: This adjustment has been discussed internally for a long time, and the opinions and suggestions of some users have been listened to. There are too many aspects to consider, and it is still being deliberated at three o’clock today. Now is the most appropriate time to release, and there must be some thoughtless aspects, and it is impossible to satisfy everyone.

　　Li Bin calculated an account, NIO’s current number of car owners exceeds 330,000, if these owners change cars in the next three years, the price reduction of 30,000 yuan means more than Ten Billion Subsidy.

　　Previously, in order to cultivate users’ power exchange habits, NIO had promoted unlimited free power exchange rights, which were adjusted to 6 free power exchanges per month after August 2021.

　　In April this year, NIO further reduced the rights and interests of the first owner: it involved canceling the free home charging pile, further reducing the number of free power changes to four times, and upgrading the previous NOP + to the official version, with a monthly subscription price of 380 yuan.

　　In June this year, the adjustment directly throws two choices to the owner: to 30,000 yuan car purchase discount, or to enjoy up to 4 times a month of lifelong free electricity exchange, lifetime monthly 8GB free vehicle to everything service, and 10 years of vehicle quality assurance.

　　"If you pay the deposit to buy the new ES6 and ES8 before July 31 this year, you can still enjoy free home charging piles. Before August 1 this year, you can decide whether to choose the 30,000 yuan discount or the’rights upgrade package ‘. Even if you choose the 30,000 yuan discount, NIO will still provide 10 years of unlimited mileage quality assurance for the Sandian system."

　　Liu Yang also added: "For users who have already picked up the car, the first owner’s rights and interests remain unchanged, but they can choose to give up the original free power exchange rights and deduct the purchase price for the new car according to their own needs."

　　NIO used to stick to the bottom line of "no price reduction"

　　But it can’t stop the sales decline

　　NIO founder and president Qin Lihong said at the Shanghai auto show that NIO would not engage in price wars, but pursue one-step pricing. He admitted that NIO’s gross profit margin is not high, and companies with gross profit margins of 30% to 40% may be able to reduce prices appropriately, but NIO will not do so.

　　"No price reduction" used to be one of the two principles Li Bin set for NIO, but the financial data and sales volume made Li Bin’s anxiety palpable.

　　The Q1 financial report of 2023 shows that NIO’s revenue is 10.68 billion yuan, an increase of 7.7% year-on-year., of which the main business revenue of automobile sales is 9.224 billion yuan, a decrease of 0.2% year-on-year.

　　Data show that in the first quarter of this year, NIO deliveries were 31,000 units, an increase of 20.5% year-on-year and a decrease of 22.5% month-on-month. In April this year, NIO new car deliveries were 6,658 units, an increase year-on-year but a decrease of 35.8% month-on-month.

　　Among them, the delivery volume in April and May was only 6,658 and 6,155, less than 7,000 for two consecutive months. In contrast, Li Auto delivered a total of 106,500 new cars from January to May this year, achieving quarterly profit again.

　　In this regard, Li Bin responded positively: "NIO has indeed gone against the tide recently, but it is also expected, because the products are being switched, and the new models ES6 and ES8 have been delivered. The delivery volume will definitely increase gradually. Don’t worry, as for the rumors, don’t pay attention."

　　NIO’s goal for 2023 is to sell 250,000 vehicles and break even in the fourth quarter. So far, the company has delivered 43,900 new vehicles, only 17.6% of the annual task, far from meeting expectations.

　　In order to sell, NIO can only reduce prices in exchange for services.

　　Zhang Yazhi, marketing/Chief Sales Officer at Guangzhou Honda Motor First Sales Co., Ltd., commented: "The price reduction of all NIO models and the separate sale of’lifetime replacement rights’ is a controversial decision, but it is undeniable that due to the large price reduction, it is attractive to those’potential consumers’."

　　Is the NIO owner’s rights upgrade package worth 30,000 yuan?

　　Other brand equities are also shrinking

　　This also raises a question: is it more cost-effective to choose a discount, or is it more cost-effective to choose a "rights upgrade package"?

　　"It all depends on your car habits," Mr. Liu told the New Consumer Daily. "If you use your car more frequently and have a lot of mileage, then the power exchange rights are more suitable for you."

　　NIO staff member Liu Yang explains the issue of electricity replacement charges

　　Meng Wei (a pseudonym), a Beijing-based owner of NIO, told the New Consumer Daily: "I use the car more frequently. I change it about 10 times a month, and I need to pay for it six times a month. It costs about 11,000 yuan a year to change the electricity."

　　According to Meng Wei’s way of using the car, 30,000 yuan can be used for him for about 2.7 years.

　　He added: "The charging method of the NIO power station is based on the difference between the current remaining power and the full power, but I will not change the power every time I run out of power. For example, my ES8 is fully charged at 100 kWh, and when I use only 20 kWh, I need to be charged 80 kWh for electricity and service."

　　New Consumption Daily reporter learned that the NIO power station is located in different areas, and the electricity and service fees charged will also vary. Taking Beijing as an example, the power station in the Shangdian service area in Changping District has an electricity price of 0.73 yuan/kWh and a service fee of 0.53 yuan/kWh; while the power station in Chaoyang District is 1.31 yuan/kWh and a service fee of 0.8 yuan/kWh.

　　According to the calculation, if the battery with a capacity of 100 degrees is exhausted every time, the owner will spend 6,048 yuan and 10,128 yuan per year at the above two charging stations according to the four power changes per month. The time it takes to spend 30,000 yuan is 4.96 years and 2.96 years respectively.

　　The reporter who visited China-Singapore Consumer Daily found that not only NIO, but also the rights and interests of new car users of other brands are shrinking. In fact, in addition to NIO, other new energy vehicle companies are also charging and replacing electricity, more or less shrinking the rights and interests of some owners.

　　XPeng Motors has always insisted that the first owner enjoys a lifetime free charging service, with an annual charging limit of 3,000 kWh. After 2022, the charging limit will be reduced to 1,000 kWh.

　　FAW-Volkswagen has removed the 0 down payment battery rental policy for owners of ID new energy models, and the option rights have also shrunk accordingly.

　　Tesla updated its permissions for Model S/X supercharging service in May. Previously, older Model S/X models enjoyed lifetime free supercharging rights.

　　Only the first owner of the new Model S/X on sale today can enjoy a 3-year free supercharge benefit, and if the old model is replaced with a new model, the lifetime overcharge benefit will be replaced by the 6-year free overcharge benefit for the first owner.

　　Zhang Yazhi told the New Consumer Daily reporter: "From a corporate perspective, the price reduction of all NIO models and the separate sale of’lifetime power exchange rights’ may be to cope with competitive pressure and increase sales and market share. As the competition in the new energy vehicle market becomes increasingly fierce, various companies are adopting different strategies to compete for market share."

　　On April 22, Wuzhen International Internet Center, Meizu held a 15-series new product launch conference with the theme of "Sculpting Time and Reshaping Classics", which is not only a classic tribute to Meizu in the past 15 years, but also a new situation for Meizu’s mobile phone future.

　　The Meizu 154G + 64G released this time is 2499 yuan, 4G + 128G is 2799 yuan; Meizu 15 Plus 6G + 64G is 2999 yuan, and the top version 6G + 128G is 3299 yuan; Meizu M154G + 64G version is only 1699 yuan. The affordable price brings a leapfrog new experience. It will be available on all channels on April 29. It can be snapped up in the online Meizu official mall, Meizu Tmall official flagship store, Meizu JD.com official flagship store, Meizu Shang official flagship store and Meizu Gome flagship store and offline Meizu national specialty stores, Gome, Xiang, Dixintong, Leyu and other social channels mobile phone stores.

　　This time, the meizu 15 series mobile phone released heavily, equipped with the world’s top photosensitive element Sony IMX 380, a new touch engine, and classic evolutionary technologies such as mBack and surgical-grade stainless steel body, "making the experience better" Flyme 7.0 and other advantages, breaking the middle end, bringing consumers leapfrog enjoyment, and re-establishing the mid-range mobile phone benchmark.

