Let's take stock of what major events happened in the automotive circle on January 4, 2022.
Car Incident 1: Spyker Automobile will resume production of 3 models
On the last day of 2021, an investment group led by Russian businessman and owner of the SMP team, Boris Rotenburg, and his business partner Michail Pessis, reached an agreement with Spyker Motors to reinvigorate the Dutch supercar brand.
The arrival of new investors began to chart a new route for the future of the Spyker brand, and in 2022 Spyker will re-produce three models, including the C8 Preliator sports car, the D8 Peking-to-Paris SUV and the B6 Venator sports car. The carbon fiber body will be built in Russia, the vehicle works will be carried out by the German and Russian teams, and the assembly of the vehicle will remain in the Netherlands.
Car incident two: Dida Travel ushered in a brand upgrade
A few days ago, Dida Chuxing officially announced the brand upgrade, and 3 million users and Dida Travel jointly created and upgraded Dida Travel's new brand positioning language, brand culture and brand visual system, showing the new connotation of Dida platform after 7 years of development.
In terms of brand positioning language, Dida Travel has been upgraded to "another way of travel"; in terms of brand culture system, Dida Travel and 3 million users have created a number of new concepts, including real hitchhiking, smart taxis, pioneer officials, fellow travelers, hospitality, hitchhiking, urban light sources, etc.; in terms of brand vision, Dida Travel has made small changes to the logo to look more calm and stretched; the brand color has increased tidal oranges, and injected a new green into the original Dida orange.
Car incident three: Zebra Zhixing released a one-stop car worry-free service
Recently, Zebra Zhixing started from the common scenarios of the automotive aftermarket, and connected the existing products and technical capabilities to release a one-stop car worry-free service - Zebra Man. The service will go live in the first half of next year.
It is understood that "Zebra Man" can establish a professional and reliable all-round service for specific user groups such as novice drivers, with vehicle failure, insurance, vehicle maintenance and trading and other demand scenarios. Including the United National Green Channel Alliance, 100+ emergency centers, 2000+ hospitals, can provide professional and timely life assistance and remote emergency guidance; In the handling of accidents, we provide experienced real-time guidance and consultation, assist in liability determination, claims consultation and legal assistance, and provide entrusted processing and agency handling from the end of the case to the end.
Auto Incident 4: Japanese auto-related companies will enjoy zero tariffs
A few days ago, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement RCEP came into effect, and 10 countries, including China, officially began to fulfill their obligations, which marked the launch of the world's largest free trade area and ushered in the opening of the Chinese economy.
Among them, China and Japan are the first to establish bilateral free trade relations, reach a bilateral tariff concession arrangement, and achieve a historic breakthrough. For example, a company that produces automotive wiring harnesses in Huizhou, Guangdong Province, imports a large number of plastic components and relays from Japan every year, and the tariff rate of these two types of products was 10% before, and after the implementation of RCEP, it will save 700,000 yuan per year for enterprises, and the tariff will be reduced to zero after 15 years.
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