Electric car manufacturer US agency investigates Tesla accidents

Status: 06/18/2021 10:49 a.m.

The US traffic safety authority NHTSA has investigated 30 accidents with Tesla models since 2016. It examines whether and how the use of Tesla’s assistance system for automated driving influenced the accidents. In recent years, accidents involving Tesla models have repeatedly raised the question of the extent to which there is a connection with the assistance system for automated driving. Does the US electric car manufacturer’s autopilot pose any particular dangers? To find out, the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is currently investigating 30 accidents involving Tesla models. The accidents have occurred since 2016 and claimed a total of ten deaths. The NHTSA has now published an official list with details of the accidents investigated for the first time, as reported by Reuters news agency.

Sensational accident in Texas

Accordingly, eight new investigations have been initiated since March 2021. In three of the 30 cases, the involvement of the autopilot in the accident could be excluded, according to the NHTSA. Two final reports are ready.

An accident in Texas in April caused a sensation in which a Tesla Model S hit a tree and immediately caught fire . Two men died in the accident. It is believed that neither of them had been behind the wheel. The authority is currently investigating six other incidents from other manufacturers in which assistance systems may be involved.

Problems in china

The US electrical manufacturer Tesla is repeatedly confronted with all kinds of safety concerns, most recently in the important Chinese market.

For example, an event at the Shanghai auto show in April caused a sensation. A woman at the Tesla booth got into a Model 3 from the manufacturer and complained screaming about brake failure. It was taken away by security guards while the videos were spreading online. The Chinese market supervisory authority then intervened, and state media called for an investigation into Tesla.

Tesla is the best-selling electric car in China. The group has also been producing in Shanghai since 2019. A quarter of all Teslas now roll off the assembly line there

Tim Draper. “I think I would be right on this one,” Draper told CNBC Make It. Draper first made his bold price prediction in 2018, when Bitcoin was trading around $8,000, according to Coinbase. “I will be really right or really wrong [nhưng] I’m pretty sure it’s going in that direction,” Draper said. That’s because Draper believes that virtual currency will be “more used by then”. Draper predicts: “Wait about a year and a half and retailers will use Opennode [một bộ xử lý thanh toán Bitcoin], so people will accept Bitcoin.” Currently only a few major companies accept Bitcoin directly or indirectly through a third-party digital wallet app, including Microsoft, PayPal, Overstock, Whole Foods, Starbucks, and Home Depot. And many experts see Bitcoin as a store of value, like gold, rather than currency. Draper said: “I think [Bitcoin] will continue to increase because there are only 21 million in all. Thanks to its code, only 21 million Bitcoins can be “mined”. To date, over 18 million bitcoins have been in circulation. Draper, 63, who built his fortune by making early investments in Twitter, Skype, Tesla and SpaceX, did not share how many Bitcoins he currently holds or whether he invests in other cryptocurrencies. or not. Draper says most engineers are working on improving Bitcoin right now. Last week, Bitcoin had its first upgrade in four years, called Taproot. Going into effect in November, the reported change will mean greater security and transaction efficiency. It is also meant to unlock the potential for smart contracts on the Bitcoin blockchain, CNBC reported. Bitcoin “Like Microsoft” [trong] software world or Amazon in the world of e-commerce,” said Draper. He believes that Bitcoin will be at the center of all financial activity in the next two to three decades. However, the value of Bitcoin is highly volatile and there are concerns about its massive energy use. For this and other reasons, experts recommend only investing as much money in Bitcoin as you can afford. Hundreds of billions of dollars were wiped out after Elon Musk tweeted in May that he would be suspending Bitcoin purchases at Tesla due to environmental concerns. In 2014, Draper purchased nearly 30,000 Bitcoins seized by US Marshals Services from the Silk Road Online Black Market.

According to the micro-net news, as Ideal Auto recently announced its financial report for the first quarter of 2021, the three major new domestic automakers, Weilai Auto, Ideal Auto, and Xiaopeng Auto have all released their first quarter revenues. According to statistics, the three companies have combined their operations in the first quarter. Revenue was 14.513 billion yuan, only 21.86% of Tesla’s first quarter revenue.

In the first quarter of this year, Weilai Automobile’s total revenue was RMB 7.982 billion, an increase of 481.8% compared with the same period of the previous year; net loss was RMB 451 million, which was a decrease of 73.3% compared with the same period of the previous year; attributable to the company’s common stock Shareholders’ net loss was RMB 4.875 billion, an increase of 183.0% compared to the same period last year.

Ideal Auto’s total revenue in the first quarter of 2021 was 3.58 billion yuan, an increase of 319.8% from 851.7 million yuan in the same period in 2020; a net loss of 360 million yuan, an increase of 366.9% from the net loss of 77.1 million yuan in the same period in 2020. In this quarter, the deliveries of Ideal ONE were 12,579 units, an increase of 334.4% from 2,896 units in the same period in 2020; car deliveries in the second quarter are expected to reach 14,500-15,500 units, a year-on-year increase of 119.6% to 134.7%. At the same time, Ideal Auto’s auto sales in the quarter were 3.46 billion yuan, an increase of 311.8% year-on-year; the auto profit margin was 16.9%.

Xiaopeng Automobile’s total revenue in the first quarter was 2.951 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 616.1%; of which 13,340 vehicles were delivered and sales revenue was 2.81 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 655.2%; in addition, the gross profit margin was 11.2%, a year-on-year decrease of 4.8%; net The loss was 786.6 million yuan, an increase of 21.05% year-on-year. For the second quarter, Xiaopeng Motors expects vehicle deliveries to be 15,500-16,000 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of approximately 380.2% to 395.7%.

In the same period, Tesla’s revenue in the first quarter reached 10.4 billion U.S. dollars (about 66.39 billion yuan), an increase of 74% year-on-year; net profit was 464 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 582% year-on-year; net profit attributable to common shareholders was 438 million U.S. dollars, A year-on-year increase of 2638%; of which sales of carbon credits achieved revenue of US$518 million.

The total revenue of the three new domestic car manufacturers in the first quarter was 14.513 billion yuan, only 21.86% of Tesla’s, and none of them achieved profitability. The analysis believes that the investment in R&D by the three new car manufacturers is an important reason why they have not yet been able to achieve profitability. In the first quarter of this year, the research and development expenses of Weilai Automobile, Ideal Automobile and Xiaopeng Automobile were 687 million yuan, 515 million yuan, and 535 million yuan, respectively, accounting for 8.61%, 14.41%, and 18.13% of overall revenue.

It should be noted that Ideal Automobile achieved a profit of 108 million yuan in the fourth quarter of 2020. Although it failed to maintain profitability in the first quarter of this year, Ideal Automobile is still expected to become the first of the three new car manufacturers to achieve a positive annual net profit. enterprise. (Proofreading/Arden)

The tweet that the Tesla CEO released Sunday was part of an exchange with twitter users that omitted to refer to a CoinTelegraph article accusing him of “bitcoin manipulation.” Musk said that the company kept $1.5 billion of its initial investment in bitcoin, but sold about 10% to “confirm it’s easy to pay off.” [bằng bitcoin] without distorting the market”. Elon Musk has become a prominent and influential figure in the crypto world. He tweeted in May that Tesla would no longer accept bitcoin as a means of payment for its vehicles, citing the large amount of carbon emissions in bitcoin mining. esla will continue to allow transactions in bitcoin at the car manufacturer’s stores, once it is confirmed that the “mining” energy source is clean energy. Photo: Getty. This action is believed to be the cause of the sell-off of the world’s No. 1 cryptocurrency. Musk’s comments on the sustainability of bitcoin “mining” continue to resonate in the crypto community. A commonly cited metric from the University of Cambridge pegged the annual electricity consumption of bitcoin mining at around 99 terawatt-hours. This consumption is more than that of the Philippines or Pakistan. Some of Musk’s recent tweets have also sparked a mix of excitement, confusion, apprehension, and sometimes even fear in the crypto community. Earlier this month, investors attempted to analyze a mysterious tweet from SpaceX that included a bitcoin symbol and a broken heart emoji. The information that Elon Musk transmits has had a great influence on the price of dogecoin and bitcoin. Musk is also partly blamed for the current drop in bitcoin and the broader cryptocurrency complex. The Wall Street Journal has described him as the biggest influence on bitcoin. By the end of June 13, the bitcoin price was up nearly 8%, changing hands at $38,808.09 on CoinDesk. As of now, Bitcoin is up over 28% for the year but is down about 40% from its mid-April peak at $64,829.14. The world’s No. 2 cryptocurrency, Ethereum, gained nearly 5%, changing hands at $2,521.81. Back in February, Tesla revealed that it had acquired about $1.5 billion in bitcoin in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. At the time, Tesla paid about $38,000/bitcoin for each bitcoin. This is the average price at the time of Tesla’s Q4 conference on January 27. This conference did not mention any bitcoin holdings and the date of filing with the SEC. Overall, the prices of digital assets like bitcoin are outperforming traditional markets.

1. Musk said Tesla wants to resume buying cars with Bitcoin?

   According to Hexun.com, this year’s cryptocurrency market has become extremely chaotic because of Musk’s blending. The several rounds of Bitcoin’s ups and downs are all related to him. Previously, he posted that Bitcoin was not environmentally friendly, causing Bitcoin to plummet from more than $40,000. Now Musk has posted more Bitcoin, and in one sentence, Bitcoin has risen by 10%, rebounding to 39,000 US dollars.

   In the early morning of June 14, Tesla CEO Elon Musk stated on social media that once it is confirmed that more than 50% of Bitcoin miners use clean energy for mining, Tesla will resume accepting Bitcoin payments. After the news was released, the price of Bitcoin rose 8.54%, breaking through $39,000 for a short period of time, and re-approaching the $40,000 mark.

   However, not long ago, Musk was also updating his social platform and released the expression of Bitcoin’s heartbreak. The allotted graphic is still a text of a couple breaking up, which is considered to be parting with Bitcoin, and Bitcoin plummeted. It has not been able to rise for a week in a row, and Musk has also been vilified by many investors.

