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　　China Youth Network, Beijing, June 23(Reporter, Zhang Ruiyu) At about 5 pm on June 22, a taxi stopped at the entrance of the Palace Museum. The driver stood next to the car with an umbrella and looked in the direction of the Palace Museum from time to time. Nearly 30 minutes later, a reporter from China Youth Network asked the driver if he could go. When the driver learned that the reporter was going to a university near the South College Road, he thought for a while and said bluntly, "This place is too close, I never use a meter," and refused the reporter to ride.

　　On the afternoon of the 22nd, Beijing was in heavy rainfall weather. The reporter came to the Palace Museum, and the rain caused some inconvenience to travel. At 17 o’clock, only a few tourists came out of the North Gate of the Palace Museum, which was much more empty than usual.

　　A man in white short sleeves, holding an umbrella in his hand, stood next to his taxi parked at the north gate of the Palace Museum and looked in the direction of the Palace Museum. At first, China Youth Network thought that the driver was here to pick up people, but after nearly 30 minutes, the reporter of China Youth Network did not find that the driver had checked his mobile phone and contacted people. Still holding an umbrella and looking in the direction of the Palace Museum.

　　A taxi parked at the north gate of the Palace Museum was partially blocked by a tricycle. Photo by Zhang Ruiyu, a reporter from China Youth Network

　　The China Youth Network reporter called the driver and asked if he could go somewhere on the South Road of the Academy. The driver thought for a while and confirmed to the reporter whether it was near a certain university. After getting a positive answer, the driver bluntly said, "This place is too close, I never use a meter.", refused the reporter to ride, and looked in the direction of the Palace Museum again.

　　Not long after, a black car came out of the Palace Museum. When it passed the white short-sleeved driver, the driver nodded and bent over, made a gesture to please the people in the car, and greeted them with a smile, saying, "I’m waiting for you, I’ll leave immediately."

　　Seeing that there were fewer and fewer people at the north gate of the Palace Museum, the group of four foreign-accented women with a child attracted the attention of the white short-sleeved driver. He took the initiative to ask where he was going. One of the foreign-accented women said she was going to a hotel, and a tricycle master next to him said near Wangfujing, "behind the church". The foreign-accented woman asked, "Fifty yuan for one person… with children?" The white short-sleeved driver said "Count". The group left in a car.

　　Soon, two more people came to Nanluoguxiang, and the tricycle master said 20 yuan each and took them away.

　　Afterwards, a reporter from China Youth Network stopped another taxi. After learning where the reporter was going, the other party bluntly said that the location was too close to be cost-effective, and they were going to get off work. They asked the reporter to walk forward and take the subway.

　　On the afternoon of the 22nd, a reporter from China Youth Network learned from Shan Jixiang, the director of the Palace Museum, that the scalpers who sold tickets, small advertising activities for one-day trips, and taxi riders had been rectified and were now almost extinct.

　　The China Youth Network reporter contacted the transportation committee. After listening to the reporter’s situation, the customer service of the transportation service supervision hotline told the reporter that they were responsible for recording the information and would transfer it to the law enforcement department for investigation and handling. They would reply to the reporter within 15 working days. As for the penalties for taxi slaughter, they could not judge.

　　Should the taxi concession system be broken?

　　– Implications from the development of the US taxi control system

　　Authors: Xu Kangming, Su Kui

　　In the early 1970s, an anti-government control ideology arose in the United States, which is very similar to some domestic ideological trends today. It believes that government control "rarely does the right thing" and relying on market mechanisms "rarely does the wrong thing". As a model of a free economy, the government restricts the freedom of access to certain industries and does not allow market competition mechanisms to determine prices. The core guiding ideology of deregulation holds that government pricing and industry access systems will inevitably lead to waste of resources and inefficient services, and even belong to administrative monopolies. At the same time, it restricts the choice of service types and price systems for transportation service recipients. Even though some scholars originally suggested that it was the late 19th and early 20th centuries that market failures gave rise to government access and price controls on the transportation service industry, under the strong impetus of this trend of thought, the United States began to partially or fully deregulate many transportation service industries, involving most transportation modes such as aviation, road passenger and freight, rail transportation, and intercity passenger transportation. The taxi deregulation movement experiment was also launched in this wave of free economy.

　　First, the North American taxi deregulation test failed to meet expectations

　　The confluence of political forces out of dissatisfaction with traditional taxi services and "theorists" out of their adherence to the fundamentals of market economy forcibly promoted this deregulation action. In the urban taxi industry, a cycle from regulation to deregulation and back to regulation was dramatically performed. American cities have imposed access and price controls on the taxi industry since the 1920s. Half a century later, more than 20 cities, most of which are in the so-called sunshine zone, that is, cities with rapid economic development, have completely or partially lifted such controls. However, due to the unsatisfactory effect of deregulation, almost all of these cities have resumed access and price controls for the taxi industry.

　　Opponents of taxi regulation argue that the free market allocates resources most efficiently and offers taxi passengers the best mix of prices and services. Therefore, encouraging competition and innovative services is the main purpose of liberalizing taxi market access. Proponents argue that free market access promotes higher service quality and lower prices, and facilitates innovative services. This view was crucial to deregulating the taxi industry. In 1965-1983, 18 cities in the United States and Canada scrapped taxi access mechanisms in order to encourage competition and encourage innovation.