　　At the press conference, Meizu Chief Marketing Officer and General Staff Officer Yang Zhe highlighted the dark light shooting capabilities of the Meizu 15 series. The Meizu 15 series uses the world’s top photosensitive element Sony IMX 380 to escort it. The upgrade of hardware has greatly improved its shooting capabilities in dark light environments. The Meizu 15 with better imaging and stronger picture sense allows consumers to truly feel the unique charm of night shooting. In this regard, Mike Yamashita, a gold medal photographer of National Geographic magazine in the United States and one of the world’s famous contemporary photography masters, also came to the press conference to share some experience in photography with Meizu 15 and highly affirmed the photography capabilities of Meizu 15.

　　In addition to Sony’s customized IMX380 photosensitive element, the Meizu 15 series is equipped with the industry’s highest 1.55 μm single photosensitive pixel area and 1/2.3 inch 12 million pixel photosensitive element size. The larger single pixel size makes the amount of light entering the photo more, the clarity and purity of the picture are higher, and the texture of the overall picture will be significantly improved. Through the blessing of these two items, the Meizu 15 series will bring a better experience at the camera level. At the same time, the Meizu 15 series has become the best camera phone in Meizu so far.

　　In addition to the photo hardware enhancement, the soft configuration of the Meizu 15 series has also been enhanced, with triple lossless zoom, AI intelligent beauty, new portrait mode, virtual + beauty, and extremely fast capture. It is worth mentioning that the 3x lossless zoom achieved by the 15 series has greatly improved the user’s shooting experience, even for distant scenes, it can still achieve clear restoration. At the same time, the four-axis optical image stabilization of the Meizu 15 series is combined with software such as multi-frame noise reduction and ArcSoft HDR algorithm, which greatly improves the overall brightness, purity and detail of the picture in low-light scenes. Compared with the same price products in the market, it can be called the camera emperor.

　　In the era of consumers paying more attention to selfies, Meizu 15 series can completely dispel users’ knots: front 20 million pixels, AI intelligent beauty, new portrait mode, etc., let you love selfies and become your exclusive portrait photography expert. The innovation and upgrade of its selfies will also become a revolutionary experience in the history of Meizu.

　　At the press conference, Meizu also brought a new experience of human-machine interaction. Since the development of full-screen mobile phones, the tactile feedback of physical buttons has been difficult to be felt. In front of the cold machine, it seems that there is a lack of human-machine feedback. Just when everyone weakens the tactile feedback, Meizu 15 has built a horizontal linear motor mEngine from the same supplier as the iPhone. Let users retrieve the pleasure of pressing physical buttons.

　　From the actual scene application point of view, the "global haptic feedback system" brought by the Meizu 15 series once again adds new achievements to the Android camp, and users can get different haptic feedback in 45 scenarios. For a simple example, when you turn on the flashlight with the Meizu 15, you will feel the shock caused by the touch of your fingertips on the screen. Its three-level shock real simulation restores the realistic touch of the switch flashlight, allowing you to feel the new life of the mobile phone. In addition, even in the most ordinary typing, taking pictures, and answering phone scenes, the real haptic restoration experience is still very exciting. This is undoubtedly a new revolution in human-machine interaction in the full-screen era

　　Charm classic innovative design, improve the mobile phone industrial design system

　　In the past 15 years, Meizu has accumulated a complete mobile phone industrial design system and has a huge technical precipitation. Like the Meizu 15 series, the return of the classic small circle, the evolution of the one-size-fits-all antenna, and the continuation of the extremely narrow bezel design of the MX series are all manifestations of the classic design of the Meizu 15 series. The Meizu 15 series is equipped with a front fingerprint recognition function. While inheriting the classic, it also gave birth to a product that may be the smallest and fastest fingerprint recognition module in the world. Its unlocking speed reaches an astonishing 0.08S and the correct recognition rate reaches 99%. At the same time, the classic return of mBack’s interactive experience has also made countless Meizu friends call it enjoyable.

　　The details are in the real chapter. This time, Meizu 15 reduced the number of openings in the whole machine and made the top earpiece a hidden design, which not only ensured the simplicity of the front panel, but also ensured the aesthetics of the whole machine. In addition, the hidden earpiece was also placed with breathing light, so that the integrated design aesthetics could present the perfect "handicraft".

　　In addition, the Meizu 15 series stainless steel composite body is coated with an ultra-thin layer of stainless steel material on the basis of the high-strength aluminum alloy back shell, and makes it integrally formed, ultimately maintaining an excellent stainless steel metal touch. Because of the use of special materials, the Meizu 15 series also adopts a new "physical vapor deposition" coloring process, which ultimately brings four noble color expressions to consumers, Yakin, Ink, Dailan and 15Plus, Wu Grey.

　　It is worth mentioning that Meizu is also equipped with an exclusive white fuselage for the 15 – Ru Kiln White, which is still an all-metal body. The surface layer adopts a high-precision piano paint baking process, and the paint from Kaxiu, one of the world’s top six paint factories, is selected. After seven times of baking, seven times of baking, and five times of polishing, it finally achieves a luster and texture close to ceramic-like warmth and jade.

　　The classic design inheritance and evolution, the new metal texture material upgrade, the return of the classic small circle, and the change of the one-size-fits-all antenna only show Meizu’s reshaping of the classic and the sublimation of the classic. The 2499 yuan Meizu 15 is sold to the mid-range market, and its product quality will make Meizu 15 a mid-range game breaker, and will bring consumers at the economic level to surpass the mid-range experience.

　　Flyme 7 makes the experience even better

　　As one of the best customized systems in China, Flyme has played an indispensable role in shaping the Meizu brand. The Flyme 7 released with Meizu 15 this time can be said to have earned enough attention. The UI interface that continues the usual simple and beautiful design style and many new practical functions are all eye-catching. It is commendable that with the upgrade of One Mind’s intelligent thinking engine, the Meizu 15 equipped with Flyme 7 has significantly improved in terms of performance, safety, and operation efficiency, further narrowing the distance between consumers and smart phone systems.

　　In 2016, Meizu took the lead in launching its self-developed artificial intelligence engine, One Mind, to bring a new experience to users. Today, Flyme 7 has taken it a step further and launched an open artificial intelligence exploration program, the "One Mind Connected Program", which integrates the most advanced intelligent algorithms into the One Mind AI engine through cooperation with the world’s top companies in the field of artificial intelligence. Now Flyme7 has platform-level AI empowerment capabilities. It not only has the special service functions of personal assistant and smart screen recognition, but also the beauty scheme that accurately matches the characteristics of characters makes your beauty more natural. From a security perspective, Flyme 7 has partnered with Tencent Security, relying on its technical support, to become the world’s first system with a built-in AI anti-virus engine. AI security makes malicious applications nowhere to hide. At the same time, the face unlocking pattern recognition process brought by Flyme 7 to users only takes 0.1s. Meizu 15’s powerful functions save power and are smoother under the blessing of Flyme 7.

　　At the same time, Flyme has reached a cooperation with the most popular mobile game "Honor of Kings" in the current market, and has realized multi-core multi-threading technology on the 15 series, which can effectively improve the frame rate of team battles. Whether it is single brush, team battle or dragon fight, it enjoys a more stable picture and touch, providing everyone with a more enjoyable gaming experience.

　　From the perspective of convenience, the addition of bubble notification + small window reply, desktop application index, and character album also brings users a more efficient and intelligent interactive experience, which greatly improves the convenience and accuracy of operation. At the same time, in order to truly consider users from the user, Flyme 7 is the first to propose a system-level global night mode in Android, which is more comfortable to use mobile phones at night. The addition of photo backtracking, children’s anti-addiction, data rescue, intelligent light sensing, real-time earphone monitoring, and intelligent ear protection mode also shows that Flyme 7 considers the comprehensiveness of users. Starting with heart, it is in response to Flyme 7’s slogan this time, "Make the experience better".

　　In addition, the Meizu 15 series uses super-linear stereo, symmetrical stereo speakers up and down, which have been technically optimized to bring users a perfect auditory feast, thus creating a leapfrog experience of sound. Not only that, the application of Bluetooth 5.0 will greatly improve the transmission speed and bring more stable transmission performance. The mCharge flash charging technology can quickly help users get out of the predicament of no power. In terms of performance, the Meizu 15 is equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 660, and the 15Plus is equipped with the first full Netcom Samsung 8895 processor. Better performance and the performance of the flagship can bring consumers a more perfect experience.