   However, Muskobi didn’t care, and was still making (manipulating) Bitcoin remarks. According to reports, Musk confirmed that he and Tesla did indeed sell about 10% of the bitcoin they held. This move was designed to help “confirm that bitcoin can be easily liquidated without affecting the market.”

   

2. Is Musk, who is jumping from side to side, really sitting on Bitcoin?

We see that almost every time the price of Bitcoin appears to fall on a large scale, Musk will jump out of various special circumstances to cause violent fluctuations in the price of Bitcoin. Everyone can’t help but ask if Musk is really in Sit on Bitcoin?

First of all, from the perspective of the long-term development and evolution of Bitcoin, it is not very likely that Musk will be in charge of Bitcoin in the early stage. This is because the early stage of Bitcoin is basically in the hands of most Internet hackers and Internet speculators. At that time, most of the situation in Musk was in Tesla’s automobile manufacturing and rocket manufacturing and other fields, so from a long-term perspective, we said that Musk was sitting on Bitcoin at the beginning. It seems unlikely.

Secondly, from the current point of view, Musk has very obvious characteristics of Bitcoin. The core reason is that in the process of large fluctuations in the price of Bitcoin, there seems to be more or less the shadow of Musk. Musk always seems to give you some unexpected results in some very special circumstances. This is the most likely special situation for Musk in Bitcoin. We can think that in the early stage, Musk was due to his hands. There are not too many chips, so he does not actually have much confidence in Zuozhuang Bitcoin, but with the increasing number of chips in his hand, in fact, he now has the possibility of Zuozhuang Bitcoin. Every time the price of Bitcoin fluctuates on a large scale, Musk will make some very special moves, which is why he takes the position of Bitcoin.

Third, from a long-term point of view, everyone has seen the shadow of Musk in these rounds of Bitcoin’s plunge. Therefore, in such a situation, we might as well consider carefully what Musk is doing. Everyone is doing Bitcoin. When trading coins, do you have to consider clearly that Bitcoin has become a very high-risk currency? If giants like Musk are all in it, do you have to think about whether you are an ordinary person or not? If you don’t have the possibility of confrontation by this kind of super boss, don’t easily participate in the Bitcoin market. This kind of market risk is no longer affordable for ordinary investors.

Accordingly, the display error shows that the entire cryptocurrency market is only 508.87 billion USD, equivalent to a decrease of 66.15% in value in 24 hours. Meanwhile, the cryptocurrency price tracking site Coingecko, the cryptocurrency market capitalization on June 14 reached 1.677 billion USD, and increased by 8% compared to 24 hours ago. Besides the market capitalization error, users also cannot track the price of each digital currency on CoinMarketCap. In some other cases, the growth percentage of the cryptocurrency is displayed incorrectly. Information that the entire coin market capitalization decreased by 66% made many investors bewildered. Typically, the case of codes such as USDT, ADA, DOGE, SOL… all lost 50-98% of their value compared to 24 hours ago. In fact, the price difference of these digital currencies is only a few percent. “I have been involved in the cryptocurrency market since 2017 and only tracked the price on CoinMarketCap. Today, when I checked, this page announced that the total market capitalization has decreased by more than half. Immediately, the cryptocurrency groups I joined Everyone is confused,” said Hung Thuan, a longtime cryptocurrency investor in Tan Phu, Ho Chi Minh City. Meanwhile, social media users like Twitter are constantly sharing the hashtags #CoinMarketCapdown and #heartattack. “CoinMarketCap gives me a heart attack. Hope this is just a bug”, Twitter account @ Lonardo Mirco Post an article. At 5:10 p.m., CoinMarketCap posted on the website’s official Twitter that they were experiencing some lag in the APIs and that the developers of this website were actively fixing the bugs. “I’m sure this is an error because even though it reported a total market cap of $507 billion, CoinMarketCap still shows a market value of Bitcoin at $735 billion. It’s impossible that a single coin’s capitalization is higher than the total market cap. market,” said Quoc Van, an analyst from the cryptocurrency forum. Many investors said they felt like having a “heart attack” when they saw CoinMarketCap’s announcement. CoinMarketCap is a website that tracks fluctuations in digital currencies launched in 2013, founded by Brandon Chez. This website has quickly grown to become the most trusted source by users, institutions and media to compare thousands of cryptocurrencies. CoinMarketCap is often quoted by major news outlets like CNBC, Bloomberg… Even the US government uses CoinMarketCap data for research and reporting. In April 2020, CoinMarketCap was acquired by Binance Capital Mgmt. Binance is the global blockchain company behind the world’s largest digital asset exchange, by trading volume and users. According to the SimilarWeb , CoinMarketCap has a very large monthly traffic, about 272.32 million, ranking 179th in the world and 338th in the US in terms of traffic. If only in the category of financial and investment websites, CoinMarketCap ranks 8th. According to the data of Coin Desk Bitcoin price on June 14 (Vietnam time) increased to close to the threshold of $ 40,000 / dong. As of 5:20 p.m., the world’s largest cryptocurrency was trading around $39,200/dong, up 11.17% from a day earlier. The increase brings Bitcoin’s market capitalization to $734.8 billion. Year-to-date, the Bitcoin price has increased by more than 35%. Bitcoin’s price increase also pulls other cryptocurrencies up. The price of Ether – the second largest cryptocurrency – is up more than 7% from a day earlier to $2,500 a coin. XRP and Cardano also saw price increases of 6.15% and 6.73%, respectively. Exchange with Zing , international experts said that the large increase in Bitcoin’s price once again shows the influence of billionaire Elon Musk on the cryptocurrency market. After the latest move of the CEO of Tesla, Bitcoin price may touch $44,000/dong this week.

The scammer asked the victim to allow remote computer access, then collected sensitive information to borrow large sums of money in his name. Victims are harassed and threatened hundreds of times to continue investing. Two men used to come to his house to get more money. A representative from Nottingham Police said it was investigating the incident. Bitcoin investment scams are happening more and more as the pandemic breaks out. Photo: Napoli Shkolnik. “Investment scams have increased dramatically since the outbreak of the pandemic. That’s not surprising because many people assume that most of life will take place on a computer or phone… More Internet usage means more scammers have a great opportunity to reach victims We recommend anyone who wants to invest to do their own research first, check every detail before transferring money or sharing personal information… Guys Scammers often put up ads that look professional and trustworthy, with pictures of celebrities that make people think it’s a legitimate investment,” Beach said. A Nottingham police representative advised people to double-check information if invited to invest via call, email or social media. The warning from Nottingham comes after British authorities launched a new campaign, urging people to be on the lookout for investment offers, to report immediately if there are signs of fraud. In May, a woman in the UK was scammed more than $12,000 after reading an article titled “Tesla buys $1.5 billion in Bitcoin, plans to give away $750 million worth of Bitcoin” on the BBC. fake. The article urges readers to send a Bitcoin to an e-wallet, after which “Mr. Musk” will double the amount. After sending over $12,000 worth of Bitcoins with no response, this woman realized she had been scammed. She said this is the money saved to buy a new house. How harmful is Bitcoin to the environment? To mine Bitcoin, one needs a lot of miners that work 24/7. The carbon footprint of Bitcoin mining is equivalent to Argentina’s entire carbon footprint.

Billionaire Elon Musk speaks at an event. Photo: AFP/VNA Tesla Inc CEO, billionaire Elon Musk, on June 13 posted on his personal Twitter page that the electric vehicle maker will accept bitcoin transactions when miners use a lot of energy. more renewable in the operation of “mining” this digital currency. The post of the head of Tesla states: “Once there is confirmation of a reasonable (about 50%) use of clean energy by miners with an upward trend in the future, Tesla will continue to allow bitcoin transactions”. Bitcoin jumped 5.1% to 37,360.63 USD/bitcoin on June 13 following the post of billionaire Elon Musk. The above post comes after the scientific journal Nature recently published a study that found China’s bitcoin “mines” pose a threat to the country’s climate goals. These mines account for nearly 80% of the world’s cryptocurrency transactions and partly use the energy of coal-fired power plants. Billionaire Tesla expressed his belief that digital currency has a promising future, but it cannot come at a hefty price for the environment. In addition, Mr. Musk also reacted to the article raising the possibility that billionaire Elon Musk regularly affects the value of bitcoin in one direction or another for his business benefit. The Tesla chief said that the company sold about 10% of its bitcoin holdings to confirm that the digital currency has easy liquidity without volatility to the market. Earlier in February 2021, Tesla revealed that it had purchased $1.5 billion in bitcoin and would accept it as a form of payment for cars. But in May, billionaire Musk reversed the decision, citing long-standing environmental concerns around mining this coin. Bitcoin dropped more than 10% in value shortly thereafter.

(Source: Reuters) The leading electric car manufacturer Tesla (USA) will again accept vehicles pay in bitcoin when the process of “mining” this cryptocurrency is certified to use clean energy. Tesla CEO, Billionaire Elon Musk announced the above information on June 13 and immediately caused bitcoin to increase 5.1% in value, to $ 37,360.60 at 1:10 am on June 14 (Vietnam time). Billionaire Musk said Tesla will restore use bitcoin coin in payment transactions when “miners” certify that 50% of the electricity used to “mine” cryptocurrencies is clean energy and identify this as a positive trend in the future. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are the “rewards” obtained after the process of “mining” with specialized miners that solve computational problems that allow linking blocks of transactions (blockchains). This process consumes a large amount of energy. In May, billionaire Musk announced Tesla will no longer accept bitcoin as a means of payment in its purchases. The announcement reverses Tesla’s decision in late March to accept payments in bitcoin and invest $1.5 billion in the digital currency. According to the graph of Bitcoin Mining Power Consumption Index produced by the University of Cambridge (CBECI), the energy use for “mining” cryptocurrency has increased continuously since 2016, even skyrocketing in 2020 and up The current level is 149 terawatt-hours (TWh), an all-time high.

