FAQ
Will you accept the popular car subscription service of the future?
The car subscription function is being severely criticized by consumers, but car companies have launched car subscription services one after another in a team-like manner to change the inherent concept of car owners - you just bought the ownership of the car, and the right to use the functions requires additional Subscribe to a service.
Some time ago, Mercedes-Benz EQS450 Pioneer Edition launched a rear-wheel steering function service in China for a fee of 4,998 yuan/year, which can be upgraded from the standard 4.5° active steering of the rear wheels to 10° active steering. Some media conducted a poll on the Internet regarding this approach of "standard hardware and paid activation of functions": among 6,624 people who participated in the vote, 6,293 chose to refuse to pay. A month later, BMW launched a monthly/yearly paid subscription service for functions such as seat heating, steering wheel heating, high beam assist, driving recorder, and sound simulation in the Korean and British markets.
Toyota cuts production again in June, global output drops to nearly 750,000 vehicles
We learned from foreign media that Toyota Motor announced that the brand will set up a maximum of 11 days of shutdown days at 11 production lines at 7 factories in Japan from June 17 to July 8, affecting about 40,000 people. vehicle.
Toyota has lowered its global production plan for June from about 800,000 vehicles to about 750,000 vehicles. In the same period last year, there were more than 830,000 vehicles. Toyota will maintain its 2022 global production plan of approximately 9.7 million vehicles. Plans for July will be announced at a later date. Previously, Japan's Toyota Motor cut its global production plan for June for the second time this week. This time Toyota will reduce its planned production by another 50,000 vehicles to 800,000 vehicles. The reason is still the shortage of parts caused by the spread of the new crown pneumonia epidemic.
At the same time, Toyota added that it will produce 200,000 vehicles in Japan and 600,000 vehicles overseas in June. For this fiscal year (April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023), Toyota still expects its global production to reach 9.7 million vehicles, but it "may" lower its expectations in the future.
In addition, Toyota will continue to suspend the operations of 16 production lines at 10 factories in Japan during the week of June 6. The additional production suspension will cause Toyota a production loss of 50,000 vehicles. Previously, the company also announced that some Japanese factories would suspend production from May 25 to June 3.
How to buy a car more cost-effectively?
Price increase! It seems to be a hot word that cannot be stopped or avoided in the automobile market in 2022. Electric vehicles, which have always been focused on price reduction, will take the lead in singing the "counter tune" starting in 2022. Since March, car companies including Tesla, Xpeng, Nezha, Leapmotor, WM Motor, etc. have successively started price increase mode. The maximum price increase of their products has been more than 20,000 yuan, and some have already It exceeded 30,000 yuan, and some models also saw increases of more than 10%. In addition, the price fluctuations of new energy brands owned by traditional car companies mostly remain below 10,000 yuan, but some models have increased by more than 10%.
Of course, this wave of price increases is not limited to new energy models. For example, Mercedes-Benz has officially adjusted the prices of its models, announcing that starting from April 2, some new cars will undergo price adjustments. In addition, the prices of high-end brand cars such as BMW and Audi have recently risen to varying degrees in different regions.