　　In addition to the highlight of Meizu 15, Meizu officially released two highly representative cutting-edge products at the press conference, the Meizu HALO laser Bluetooth headset, which focuses on "avant-garde technology trends", and the Meizu POP true wireless Bluetooth headset, which focuses on "light sports, light business".

　　Xiaomi air conditioner is a smart home product with a variety of modes to choose from to meet the needs of different users. This article will introduce the common modes of Xiaomi air conditioner and its adjustment methods to help users better use Xiaomi air conditioner.

　　cooling mode

　　The cooling mode is suitable for hot summer weather and can quickly reduce the indoor temperature. On the remote control of the Xiaomi air conditioner, find the "Mode" button and select the "Cooling" mode after pressing it. The desired indoor temperature can be set by adjusting the temperature button. For example, set the temperature to 25 degrees Celsius and the air conditioner will work to keep the indoor temperature around 25 degrees Celsius.

　　Heating mode

　　The heating mode is suitable for the cold winter and can provide a warm indoor environment. Similarly, on the remote control of the Xiaomi air conditioner, find the "mode" button and select the "heating" mode after pressing it. Set the desired indoor temperature by adjusting the temperature button. For example, set the temperature to 20 degrees Celsius and the air conditioner will work to keep the indoor temperature around 20 degrees Celsius.

　　dehumidification mode

　　The dehumidification mode is suitable for humid environments and can reduce indoor humidity. On the remote control of Xiaomi air conditioner, find the "Mode" button and select the "Dehumidification" mode after pressing it. The desired humidity level can be set by adjusting the humidity button. For example, set the humidity to 50% and the air conditioner will work to keep the indoor humidity around 50%.

　　automatic mode

　　Automatic mode is the intelligent mode of Xiaomi air conditioner, which automatically adjusts the working mode according to the indoor temperature and humidity. On the remote control of Xiaomi air conditioner, find the "Mode" button and select "Automatic" mode after pressing it. The air conditioner will automatically switch the cooling, heating or dehumidification mode according to the indoor environment to maintain a comfortable indoor environment.

　　Overall, Xiaomi air conditioner has a variety of modes to choose from, and users can adjust them according to their actual needs. Through the mode button and temperature/humidity button on the remote control, users can easily switch and adjust the working mode and parameters of the air conditioner to obtain a comfortable indoor environment.

　　In September, Geely brand new energy sales increased by 13% month-on-month, and Geely Galaxy series sales reached a new high of 13,080 units, becoming the strongest boost for Geely’s new energy sales to hit record highs in the past two months. The sales data that continue to exceed 10,000 tells the strength of Galaxy, and the sales trend that has been rising along the way shows the speed of Galaxy. It is hard to imagine that this is a dazzling report card handed over by a "new player" who has just entered the mid-to-high-end new energy market in the second quarter of this year.

　　Behind the explosion is a detailed and profound insight into consumer needs and a precise and fast response. In order to better and faster meet the experience needs of a wider range of users, on October 9, Geely Galaxy expanded its approach and fully launched the "Geely Galaxy Super Electric Hybrid Experience Season" activity, launching "5-day long free test drive", "80,000 24 periods of 0 interest or 48 periods of low interest rates up to 6,300 yuan discount" and "4,000 yuan super replacement subsidy" three super rights, strength pet fans. This not only shows Geely Galaxy’s innovative user experience ecology and sincere rights and benefits, but also fully guarantees the rights and interests of users to buy cars; it also reflects Geely Galaxy’s absolute confidence in product technology, and truly puts the concept of "making everyone’s smart boutique car" into action, while accelerating the faster popularization of smart boutique electric hybrid products.

　　Popular Galaxy CP launches super long free test drive and two super financial rights

　　Break through the upper limit of user experience and comprehensively accelerate the popularization of intelligent boutique electric mixing

　　This time, the first major benefit of the "Geely Galaxy Super Hybrid Experience Season" breaks through the traditional user test drive experience form and launches the "5-day long free test drive experience". Users can enjoy a 5-day free test drive experience by registering and booking at the Galaxy APP or offline Galaxy stores across the country. Let users experience Geely Galaxy’s product performance more deeply and fully, and then decide whether to place an order, and find a car that suits them perfectly in full comparison and rational decision-making.

　　This kind of national large-scale user test drive activity is rare in the industry. On the one hand, it is an innovative breakthrough in user experience and user thinking, fully taking into account the user’s doubts before purchasing a car and the psychological state of vacillation in purchasing a car, and providing a humanized solution, "think what the user thinks". On the other hand, it also shows Geely Galaxy’s absolute confidence in its own products. According to the comparison of the parameters of the same price model, users who have tested Geely Galaxy will definitely experience a different sense of quality.

　　It is understood that users who are satisfied with the test drive experience, if they place an order for Geely Galaxy L6 or L7 and complete the pickup between October 9 and 31, can also enjoy two major car purchase rights – 80,000 24 periods of 0 interest or 48 periods of low interest rates up to 6,300 yuan of discount super limited-time financial plan and 4,000 yuan replacement subsidy super limited-time replacement policy.

　　For specific participation details of these three rights and interests, please check Geely Galaxy’s official WeChat, APP or call your local store. Geely Galaxy uses real money and full sincerity to pet powder, and at the same time further accelerates the popularity of smart boutique electrical hybrid products.

　　Geely Galaxy CP practices "Building Everyone’s Smart Boutique Car" with high-value products

　　Based on its strong product strength, Geely Galaxy uses real money to boost "Galaxy Speed" and then accelerate

　　As a brand-new new energy series that has been in existence for less than a year, it is no accident that Geely Galaxy L6 and L7 can emerge and break through quickly in the fiercely competitive new energy market. It is the result of Geely Automobile’s practice of "longevity" and long-term accumulation of energy for the Galaxy series. It is also a sincere work under the concept of "building a smart boutique car for everyone".

　　With industry-leading technologies such as "SHIELD Battery Safety System, Galaxy N OS, Raytheon 8848 Power System, and Xingrui Smart Computing Center", Geely Galaxy L7 solves the pain points that traditional plug-in SUVs bring users "energy saving and performance incompatibility", "comfort and intelligence incompatibility", and "battery safety hazards", so that consumers can buy high-value electric hybrid SUVs with less money. Geely Galaxy L7 has become the "most preferred 200,000 plug-in hybrid SUV" with monthly sales continuously breaking 10,000 and breaking 10,000 "triple connection", and has also laid a solid foundation for the Galaxy sequence.

　　If L7 is the high value of popularity, then L6 is the high value of up the ante. Although Geely Galaxy L6 has been on the market for less than a month, the market heat continues to rise. Its standard four "firsts" – acupuncture is only the entry standard, the proportion of thermoformed steel in the whole vehicle far exceeds the same level, and safety is the first; 1.5TD Raytheon electric hybrid engine, the world’s first in mass production thermal efficiency; 247 km/h The fastest sedan is far ahead, and the performance is the first; Xingrui Intelligent Computing Center, the first in China’s manufacturing computing power, has set a "new generation of intelligent electric hybrid new benchmark" for the A-class sedan market in terms of safety, performance, energy saving and intelligence, and has become the "annual closed-eye entry" sedan with the best quality and cost ratio of 150,000 yuan.

　　Based on such a strong product strength and absolute confidence in its own products, Geely Galaxy CP has launched the "Geely Galaxy Super Hybrid Experience Season" combination under the soaring popularity, word-of-mouth and sales momentum, bringing users real gold and silver full sincerity and deep and long-term experience trust blessing.

　　It is Geely Galaxy’s sincerity to enter the market by providing users with a "extended version" of the user’s full life cycle high-value experience from car selection, to test drive, to car purchase, to car use, and to car change. It is also in line with the consumer demand that cars give users high-value experiences as bulk consumption. It is understood that the Geely Galaxy Super Electric Hybrid Experience Season activities will release more rights and interests for new and old users in the future. Interested friends can continue to pay attention, or go to the nearby core business district or Galaxy stores in the life circle for a test drive experience.

　　On April 19, Hengda, Huawei, Baidu and other "new car-making forces" moved frequently, or released new cars or announced intelligent solutions for automobiles. On the same day, the class A share auto index sector rose by more than 6%, of which driverless concept stocks and automotive electronics concept stocks set off a daily limit.