On the evening of June 10, Archer company from California, USA, unveiled its new electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) prototype at an event held in the city. Los Angeles. The innovative vehicle is called the electric Archer Maker, and to demonstrate what it can do, event participants were invited to participate in a flight simulator. As the problem of congestion becomes more and more difficult to solve, more and more companies are launching products and ideas that are created to take people to the sky and bypass the heavy traffic roads below. That is also what the Archer flying taxi is trying to achieve. The company’s new aircraft, the Maker, is a two-passenger eVTOL vehicle designed to serve as a test machine for new technologies. It has a distributed electric propulsion system that allows 12 electric motors to draw power from 6 individual battery packs. This design makes it possible for the Maker to maintain flight even if one or two of its motors fail. One of the main focus of the company is the noise generated by the propellers. No one wants a city filled with eVTOL vehicles hovering in the air and making louder noises than the cars below. To overcome that problem, Archer specially equips Maker with 12 sets of small propellers, which can rotate more slowly than conventional helicopter propellers. The new Archer Maker 2022 will be able to soar to about 610 meters above the ground, and according to the company, it will be 100 times quieter than a helicopter. In other words, Maker only makes as much noise as a home refrigerator. In terms of speed, the Maker will be able to reach a maximum speed of 240 km / h, and will use only 30% of the battery capacity for trips of 32-64 km. This will allow the battery to quickly charge before the next flight. The plane will be ready to take off after about 10 minutes of charging and has the potential to make 40 flights per day. In addition, it is also worth noting that the Maker has a very light weight of only about 1.5 tons, 300 kg lighter than a Tesla Model 3. Archer is expected to complete the first test flights of Maker. in the fourth quarter of 2021, and plans to start production in 2022. In an effort to reduce its carbon footprint, United Airlines has announced plans to purchase $1 billion worth of eVTOLs, and if all goes as planned, they are expected to begin flights trade from Los Angeles and Miami by 2024. The California-based company also plans to build a complete network of take-off and landing points for the eVTOLs. However, they won’t really create new spots because there really isn’t much extra space in megacities. Instead, Archer will use the roofs of the parking garages. Video: Launching Archer Maker – “flying taxi” with no noise.

On June 13, Tesla CEO tweeted that he will accept Bitcoin electric vehicle payments again. However, this only happens when Bitcoin miners can prove that about 50% of the energy they use is clean energy. According to Reuters, Bitcoin price increased 5% to 37,360.63 USD at 1:10 am on June 14 (Vietnam time) after Mr. Musk’s tweet. Musk also said that Tesla will sell about 10% of its Bitcoin holdings to show that Bitcoin can be easily liquidated. During the first quarter of the year, Tesla sold about $272 million in “virtual assets,” which reduced its operating loss by $101 million. Tesla CEO comments about cryptocurrencies often cause price fluctuations. As a result, he was criticized by CEO Magda Wierzycka of asset management company Sygnia as a “market manipulator” and that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) should investigate. In February, Tesla revealed in an SEC filing that it had purchased $1.5 billion in Bitcoin and would accept Bitcoin as payment for its products. However, then the electric car company paused due to concerns about the method of mining virtual currency, which requires huge electricity consumption, affecting climate change. “We are concerned about the rapidly increasing use of fossil fuels to mine and trade Bitcoin, especially coal, which is the worst emitter,” Musk tweeted in May. Du Lam (According to Reuters)

Mars hides the secret of life, always urging people to explore. Photo: NASA Today’s Earthlings are perhaps the most curious generation about the possibility of alien life on Mars, and are always wondering how humans might one day colonize there. From theories about Martian canals to alien radio messages, over the past three centuries, mankind has been constantly thinking about life on Mars. approach to his Martian “brothers”. Mars often appears in ancient texts as a “fire star,” or represents the god of War. In the 17th century, new early telescopes allowed scientists to get a glimpse of the Red Planet. Skilled “channel engineers”? Scientists need more powerful telescopes to be able to see up close, thereby trying to better clarify the hypothesis of life on Mars. In 1877, Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli noticed crisscrossing lines covering the “Red Planet”. He called these lines “canali”, which means “canal”. Schiaparelli himself does not believe that this is an alien product, but some others are sure of it. Giovanni Schiaparelli’s map of the “canal” system on Mars. Image: Wikimedia Commons As information spread, the word “canali” was translated into English as “canal”, meaning “canal”. And if there were canals, wouldn’t that suggest that aliens would have to dig them? With that argument, many people believe that the interlaced lines on the surface of Mars are a beautiful system of waterways spreading across the planet.. Such a system not only shows that Martians exist, but that they are also amazing engineers. On Earth, it took man 10 years to complete the Suez Canal in 1869. The achievements of the Martians therefore seem to be far superior to those achieved by man. Astronomer Percival Lowell certainly thought so. In 1894, this American scientist-businessman began to expand the concept of a “canal” on Mars. Lowell used his family’s large textile fortune to open the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA. Professor Percival Lowell works with a telescope invested by his family. Image: Wikimedia Commons Percival Lowell mapped the “canals” on Mars with the help of the 24-inch Alvan Clark & ​​Sons refracting telescope he set up at the Lowell Observatory. He made meticulous maps of what was observed on the surface of Mars, wrote many books and regularly gave lectures on his shocking theory that Martians existed and that they were trying to irrigate the planet. their dying elf. Percival Lowell offers logical explanations to answer the question of how and why life exists on Mars. He used the example of life on Earth to illustrate his arguments: “As long as it was proved with certainty that no life could exist on the seabed, dredgers deep sea beds were invented, and before long, they ‘frustrated’ us. Behold, they see full of life. Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and echinoderms. In short, the life of all common floating fish, from protozoa to marine ‘monsters’ – have been found living in the depths of the seabed. What is impossible, turns out to be possible.” But mapping Mars is one thing, and soon scientists are looking for ways to make contact with any life that might exist on the planet. “Message” from the Red Planet In 1899, Lowell’s theory of life on Mars received a “kick” from a prominent scientist: Nikola Tesla. Tesla, then a successful electrical engineer, claimed that he had detected an “inexplicable, faint” signal originating from Mars. Portrait of Nikola Tesla circa 1890. Photo: Wikimedia Commons While conducting experiments with his magnifier at high latitudes atop Pike Peak, Colorado Springs, Tesla claimed that he received “a message from another world, unknown and far away. “. What does that message say? According to Nikola Tesla, it is simply: “ONE – TWO – THREE”. A few years later, on a February 1901 day, in an interview with Collier’s Weekly, inventor Tesla announced that he could communicate with Martians by sending wireless messages to any point. on the “Red Planet”. This is a strange statement, because the successful transmission of radio messages on Earth has only become a reality since December of that year. Tesla doesn’t know what the aliens might look like, but he believes they have adapted to living conditions on Mars. Like Lowell, he suggested that “it is possible that in a frozen planet, such as the presumed conditions on our Moon, intelligent beings could still reside, within it, if not within it. on the surface”. To many people, when humans can receive messages from Mars, we can also send messages, that seems reasonable. In 1909, there were attempts to find a contact with life on Mars. Harvard professor William Henry Pickering proposed sending planetary light signals through a series of reflections produced by a network of 50 giant mirrors. The flashes would continue to flash for several years, allowing the Martians time to develop the necessary means to respond. Professor Pickering’s giant mirror illustration for sending signals to Mars. Photo: Library of Congress “In the hope of receiving such signals again, we must of course assume that Martians, if they exist, have telescopes, eyes, etc., just like humans have on this Earth.” Mr. Pickering said. But the Harvard professor’s plan cost $10 million, and no one wanted to fund it.

Disclosure report Bezos, Musk and Co. hardly paid any taxes

As of: 06/09/2021 05:04 a.m.

A new report reveals that the richest Americans hardly pay any income tax – among them Amazon founder Bezos and Tesla boss Musk. The tax authority wants to determine how the confidential data became public. By Torsten Teichmann, ARD studio Washington In 2007, multibillionaire Jeff Bezos didn’t pay a dime in US income tax. In 2011, too, the Amazon founder offset his income against losses so much that the US tax authority IRS granted him an income-related child allowance of 4,000 US dollars. This had often been speculated about. But now the numbers are known. The foundation for investigative journalism ProPublica quotes from Bezos tax return. These tax tricks are not illegal. But the network of loopholes and discounts remains denied to most Americans due to lack of assets. They move from salary to salary, as US President Joe Biden complains time and again: “Sometimes I argue with friends in the Democratic Party about it: It’s okay to be a billionaire or a millionaire, but pay your fair share.”

What tax amounts are fair for the rich?

But how much should the top 0.01 percent in the US contribute financially to society? There is a dispute about this. The ProPublica report rekindles this debate. The foundation has obtained official tax documents from thousands of the richest Americans, says the journalist Jesse Eisinger involved in the NPR radio station. They cover a period of 15 years. ProPublica initially refers to the reported income from the tax returns of the 25 richest Americans and the increase in wealth over the period that is not taxed. In addition to Bezos, Tesla founder Elon Musk, Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg and New York’s ex-Mayor Michael Bloomberg will be there.

If we look at the actual tax on capital growth – which is essentially your income – then its tax rate is 3.4 percent. For people like Jeff Bezos or Warren Buffet, it’s even less.

Far from the top tax rate of 37 percent

The investor Warren Buffet paid 0.1 percent tax on income and asset growth between 2014 and 2018, ProPublica calculates. At Bezos it is just under one percent. Americans pay an average of 14 percent income tax. The top tax rate would be 37 percent. America’s billionaires are far from that. The Biden administration reacted cautiously to the findings. Any unauthorized publication of government documents is against the law, said Biden’s spokeswoman Jen Psaki. The Ministry of Finance is trying to clarify how the tax returns have come to the public.

Generally speaking, we know that more needs to be done to ensure that businesses and high-income citizens do more of their fair share. This is what the President says in his proposals, in his budget, and this is how he wants to pay for his proposals. A government proposal provides for higher taxes for households with an annual income of more than $ 400,000. According to the ProPublica report, however, it is completely unclear whether a corresponding reform will generate additional income as long as the loopholes in the tax laws of the USA are not closed.