　　At that time, some scholars and experts did not agree that the taxi industry could adopt the principle of free market, believing that the many advantages of the taxi industry brought by relying on market forces would fail in an imperfect market environment, and regulation was a necessary means to correct the market failure. The main views of these scholars are: (1) Taxi is not a general commodity, taxi is a supplement to public transportation, and it is an important public service, especially for some cities with underdeveloped public transportation, and for some special groups (such as the elderly, the disabled, and outsiders) It is an irreplaceable basic service. ( 2) Passenger transportation is an extremely sensitive industry to safety, and regulation is conducive to the implementation of many measures to provide safe travel for passengers; (3) Regulation is conducive to fair and legal competition, such as some urban taxi markets are controlled by evil forces; (4) Regulation is conducive to the implementation of the cross-subsidy mechanism, and taxis under the control mechanism implement the same rate in the entire region to form a cross-subsidy mechanism, that is, peak income subsidizes flat peak, and high-density area income subsidizes low-density areas. If there is no such regulation, the service level of flat peak and low-density areas will decrease significantly, or even not be effectively served; (5) Asymmetric information leads to market failure, and regulation is to solve the information asymmetry existing in the taxi industry, which causes consumers to be disadvantaged; (6) Taxi is a random consumption It is difficult to survive the fittest through market forces. Regulation can reduce vicious competition. Free access will attract a large number of operators and individual operators to enter the market, ultimately leading to excessive supply of transportation capacity and affecting service quality.

　　When the rental control system was relaxed, the number of taxis in these cities in the United States and Canada was oversupplied, and the revenue per driver was greatly reduced after the oversupply. Some cities were unable to maintain minimum income requirements and updated vehicle requirements. Those cities with a relatively large proportion of roadside tenancy quickly resumed the control system in the mid-to-late 1980s. Some cities had more roadside tenancy stations. Due to the oversupply of taxis, the waiting time for taxis was too long, which not only reduced their income, but also affected the efficiency of taxi turnover. Another layer of pressure on the taxi surplus is the price. Drivers constantly demand price increases, pick passengers, refuse to take short trips, "detour", and reduce the quality of taxis. All kinds of bad habits are even more and more serious.

　　Fourteen cities, including Boston, Baltimore, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, and Seattle, regained their taxi number control systems, which basically ended the original 18 cities’ attempts to abandon the taxi number control system. Facts and actions once again confirmed the necessity of reasonable taxi control. The remaining cities that persisted for a period of time also partially reapplied the taxi control idea. And even though Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, which claims not to carry out quantity control, has suffered from excessive quantity, although many attempts to refer to New York’s management of operating rights have failed to control the quantity, Washington has in fact not issued new cards since 2010. In 2014, it was once again proposed to control the current number by 2016, so as to actually implement the management of the number of taxis, but it is a more flexible control mechanism than New York.

　　The problem with taxi services is that they are not well regulated

　　The taxi quantity control system is an important measure to ensure the stable development of taxis based on the characteristics of taxi services. However, if the establishment of a dynamic coordination mechanism for quantity, service quality, price, and driver income is ignored in the implementation process, the taxi market is also prone to various criticisms. The specific manifestations are: (1) quantity shortage, if the adjustment time interval in the quantity adjustment mechanism is too long, taxis are prone to form a shortage of supply and eventually form a regional or peak period taxi hailing difficulties; (2) hindering adjustment, if the market price of taxi operating licenses is too high, it is easy to form interest groups, and interest groups often try to prevent or delay the adjustment of quantity, or try to reduce the number of new taxis; (3) regional differences, quantity control can easily cause taxi services to be concentrated in areas with high demand for taxis, such as downtown commercial Areas with high demand for taxi travel, such as districts, cultural and entertainment areas, and hotels, will have insufficient taxi supply to low-income areas and suburban areas; (4) It is not easy to adjust prices, and the control mechanism often makes it difficult to adjust taxi prices. The taxi price adjustment mechanism requires a hearing to adjust prices. City governments often postpone taxi price adjustments as much as possible. Cities often do not adjust taxi prices for a long time until the price contradiction intensifies before starting to adjust prices. (5) Labor conflicts. Taxi control mechanisms can cause labor conflicts between some drivers without taxi operating licenses and the owners of operating licenses, because these drivers must pay the fee for using the license. When the overall economic situation or taxi market demand is not ideal, economic disputes are prone to occur.

　　The current concession system implemented by "cruise taxis" in China. In 2002, the Ministry of Construction’s "Opinions on Accelerating the Market Process of Municipal Public Utilities" defined the municipal public utilities concession system as "in the municipal public utilities industry, the government grants enterprises the right to operate a certain municipal public product or service within a certain period of time and scope, that is, the concession right." Under what circumstances can the government implement concessions to a municipal public utilities industry? The answer is simple. It must be conducive to the realization of public interests and prevent operators from obtaining the privilege of monopolizing profits. The characteristics of taxi services are that individual citizens and outsiders have very weak service quality monitoring and bargaining power, while taxis are necessary and encouraged to develop travel tools. At the same time, by setting prices, the characteristics of weak bargaining power of individual consumers can be avoided. Whether the service characteristics of taxis are corporate operations or individual carriers, in the end, each rental service demand needs to be completed independently by a practitioner, and the demand is 24/7, regardless of frost, rain, day and night, the demand will exist, and the income of taxi practitioners must be guaranteed before someone is willing to provide services around the clock. Under the premise of taxi price limitation, in order to ensure that taxi practitioners and taxi operators have reasonable income and profits, a reasonable total control must be implemented on the number of taxis in a designated service area.

　　As mentioned above, after the taxi market adopts concessions, if the lack of dynamic quantity control mechanism will cause the contradiction of taxi difficulty, if the lack of dynamic price control mechanism, it will cause the contradiction between taxi driver income and labor, if the lack of service quality control will cause the taxi service level is low. The current domestic taxi market has many problems and needs to be improved and improved, but it is undeniable that in the context of inflation in the past ten years, taxi prices have remained low for a long time (some cities have not even adjusted prices for 18 years), and many governments have hardly dared to get involved in taxi price adjustment. In recent years, due to factors such as oil prices, labor costs, traffic congestion, and labor conflicts, taxi prices have had to be adjusted in small strides. Taxi as a public service has basically maintained a stable, low-cost, and reliable transportation service. This is due to the hard work of employees and the government’s price control. Some current reports and commentaries demonize the taxi industry, arguing that it is unfair and rational to break the taxi concession system, and ignoring the valuable experience gained from international reform practices.