　　Wen, Table/Guangzhou Daily All Media Reporters Ni Ming, Zhang Lu, Chen Lili?, Xu Xiaofang

　　Mobile phone end point business declines in 2020

　　Huawei switches to car racing

　　On April 19, all media reporters learned from an internal Huawei employee that on April 20, "Huawei’s flagship store will have huge new partners." At the same time, the video released clearly shows the outline of a car, with the caption "On April 20, Huawei’s flagship store welcomes new partners, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Chengdu." The reporter noticed that the Sailis Huawei Smart Selection SF5 had appeared on Huawei’s official website that day, but as of press time, Huawei had not provided the purchase entrance.

　　Regarding cross-border vehicle manufacturing, Huawei has stated many times before that it will not enter the field of vehicle manufacturing. At the recent Huawei 2020 annual report, rotating chairperson Hu Houjun reiterated that Huawei’s positioning in the field of smart cars is that the parts supplier has not changed.

　　Industry insiders told reporters that Huawei’s active rush to the automotive industry is not unrelated to the current decline in its mobile phone end point business. The reporter observed Huawei’s recent financial reports and found that in 2020, Huawei’s revenue growth slowed to 3.8%, the lowest in the past ten years. For the annual report data, Hu Houqian, chairperson of Huawei, said that the growth rate of consumer business did not meet expectations last year, and admitted that last year due to supply problems, mobile phone sales were affected. In this case, industry insiders told reporters that the decline in Huawei’s mobile phone sales is not only related to the separation of Honor mobile phones, but more importantly, the current Huawei mobile phone production capacity is restricted by the lack of "core" factors.

　　As for when Huawei’s intelligent driving department will be profitable, Su Qing, chief architect of Huawei ADS and president of intelligent driving product line, said that autonomous driving does not have to worry about profitability. It is reported that Wang Jun, president of Huawei Smart Car Solutions BU, said that this year’s investment in research and development will reach 1 billion US dollars (about 6.50 billion yuan).

　　But according to the financial report, Huawei’s cash flow has shrunk at present. According to the financial report, Huawei’s cash flow from operating activities in 2020 was 35.20 billion yuan, down 61.5% year-on-year. In this regard, Huawei said that this is due to increased investment in supply, research and development, material reserves and other aspects.

　　Compared with Xiaomi, which announced at the end of March to join the ranks of car manufacturing, its cash reserves in 2020 are as high as 108 billion yuan. Industry insiders told reporters that with Huawei’s capital, such as investing in the vehicle manufacturing industry with a long manufacturing cycle and high capital occupation, the pressure is obvious. At present, Huawei chooses to layout the intelligent driving industry or as a stopgap measure.

　　Class A share auto index sector rose more than 6%

　　On the same day, the 19th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition in 2021 (hereinafter referred to as the 2021 Shanghai Auto Show) opened, which is also the first A-level auto show held as scheduled in the world this year. At this Shanghai Auto Show, on the one hand, the independent brand product brands continue to rise and rise in the process of change; on the other hand, the joint venture foreign investment up the ante electric, under the entry of new and old forces and tech giants, the rise of electric intelligence.

　　Among them, Baidu’s Apollo Lego-style automotive intelligent solution was fully unveiled, and the two products of Smart Driving and Zhiyun ushered in a heavy upgrade. Its Zhiyun products can support car companies to quickly build intelligent capabilities, shortening the autonomous driving research and development cycle that originally took at least 7 years to complete to 6 months. After 100 days of official announcement of car building, Baidu CEO Robin Li and Geely CEO Li Shufu gathered. According to people familiar with the matter, the meeting between the two was not at the Shanghai Auto Show, and Jidu Automobile will announce a big cooperation. In addition, Wuling New Energy’s first convertible, Hongguang MINIEV CABRIO, made its world debut. Hengda Motor made its debut with nine models of Hengchi, covering all grades from A to D, as well as a full range of models such as sedans, coupes, SUVs, MPVs, and crossovers.

　　On April 19, the class A share auto index sector rose more than 6%, Dongfeng Motor, GAC Group, Changan Automobile and other stocks rose by the limit. In the Hong Kong stock market, as of the close, Wuling Automobile rose 27.53%, and the intraday increase was over 30%; Geely Automobile rose 4.82%; BYD shares rose 4.77%, Beijing Automobile rose 4.14%.

　　The reporter also noticed that the automotive industry chain has strengthened, including driverless, complete vehicles, automotive electronics, automotive parts, lithium batteries and other branches, among which driverless concept stocks and automotive electronics concept stocks have set off a rise in the limit.

　　New forces should overcome capital barriers, production capacity barriers and market barriers as soon as possible

　　The reporter observed that at the end of March and the beginning of April, China’s "new car-making forces" continued to move: on March 30, Xiaomi, a cross-border car manufacturer, announced "the first investment of 10 billion yuan, and the investment amount in the next 10 years will reach 10 billion US dollars"; on April 7, the 100,000 production car of NIO was mass-produced in Jianghuai NIO Hefei Advanced Manufacturing Base; on April 8, the Management Committee of Wuhan Economic and Technological Development Zone and XPeng Motors officially signed an investment agreement for the intelligent networked car manufacturing base and R & D center project…

　　The "14th Five-Year Plan" clearly focuses on strategic emerging industries such as new energy vehicles, and organizes future industry incubation and acceleration plans in hydrogen energy and other industries. The market believes that this is a strong support for the development of the new energy vehicle industry; not only that, peak carbon dioxide emissions and carbon neutrality targets have become national strategic goals, which has also injected strong impetus into the development of the new energy vehicle market.

　　Not only that, in terms of smart cars, the "14th Five-Year Plan" also makes it clear that vehicle to everything will be actively and steadily developed. The three departments have issued the "National Vehicle to Everything Industry Standard System Suggestions Guide (Intelligent Transportation Related) ", and the construction and development of vehicle to everything related systems continue to accelerate. The reporter observed that the cooperation between car companies and high-tech enterprises is also accelerating. For example, Huawei and BAIC’s new energy brand JIHU have cooperated to launch intelligent luxury pure electric sedan BAIC α coefficient S, and Hengda Automobile has established a joint venture with Tencent’s companies. In this regard, Bohai Securities released a research report and believes that it is optimistic about the trend of intelligent automobile networking, and smart cars are expected to appear "explosive" mass-produced models this year.

　　Zhong Shi, an auto industry analyst, believes that now Chinese and foreign automakers have seen the big trend of industry transformation and entered the new energy automobile industry, which will bring new survival challenges to the "new car-making forces". They must survive capital barriers, production capacity barriers and market barriers as soon as possible. He also said that in the end, to achieve the growth of China’s new energy automobile industry, it depends on the comprehensive competition of car companies in terms of advanced technology, cost control, supply chain improvement, excellent quality, safety and reliability. "Objectively speaking, the technical challenges faced by the’new car-making forces’ are still huge, and domestic car companies in our country need to redouble their efforts to seize the opportunities brought by this industry transformation."

　　Fu Yuwu, honorary chairperson of the China Society of Automotive Engineers, also emphasized in an interview that "new car companies should respect the objective laws of technological development, and maintain respect for the automotive industry while making efforts on the new track of intelligence and electrification."

　　Sales of new energy vehicles are expected to grow rapidly in 2021

　　In the face of joint venture car companies up the ante and our country’s own brand car companies expanding production capacity, is the supply of new energy vehicles oversupplied? On the production side, the industrial added value of the automobile manufacturing industry in the first quarter of 2021 increased by more than 50% year-on-year; while the data of the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers shows that Quarter 1, China’s new energy vehicle production was 533,000, and sales were 515,000, an increase of 3.2 times and 2.8 times year-on-year respectively. For the future market, some car companies told reporters that they are currently expanding their plants to increase production capacity. Among them, Guangzhou Automobile Aian is expected to invest about 500 million yuan and plans to double production capacity in early 2022.

　　On the sales side, the retail volume of narrow passenger cars in the first quarter of this year totaled 5.092 million, an increase of 68.8% year-on-year, a record high growth rate. For the sharp increase in retail volume of passenger cars in the first quarter of this year, the Passenger Association explained that in addition to being affected by the low sales base in the same period last year, another major driving factor is the increasing contribution of new energy vehicles. According to the data of the Passenger Association, in the first quarter, the retail volume of new energy vehicles was 437,000, an increase of 302.9% year-on-year. The retail penetration rate of domestic new energy vehicles in the first quarter was 8.6%, which was significantly higher than the 5.8% in the same period last year. Among them, the penetration rate of new energy vehicles among independent brands in March was 20.5%.