No.15-BYD Tang Sales: 431 Even in the 15th place, BYD Tang’s product competitiveness is still very strong. And on April 7th, the blade battery began to be fully equipped, and the acupuncture test was fully implemented as an enterprise standard. The decentralization of blade batteries at a certain level indicates that BYD’s pure electric car products have entered a new era. Of course, this also includes the 2021 Tang EV. Although the new exterior and interior does not have much innovation, and the comprehensive subsidy price of this car has reached 279,500 yuan to 314,800 yuan, but it is among the products of the same level. , Its battery technology and product safety are indeed unmatched. No.14 ―Roewe Marvel R Sales: 434 Although its sales are almost the same as BYD Tang, its style is very different from BYD Tang. The biggest selling point of Marvel R is the world’s first full-cabin interactive 5G mass-produced car. The exterior and interior design are also closely linked to the positioning of its technological car. It is a product of the era of the integration of the Internet and the car. In contrast, Marvel R may be more favored by the fashionable urban crowd in the new era, and BYD Tang may be favored by more family car consumers. No.13-SAIC Volkswagen ID. 4 X Sales: 459 Although it was not officially released until March 26, Volkswagen is a traditional car giant after all, and sales reached 459 in just a few days. As the first pure electric SUV under SAIC Volkswagen, SAIC Volkswagen ID.4 X is based on Volkswagen’s new MEB platform. As an exclusive platform for electric vehicles, the MEB platform uses a large number of cutting-edge technologies. As Volkswagen’s first powerful product in China’s new energy vehicle market, SAIC Volkswagen ID.4 X broke the lack of high-quality products priced at 200,000 to 300,000 heads. Future market feedback should be quite good. No.12-Mercedes-Benz EQC Sales: 557 In fact, the sales of Mercedes-Benz EQC in overseas markets are still good, but I don’t know why the performance in China has been relatively flat. At present, Mercedes-Benz EQC’s terminal preferential margin is still considerable, and it is very worthwhile to start. No.11-BYD Yuan Sales: 650 The performance of BYD Yuan in the domestic new energy small SUV market has always been very good. Like BYD Tang, the product style is more oriented towards household use. With a blade battery, it has a cruising range of 401 kilometers, which can handle city commuting and short outings. As the first car for young people, this BYD Yuan is very suitable. No.10-Idea VE1 Sales: 748 The concept VE1 may not be familiar to many people. It is actually a product under the Guangqi Honda brand. Although the car logo adopts the concept, you can think of it as a pure electric version of Binzhi. This car is still mainly aimed at users It is a consumer of family cars, and its current discount rate is also very good, friends who like it can consider starting. No.9-Geely Geometry C Sales: 959 Geometry C is Geely’s second model after the launch of Geometry A. The subsidized price is 129,800 to 182,800 yuan. The design style of this car is very young and has its own characteristics. It also has a design that echoes its name in some details, which is very valuable among products of the same price. No.8-GAC Trumpchi AION V Sales: 1052 It is not difficult to find that GAC Trumpchi AION V is also a very young style work. And among the compact SUVs, the AION V’s space performance is relatively good, and it can provide a good ride experience. In terms of price, the AION V manufacturer’s guide price is 159,600 to 239,600 yuan. Unfortunately, the discount rate for this car is not large at present, and friends who like it can wait and get started. No.7-Weilai ES8 Sales: 1467 No.3-Weilai EC6 Sales: 2484 No.2-Weilai ES6 Sales: 2960 I have to say that Weilai is now very strong, and all of Weilai’s products are on the list. According to Weilai’s insurance coverage in the first quarter of 2021, Weilai’s three models ES8, ES6 and EC6 sold 19,844 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 420%. It is worth mentioning that the average transaction price of Weilai in the first quarter reached 428,000 yuan, and the average transaction price of Weilai Auto ranked third, behind Porsche and Land Rover. Although the sales momentum is very objective, Weilai’s current production capacity is being affected by chips. Weilai’s founder Li Bin once said that Jianghuai Weilai’s production capacity is now 400 units per day. Based on 25 working days per month, monthly production capacity can reach 10,000 units, but affected by the supply chain (chips and batteries), the production capacity of 7,500 units per month is also under pressure. Due to the increase in the number of products on the market, NIO added 5 power swap stations and 9 overcharge stations in March, and a total of 196 power swap stations, 139 overcharge stations and 1826 destination charging piles have been built. Users have cumulatively replaced power. It has exceeded 2 million times. At present, it seems that Weilai’s insistence on the main luxury product positioning and the intimate service model for high-quality customers is very reasonable and correct. No.6-BMW iX3 Sales: 1526 The BMW iX3 is actually an electrified version of the BMW X3, so in terms of handling, the iX3 inherits BMW’s sporting genes very well. It feels like a fuel car when driving. The 500-kilometer range under the NEDC standard completely breaks the owner’s mileage anxiety. . And this year, the BMW Group will launch a total of 25 new models in the Chinese market, which is worth looking forward to. No.5-Weimar EX5 Sales: 1526 No.4-Xiaopeng G3 Sales: 5120 Ranked fifth is Weimar’s EX5, and fourth is Xiaopeng’s G3. The positioning of these two models is also home. As a new force in car manufacturing, Xiaopeng’s sales closely follow the pace of Weilai. According to statistics, in March, Xiaopeng Motors delivered a total of 5,102 vehicles, of which Xiaopeng P7 delivered 2,855 units and Xiaopeng G3 delivered 1,955 units. Throughout the first quarter, Xiaopeng Motors delivered a total of 13,340 vehicles, which is also the quarter with the highest delivery volume of Xiaopeng Motors. No.1-Tesla ModelY Sales: 10140 Finally came to the first place, without a doubt, Tesla’s Model Y, with monthly sales reaching 10140 units, surpassing the second place by nearly 7,000 units. In the first quarter of this year alone, Tesla delivered a total of 184,800 new cars worldwide, while in the Chinese market, Tesla delivered a total of 35,478 new cars in March. I have to say that this number is very exaggerated. Following this trend, the future will no longer be the BBA tripartite power, and Tesla has successfully entered the circle. Although the product sales are very good, Tesla’s wind reviews have always been controversial. From last year’s accidents that suspected that the brakes had safety defects to the so-called “real hammer”, you will work together on the whole network. Under the circumstances, yin and yang Tesla seems to have gradually become a kind of “political correctness.” Tesla really doesn’t look at it this way, which is not necessarily the case in my opinion. In communication, there is a theory called the “silent spiral”. In short, if a person finds that the opinions and opinions of most people are consistent with his own ideas, then that person will express himself bravely, and if his The more popular the view, the more active the participation. On the contrary, if this person is in the minority and his views and ideas are ignored or disagreeable, the more he will hide his ideas and remain silent. Maybe this is what Tesla is going through now. Compared with the overwhelming controversy, a large number of car critics are unifying. After all, the criticism is to urge a car company to get better, not the self-revelry between the marketing account and a group of people who don’t know the truth. Well, to make a summary, on the whole, this year’s new energy vehicle market sales are very good, which is also an important sign of the transformation of automobiles to electrification. Judging from the list, Chinese brands occupy a large market share, especially NIO. On April 7th, the 100,000 mass-produced car has also officially rolled off the assembly line. It is not difficult to see through various signs that the new energy boom in China’s auto market may have begun. Note: The above pictures are from the official brand

According to the CryptoNews From mid-March until now, Elon Musk has directly mentioned Bitcoin 9 times on his personal page. Two of them, he made the market red, Bitcoin depreciated by 10%. Elon Musk has a big impact on the Bitcoin market? The last time Elon Musk posted an article about Bitcoin was an image of an angry couple, with the words “BTC” and a broken heart symbol. Many people think this is a signal that Elon Musk no longer believes in the most valuable cryptocurrency. Soon after, he posted a meme photo of a trader who had difficulty trading because of the price correction. Is Elon Musk Talking Too Much About Bitcoin? Photo: Nikkei. According to the CryptoNews Bitcoin price dropped 2% just an hour after Musk posted the above article. In the following 24 hours, the Bitcoin price dropped 6%. That’s not the biggest drop Musk has made with the crypto market. On May 12, when Elon Musk announced that Tesla stopped accepting Bitcoin, in just an hour, the price of Bitcoin dropped 10%. This number remains for the next 24 hours. Not every article by Elon Musk has had such a large market impact. Out of Elon Musk’s last 9 Bitcoin-related posts, as of March 12, the majority have generated less than 1% volatility in the Bitcoin price. Even many articles have a positive influence, like when Elon Musk posted the Bitcoin symbol and diamond hand, alluding to the term Diamond hands, which are people who hold coins for a long time to wait for the price to rise. Following the aforementioned post, Bitcoin price increased by 3.6%. Over the next 24 hours, the increase is 10%, but it is difficult to confirm that it is entirely due to Musk’s post. Musk’s latest post is understood by many in the sense that he wants to “break up” with Bitcoin. Screenshots. CryptoNews commented that except for the news that Tesla stopped accepting Bitcoin payments and broke his heart, Elon Musk’s articles did not have too much impact on the cryptocurrency market in general and Bitcoin in particular. The fluctuations after his post were mainly due to previous market movements, hard to say because of Musk. Reasons for the volatility of the crypto market can include traders’ excessive use of leverage, China’s crypto ban, signals of crypto restrictions in the US, or concerns about cryptocurrency markets. environment. Elon Musk is getting hate for talking too much It cannot be said that Elon Musk can single-handedly influence the cryptocurrency market. However, the fact that he shares too much about this field still has the opposite effect on the reputation of the CEO of TEsla. Recently, every time Musk writes a Bitcoin-related article, he often receives negative feedback. According to data from the company Awario, which measures the emotions of social network users, the rate of positive responses to Elon Musk’s tweets fell to the lowest level in May. Negative feedback peaked on May 12, when he announced Tesla would stop accepting Bitcoin electric vehicle payments. Talking too much about cryptocurrencies, especially negative articles about Bitcoin, is damaging Elon Musk’s reputation. Photo: Twitter. In January, the number of tweets for and against Elon Musk was about equal. However, by May, the number of tweets against the Tesla CEO was 25% higher. This is the highest negative rate since Awario started measuring it in October 2020. According to this company, the number of tweets with neutral views still accounts for the highest proportion, up to 66%. “Clearly he is teasing the community,” said Bobby Ong, co-founder of crypto data analytics firm CoinGecko. “When Musk speaks out about crypto, the market will wait for a reaction,” Nick Spanos, co-founder of the ZAP Protocol crypto project told Reuters. While data from Musk’s most recent statements shows that the market reaction is less dependent on his words, Musk could still have a negative impact on his reputation. More than just damage to the crypto market, this could directly affect his other companies like Tesla. “Elon is slowly entering an area where it’s best not to say much, because Bitcoin is the currency of the future. I think that’s the danger zone for Elon, because when he makes his dips. price makes a lot of people lose money, they will stop supporting him and then Tesla,” Ross Gerber, CEO of investment firm Gerber Kawasaki and Tesla investor shared with Yahoo Finance .