　　III. The Internet promotes the further improvement of taxi control

　　Finally, looking at the current regulatory status of taxi concessions in the United States, after the Internet companies Uber and Lyft launched Internet rental services and profitable ride-sharing platforms, has the United States called for and is breaking the taxi concession mechanism? The answer is no! Although all parts of the United States are setting various conditions through legislation to regulate Internet taxi-hailing software companies to engage in Internet rental services for cruise taxis and rental taxis, as well as gradually standardizing profitable ride-sharing platforms that are in conflict with traditional taxi operations, the United States has not called for breaking the taxi concession mechanism. Of course, many cities have also reviewed the impact of the Internet on traditional taxis when formulating Internet rental control regulations, and optimized the control system (such as requiring drivers to use taxi-hailing software compulsively, improving the price mechanism, reducing license fees, etc.). Uber Uber has expanded to more than 250 cities around the world under the impetus of capital forces, and these cities have not proposed to break the taxi concession mechanism. And some cities that were not regulated in the past are still joining the ranks of regulation.

　　At the moment when the characteristics of taxi services have not fundamentally changed, a taxi concession mechanism is necessary. In the Internet age, especially when taxi-hailing software companies have absolutely occupied the online leasing market under the impetus of capital power, whether a taxi concession mechanism is still necessary, the answer is necessary. This is the guarantee mechanism to maintain that citizens can continue to enjoy low-priced, stable and fair passenger transportation services. However, the right to operate a taxi under the concession mechanism should not become a hotbed of rights and capital rent-seeking, and the right to operate a taxi should not be alienated into an investment asset and usurp monopoly income. This needs to be reformed and improved. In addition, to alleviate the problems of difficulty in taxi hailing, poor service, and single form, it is necessary to improve the control mechanism, rationally locate the function of taxis, dynamically evaluate the number and price of taxis, increase the number of cruising taxis in a timely manner, and vigorously develop legal rental and ride-sharing. The impact on the Internet should also be continuously observed. Only changes in the service characteristics of taxis can determine the reform of the control method. The sticks of the media, experts, and misguided citizens are in the wrong place. (Xu Kangming, Su Kui)

Text | Zhou South Tour

On the evening of August 30, Sailis Group joint stock company (hereinafter referred to as Sailis) released the 2023 semi-annual report. From January to June, the company achieved revenue of 11.032 billion yuan, a decrease of 11.14% year-on-year; deducting non-attributable net profit – 1.344 billion yuan, the loss decreased by 22.18% year-on-year. In addition, Sailis plans to promote the listing of Chongqing Ruichi Automotive Industry Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned grandson company of the company.

Three-year loss

Sailis, founded in 2016, formerly known as Chongqing Xiaokang Industrial Group joint stock company (hereinafter referred to as Xiaokang shares) is a technology-based manufacturing enterprise in Chongqing with new energy vehicles as its core business.

Over the past 20 years, Xiaokang shares have gained a place in the lower-tier market with brand cars such as Dongfang Xiaokang. With the revolutionary transformation of the automotive industry to electrification and intelligence that has not been seen in a century, the layout of new energy tracks has become inevitable.

In 2016, the predecessor of Cyrus, Jinkang New Energy Vehicle, was established. In 2020, Cyrus launched the first new energy vehicle, Cyrus 5, which was not welcomed by the market. It was not until 2021 that it joined forces with Huawei to launch the first cooperative model, Smart Choice SF5, and Jinkang New Energy Vehicle "became an instant hit".

The following year, Jinkang New Energy Vehicle renamed itself Cyrus and partnered with Huawei to launch the AITO new energy vehicle brand, targeting the high-end market.

With M5, EV and M7 models, it became a dark horse for the new forces of car manufacturing in 2022. That year, after the first new car in the world was launched, the monthly sales quickly exceeded 10,000, and in less than 10 months, the cumulative sales reached 75,000.

Q Jie series is a new energy brand jointly launched by Huawei and Cyrus, and it is also the core product of Cyrus.

According to the data, the cumulative production and sales of new energy vehicles of Sailis in 2022 were 130132 and 135054, respectively, an increase of 233.63% and 225.9% year-on-year. Among them, the production and sales of Sailis Automobile-Wenjie series cars were 83701 and 80041, accounting for more than half of the production and sales in 2022.

However, since 2020, Cyrus has been in a state of loss, accumulating more than 8.60 billion yuan. Since the beginning of this year, due to various factors, the sales volume of the world has continued to be sluggish, and the cumulative sales volume in the first five months has only 20,000 more than…

On July 15, Sailis announced that the net profit of non-return to the parent in 2023 is expected to be between – 1.93 billion yuan and – 1.80 billion yuan. The production and sales report data of the month is also not good. The sales of new energy vehicles decreased by 47.83% year-on-year, and the cumulative sales of 51,734 vehicles throughout the year decreased by 12.19% year-on-year.

In this regard, Sailis said that it was affected by the user wait-and-see sentiment caused by the overall promotion of the automotive industry in the first quarter of 2023, as well as the release of the M5 smart driving version in the second quarter.

However, Soochow Securities believes in the research report that the second quarter user wait-and-see mood fades, the release of the M5 smart driving version and the start of delivery will resonate and drive the second quarter sales.

As expected, the financial report shows that the sales of new energy vehicles in the second quarter increased by 24.30% compared with the previous quarter; revenue decreased by more than 20%.

Deepen cooperation and enrich product matrix with innovative technologies

With the launch of models such as the AITO M5 Smart Driving Edition and the new M7 Grand Five-Seater Edition, as well as the increase in overseas sales and the decrease in raw material prices, Sailis said that sales and profitability are expected to further improve in the second half of the year.

In fact, the poor data does not mean that Cyrus is inactive. Since the beginning of this year, Cyrus’s new products have been launched at an accelerated pace, and the product matrix has continued to enrich.