　　Some industry analysts believe that production capacity does not mean actual supply. In the face of changes in fuel vehicles and new energy vehicles in the market, in addition to adjusting the product structure of automobile companies, they will also re-target the marketization goal of new energy vehicles according to their own advantages, and create a marketing method for electric vehicles, which will affect the sales strategy and consumers are expected to benefit.

　　Huaxi Securities believes that with the continuous improvement of the sales structure and quality of new energy vehicles, as well as the continuous launch of high-quality new models such as the Model Y series, supply will drive demand changes, and the penetration rate of new energy vehicles is expected to accelerate. It is expected that sales will grow rapidly in 2021.

　　"Whether it’s Didi or Uber, subsidies are a sales pitch to attract consumers to’look over ‘and then become users." Some analysts say the platform has been waiting for the time to end the long "money-burning war". The merger of Didi and Uber is an "opportunity", so subsidies will sooner or later be reduced or even cancelled.

　　After the merger of Didi and Uber China, various questions have also arisen. Questions about the alleged monopoly of the two continue to emerge. The monopoly issue involves pricing power. At present, the combined market share of the two is greater than 90%. Passengers have questioned whether the price of online car-hailing after the merger will increase and the discount will be reduced. Online car-hailing drivers also doubt whether the rewards for drivers are getting less and less stringent. Uber employees began to consider the question of "where to go". After all, after the merger of Internet Tech Giants, the second team is often marginalized.

　　Beijing Youth Daily reporter’s investigation shows that the current pricing of Didi and Uber for passengers has not changed, but the corresponding discounts and incentives for drivers have indeed decreased. Although no one has left the Uber team yet, competitors have offered attractive conditions for poaching people.

　　passenger

　　Why is the fare higher than before?

　　Yesterday, the user "Astro Boy Head" posted a screenshot of "The same journey, Didi’s price increase is all recorded" on Weibo. The screenshot of the payment shows that an order "Astro Boy Head" paid only 2 yuan on July 27 and before, 5 yuan on July 30 and August 2, and 7.6 yuan from the 3rd. At the same time, there are many passengers on Weibo discussing the issue of Didi’s price increase.

　　The Beiqing Daily reporter found that, in fact, in the days of the merger of Didi and Uber, the unit price of Didi and Uber has not increased. At present, the charging standard of People’s Uber is 1.5 yuan/km + 0.25 yuan/minute; the charging standard of Didi Express is 1.8 yuan/km + 0.5 yuan/minute.

　　So why do passengers feel that the prices of Didi and Uber have increased? The reasons may be threefold: First, the subsidies of Didi and Uber for the passenger side have been reduced. A Beijing passenger reported that currently Didi only has the subsidy of "discount coupons", which are only for fixed models, and the discount is about 15% off, which can be said to have little impact on the price of taxis; while Uber has often launched activities such as "2 orders per day, 10 yuan off each order", or getting on/off the bus in a certain area to enjoy a 50% discount. He recalled that not long ago, the area of Beijing almost took turns to engage in this activity, which was very strong, but now it is gone.

　　In addition, although not after the merger news was announced, Didi and Uber did adjust their prices recently. The Beijing Youth Daily reporter learned that Didi has raised prices sharply in many cities, and Uber has also adjusted its price standards in some cities. Last month, Didi Express quietly increased its price in Beijing, from 1.5 yuan/kilometer + 0.35 yuan/minute in September last year to 1.8 yuan/kilometer + 0.5 yuan/minute. According to reports from Guangzhou media, Didi’s price standard in Guangzhou rose from 1.4 yuan/kilometer + 0.45 yuan/minute to 1.8 yuan/kilometer + 0.5 yuan/minute in June. The latest billing standard is 2 yuan/kilometer + 0.55 yuan/minute, an increase of more than 30%. Although Uber’s recent charging standards in Beijing have not increased, according to a passenger in Wuhan, Uber’s charging standards in Wuhan have recently increased from 1.5 yuan/kilometer + 0.2 yuan/minute to 1.8 yuan/kilometer + 0.3 yuan/minute; according to local media reports in Guangzhou, Uber’s current price in Guangzhou is about 1.1 yuan/kilometer + 0.55 yuan/minute, while in March, Guangzhou Uber’s price was about 0.99 yuan/kilometer.

　　In addition, both Didi and Uber have corresponding "premium systems". After Didi and Uber reduce the rewards for private cars, passengers will encounter higher premiums when taking a taxi. That is to say, Didi and Uber’s billing standards are only under "normal conditions". Once they encounter conditions such as difficulty in taking a taxi, long waiting time, and bad routes, Didi and Uber will increase a certain multiple on the basis of the above-mentioned price standards. At this time, the price cannot be calculated according to the standard pricing method, but must be multiplied by a coefficient, which can be as high as or even more than 4. For example, when it rained heavily in Beijing last month, Uber increased the price by 4.2 times, and Didi increased the price by more than 3 times. In this way, the price of Didi and Uber is much higher than the current taxi in Beijing. A senior Didi passenger told the Beijing Youth Daily that Didi’s dynamic premiums are now "very frequent". "Anyway, when I need to take a taxi, there is basically no non-premium, 1.5 times, 2 times is very common." He said that although Didi will estimate the price before starting the journey, the words "premium multiple" are very small and may be ignored by some passengers. It should be noted that the current active drivers of Didi and Uber have decreased compared with the peak, and it is not uncommon to see premiums on the passenger side.

　　driver

　　Didi and Uber’s rewards are gone?

　　A few days ago, some Didi Express drivers in Xi’an joined forces to speak out, saying, "Didi has won 49.12 yuan for 15 orders, 16 orders, 17 orders, and 18 orders, to 40 yuan for 20 orders, and 60 yuan for 30 orders… We use our own cars, our own oil, and our own insurance to work for Didi. In the end, Didi rewards us with an insurmountable threshold." According to Xi’an media reports, since August 4, Didi has reduced the rewards for all private car franchise drivers by 80%. It is expected that all rewards for private car franchise drivers will be cancelled in the near future.

　　In fact, Didi and Uber have been tightening incentives for drivers. Last winter, Didi’s subsidy policy was: a reward of 100 yuan for running 10 orders a day, a reward of 200 yuan for 20 orders, and certain requirements for the number of transactions on the previous day. After this year, the reward suddenly shrunk to 40 yuan for 10 orders a day and 90 yuan for 20 orders. At present, Didi’s end is a reward of 60 yuan for 20 orders a day, with an average reward of 3 yuan per order.

　　Uber’s rewards have been on the table with Didi. The reporter of Beiqing Daily learned that the current reward of Uber in Beijing has also dropped from 60 yuan for running 12 orders and 120 yuan for 22 orders at the beginning of this year to 40 yuan for 12 orders and 100 yuan for 22 orders. A former Uber owner told the reporter of Beiqing Daily: "I am too tired to do it. It takes at least 12 hours to run 22 orders. And Uber’s conditions are very harsh, and the average person needs more than 14 hours." The "harsh conditions" he mentioned means that in addition to the number of orders, Didi and Uber also have requirements on transaction rate (referring to the percentage of the final completed order to the number of orders) and service star rating. According to him, Uber’s terms rose from 50 per cent of the week’s transaction rate to 65 per cent, and its service rating rose from 4.7 to 4.8 stars, "it really takes a bit of luck".

　　In addition, the "newcomer award" for joining the platform is also gradually decreasing. According to the current newcomer reward policy of the Beijing Didi platform, the reward for completing 6 orders within 3 days of the activation of the new driver’s account is 58 yuan; the previous policy is to complete 2 orders within a week from the account activation. The reward is 50 yuan, and the reward for completing 5 orders is 100 yuan.