Bitcoin suddenly surged in the past 24 hours. According to Coinmarketcap, the amount of Bitcoin traded in the last 24 hours is about 35.9 billion USD, the market capitalization recorded at 697.4 billion USD. Many large-cap cryptocurrencies skyrocketed with Bitcoin. Specifically, Ethereum is up 3.6% to $2,608, Binance Coin is up 6.8%, Cardano is up 3%, Ripple is up 2.6%, Uniswap is up 7.3%, Bitcoin Cash is up 6.1%, Litecoin is up 2.6% 6.8%, Chainlink up 5.6%… The strong momentum of Bitcoin and leading cryptocurrencies caused the total capitalization to increase by 6.5% to more than $1,630 billion. According to many professional traders, the driving force behind the growth of Bitcoin comes from the fact that El Salvador – the first country to consider Bitcoin digital currency as legal. Channel France24 quoted El Salvador President Nayib Bukele’s statement on Twitter, saying that the Bitcoin Law has just been approved with a majority vote. The bill proposed by Mr Bukele to parliament last weekend was approved by 62 out of 84 MPs. “It’s a historical mark,” Nayib Bukele shared on Twitter. Before the vote, Mr. Bukele affirmed that the adoption of digital currency will bring finance, investment, tourism, innovation and comprehensive economic development to this Central American country. According to him, Bitcoin is the fastest way to transfer billions of dollars of remittances to El Salvador without losing millions of dollars to intermediaries. Remittances from El Salvadorans working abroad make up a major part of the country’s economy, equivalent to about 22% of gross domestic product. According to official reports, in 2020, the amount of remittances to this country will reach 5.9 billion USD. “This is the law that will make El Salvador a place of international interest. We will be more attractive to foreign investment.” Romeo Auerbach, Vice President of the National Union of Solidarity Party in El Salvador, said. Bitcoin is a highly volatile virtual currency. After reaching an all-time high at 64,800 USD on April 14, this virtual currency has plummeted without brakes. The reason comes from Elon Musk’s announcement that Tesla will stop accepting Bitcoin because of controversial carbon emissions issues and China’s tightening ban on cryptocurrency trading and banning Bitcoin mining rigs. Many countries have also recently introduced new regulations to control activities related to cryptocurrencies.

Accordingly, the image shared by Elon Musk shows a couple having problems in love. (Photo: Reuters) The girl said that the love affair between the two would end if the boy continued to post the lyrics of the group Linkin Park. And the guy replied, “So in the end it didn’t even matter?” – are the lyrics to the band’s famous “In The End”. With the hashtag #Bitcoin and a broken heart, along with a photo of an angry couple and the song “In the End,” it seems like Elon Musk is hinting that his love of Bitcoin is over. (Screenshots) Bitcoin immediately dropped 2.8%, to $37,800. Prior to that, Bitcoin was on a rebound from multi-month lows, to climb to nearly $40,000. The cryptocurrency market was also affected and dropped heavily after Bitcoin unexpectedly plunged. Before that, Elon Musk has repeatedly made Bitcoin and other digital currencies go up and down like a “roller coaster” with his tweets. (Image: POOL/AFP via Getty Images) Most notably, last month, he took a 180-degree turn when he decided to stop allowing customers to buy Tesla cars with Bitcoin, citing concerns that Bitcoin mining would harm the environment. “Tesla has stopped accepting car purchases with Bitcoin. We are concerned about the rapidly increasing use of fossil fuels for Bitcoin mining and trading, especially coal. Cryptocurrency is a good idea on many levels and we believe it has a promising future, but that cannot come at a cost to the environment. (Photo: AFP) Tesla will not sell any Bitcoin and we plan to use it for transactions as soon as we transition mining to more sustainable energy,” Elon Musk said in an announcement posted on Twitter on the 13th. /5. Even so, Bitcoin supporters still argue that this drop will be a stepping stone for the currency to continue setting new records in the near future.

Billionaire Elon Musk – Photo: Bloomberg Recently, Elon Musk’s tweet about the popular children’s song on YouTube “Baby Shark” helped the stock price of a related company increase sharply, according to Bloomberg. Specifically, on the morning of June 2 (Asia time), Musk tweeted: “Baby Shark crushes them all! Views are more than the population of the earth.” Immediately, the share price of Samsung Publishing Co., a shareholder of the “Baby Shark” manufacturer, increased by 10% to the highest level since May 7. Since 2018, when the song became popular, the stock price has quadrupled. The song “Baby Shark” (Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo) started to hit the headlines in 2018, charting on the Billboard Hot 100 for weeks and now has nearly 8.7 billion views on YouTube. Even last month, a virtual currency named Baby Shark. The influence that turned the financial markets around from Elon Musk’s tweets made many investors concerned and called for authorities to step in. Many losers angrily urged him to stop using Twitter. Earlier this year, the move to change the personal description on Twitter to #bitcoin led many investors to speculate that the world’s richest billionaire bought into Bitcoin, pushing the price of this virtual currency up 20% to $ 38,566 – a record level. record that time. Less than 24 hours later, Elon Musk sent the stock price of CD Projekt, the company behind Cyberpunk 2077, up more than 12% after announcing on Twitter that Tesla’s new Model S Plaid electric car version would allow the guests play this game in the car. Not long after, the Tesla boss sparked a wild rally in GameStop stock after tweeting: “Gamestonk!!” with a link to WallStreetBets – a subpage of the Reddit information aggregator website. “Gamestonk” is a combination of GameStop and “stonks” – a slang word for stocks. “He knows he has great influence and has shown he enjoys playing with it, even if it hurts his followers,” said Heidi Chakos of Portugal, a Bitcoin investor. since 2014, told the Wall Street Journal. Meanwhile, Freetrade analyst Dan Lane said: “It’s ironic that Elon Musk has the ability to shake the market. Maybe it’s time to discuss the legality of this.” While waiting for the authorities to step in (if any), many investors still look to Musk’s tweets for investment direction, even considering him as a “hero”. Although later, when they lost, they turned to criticize him. However, it should be clear that, while the Tesla boss makes a point on everything from cryptocurrency Dogecoin to GameStop stock, he is actually an entrepreneur, not a portfolio manager. fourth. Musk isn’t the only one influencing the market through social media. Over the past year or so, many celebrities, from hedge fund managers to CEOs and entertainment stars, have taken advantage of platforms like Twitter, Reddit, Clubhouse, and more to express their views on everything from cryptocurrencies to stocks.

Strength of Tesla electric car is the ability to upgrade the vehicle’s software over a network connection, similar to what today’s smartphone models do. However, not every software upgrade that the US automaker has released also brings benefits to users. Recently, a court in Norway has declared Tesla brand penalty due to the limitation of the vehicle’s charging current as well as the vehicle battery capacity. Accordingly, the US electric vehicle brand must compensate 16,000 USD (365 million VND) for each customer affected by this software upgrade. It is known that most Tesla models with limited charging current and battery capacity are Model S and Model X vehicles equipped with high-capacity 85 kWh battery packs. Currently this battery pack has been discontinued in 2016. Tesla electric vehicle models equipped with 85kWh battery packs have been affected by the software update Over the past few years, many Tesla car users have complained about the car having a shorter range after a major software update rolled out in 2019. In connection with this incident, many users have created many Hot topics and discussions on the Reddit platform and Tesla car user forums. Some users said that after the Tesla electric car was upgraded with software, the vehicle’s travel range was reduced by about 20 km compared to before. Also because of the above incident, many people have filed a lawsuit in the California court. In this indictment, the user accuses the Tesla car brand of using the car battery capacity limit feature through a software update. As such, it appears that Tesla’s software update affects not only users in the US but also a lot of people in other markets, including Norway, where the courts have sided with users. A representative of the US electric car company said that the software upgrades that users complain about are important, in order to “protect the battery pack as well as improve its usage life”. It is known that after the court ruling in Norway, Tesla will have a few weeks to appeal. A representative of the US electric car company said that the software upgrades that users complain about are important, in order to “protect the battery pack as well as improve its usage life”. The class-action lawsuit against Tesla in the US is still pending.

