New Travel Week Hot | Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Accelerate the formulation and adjustment of technical requirements for new energy vehicle products that reduce vehicle purchase tax; WM Motor responded to bankruptcy rumors

NO.1【Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Accelerate the formulation and adjustment of technical requirements for new energy vehicle products that reduce vehicle purchase tax】On October 20, Tao Qing, spokesperson of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and director of the Operation Monitoring and Coordination Bureau, said at a press conference held on the same day that the "New Energy Vehicle Industry Development Plan (2021-2035)" will be implemented in depth to promote the high-quality development of the new energy vehicle industry, mainly including four aspects: First, improve the mechanism, strengthen departmental coordination, and promote the scientific and technological research of the new energy vehicle industry. promotion and application and infrastructure construction; The second is to expand the scale of the domestic market, in addition to formulating and adjusting the technical requirements for new energy vehicles that reduce vehicle purchase tax, and increase the utilization rate of new energy vehicles; The third is to build a supporting environment to meet the charging needs of users, carry out city-level "vehicle-road-cloud integration" demonstration, and optimize battery utilization; The fourth is to establish and improve the guarantee system, quickly revise the safety and automatic driving standards of electric vehicles and power batteries, and ensure the safe application of new energy vehicles.

Comments: The launch of these measures can foresee the future development trend of China's new energy vehicle industry, that is, electrification, connectivity and intelligence. This will help drive the transformation and upgrading of China's automotive industry towards a greener and smarter future.

NO.2The Beijing Municipal Government recently included the taxi industry in the scope of the pilot carbon market to improve air quality. The impact of the taxi industry's emissions on air quality cannot be ignored, and the Beijing municipal government hopes to promote the taxi industry to transition to more environmentally friendly fuels and technologies. At the same time, Beijing will also carry out paid bidding for carbon emission allowances in 2022 to guide enterprises to actively reduce carbon emissions. Encourage taxi companies to purchase new energy vehicles or cooperate with new energy vehicle companies to build charging facilities to promote green and low-carbon development.

Comments: Beijing's move shows the importance of environmental protection, which will push the taxi industry to move in a more environmentally friendly direction. The carbon market mechanism will not only create economic incentives, but also stimulate technological innovation and green and low-carbon development, in line with the macro strategy of sustainable development.

NO.3The Ministry of Commerce and other nine departments recently jointly issued the "Guiding Opinions on Promoting the High-quality Development of the Automotive Aftermarket" (hereinafter referred to as the "Guiding Opinions"), encouraging the development of new formats and models of parts circulation, promoting the progress of maintenance technology, improving the quality of maintenance services, paying attention to the cultural attributes and market value of automobiles, enriching the cultural experience of automobiles, and encouraging financial institutions to optimize financial services for automobile consumption, so as to deeply tap the commercial value of the automobile market. In addition, it is required to accelerate the construction of relevant regulations, standards and quality certification systems, study and solve problems in emerging areas of the automotive aftermarket, promote technological innovation and optimize the supply of automotive consumer credit and other financial services.

Comments: The Guiding Opinions aim to build the automotive aftermarket into a high-quality market and improve the overall service quality, especially focusing on promoting emerging formats and technological innovation, which is of great significance to the sustainable and healthy development of the automotive industry.

NO.4Led by Beijing Public Transport Group, Yizhuang Operating Company, Foton Ouhui and Qingzhou Intelligent Aviation as a consortium, recently obtained the first large-scale ordinary bus autonomous driving road test license in Beijing, which means that Beijing Bus high-level autonomous driving vehicles have entered the open road test stage in Beijing. The L4 autonomous driving solution provided by Qingzhou Smart Navigation for the project enables vehicles to cope with various complex urban traffic scenarios. Over the past year or so, Qingzhouzhihang's autonomous minibus "Dragon Boat ONE" has continued to carry out regular tests on the public roads of the demonstration area, and has provided public transport services in the urban area.

Comments: This marks a key step in Beijing's open-road autonomous driving test, which is expected to promote the further application and commercialization of autonomous driving technology in the field of public transportation, which is of great value for changing and optimizing the urban transportation pattern.

NO.5【WM Motor responds to bankruptcy rumors】On October 18, in response to some recent untrue remarks, WM Motor officially issued a clarification, saying that the company is in the critical stage of pre-restructuring and will do its best to protect the rights and interests of all stakeholders. At the same time, WM Motor warned that the company will reserve the right to pursue legal responsibility for those who spread false information and rumors to protect the company's reputation and image.

Comments: The statement helped calm market sentiment, boost employee confidence, and send a steady signal to investors. However, for WM Motor, solving current problems, maintaining transparency and rebuilding trust will be the main challenges it faces.