On May 27, AITO asked the 100,000 car in the industry to roll off the production line, and it became the fastest new energy vehicle brand to achieve this goal in 15 months. In June, the M5 smart driving version jointly designed by the company and Huawei started national delivery, taking the lead in realizing high-speed and urban high-level intelligent driving functions that do not rely on high-precision maps.

On August 26, the new M7 five-seat version made its debut at the Chengdu Auto Show and opened for small orders. It will be officially released and delivered on September 12. The car features a large space and flexible layout.

Previously, the company announced the signing of a deepening joint business agreement with Huawei and the establishment of a joint sales and service working group, adding another milestone to the long-term and in-depth cooperation between the two parties. Focus on strategic cities, optimize sales channel construction, and build a delivery and service network.

Establish strategic partnerships with leading suppliers such as Wencan and Bosch, as well as the China Automotive Center, to jointly promote the high-quality development of the industry.

In terms of research and development, Cyrus continues to maintain high investment in core areas and continues to attract professional talents.

As of June this year, the company had 3,741 authorized patents; from January to June, 315 new authorized patents and 1,058 new patent applications were added, maintaining an industry-leading advantage in the fields of system architecture, intelligent manufacturing, and product quality. During the reporting period, R & D expenses increased by 16% year-on-year.

It is worth mentioning that Sailis said in its semi-annual report that it plans to introduce one or more important partners in the industrial chain and industrial funds as investors through capital increase or equity transfer for its wholly-owned grandson company Chongqing Ruichi Automotive Industry Co., Ltd. at a price of not less than 10 yuan per 1 yuan of registered capital, and choose the opportunity to go public.

According to the financial report, Ruichi Electric was established in September 2003 with a registered capital of 200 million yuan and is registered in Fusheng Town, Jiangbei District, Chongqing.

As of the end of June, its total assets 2.007 billion yuan, net assets 449 million yuan; 2022 and the first half of 2023 respectively to achieve operating income of 2.76 billion yuan and 1.021 billion yuan, net profit of 130 million yuan and 2641.40 yuan.

Sailis said that Ruichi Electric focuses on the electric commercial vehicle business, which is separate from the company’s electric passenger vehicle business. This move can optimize the company’s strategic layout and business structure, further strengthen the financial strength of Ruichi Electric, accelerate its Product Research & Development, market and channel construction, and enhance its core competitiveness and sustainable development vitality.

　　Geely Galaxy L6 is the first sedan model of Geely Galaxy brand, and the new car price is expected to be in the range of 14-180,000 yuan.

　　The Galaxy L6 looks like a stable temperament. The front face adopts a closed design, and the through headlights are added, which is a very new energy design language. The new car is nearly 4.8m long and 1875mm wide. The shape of the taillights is relatively complicated. The English LOGO of GEELY is added to the middle of the through taillights. This ripple shape element also runs through all the details of the whole car, which is reflected in the front and side of the car. This is also where the appearance of the Galaxy L6 is more recognizable.

　　The interior of the Galaxy L6 has a black-brown color scheme and a black-and-white color scheme. The size of the instrument panel is 10.25 inches, the size of the central control screen is 12.3 inches, the car chip is Qualcomm Snapdragon 8155, and the car system matches the Galaxy N OS. In terms of the overall experience, the fluency of the Galaxy N OS car machine is satisfactory, and the voice interaction ability of the vehicle is indeed very strong. It can be said that the experience is definitely the first echelon level. In addition, the original voice interaction outside the car is also very interesting, and in some special scenarios, it can provide a unique interactive experience.

　　There are also two very unique designs in the Galaxy L6 car, one is the sunglasses visor, the lower half of the visor is shaded with polarizing glasses and does not block the line of sight, and the sunroof is also divided left and right. These two designs are indeed very unique.

　　The length, width and height of the Galaxy L6 are 4782/1875/1489mm respectively, and the wheelbase is 2752mm. The Galaxy L6 has a lot of storage space. In addition to the regular door panels and glove boxes, it has also dug out a small storage table behind the central control screen, which is very suitable for daily paper drawing. Because of the use of a pocket block design, the storage compartment in the central area of the front row is also huge, and there is a cup holder that can be pushed and pulled to adapt to your different needs. In terms of riding space, the performance of the new car is fair, and the head space is not bad as a whole, but in terms of legroom, it is not as spacious as the data shows. In addition, the floor height of the rear row is slightly higher, and the overall sitting posture is not so stretched.

　　The maximum power of the Galaxy L6 system is 287kW, the maximum torque of the system is 535Nm, and the acceleration time of 0-100km/h is 6.3s. The new car has a pure electric cruising range of 60/125km (CLTC), a comprehensive cruising range of 1370km (WLTC), and a fuel consumption of 4.55L (WLTC) at a loss of electricity for 100 kilometers. The Galaxy L6 is equipped with a new generation of Raytheon Electric Hybrid 8848. It is composed of a 1.5T four-cylinder engine, a 3-speed variable frequency electric drive DHT Pro, and two motors, P1 and P2. The biggest feature of this system is its extreme speed. At the same time, its 100-kilometer acceleration time is only 6.3s, and there is no need to worry about the power reserve when driving every day. Moreover, because of the existence of 3 gears, its rear section ability is very strong, and high-speed driving will not feel the power attenuation The shift motion of this system is also relatively slight. You can feel the vehicle shifting around 40km/h and 80km/h, but the process is relatively smooth and there is no feeling of setbacks. Most of the time, it feels like driving a pure electric car.

　　The adjustment of the Galaxy L6 still has some sporty attributes. It retains some road feel and can clearly feedback the information on the road surface. Of course, this also makes it not very clean when facing some small bumps, and it can feel more fine vibrations. The steering wheel size is small, the steering force is also very light, it is very easy to use, and the vehicle will feel very flexible when driving. Summarizing the driving experience of the Galaxy L6 is that this car is basically balanced. (Graphic: Provided by Geely Galaxy)

　　 Wuyi News Network (reporter, Wu Jingyang) Affected by the rise in oil prices, the travel patterns of many car owners in our county have quietly changed, and they have come up with many fuel-saving tricks.