　　The phasing out of incentives has led to the loss of some drivers. Earlier this year, there were multiple reports that Didi and Uber’s subsidies for drivers had dropped sharply, some part-time drivers were withdrawing from the platform, and some full-time drivers left the platform after weighing the pros and cons. This situation caused the aforementioned passenger premium to increase.

　　follow up

　　Didi drivers will be deducted from more than 20% of their income

　　At present, the income of Didi and Uber drivers is mainly composed of the commission income of orders, the reward for completing orders, and the doubling premium during peak hours.

　　Drivers of Didi Express can only take about 74% of the order fee (including the premium), and about 26% of the fee is charged by the platform, insurance and labor service companies. The approximate proportion is that the platform charges 20% of the fee including the share of each order. In addition, the driver’s insurance is 0.5 yuan per order, and the affiliated labor service company also charges 1.17% of the reward and order fee.

　　The 20% of the "fare + peak reward" of the people’s Uber driver will be automatically deducted by the platform. A driver showed a reporter from Beiqing Daily a detailed list of his income for a certain week, which showed that he had collected a total of 137 yuan for sports cars for about 5 hours that week and 46 yuan for peak rewards. On this basis, the Uber platform deducted 20% of the fee, which is 36 yuan, plus a bonus fee of 32 yuan, and he finally got 180 yuan in income.

　　The order completion reward is a reward given by the platform when Didi and Uber drivers complete a certain order volume every day or within a specified time. For example, Didi’s policy on Friday is: 40 yuan for 12 orders and 100 yuan for 22 orders; Uber’s weekend policy is: 60 yuan for 22 orders and 190 yuan for 45 orders on Saturday and Sunday.

　　The policy of doubling the premium during peak hours is different every day. According to one Uber driver, Uber’s current doubling premium during peak hours is about 1.5 to 2 times, 1.1 to 1.3 times at peak times, and sometimes even no premium. According to his recollection, according to Uber’s peak premium policy last year, there was 1.8 times at peak times, and about 5 times at peak times. The recent peak doubling reward of Didi is even lower. According to data from Didi, at the peak on Friday morning and evening, the maximum income reward was only 1.2 times, and one Didi driver said that such a multiple was only a multiple of the previous peak.

　　It is worth mentioning that when Didi launched Didi Express in May last year, it promised that the service is a non-profit ride-sharing service, and all passengers’ payments go to the owner, and the software platform does not charge any fees. However, it did not take long for the platform to start charging a 20% commission.

　　analysis

　　When a monopoly becomes a reality, the cost will be passed on to consumers

　　Analysts said the apparent removal of discounts was not surprising, with the merger marking the end of competition between the two giants that dominate China’s nascent ride-hailing industry. For more than a year, Uber and Didi offered drivers steep subsidies, sometimes several times the fare, in an effort to lure users with low prices.

　　Behind the huge subsidies of Didi and Uber for more than a year is the repeated "burning of money" by investors. According to public information, Didi and Kuaidi conducted two rounds of E and F financing after the merger, raising a total of 8.642 billion yuan, and launched a new round of financing only half a year later. At present, Didi is conducting a G round of financing, and in addition to Apple’s $1 billion investment, it has also received more than $6 billion from other top gifters. The same is true for Uber, which also conducted two rounds of financing after registering a company independently in China, with a financing amount of more than 2.10 billion US dollars. Interestingly, the two mobility giants have at least four co-investors, including Tiger Fund, Hillhouse Capital, China Life and BlackRock.

　　A large amount of financing is used to subsidize drivers and passengers. Uber CEO Kalanick has said that Uber loses more than $1 billion a year in China. At the same time, he also estimated Didi’s subsidies. He said that Didi’s losses are too heavy, and it needs to subsidize 70 million to 80 million US dollars a week, which is about 4 billion US dollars a year. Later, Didi announced that this figure is false and too high, but according to industry analysts, Didi’s annual subsidy fee is at least twice that of Uber, which is about 2 billion US dollars. Since the merged company of Didi and Uber China occupies the vast majority of the market share in the online car-hailing market, whether it constitutes a monopoly or not, such a large market share affects the pricing power of Didi and Uber.

　　In the eyes of industry insiders, price increases are an inevitable trend. "Whether it is Didi or Uber, subsidies are a means of promotion, the purpose is to attract consumers to’look over ‘and then become users." Some analysts said that the platform has been waiting for the time to end the long "money burning war". The merger of Didi and Uber is an "opportunity", so the subsidy will be reduced or even cancelled sooner or later. Another transportation system expert said: "Why do Didi and Uber subsidize and burn money? He 10 billion and will get 20 billion yuan back from consumers. Once the monopoly comes true, the cost will definitely be passed on to consumers the fastest."

　　dynamic

　　China uses "feelings + options" to recruit Uber employees

　　After Didi and Uber were merged, Shenzhou Special Car released a set of posters with the theme "Love U". The boss Lu Zhengyao personally went to WeChat Moments to "show love" to Uber, openly recruited Uber employees, and offered tempting conditions of "as long as you come, you will give 6 months salary plus options".

　　In fact, when Didi and Uber announced the merger, Uber, as the "weaker" party, attracted a lot of attention to the whereabouts of its employees. Since last year, the trend of Internet Tech Giants merging has emerged, and various cases have also shown that after the merger of the boss and the second in the industry, the leader and team of the second will be marginalized, or even eventually eliminated.

　　At present, the Uber team has 800 employees. After the merger of the two companies, Uber China also used the method of deferring the exchange of options to retain employees. An Uber employee told the Beijing Youth Daily that as a multinational company, Uber’s culture is almost completely different from that of Didi, and he is worried about whether it will quickly integrate into the Didi company after the merger. Similar to this employee, there has been a pessimistic mood within the Uber team in the past few days. An Uber employee said he was "very heartbroken", and some said "I don’t know if it is helpless or sad". "Didi is awesome, but I don’t care, I’m a die-hard Uber loyalist," read an article called "Born Proud: Those Young People at Uber," which was widely shared among Uber’s team.

　　But an Uber employee told the Beijing Youth Daily that no one has left the Uber team yet, "everyone is still busy with their own work, doing the normal work at hand." He said that it is still in a transition period, "this stage generally will not leave, after all, I don’t know what the future will be like. If it is determined that it is not suitable, people may want to leave." Wen Jing, reporter of this newspaper

On April 16, the 2024 Baidu Create AI Developer Conference with the theme of "Creating the Future" was held in Shenzhen. Li Ying, vice president of Baidu Group and CEO of Xiaodu Technology, officially released Xiaodu’s next-generation operating system, DuerOS X, which is the world’s first AI native operating system launched by Xiaodu based on the Baidu ERNIE Bot large model. Li Ying said: "As an important and large-scale landing application scenario of the?? model,? AI intelligence helps lead AI native applications to a new height."

　

　

Li Ying, Vice President of Baidu Group and CEO of Xiaodu Technology

　

DuerOS X became Xiaodu’s "strongest brain"?

In the wave of unprecedented development of artificial intelligence, AI big model has become the vanguard of the trend, bringing unprecedented changes and opportunities. As a national artificial intelligence technology enterprise, Xiaodu has rich application scenarios and strong crowd stickiness. As of now, Xiaodu’s own brand equipment has been connected to more than 46 million families, and Xiaodu Assistant is mounted on 700 million smart devices, providing convenient and intelligent services for the majority of users. Xiaodu always insists on "user" as the center and continuous innovation. The strong technical hard power behind this cannot be separated from its core: Xiaodu Brain – DuerOS.

　

Xiaodu released the world’s firstAINative operating systemDuerOS X

Li Ying believes that Xiaodu AI intelligent assistant is an important and large-scale landing application of Baidu ERNIE Bot large model. DuerOS X, as a new AI native OS, completes a comprehensive brain change and leads AI native applications to a new height. It will bring us unprecedented intelligent experience and open a new chapter of intelligent life.

At the Create AI conference, Robin Li, founder, chairperson and CEO of Baidu, interacted with Xiaodu Tiantian AI tablet robot equipped with DuerOS X. Through multiple rounds of dialogue, Xiaodu can not only clearly arrange complex schedules, but also express more vivid language. It is not only smarter, more capable, and more understanding of users, but also able to provide users with emotional companionship value. It will truly become a more useful and soulful AI partner that everyone can have.