Tesla ditches radar sensors on self-driving systems. Photo: Getty Images No company in the auto industry can attract as much attention as Tesla, on the one hand because of CEO Elon Musk’s controversial statements, on the other hand, because Tesla regularly makes “unusual” decisions. “. At the end of May, Tesla once again became the focus of public opinion, and this time not because of a “brake failure”, but a configuration change. Recently, Tesla announced that starting in May, Model 3 and Model Y in North America will no longer be equipped with sensor radar, cancel the millimeter wave radar in front of the vehicle and only use the camera as a receiver. data collection of automatic driving systems. This means that Tesla is poised to be the first car company to deploy a “pure vision” autonomous driving solution. Meanwhile, other self-driving car manufacturers are integrating radar, LiDAR and cameras in autonomous driving systems. In fact, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has always been adamant against LiDAR, even repeatedly criticizing LiDAR in public. He thinks this is an expensive, unnecessary technology. Even Elon Musk has called those who believe in LiDAR technology “stupid” and car manufacturers using LiDAR technology will never achieve success. So, why is Musk so adamantly “disliked” LiDAR and even all radars, and only favors a camera technology solution? To clear this up, we may need a basic understanding of autopilot schematics. Camera and LiDAR To build a set of automated driving system solutions, the automatic driving algorithm is of course inseparable. In order to achieve calculations, sufficient information is required first. During driving, the vehicle’s information collection source is the large and small sensors on the body of the vehicle. Among them, to realize autonomous driving, the most important sensors are the camera and LiDAR (must add millimeter wave radar and ultrasonic sensor, of course). Therefore, the autonomous driving system is divided into camera-based vision array and LiDAR array. “Camera-based vision” uses a high-definition camera incorporating an image recognition algorithm, while LiDAR to ensure system stability. The camera array, or pure visual diagram, is essentially a complete simulation of the state of a person driving a car, first seeing the image with the “eye (camera)”, then transmitting it to the “brain (processor)” for processing and judgment, and then give the action “Legs (steering mechanism)”. In addition to Tesla, Chinese companies including Jikrypton and Baidu have also adopted pure vision solutions. LiDAR technology uses a laser to measure distances and build a 3D map of an object, by emitting and receiving the laser’s feedback and then analyzing that data to produce the desired results. Many Chinese car companies including Xiaopeng, Weilai, BAIC ARCFOX, and many other new products also announced this solution. Which solution is better? The advantage of the “pure vision” solution is that the video data captured by the camera is the closest to the real world perceived by the human eye, and also the closest to the form of human driving. At the same time, with LiDAR prices currently very high, a pure vision solution using only the camera should be easier to control costs. Tesla’s pure vision algorithm analysis is already very strong. In addition, the image obtained by the camera is well suited for object identification and classification, in case the algorithms are excellent, it can remove confounding items and enable automatic learning during driving. car. However, as a visual algorithm similar to the human eye, the camera is easily affected by light, in harsh weather or poor lighting conditions, it is easy to cause misjudgment. Previously, when AutoPilot was turned on, Tesla models accidentally braked automatically when going over an overpass or under a normal bridge, due to the algorithm using a sudden ball in the camera as an obstacle. Rendering a 3D environment map drawn by LiDAR Compared with pure vision solution, the advantages of LiDAR solution are longer monitoring distance, higher accuracy, more sensitive response speed and unaffected by ambient light. LiDAR’s three-dimensional information processing, object size calculation, and movement speed are more efficient. However, LiDAR has problems such as weak object recognition, high cost, and accuracy in extreme weather conditions such as rain and snow. Therefore, LiDAR must be used in conjunction with other sensors to ensure safe driving. In addition, the collection of large amounts of data requires high computing power of the processor, which equates to an increase in the cost of the media processor. Theoretically, the combination of camera-based vision and LiDAR is a relatively complete solution today, but after combining many factors such as existing technology and product cost, it is too difficult to use. use a “third solution” that integrates these two major solutions. Tesla’s trade-off The cost of LiDAR is much higher than high quality cameras. In fact, abandoning LiDAR, and even now abandoning millimeter wave radar, one of the key reasons Tesla made such a choice was to achieve lower costs. After all, the cost of LiDAR is very high, the price of this technology in the early days started at 100,000 USD, but now with the development of the electronics industry, its price has decreased but basically remains the same. maintained at several tens of thousands of dollars. However, compared to high-definition cameras, the price of only a few hundred dollars is still much higher. However, besides cost, Tesla also has technical trade-offs. First of all, LiDAR does not determine the specific nature of the object, so it is easy to cause wrong judgment. For example, if a large plastic bag appears in front of the vehicle, the camera solution may recognize it as a plastic bag and ignore it, but LiDAR will judge it as an obstruction and stop the vehicle. Second, millimeter wave radar also has many limitations. The detection range of millimeter wave radar is directly limited if the band is weak. It cannot identify pedestrians nor accurately model all surrounding obstacles. At the same time, due to the large amount of data obtained, it will also consume precious computing power of the processor. Finally, for Tesla, the best company in imaging solutions, they have invested heavily in imaging algorithms. To give up the large accumulation so far, and turn to another path, in terms of input – output ratio, it can be said that it is not worth it. Tesla is loyal to a completely camera-based vision solution Tesla Vsion camera system. On Tesla’s official North American website, during the introduction of Full Self-Driving FSD, the performance information of the millimeter wave radar was removed and only the image sensor and ultrasound. At the same time, Tesla also released the driver monitoring system on May 28. The Model 3 and Model Y vehicle cameras can monitor the driver’s behavior when the Autopilot system is activated, detecting and reminding the driver to keep his or her attention. Tesla states that “camera data will be stored in the vehicle, and the system will not send the data back to the company unless the user gives permission to share the data”. In addition, Tesla’s FSD V9.0 autopilot system will also be officially launched this year. According to Musk’s earlier statement, the FSD algorithm has been “refactored” to achieve pure vision through 8 cameras around the body, while effectively solving the previous “brake failure” problem. Tesla also warned that Autopilot and FSD systems would be less effective during this technical adjustment period. “During a short period of transition, Tesla Vision vehicles may experience some limitations or inactivity, such as Autosteer being limited to a top speed of 120.7 km/h. , Smart Summon (if equipped) and Emergency Lane Avoidance may be disabled during delivery,” Tesla’s announcement reads. Whether LiDAR will win the market with a secure advantage in the future, or a camera-based vision algorithm dominates the market with a lower cost advantage, the answer is still unclear. However, judging from the information currently available, Tesla will choose to stick with a pure vision solution.

Bitcoin digital currency. (Photo: AFP/VNA) On May 28, British police said they had discovered a case stealing electricity large capacity to mine the digital currency bitcoin. Specifically, in a dismantling of a cannabis plant, the anti-narcotics police force in England suddenly discovered an organization Bitcoin “mining” using a large power source to steal from the national grid. The facility is located in an industrial area in Birmingham – the UK’s second largest city. Through inspection, the police discovered about 100 computers dedicated to “mining” bitcoin. At the time the police arrived, there was no one at the facility. The case is currently under investigation. The digital currency “mining” system consumes a large amount of electricity, so some lines specializing in “mining” cryptocurrency in the world often choose to steal electricity to reduce costs and increase profits. According to Deutsche Bank, “mining” bitcoin alone consumes the same amount of electricity as Switzerland consumes each year. On May 12, the world’s largest electric vehicle maker Tesla (USA) announced that it would stop using bitcoin in its car sales due to concerns about environmental issues. CEO (CEO) of Tesla, American billionaire Elon Musk states: “Tesla stopped using bitcoin car sales. We are concerned about the growing use of fossil fuels for bitcoin mining and trading, especially coal – the worst-emitting fuel.” Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has announced a four-month ban on all crypto-mining activities after many major cities suffered power cuts due to power shortages.

Illustration. Source: CNN “Electric car data security is very important. And Tesla will make efforts to ensure this data security,” billionaire Tesla posted information on Weibo. According to Reuters and Bloomberg, earlier this year, the Chinese military banned Tesla electric vehicles from entering military facilities over concerns that the cameras installed in the vehicles could be used for surveillance. Tesla CEO – Elon Musk voiced China’s concerns about this information. “We always want to keep any customer information confidential. If a customer finds out that Tesla is using an electric car to spy in China or anywhere else, we will shut down,” Billion said US billionaire Elon Musk said at the China Development Forum in March. Tesla has recently faced many challenges in the Chinese electric vehicle market. In February, the company was summoned by regulators to discuss the quality of electric vehicles made in Shanghai. Chinese authorities expressed concern about a number of problems with the vehicles manufactured by the company, such as abnormal acceleration and battery fires. The company has faced direct criticism from consumers. In February, Tesla was forced to apologize after a customer provided a video of an issue with charging. In a public interview last month, billionaire Musk emphasized: “I am very confident about Tesla’s future in China. The Chinese economy will thrive in the next decade and will become a major economy. best of the world”.

The move comes after Chinese Vice Premier Liu He said last week in a statement that it was necessary to “suppress the behavior of Bitcoin mining and trading” to prevent “the transmission of personal risk to social spheres”. Those comments are seen as Beijing’s intention to further block Bitcoin trading and other crypto-related activities. Inner Mongolia’s latest draft proposals are aimed at telecommunications and internet companies involved in cryptocurrency mining. The Inner Mongolia Development and Reform Commission said such companies could have their business licenses revoked if they are found to be involved in Bitcoin mining. In addition, cloud computing or data centers may have their government incentives revoked. In addition, there are severe penalties for individuals involved in money laundering through cryptocurrencies. Inner Mongolia’s tough stance on crypto mining began in March after it announced plans to ban new crypto mining projects and shut down existing operations to cut consumption. energy. China’s Northern Region failed to meet Beijing’s energy use targets in 2019 and subsequently set out a plan to reduce power consumption. In the case of Bitcoin, miners purposefully use computers to solve complex mathematical puzzles that allow a Bitcoin transaction to take place efficiently. These miners are rewarded with Bitcoins. But because the computer has a large capacity, it consumes a lot of energy. According to the Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index, Bitcoin mining consumes around 112.57 terrawatt-hours (TWh) per year, more than the consumption of countries like the Philippines and Chile. China accounts for about 65% of the world’s Bitcoin mining. Of that, Inner Mongolia accounts for about 8% globally due to cheap energy prices, a larger share of Bitcoin mining in the United States. China’s tough stance towards cryptocurrencies is not new. China previously shut down local cryptocurrency exchanges in 2017 and that same year also banned initial coin offerings (ICOs). But Bitcoin trading continues to operate in China even though exchanges have moved overseas. Inner Mongolia’s scrutiny of Bitcoin mining activity in particular comes as China tries to continue the move. Chinese President Xi Jinping said last year that China has set a goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2060. But according to a study published in Nature Communications in April 2021, Bitcoin mining could “undermine emissions reduction efforts” going on in the country. The energy consumption of Bitcoin mining operations came back into focus in early May after Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the electric carmaker would stop accepting the digital currency for the reason due to environmental concerns. On Monday (May 24), Musk said in a tweet that he has met Bitcoin miners in North America and that they are “committed to announcing current and planned uses of renewables.”