　　Bus and electric vehicle travel

　　"Xiao Li, why don’t you drive?" When he got off work at noon yesterday, Mr. Li, who was working in a public institution in the county seat, pushed a new electric car out of the door of the unit, and a colleague asked this. Faced with the doubts of his colleagues, Mr. Li said: "Now that the oil price is so high, I ride an electric car to get off work instead."

　　Mr. Li lives in Xianxia’s house on South Wenquan Road, six stops away from his work. Two years ago, he bought a car for transportation, and with the rise in oil prices, he increasingly felt that it was difficult to maintain a car. After the oil price was raised again this time, he calculated an account: his car consumes about 10 liters of fuel per 100 kilometers, and the monthly fuel bill is about 50 yuan more than before. "In this way, I have to spend about 600 yuan more a year, and now I basically don’t drive for short distances," he said. The reporter learned in the interview that, like Mr. Li, many car owners often choose buses, electric vehicles and other travel.

　　Reduce the burden on the trunk

　　Last weekend, Mr. Wang, who worked in a company in the county development zone, gave his car’s trunk a thorough cleaning. Children’s carts, all kinds of shoes, books… "Look, these things add up to dozens of kilograms. I heard that reducing the burden on the trunk can save fuel," Mr. Wang said.

　　According to Mr. Wang, after the oil price rose this time, he looked up fuel-saving tips online. "I learned from the Internet that every 45kg reduction in vehicle weight can reduce vehicle fuel consumption by up to 2%." Mr. Wang said that reducing the burden on the trunk from time to time is a good way to save fuel. At the same time, he does not fill up at one time, but adds half or two-thirds of the fuel, so that the car can be light on the road. It is understood that many veteran drivers also save fuel by not easily overtaking at high speed and avoiding congested routes.

　　Change from self-driving tour to group tour

　　At noon yesterday, Ms. Zhang, who lives in Qixia Garden, used her lunch break to rush to the travel agency near her unit to inquire about the travel situation of the "May Day" long-term tour.

　　"Originally, we were going to go on a self-driving tour, but everyone may have changed to a group tour considering the cost issue." According to Ms. Zhang, in order to go out and take care of each other, last week, she asked college classmates to go on a self-driving tour, but very few people responded. It turned out that the students felt that the price of oil had risen, and the cost of self-driving tours was too high. According to the staff of a travel agency in the urban area, with the rise in oil prices, the cost of self-driving tours has increased, and many citizens have switched to group tours with their families.

High-end is a development trend in the automotive industry in recent years, and the rapid development of new energy vehicles has provided opportunities for autonomous vehicle companies to break through. As a result, we see more and more autonomous vehicle companies lining up in the mid- to high-end new energy vehicle market, but who can successfully break through the siege and stand at the top is still unknown. In this context, Geely brand officially released a new mid- to high-end new energy series – "Geely Galaxy", and promised "Geely Galaxy only makes high-value new energy vehicles". So, where is Geely Galaxy’s high value reflected? Where is the confidence to only make high-value new energy vehicles?

New design and new technology empower Geely Galaxy’s innovation

On February 23, the Geely brand debuted the Geely Galaxy smart electric prototype – "Galaxy Light".

Judging from the information that has been officially disclosed, the industry’s most direct feeling about "Galaxy Light" is that it has a new design style that is different from previous Geely cars, and even different from the styles of Lynk & Co, Geometry, and Extreme Krypton and other brand models. The low-lying and wide-bodied electric coupe posture, the noble and elegant open doors, the avant-garde frameless windows, and the technology-cool interior run through the connecting screen, etc. These elements will make the "Galaxy Light" design style more popular with consumers who prefer high-value products.

And the design language of "Galaxy Light", which is beyond conventional electric vehicles, will be applied to all products of Geely Galaxy. In other words, all products of Geely Galaxy will have market competitiveness beyond conventional electric vehicles in terms of design.

However, the high value that the Geely brand endows Geely Galaxy is not limited to the visual level. It also has a series of new energy electrification technologies such as the Aegis battery safety system, the Raytheon Electric Hybrid 8848, and the new car operating system "Galaxy N OS", which brings Geely Galaxy a high-value experience that can be continuously upgraded and evolved.

For example, Geely’s original "SHIELD Battery Safety System" can not only prevent spontaneous combustion of battery cells, ensure the safety of battery packs and battery modules, but also avoid electromagnetic radiation damage to human health through radiation protection that goes deep into the cellular level. At the same time, relying on the support of 8.10 billion billion times/second cloud computing power of Jilixing Smart Computing Center, the SHIELD battery safety system can protect more than 200 electronic control items in real time, warn more than 50 types of faults, and improve battery life by 20%. On this basis, Geely Galaxy also took the lead in achieving 30 kilometers per hour drag bottom impact and 20 kilometers per hour vehicle drag bottom without damage. It is because of such high-value safety protection that Geely Galaxy can greatly reduce consumers’ concerns about the safety of new energy vehicle batteries.

The Raytheon Hybrid 8848, a new generation of Raytheon Hybrid Engine B-Plus, has achieved the highest mass production result of 44.26% in terms of thermal efficiency. In terms of performance, it has realized the intelligent electric drive driven by P1 + P2 dual motors (the combined power of the two-wheel drive reaches 287kW). In terms of intelligent control, the first predictive energy management system can increase the energy saving rate by up to 15%. In the future, with the re-evolution of the Raytheon Hybrid 8848, Geely Galaxy’s products can also have a high-value experience brought by the Raytheon Hybrid Engine with a thermal efficiency of 46% and the intelligent electric drive with a combined power of 488kW.