　

Baidu founder, chairperson and CEO Robin Li interacts with Xiaodu Tiantian AI tablet robot

　

DuerOS X is the world’s first AI native operating system

Unlike in the past, as the world’s first AI native operating system, DuerOS X has completely overturned the outdated model of the traditional "human adaptation system", truly achieving the intention and task of connecting users "end-to-end". This innovation has greatly expanded the boundaries of the operating system.

　

DuerOS X operating system

In the model layer, DuerOS X fully applies the Wenxin model. Through the model routing architecture, it can flexibly dispatch different Wenxin models to solve problems of different difficulty, which is more efficient, accurate and economical. In addition, the ability to store, extract and understand personalized long and short memories is also a new highlight. It can more clearly remember historical content and user personalized preferences, and can catch every "archaeological question" you have. The more users use it, the better Xiaodu will understand users.

In the interactive layer, the application of "multimodal perception" technology allows DuerOS X to produce richer perception. Whether the user communicates with Xiaodu through voice, text, or expression, it can accurately understand your intentions and give an appropriate response; "anthropomorphic presentation" technology makes Xiaodu’s expression image more vivid and interesting, the voice more natural and agile, and even expresses emotion and personality through action, making it more "?" temperature, so as to truly provide emotional value and long-term companionship.

In the ecological layer, in addition to Xiaodu 11,000 voice skills such as film and television, music, education, and smart home, the applications developed by Wenxin Intelligent Body can be seamlessly integrated into Xiaodu, which greatly expands the ecological width of DuerOS. These applications not only have professional knowledge and skills, but also can be personalized according to your preferences and needs, providing you with truly intimate and convenient services.

With the blessing of DuerOS X, Xiaodu will be more intelligent, capable, understand you, and achieve better company. Li Ying said that the new Xiaodu will become your family’s AI girlfriend, AI housekeeper, AI teacher, AI health consultant, AI fitness coach and other multiple roles, and truly become people’s intimate "AI partner".

　

Xiaodu is smart, capable, understands you, and accompanies you

　

DuerOS X empowers the small AI ecosystem to make AI everywhere

Whether in the field of home infotainment or AI education, Xiaodu always insists on providing users with smarter and more convenient life services through its own AI technology capabilities and innovative product concepts. In 2023, Xiaodu has gained a lot: Xiaodu smart speakers/smart screens and Xiaodu learning tablets have ranked first in shipments for many consecutive years; Xiaodu has created a new category of "girlfriend machines". In this category, Xiaodu Tiantian’s girlfriend machine sales remain first; Xiaodu fitness glasses sales and the number of smart hotel rooms also continue to rank first.

According to Li Ying, DuerOS X will be the foundation for Xiaodu’s intelligent integration of software and hardware, and the foundation for ecological prosperity. It will provide all of Xiaodu’s hardware products with strong intelligent motion, enabling Xiaodu’s human-machine voice intelligent interaction experience to achieve a qualitative change.

Xiaodu has become a close "partner" and a powerful "assistant" for hundreds of millions of developers to create the future. Xiaodu has been actively working with partners from all walks of life to create a dynamic and sustainable AI ecosystem through the innovative ecosystem of content and services, and the deep integration of hardware and scenarios, and seize the new opportunities brought by intelligence.

　

Small prosperity ecology

In 2024, as the first year of AI native applications, the launch of DuerOS X is not only an extreme brain change for Xiaodu, but also an innovative application of the big model. In the future, Xiaodu will break the ceiling of intelligent capabilities through continuous exploration, bring more people a convenient, comfortable and technological life experience, improve people’s quality of life, and truly let AI enter thousands of industries and households.

Andy Lau played games with his fans and pressed the media about his marriage. He was also clearly well-prepared to fight.

Andy Lau refused to respond to rumors of marriage, saying only that he was not married or had children.

Andy Lau held an autograph signing, attracting thousands of people.

For Zhu Liqian, these three words are obviously Andy’s "dead end".

　　 Andy Lau (Andy) and Zhu Liqian’s affair has been rumored for many years. Recently, it was said that the two had tea with the woman’s family in Malaysia, and it was also said that they would get married locally on April 6, Zhu Liqian’s 43rd birthday. Which is true or false, Andy firmly refused to disclose, only emphasizing that he is not married and has no children.

　　Andy held a singing signing on March 1. Although there were only 500 places, it attracted thousands of people to watch. On the wedding rumors, Andy obviously came prepared. When asked by the reporter if he wanted to congratulate him, he replied politely with a smile: "I have said it many times. In short, if someone believes me, I will continue to believe it. I am now saying no. What makes me most uncomfortable is seeing people on the Internet accusing me of using this for publicity, which I would never do."

　　Mentioning the photo as if he was negotiating a happy event, Andy shook his head and waved his hand and said: "I will not respond to other things, I can only say that I am not married and have no children. (How to describe my relationship with Zhu Liqian?) This cannot be answered. (Will it be close soon?) Or that sentence, the marriage will be notified to everyone." Just straight to ask him if he will show up in Malaysia on April 6? Andy said no first! But then changed his mind: "Basically, I will tour the mainland in March or April, but I don’t know where it will be on which day. The itinerary is in the company, so I won’t talk about it or not." As for whether the tea-drinking photos were taken of Zhu Liqian’s family? And may the people around him be affected by the news? Andy also said that he would not answer, and asked everyone to ignore him so much, only that his mood was not affected.

　　The victim actress is not waiting for an apology

　　In addition, referring to the "philatelic actress" that Wu Junru was referring to, Andy clarified that Jun Ru did not tell him who the other party was at all, and he mocked himself for being old-fashioned, serious and upright, so no actress had ever seduced him. As for Cecilia Cheung’s interview report, Andy also read it bluntly, and praised the other party for being brave and strong. When Cecilia was mentioned, she angrily scolded Edison Chen for owing the victim an apology, and he believed that they had their own solutions in private, but believed that the victim actress was not waiting for this (apology), but should wait for the wound to heal and happily return to life.

Editor in charge: Wang Xin

　　The Northern Literature Creation Center, as a special invited unit of this year’s Galaxy Awards, conducted an exclusive interview with writer A Que at the event site. The following is to organize the whole article according to the interview record for readers.　

　

　　1 "The golden age of a writer should be between the ages of 40 and 55"　

　　I did well in the college entrance examination, and when I applied for college, there were only a few schools in the country that could not apply. Because science fiction culture has developed particularly well in Chengdu, "Science Fiction World" magazine is in Chengdu, and Sichuan University has the largest science fiction club in the country. For science fiction, I chose Chengdu and Sichuan University. At Sichuan University, I joined the Science Fiction Association and met a lot of interesting people. In the past two years, with the continuous development of science fiction culture, the science fiction association has developed better and better. In the past, an event was held with more than a dozen organizers and two or three on-site audiences. Now, there are more than a dozen organizers, and usually hundreds of spectators can be attracted to watch. Science fiction has gradually become a "hot term" in colleges and universities, providing a space for campus authors who like science fiction and want to engage in science fiction literary creation to grow and communicate.　

　　When I was in college, I started writing science fiction literature, which was relatively early among young people. I asked Mr. Liu Cixin a long time ago, and he mentioned a suggestion not to write full-time. Because at that time, the writing ecology was not very good, and it was difficult to make a living by writing. However, some changes have now taken place, also thanks to the influence and appeal of Mr. Liu’s "Three-Body Problem". This ecology has allowed the bottom writers to slowly feel some benefits. So I now feel that this trend has already appeared when I first wrote science fiction literature, but I still dare not write full-time.　

　　I’m a three-time Galaxy Award winner, and the Galaxy Awards hold a special place in my writing of science fiction, and it even changed my life. If it weren’t for science fiction and the Galaxy Awards, I would be a hydroelectric engineer. Because of the Galaxy Awards, I quit my job, abandoned my original profession to pursue science fiction, and the entire trajectory of my life changed.　

　　When I was able to write commercially, it became possible for my work to be turned into film and television, and film and television companies came to me for commissioned creation, then the income situation would be much better, and I began to consider my own status. "Famous as soon as possible" is correct. If one’s ability allows, becoming famous at a young age can indeed enjoy some of the benefits or benefits of fame in advance. However, in all professions, writers are different from other professions. The golden age of a writer should be between the ages of 40 and 55, and there are very few examples of young people achieving success. From a personal experience, I certainly hope to become famous through a work, but at the same time, I am prepared to start writing good things after the age of 40. Science fiction literature is a benchmark that requires a lifetime to pursue.　