Founder and CEO of Dat Bike – Nguyen Ba Canh Son. To realize his start-up plan, Son spent a year in the US learning about manufacturing, from mechanics, electronics, to circuit design, industrial design, supply chain… Also in the same period of time. During this time, Son gathered a team of like-minded young engineers, learning how to make an electric motorcycle in the US. This is an important stepping stone for Son’s project formation and development in Vietnam. Founder and CEO of Dat Bike – Nguyen Ba Canh Son, said: “This capital will be used to improve the quality of the bike, perfect the sales team and expand the market.” In particular, improving the quality of the battery and controller will be put on top by Dat Bike. It is known that Dat Bike was established in 2018 with the ambition to become the largest electric motorcycle company in Southeast Asia. In the Vietnamese market, Dat Bike is having an estimated growth rate of 30%. Dat Bike’s first motorcycle model was launched in Vietnam in 2019 from the factory located in Binh Duong, called Weaver. The advantage of this model, which is also the difference with electric cars currently on the market, lies in its long travel time and fast battery charging. The battery installed in the Weaver uses LG’s technology, similar to the battery system installed in Tesla electric cars. In particular, the battery life is up to 10 years in conditions of regular use and is easy to recycle, with no adverse impact on the environment. Compared to other competitors, Dat Bike has the advantage of using domestic materials, instead of importing from other markets. This helps the company reduce transportation costs, increase production efficiency and receive tax support. Currently, Dat Bike has a shop in Ho Chi Minh City. Ho Chi Minh. Currently, Dat Bike has a shop in Ho Chi Minh City. Ho Chi Minh City and a factory in Binh Duong with a capacity of about 1,000 vehicles/month. The company has only focused on developing online sales channels in the Vietnamese market. In addition, another advantage of Dat Bike is that the company’s vehicles are manufactured in the country, most of the component suppliers are local manufacturers. Therefore, the Company can be proactive in logistics and supply chain services. In just a short time, Son and his team of associates have increased the production capacity of Dat Bike from 1 motorcycle shipped per week in the early days to hundreds of units per month. At the end of 2020, Dat Bike opened its first store in Ho Chi Minh City and currently, Dat Bike’s growth rate is 35%/month. In particular, in 2020, the Ministry of Transport has recognized Dat Bike Weaver as the first electric motorcycle originating in Vietnam. This is also the only model on the market today that has the same performance as a traditional petrol motorbike. Jungle Ventures is a Singapore-based venture capital firm that focuses on investing in early-to-growth businesses and start-ups in Southeast Asia and India. With a focus on building sustainable businesses, Jungle Ventures has been working with the region’s most ambitious founders to build high-growth technology businesses, using capital-efficient, with the potential to scale into leading regional or global companies. The $2.6 million capital “poured” from Jungle Ventures and investment funds allows Son and his associates to continue to create and develop the most complete electric motorcycles for users in the Southeast region. Asia and the world through investment in expanding production of Electric Vehicle Factory in Binh Duong. CEO Dat Bike calculates, with more than 80% of households in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam owning two-wheeled motorbikes, a total of about 250 million gasoline motorbikes, the size of the motorcycle industry in Southeast Asia. up to $25 billion. These potential numbers are the motivation for Son and Dat Bike team to continue firmly on the chosen path, contributing to promoting wider use of sustainable transportation solutions. Soon, Dat Bike will release the next version of Weaver. This version is capable of running 200 km, fully charged in 2 hours. In the further future, Dat Bike will develop more new models to suit a wide range of customers.

Photo: Forbes In the past, Elon Musk has repeatedly compared bitcoin and fiat money. He also often shares about cryptocurrencies that make the value of coins like bitcoin or dogecoin fluctuate greatly. Photo: INC In February, the value of bitcoin skyrocketed after Tesla revealed it had bought $1.5 billion worth of the coin. Besides, the electric car company also confirmed that it will soon accept bitcoin as a means of payment when buying a car. Photo: Forbes Even so, the bitcoin price plummeted after the billionaire announced in May that Tesla would not accept bitcoin for car purchases due to environmental concerns. Earlier this month, he also called dogecoin “a rush” while appearing on “Saturday Night Live.” The price of the coin bearing this dog symbol then also plummeted. Photo: CBN However, a few days ago, Elon Musk made the market “crazy” when he emphasized that he had never and will not sell dogecoin.

Tesla cars are restricted in China because of spying concerns Some Chinese government agencies restrict access to Tesla vehicles. They are concerned that car cameras affect security. According to the Reuters , many government buildings in China have just announced to restrict the entry of Tesla cars, citing the risk of spying. This move shows that the Chinese government is increasingly afraid of electric vehicle products from the US. In March, Chinese government and military employees were asked to stop using Tesla vehicles. The reason comes from the CCTV system on Tesla cars that can continuously record, track the location and travel time of the vehicle. The Chinese side is concerned that sensitive information and images may be collected and transmitted to the US. In addition, contacts or synchronized communication between the car and the phone are also said to be likely to leak. Before the newly announced restriction order for government buildings, Tesla vehicles were restricted from entering the premises of aerospace companies or the residences of high-ranking officials. In response to the move from China, in March, billionaire Elon Musk denied allegations about the ability of Tesla cars to spy. Speaking during an online meeting of the China Development Forum, the American CEO said that if Tesla used a car to spy on China or any other country, the company would shut down. China is Tesla’s most important market, contributing about 30% of sales to the US electric car company. However, from the beginning of 2021 until now, Tesla has continuously faced many difficulties and disadvantages in this billion-people market. In addition to the negative accusations about the risk of government spying, Tesla also faced a wave of criticism from users regarding its quality and unfriendly behavior with the public. These things forced Tesla to make concessions and defuse tensions by taking steps to comply with the regulations of the local government, while limiting the management’s dissenting statements in China.

Elon Musk declares allegiance to Dogecoin (Image: WCCFTech) Elon Musk declared his allegiance to Dogecoin causing its value to increase by 15% during this crypto volatility. The billionaire American businessman responded to a Twitter thread speculating about his Dogecoin holdings with the message: “I have not and will not sell any Dogecoins.” This move of Elon Musk immediately caused Dogecoin to increase in value after many days of falling. Earlier, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX posted on Twitter a photo of a laptop with a $1 bill sticker on it with the caption: “How many Doge’s in the window.” If you look closely, you can see that this bill has a picture of a Shiba Inu dog, the symbol of Dogecoin, in place of President George Washington. Elon Musk’s post on Twitter (Image: Twitter) This is the second time this week that Elon Musk has publicly expressed support for cryptocurrencies, after making an announcement on Twitter that Tesla would hold onto its Bitcoins as the market shows signs of a market crash. Earlier, Elon Musk faced criticism from social media users when some suggested that he sold his Bitcoins when its price peaked in the market. Elon Musk responded by tweeting that the electric car company has a “Diamond Hand,” referring to traders who hold stocks when prices fall with the goal of making long-term profits. The drop in cryptocurrency value over the past few days is said to have started after Elon Musk posted an announcement saying that Tesla was temporarily suspending Bitcoin as payment for its car orders, due to concerns about the risk of loss of money. Bitcoin mining will have a bad effect on the environment. Since then, however, he has repeatedly said that the company will keep its Bitcoins and will allow the use of the cryptocurrency to trade again when mining becomes more stable. Elon Musk announced that he will not sell Tesla’s Bitcoin (Image: Twitter) According to the Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance, the Bitcoin industry’s annual energy consumption is on par with that of a country the size of Malaysia. And most of the mining is located in regions of China, where electricity is produced cheaply by coal-fired power plants. Tesla bought $1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin at the end of 2020 when the price of each Bitcoin was below $20,000 and sold 10% in early 2021 when the price of this virtual currency reached $50,000/Bitcoin, earning on a profit of 101 million USD.

Elon Reeve Musk FRS (born June 28, 1971), is a South African-American engineer, industrial designer, inventor, technology entrepreneur and philanthropist. Musk is the founder, CEO, and chief engineer/designer of SpaceX; original investor, CEO and product architect of Tesla, founder of The Boring Company, co-founder of Neuralink, co-founder and original co-chairman of OpenAI. Elon Musk. Photo: Reuters. Among his three biggest projects, SpaceX was founded by Musk in 2022 with the main function of manufacturing aerospace and space transportation service company. Here, he holds the position of CEO and chief designer. Musk joins Tesla Motors, Inc. (now Tesla, Inc.), an electric vehicle maker in 2004, a year after the company was founded and became its CEO and product architect. In 2006, he helped found SolarCity, a solar energy services company (now a subsidiary of Tesla). In 2015, Musk co-founded OpenAI, a nonprofit research company that aims to promote friendly artificial intelligence. In July 2016, he co-founded Neuralink, a technology company focused on developing intellectual computer interfaces. In December 2016, Musk founded The Boring Company, an infrastructure and tunneling company focused on tunnels optimized for electric vehicles.

This coin is developed based on the Binance Smart Chain platform and is tradable similar to Bitcoin or Dogecoin. Currently, STOPELON is priced at about 0.0000537493 USD/VND. However, buying and selling this coin is quite complicated. The issuer only allows users to trade on the PancakeSwapv2 exchange. The symbol of the coin STOPELON. Photo: ManOfMany. Even so, the developers have some policies to make STOPELON attractive to investors such as 6% refund of transaction fees. The destruction rate of this coin is 40% of the total 1 trillion coins to fight inflation. STOPELON shows the anger of investors with billionaire Tesla when this coin once had a strong growth of more than 4,000% in just 1 day. In addition to STOPELON, the market also has available cryptocurrencies created to oppose Elon Musk such as FuckMusk, FElon… According to the InputMag , Elon Musk has made a lot of profit after the crypto craze. However, investors believe that the market volatility created by Musk will soon come to an end.