The new Galaxy N OS is Geely’s full-stack self-developed distributed operating system, which will bring more accurate recognition, full scene visibility, and millisecond-level response interactive experience on the basis of protecting user privacy.

In addition, in the field of intelligent driving that has attracted much attention, the "heaven and earth integration" version of Galaxy Smart Driving solution based on Geely Satellite will be launched soon, and it will take the lead in mass production of cross-layer memory parking, high-speed emergency antelope obstacle avoidance, and low-speed exploration and crossing in the future. At present, Galaxy Smart Driving can stop in time in the face of stationary targets when cruising at a high speed of 90km/h; Geely Star Smart Computing Center can simulate 100,000 kilometers of intelligent driving behavior training in 1 day, combined with intelligent networking professional test field and actual road test, to meet the L3 global certification standard.

　It is not difficult to find that Geely’s high-energy new energy electrification technology has covered battery safety, electric hybrid systems, interaction, smart driving, and other fields, providing strong technical support for Geely Galaxy’s high-value experience.

New products and new channels empower Geely Galaxy

Of course, only good design and technical support are not enough for Geely Galaxy to take the lead in the increasingly competitive new energy field. At this time, it is particularly important to effectively line up unique products.

Geely Galaxy, as a new mid-to-high-end new energy series of Geely brand, the two product series are built by the native intelligent electric architecture, of which the intelligent electric hybrid L series adopts Geely Galaxy intelligent "electric hybrid" architecture, covering A0 to B-level intelligent electric hybrid products; the intelligent pure electric E series adopts Geely Galaxy intelligent "pure electric" architecture, covering A-level to D-level intelligent pure electric products.

According to the plan, Geely Galaxy will adopt a new logo and will launch seven products within two years, four of which belong to the intelligent electric hybrid L series. The first electric hybrid SUV Galaxy L7 and the first electric hybrid car Galaxy L6 will be delivered in the second and third quarters of this year, respectively. The other three belong to the intelligent pure electric E series, and the first pure electric product E8 will be delivered in the fourth quarter of this year.

It is not difficult to find that for how to effectively and efficiently enter the mid- to high-end new energy vehicle market, Geely Galaxy has a clear plan for the product layout in the next two years.

At present, Geely Galaxy’s first product, Geely Galaxy L7, has officially opened for pre-order.

The car is based on the world-class e-CMA architecture, and is first equipped with high-energy technologies such as Aegis battery safety system, Raytheon Hybrid 8848 and Galaxy N OS. In terms of shape, Geely Galaxy L7 has a fully enclosed grille, "flying eaves bucket arch" shaped daytime running lights, through-type tail lights and other designs. The interior is equipped with 50w wireless charging, Jingyao star ring light curtain ambient light, hidden door handle, headrest audio and a "10.25-inch meter + 13.2-inch central control screen + 16.2-inch auxiliary driver screen + 25.6-inch AR HUD" combination that can achieve four-screen intelligent interaction. In terms of power, Geely Galaxy L7 comes standard with Raytheon Electric Hybrid 8848 "three-speed variable frequency electric drive", which does not stall in all working conditions; it accelerates for 6.9 seconds at 100 kilometers and supports ejection start; the fuel consumption at a loss of 100 kilometers is only 5.23L; the CLTC comprehensive cruising range is 1370 kilometers.

The Geely brand also knows the truth that "the fragrance of wine is also afraid of the deep alley", so in the layout of the channel, Geely Galaxy will adopt two models of direct connection to users and agent distribution, will launch a new APP, and introduce new experience and service standards. Only after-sales services have set up 247 new standards to comprehensively upgrade the user experience.

The Times has a saying

At present, the trend of vehicle electrification and intelligence is becoming more and more obvious. With the rapid development of new energy vehicles, consumers gradually have more expectations for future travel methods. With the continuous empowerment of new designs, new technologies, new products and new channels, Geely Galaxy’s series of innovations and layouts will make consumers look forward to the future of autonomous high-value new energy vehicle travel life. As Gan Jiayue, CEO of Geely Automobile Group, said: "Geely Galaxy is Geely’s declaration of action for the development of new energy. It brings together Geely’s entire system of technical strength, the world’s leading intelligent manufacturing system, and the cutting-edge technology ecosystem integrated with heaven and earth. It will surely lead new energy into the second’new stage ‘of value-enhancing development, and will bring users a safer, freer and higher value intelligent travel experience."　

(Feature Shu Written by Luo Xiaotong, pictures are provided by car companies)

On March 30, Meizu Lynk & Co’s Boundless Ecological Conference was held tonight. At the conference, Meizu 20 and Meizu 20 PRO series mobile phones were unveiled.

The Meizu 20 mobile phone is equipped with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip, LPDDR5X memory and UFS 4.0 flash memory, which together bless the Honor of Kings 120Hz frame rate experience, and is equipped with super 4000mm 2 VC liquid cooling. It adopts 144Hz e-sports straight screen, mEngine 4.0, fifth-generation dual-super linear speakers and e-sports high-gain antenna.

Meizu 20 uses the flagship Jingyao metal middle frame and Meizu’s classic feel to treat the matte middle frame. At the same time, it is matched with a 20-layer color stacked glass back cover and an unbounded star flash process to upgrade the overall appearance. It has a pioneer gray, Dingsheng green, love powder and Yuedong yellow color scheme.

Meizu 20 adopts 5000W pixel GN5 main camera, under the blessing of 1/1.56 inch outsole, the sensitivity is stronger and the capture speed is faster; with the new generation of SMA optical image stabilization + full pixel focusing technology, the focusing speed is fast and accurate. Fusion DarkVison 2.0 extreme night scene technology, bright and dark light can be shot at will.

In order to achieve the quality improvement of the Meizu 20 series, Meizu has built a new quality laboratory, adding 1,437 hardware standards, 456 appearance standards, 43 reliability standards, and conducting environmental simulation experiments on the products. The double 85-degree constant temperature and humidity test lasts 480 hours, far exceeding industry standards.