　　　

　　　

　　2 "Hurry up and write, don’t let science fiction literature become non-fiction literature"　

　　The charm of a novel is the most important thing is emotion. Writers try to find the emotion and shining points of the story before writing each story. In literary and artistic works, what a writer should do most is to move people, that is, to move readers. There are many kinds of moving people, which can make people cry or make people laugh. I want to make people laugh. I have been writing for nearly 10 years without changing, and I will persevere in the future.　

　　Some readers have said that my science fiction world is humorous and warm. Regarding the creation of YFJ49 and LW31, they are all robots with flesh and blood, and even have human feelings to a certain extent. At first, it was accidental, I just wanted to write like this, not deliberately. I referred to the voice assistant Siri that had appeared at that time. There are cases of artificial intelligence and artificial manufacturing, which will make everyone feel close. I don’t really want to portray a cold image. Moreover, there have been such images before, and good works already have mountains, which are difficult to climb. If I write now, I will write according to this image.　

　　In the earliest days, for example, when I first started writing science fiction, I didn’t have much reserves, so I could only go from the classic themes, such as the three classic categories, aliens, robots, and clones. Among them, robots are the first science and technology that I think entered our lives. I want to hurry up and write, otherwise it will become non-fiction in 20 years, and it will not be science fiction. But this kind of warm, cute and cheap little robot image, in my opinion at that time, its reading threshold will be a little lower, and the public will accept it better. A good science fiction will actually make the threshold lower and lower. A science fiction writer should not be obsessed with posting all kinds of obscure terms in a novel. The newly constructed concept is indeed fascinating and surprising, but the writer has many skills to bring the concept to the reader and make them understand.　

　　I very much reject this kind of beginning. I introduce the whole world view or unique concept first, and then let the reader see the conceptual behavior of the character. A good practice is to tell the story first, first let the reader see the life of the character’s image, that is, the reader’s life, and then accept this concept step by step. Not to make a threshold alone, it should be the basic quality of a writer. I personally prefer street stall literature. If there are some theories in my novels, I will try to reduce the appearance of these theories in the article. Because theory will break the reading rhythm of the article, the reader may see 1/3 of the story, and suddenly there is a theoretical introduction of one or two thousand words. This is not good, like eating a stone when eating. Therefore, I will try my best to lower the threshold, and the effect is OK for now, but there is still room for further improvement.　

　　　

　　　

　　3 "The charm of science fiction literature is the integration of space opera and the future"　

　　Science fiction literature should be a good story first, and science fiction ideas should take second place.　

　　There are many kinds of good stories, such as setting up suspense, making people unable to stop reading, or setting up a very good core character, everyone cares about the person, no matter the plot twists or turns, this character will touch the reader’s heart. The story and characters should be well matched. In my opinion, these two points are actually more important than science fiction concept. If I think of good stories and characters, but it is not science fiction, then I will not write it as science fiction. I will write it as a mystery or romance novel and publish it in other genres of literature.　

　　Science fiction literature is very strange. Science fiction is the only one that doesn’t tell stories, doesn’t write characters, and doesn’t even have to be very good at writing. As long as you come up with a science fiction idea and everyone understands the core image, you can feel the charm of science fiction. Recently, I published a new book "Star Traveler". Why is it called "Star Traveler"? Because I have written a lot of machines before, such as "Walking with Robots", "Robots", and "Wet Metal". Strictly speaking, they are all robot integration. In fact, what I really want to embody the charm of science fiction is space opera, which is the integration of the future.　

　　For example, nowadays, most people would pick up a mobile phone, meet a person, and add a contact information, and you could never lose some way to contact them for the rest of your life. However, in the future, if you go to another planet, you will never see this person, and time and space will play their role again. This is the romance that only happened in that era, and this is gone forever. Therefore, in "Star Traveler", I wanted to create this image, and I finally named it according to this image.　

　　For the future, I hope that more fresh blood will pour in and make the "sci-fi" plate bigger together, so that the cake will be bigger. If you really like sci-fi, sci-fi is something that can be persisted in, and even said, it is worth the author to sacrifice or give up something. The premise is that it does affect the author’s life. From now on, sci-fi is able to do this. Maybe I didn’t have the confidence to say this 10 years ago, but what I see so far is that this industry can support and even drive a group of people.　

　　　　　　

　　Remarks:　

　　LW31: "Living with a Robot", a male robot with human emotions to a certain extent.　

　　Siri: Apple’s intelligent voice assistant.　

　　"Star Traveler": A new work by science fiction writer Ah Que, this book tells the story of the young Jin Chuan and the territory company. It is a legend and adventure that travels through the stars, a deep affection and nostalgia that drifts through the sea of stars.　

Recently, rumors about "BYD’s new car broke its axle as soon as it was picked up" are flying all over the sky, accompanied by a group of photos of broken axles. It seems that the evidence is conclusive, which makes people believe it. For a main car that has just been listed, no matter which brand, such negative news is very "explosive", and there will definitely be countless pairs of eyeing eyes staring at you: just waiting for you to have an accident! Finally something happened, great!

What is the specific situation? It is said on the Internet that a gentleman went to the 4S shop to pick up a BYD Qin PRO during the National Day. Just one day later, the car didn’t even have a license plate. When driving to a certain section, the car suddenly had an accident. As can be seen from the circulated photos, Qin PRO’s car actually broke the axle, one side of the car tilted, and the rim looked like a ankle, which looked very funny. The occurrence of this incident made the owner very scared.

However, if you look closely at the news, you will find that it is very contradictory. There are actually two stories circulating on the Internet, the same picture, one is the owner of Guangdong, and the other is Mr. Meng from Anhui.

I don’t know, even some people from the media didn’t even figure out the basic car price. The 150,000+car was said to have been "bought for 90,000 yuan", and then they began to make up stories, just to attract attention and defraud the reading.

Xiaobian will give you a careful analysis. The picture is definitely true. Qin pro is really broken, but there are several details to say:

In the first detail, the pro logo is on the upper right corner of the rear of the production car, but the model with the broken axle in the photo does not. Anyone who has paid attention to Qin pro before knows that this is the characteristic of the test car.

The second detail, the wheel hub of the broken axle is different from that of the mass production car. The wheel hub of the broken axle is straight, but the wheel hub of the mass production car has obvious folding angle.

The third detail, the rearview mirror of the broken axle car is folded, which means that the car has been turned off and locked, indicating that the driver is not nearby. If it is really the owner, will the car be locked and left if it breaks down in the middle of the road? Obviously impossible.

Through the above three details, it can be basically confirmed that the broken axle car is a test car, not a mass production version. Some people will ask, what are we testing when the cars are on the market? Of course, we have to test it. Does it mean that the project of this car is over when the car goes on the market? Only companies that are not responsible for consumers will do this.

In order to give the public a truth, BYD officially voiced this matter for the first time, expounding the so-called "new car broken shaft" incident.

It can be seen from Guan Wei’s post that the accident vehicle is not a production model, but a test vehicle for testing, which is basically consistent with everyone’s previous inference.

Secondly, this car is not tested by BYD itself, but provided by BYD to Jiatong, a tire supplier, for tire wear test (Qin pro itself uses Michelin tires). This is a good answer to the question raised by some people, "Why are the cars still being tested?".

Thirdly, there is no so-called "broken axle" in this car, but the tire falls off because of frequent wheel replacement during the test, improper operation by the staff and irregular tire installation. The on-site investigation photos provided by BYD officials show that all five nuts on the right front wheel of the car in the incident have fallen off. According to the inspection, the transmission shaft, lower swing arm, steering knuckle and other parts of the car are in good condition, and there is no damage, and there is no so-called "broken shaft" problem.

For BYD’s response, in the face of external doubts, the investigation results and the truth of the incident were announced in time, indicating that BYD is full of confidence in this incident. In this way, the worries of the majority of riders were resolved in time, and at the same time, some people with ulterior motives were severely hit in the face.

As for whether the broken axle incident can reflect the quality problem, Xiao Bian dare not say that the broken axle of the test vehicle is a matter of course. After all, as a test vehicle, you don’t know how many kilometers it has driven before and what kind of collision it has experienced. Only the real owner has a say in the quality of the car.