Participating in Meizu 20 series 1 yuan pre-order users will also enjoy the industry’s first 36-month quality assurance service, covering the full product cycle. In 2023, Meizu will add more than 400 after-sales outlets across the country, and achieve VIP door-to-door service in 40 cities, covering all provincial capitals and core cities.

On April 25th, the 2024 Auto Show held today was another carnival festival for car companies. Many car manufacturers brought a series of new car products, including millions of luxury cars! Its high-end car brands have also brought U8, U8, U8, U8, U8, U8, U8, U8, U8, U8, U8, U8, U8, U8, U8, U8, U8, U8, U8, U8, U8, U8, U8, U8, U8, U8, U8, U8, U8, U8, U8, U8, U8, U8,

Looking up at U7, it locates a million-class flagship car, with the length, width and height of 5265/1998/1517mm and the wheelbase of 3160mm respectively. It is equipped with the newly released Yunqi -Z technology, adopts a highly integrated suspension motor, realizes the speed adjustment in the Z direction, and the adjustment speed is as fast as 10ms, which counteracts the force transmitted by the road surface, bringing a more stable and safer driving experience. Moreover, it generates electricity directly through the suspension motor.

At the same time, U7 is equipped with an easy square platform, driven by four motors, with a horsepower of 1,300 horsepower, an acceleration of 0-100km/h of only 2.9s seconds and a top speed of 270 km/h.. Looking up at U9, it has exaggerated C-type headlights, while the hood is equipped with raised ribs, with a low profile, and the tail is equipped with penetrating taillights, and it provides a "Eye of the God" high-order intelligent driving assistance system.

Looking up to U8 Off-road Player Edition was officially announced on the first day of the auto show, with a starting price of 1.089 million yuan. In contrast, it has more off-road properties, with 20-inch off-road forged wheels and AT tires as standard, a wading throat as standard, a maximum wading depth of 1.4m, and emergency floating capacity. At the same time, it also comes standard with vehicle-level satellite communication, which can keep in touch with the outside world in areas without signals.

Moreover, the vehicle-mounted UAV system is optional, which provides functions such as one-button take-off and intelligent follow-up, which reduces the difficulty of UAV operation and enjoys the fun of aerial photography while off-road.

As a million-level high-end new energy automobile brand owned by BYD, Looking Up at U7, Looking Up at U8 and Looking Up at U9 has filled the gap of domestic high-end automobile brands, and with the blessing of many leading technologies such as Easy Sifang, Cloud Web technology, blade battery, intelligent cockpit and intelligent assisted driving, it has brought unexpected driving experience, which can be said to be a "toy" for the rich, but also a "toy" for ultra-high-end cars by domestic automobile brands.

　　Today, with the rapid development of the Internet, the railway transportation industry is actively joining hands with the Internet, cooperating with upstream and downstream enterprises, innovating the railway development model, promoting the "dual-network integration" of the high-speed rail network and the Internet, and helping to build smart railways. This can be confirmed in the recently released "China Enterprise E-commerce Procurement Development Report (2017) ".

　　On December 6, at the 2017 (3rd) Internet + Enterprise Procurement Summit Forum, the CCID Research Institute of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology jointly released the first "China Enterprise E-commerce Procurement Development Report (2017) " (hereinafter referred to as the "Report") in our country. The report pointed out that: the size of the e-commerce procurement market has reached 100 billion, an increase of more than 70% year-on-year, and the e-commerce procurement is active in the enterprise-level e-commerce market. Among them, JD.com enterprises purchased 48.6% of the share to occupy the first place in the e-commerce procurement market. At the meeting, experts said that in 2017, the proportion of online procurement by enterprises in our country has exceeded 50%, among which the transportation, manufacturing and financial industries have made outstanding achievements in promoting the e-commerce of procurement.

The "China Enterprise E-commerce Procurement Development Report (2017) " was released, ranking first in the JD.com market

　　With the continuous advancement of the "Internet +" strategy and railway reform, the transportation industry, as the main force of economic operation, is actively exploring the e-commerce transformation and upgrading of enterprise procurement. The reporter combed through the data and found that among the 18 railway bureaus in the country, there are 11 that cooperate with JD.com Enterprise Purchase to promote the speed of the procurement supply chain. JD.com Enterprise Purchase has an absolute leading position in the e-commerce procurement market of the railway industry. Through the provision of smart procurement solutions and the logistics advantages of 100% coverage of administrative districts and counties across the country, JD.com Enterprise Purchase can effectively solve the problems of railway bureaus concerned about the cost and efficiency of the procurement supply chain. JD.com Enterprise Purchase is helping the transportation industry enter a new era of intelligent procurement through leading technology and strong resources.

　　JD.com customized solutions deeply empower enterprises

　　"How difficult it is to meet the demand", "How difficult it is to manage suppliers", "How difficult it is to approve the process", "Remote regions, high distribution costs", "The arbitrariness of multi-channel procurement is very large" are the persistent problems that the transportation industry has always faced in material procurement. In the process of upgrading e-commerce procurement, different units also have their own different painpoints to be solved. In the context of full openness, full coverage, full process management of the whole road and the creation of smart railways, the e-commerce model has gradually become an effective solution.

　　Faced with the many pain points, complex problems, and remote distribution areas in the transportation industry, JD.com has been able to solve the problems of reducing costs and increasing efficiency for transportation customers and accelerating the response speed of the supply chain through the accumulation of technological innovation in smart procurement and its own traditional advantages such as enterprise-level supply chain.

　　Taking the cooperation between Shanghai Railway Bureau and JD.com as an example, the reform of e-commerce for material procurement by Shanghai Railway Bureau has clarified that a new platform for cooperation with JD.com enterprises must focus on railways and strive for simplicity, convenience and efficiency. In response to the needs of Shanghai Railway Bureau, JD.com and Shanghai Railway Bureau have joined hands to create a new "e-commerce direct purchase" model dedicated to serving Shanghai Railway Bureau. A brand-new "JD.com Shangtie Mall" e-commerce platform has been built, becoming the first e-commerce direct purchase platform in JD.com to achieve a complete closed-loop procurement process. Under the new model, with the help of JD.com’s enterprise procurement platform, enterprises only need to "place an order with one click" to centralize procurement transactions in "one stop". The purchased goods are directly sent to the first-line work area and team of the railway station section by JD.com.

JD.com enterprises purchase to reduce the burden of procurement for Shanghai Railway Bureau

　　It is understood that since the launch of JD.com and Shanghai Railway Bureau’s cooperation on JD.com Iron Mall, it has been through the platform "e-commerce direct purchase" of office supplies, computer consumables, low-value consumables and other small commodities-based general materials 93.82 million yuan, which saves 18.81 million yuan compared with traditional procurement channels and saves 16.7%. Shanghai Railway Bureau’s e-commerce procurement upgrade benefits have begun to appear.

　　Guo Zhiyi, director of the Material Purchasing Office of China Railway Shanghai Bureau Group Co., Ltd., said at the meeting: "In the cooperation with the JD.com team, I feel more of the openness, integration and excellence brought to us by e-commerce Internet companies. This kind of work attitude and work idea. I believe that in the future, e-commerce direct purchase will bring new development to the Shanghai Railway Bureau, achieve better services, and provide support for the development of the Yangtze River Delta and the national transportation."

　　In addition, in cooperation with Kunming Railway Bureau, JD.com Enterprise Purchase has customized a complete set of customized solutions from supplier management, commodities, payment, delivery to procurement platform for Kunming Railway Bureau. Including customizing the exclusive LOGO procurement page, jointly developing a multi-level approval system, designing customized payment methods, invoice issuance and other functions; at the same time, JD.com Enterprise Purchase also regularly provides project multi-dimensional analysis reports to provide corresponding decision-making basis for procurement management, so that Kunming Bureau has a clear understanding of the current procurement situation, simplifies the process, and controls reasonably.

　　According to statistics, on the JD.com enterprise shopping platform, JD.com saves enterprise procurement costs by collecting and monitoring commodity price information. Compared with traditional procurement channels, the savings rate can reach 15.2%; and the delivery time through JD.com is also shortened from the past average of 8 days to 3 days, effectively reducing the warehousing cost of railway enterprises. The electronic procurement management of the whole process has greatly improved the efficiency of financial settlement.

　　The remarkable cooperation results have not only shown a new development model for e-commerce procurement in the transportation industry, but also made JD.com enterprise procurement highly recognized by the railway industry. Today, more than half of the railway bureaus in the country have cooperated with JD.com, which has greatly accelerated the upgrading of e-commerce procurement in the transportation industry.

　　Technology Drives Change in the Smart Age

　　With the application of new-generation information technologies such as the Internet of Things, cloud computing, big data, and artificial intelligence on e-commerce platforms, e-commerce procurement will be intelligently upgraded. The report points out that under this trend, human intervention in procurement will be further reduced, and procurement behavior will become more scientific and effective. The era of intelligence in enterprise procurement is coming.

　　The essence of enterprise e-commerce procurement is to transform the procurement process through information technology, so that the procurement cost is lower, the efficiency is higher, and the management is better. Technology plays a decisive role in the quality of e-commerce procurement behavior. For example: electronic infrastructure such as electronic signatures, electronic contracts, and electronic invoices ensure the convenience, efficiency, and green of the whole procurement process; personalized analysis of big data platforms makes "on-demand procurement" possible; data cloud, supply chain compass and other tools provide intelligent warehouse management and accurate sales forecasting to ensure accurate delivery of logistics; decision-making reports based on data analytics help realize visual procurement management.

　　New platforms and new technologies have brought new opportunities to open up e-commerce procurement in the transportation industry. It is also the innovative technology and service capabilities of retail infrastructure that have given enterprises more confidence in e-commerce procurement reform. JD.com, as a leader in enterprise-level e-commerce procurement platforms, has been in a leading position with a market share of 48.6%. JD.com has been committed to using technical means to create a sunny, efficient, smart and open enterprise procurement process. Focusing on the driving technology of smart procurement, JD.com proposed six general technical standards, and then realized eight system support platforms on the standards to realize intelligent transformation of the seven core links in procurement. At present, JD.com has launched related products. These include "JD.com Enterprise Cloud", which focuses on cloud computing technology, JSF, which focuses on API technology, Moonshot, which focuses on AI technology, JOYlink, which focuses on IOT, JD.com Vientiane, which focuses on big data, and blockchain.

　　"Smart procurement should be: have temperature, understand" you "and have no boundaries," Song Chunzheng, vice president of JD.com Group and head of key account business, said at the meeting. And how can procurement do this? Song Chunzheng said that through the system front, through the connection with the entire OA and HR systems of the enterprise, collect data to accurately analyze employee portraits, realize intelligent decision-making, and make users feel better.

　　In order to deal with the diversification of enterprise procurement scenarios and the complexity of demand, JD.com enterprises purchase through data, network and intelligent technical means, according to each enterprise’s previous procurement behavior and purchase cycle rules, establish efficient, accurate and safe large database, so as to achieve accurate insight into enterprise user requests, fully grasp the procurement needs of enterprises in different time periods and scenarios, predict in advance what enterprises really need and want, and provide them with matching procurement services in advance, so that enterprise procurement really enters the era of wisdom.

　　Song Chunzheng said that in the future, JD.com enterprise procurement can be open to all partners across the board. Starting from the essence of procurement – "efficiency", "cost", "experience" and "service", it will open up its own procurement service capabilities to the outside world, create more procurement service scenario solutions, and cooperate with industry suppliers to establish an empowered ecosystem to build a symbiotic, symbiotic and regenerative enterprise procurement ecosystem.