The price of Dogecoin plummeted right after the show featuring Elon Musk started. Photo: Coindesk. However, when Musk didn’t show up, the price of Dogecoin plummeted. According to the data of Coinmarketcap , from nearly 0.7 USD, Dogecoin dropped to more than 0.5 USD after more than 30 minutes of the program. The market capitalization of this coin dropped from $90 billion to just $68 billion after 1 hour, more than $150 million of leveraged investors was blown away. As expected by many, Elon Musk mentioned Dogecoin in the middle of the show. “Recently, the prices of many cryptocurrencies have increased, such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and especially Dogecoin,” replied Elon Musk when asked “what is cryptocurrency”. Elon Musk’s mention of Dogecoin only made the coin rise slightly from the bottom. By 12 o’clock, the price of Dogecoin was still at $ 0.55, a sharp decrease compared to before Saturday Night Live aired. “People seem to be starting to realize that you shouldn’t invest based on a guest on a comedy show mentioning that asset,” said Wall Street Journal financial writer Paul Vigna. Elon Musk appeared on Saturday Night Live, mentioning Dogecoin. Earlier, the news that Elon Musk led Saturday Night Live caused the price of Dogecoin to increase sharply. According to the data of Coinmarketcap , the value of each Dogecoin has increased from $0.34 on May 1 to $0.69 as of the morning of May 8. Many fans of Musk and Dogecoin even plan to invite friends over to watch and celebrate if the coin’s price skyrockets. On the morning of May 8, Elon Musk posted on his personal Twitter a picture of him and two other guests of Saturday Night Live. Musk also inserted a picture of the dog Shibu, the symbol of Dogecoin, into the frame. Soon after, the Dogecoin price increased rapidly and reached an all-time high of $0.72 before cooling off.

This person livestreamed right at the exhibition, then went to Tesla’s booth and the incident happened. The girl said her Model 3 car’s brakes failed, nearly killing 4 members of her family in an accident. Tesla has denied the relevant information, but it doesn’t stop there. This is not the only difficulty with Tesla at the moment. The world’s top electric car maker may even be facing one of the worst public relations crises in China, a market investors see as a special feature. crucial to Tesla’s growth momentum. Under increasing pressure to become the focus of criticism from Chinese media and regulators, Tesla is said to be strengthening cooperation with regulators in the mainland and strengthening relationships. with the Beijing government. Tesla’s shift in strategy toward fostering behind-the-scenes interactions with policymakers in Beijing marks a shift from the company’s previous stance, which did not seem to take market failures too seriously. its second largest university (after the US). The changes also take place in the context that China is actively “regulating” many large and powerful private companies, especially technology giants, due to concerns about the risk of domination in this market. A woman protesting on the roof of a Tesla Model 3 electric car at the Shanghai Auto Show in April 2019. Tesla “turns the car”? It is customary for Chinese regulators to discuss policy and industry standards with local and multinational companies, as well as associations and consulting organizations. Attending these meetings has become the norm for many tech companies, but unlike rivals including Toyota Motor and General Motors, Tesla executives are largely absent from closed-door meetings. Instead, Tesla officials regularly speak at high-level conferences. Tesla CEO, billionaire Elon Musk also regularly uses Twitter to comment or criticize China’s regulators or strict rules. However, in the past weeks, Tesla executives have attended at least four policy discussions, with topics ranging from automotive data storage, technology to connect information from vehicles to systems. infrastructure, vehicle recycling and carbon emissions. There, according to officials, Tesla — which is headquartered in California and produces the Model 3 sedan and Model Y sport utility vehicle at a separate factory in Shanghai — made no specific commitments. only participate in the discussion. There are other signs that Tesla – once “sweetheart” – is looking to mend its rocky relationship with Chinese authorities. In two job ads posted on its WeChat account in April, Tesla wanted to find management candidates to update its policy database and maintain relationships with governments and industry associations to ” building a harmonious external environment and supporting Tesla’s business development goals in the regional market.” The exact number of candidates Tesla is looking for is unknown. Tesla Model 3 car. Attack wave A flood of negative news about Tesla in China has increased in recent months. Earlier this year, a Tesla Model 3 was reported to have exploded in a garage in Shanghai, while an article in state media said there were at least 10 reported incidents this year. 2020 about Tesla drivers losing the ability to control their vehicles. In February 2021, the State Market Administration summoned a Tesla representative to request feedback on consumer complaints related to issues such as battery fires, unexpected acceleration, and software update errors. software over the internet. It is reported that China has also recommended the use of Tesla cars to state employees because of the belief that the vehicle’s sensors can record images and location data. In March 2021, Tesla made headlines when the military announced it was “banning” access to Tesla equipment and vehicles from military complexes, citing security concerns with vehicle-mounted cameras. . A few days later, Elon Musk then emphasized at a high-level forum that Tesla would shut down if its cars were used for spying purposes. CEO Musk also sought to defuse tensions in a March speech to state broadcaster CCTV that China’s future “will be great” and that the country will be “the biggest market.” of Tesla. However, the incident at the Shanghai Auto Show and the subsequent reaction of Tesla Vice President Grace Tao was seen as the last straw when, instead of admitting shortcomings, the Tesla and Tesla relationship official The government again questioned the real motives of the above extreme guest. According to Grace Tao, the disruptive woman clearly wanted a high level of compensation and the company didn’t have any reason to pay her. In a post on Weibo, Tesla claimed not to compromise with “unreasonable demands”. State media and government agencies were quick to criticize Tesla. State news agencies flooded Tesla with a series of posts pointing out risks and technical errors, while officials issued warnings. An article in state media titled “Three Lessons for Tesla” warned the California-based electric car maker to respect the Chinese consumer market. The Global Times article emphasized: “The arrogant and overbearing stance that Tesla takes in public is reprehensible and unacceptable, which can seriously damage its reputation and source of the company’s customers in the Chinese market”. Xinhua News Agency and People’s Daily both publicly said that Tesla was indifferent to the interests of consumers. Tesla was criticized for canceling their investment pledges (estimated 14 billion yuan) and tax pledges (about 2.23 billion yuan annually), even failing to meet revenue targets. A wave of attacks, demanding to “evice” Tesla from China is repeating like what Google has faced. Many argue that what is more worrying is that the negative comments are not only appearing on a few articles but are increasingly taking the form of an organized “anti-Tesla” campaign. The involvement of state media makes things worse, because the lesson with Dolce&Gabana or H&M recently showed that Beijing has the right to “bring something up and bury it” when needed. Tesla later issued a statement apologizing for its lack of sensitivity in handling customer complaints. A post on Weibo later said that Tesla was willing to cooperate with the authorities, properly implementing “self-inspection and adjustment” procedures to “fix” customer service issues. Inside a Tesla factory. Beijing’s Power Tesla was once seen as a “baby”, one of Beijing’s efforts to demonstrate that China is allowing more foreign businesses to enter its relatively closed market. The company has been increasing its investment and focusing on the Chinese market over the past two years. With government backing, Tesla broke ground on a major Shanghai factory in 2019 and last year began delivering Model 3s built at the factory to customers in China. Tesla’s China sales have more than doubled in 2020, and the Model 3 is the best-selling electric vehicle in the country. Accounting for about 30% of Tesla’s global sales, China is the automaker’s second-biggest market after the United States and helped Tesla hit a record for first-quarter vehicle deliveries. CEO Elon Musk even had a meeting with Premier Li Keqiang in 2019. However, the success has come with closer scrutiny, especially as many local businesses are also looking for a larger market share in this potential electric vehicle sector. China’s favorable policies towards electric cars have spurred the birth of a number of startups hoping to compete with Tesla such as Nio and Xpeng Motors, although their sales are still far behind Tesla. Simply put, to some extent, Beijing welcomes Tesla’s presence and investment in the electric vehicle market, but still wants the dominance of domestic players in this area. The most prominent in the Chinese electric vehicle market is currently Tesla, SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile Co. and BYD. Data in March showed that these three giants accounted for 55% of China’s electric vehicle market, but only 5% of the total market share in the country’s auto market, a fact that the electric vehicle market still very young. Hongguang Mini, the SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile joint venture, has overtaken Tesla this year in terms of sales. Everything will now probably depend on Tesla’s ability to penetrate deeper into China, a market seen as key to Tesla’s global success. The challenge for Tesla now is to make sure it doesn’t take another serious hit in China, where Tesla is poised for more than 40% of its total global deliveries by 2022. China has clearly created favorable conditions for Tesla, the giant in the electric car industry, and now realizes that letting this darling dominate the market may not be in China’s interest. Many companies like Volkswagen and Mercedes have gone through the same thing.

This idea is said by many to be inspired by rapper Kanye West’s gift to Kim Kardashian for Christmas 2017: a series of shares of Disney, Adidas, Netflix, Amazon, Apple. Users do not need to be too financially savvy, just create a brokerage account and register for a gift card code. Stock gift cards are popular among young Koreans. Photo: Sedaily. According to the statistics of Chosun Ilbo , Shinhan Investment has sold more than 20,000 stock gift cards since the program’s launch, with buyers mostly in their 20s and 30s. Currently, Tesla is the most bought stock for gifts in South Korea, followed by Apple, Starbucks and Netflix, according to Straight News . Jung Seung Hyun (23 years old, student) said he gave his girlfriend 4 stock gift cards on the occasion of her birthday in April. “I think she appreciates this gift. It may not be as romantic as traditional gifts, but it’s practical and I’m helping her invest,” Jung said. Jung added that his girlfriend initially thought the gift was “a scam” but also signed up for an account after being explained by her boyfriend. The stock gift card is also a gift that designer Yang Ga-in (28 years old) intended to give her boyfriend. She describes the other half as “crazy fan of Elon Musk”. “I’ll also bake more cookies for him. However, he’s a very down-to-earth person, so I think without saying it, he’d appreciate stocks, a long-term investment, more. My cake, which can be eaten in 2 minutes,” Yang shared.

Illustration – Photo: Reuters. In a status line (tweet) on the social network Twitter on May 12, Tesla CEO (CEO) Elon Musk suddenly announced that this electric car company stopped accepting Bitcoin as a means of payment when customers buy a car. . This statement by Mr. Musk – who has expressed a pro-crypto stance – shocked investors and caused a sell-off. The reason the world’s second-richest billionaire gave for the reversal is the risks that virtual currencies pose to the global environment. Bitcoin price immediately dropped after Mr. Musk’s tweet was posted. At more than 7:00 am on May 13, Vietnam time, Bitcoin price according to data on Coinmarketcap.com page slipped below $ 50,000, down more than 13% compared to the time 24 hours ago. Many other “hot” virtual currencies also dropped sharply, such as Ethereum down more than 6%, Dogecoin sliding 14%… In February, Musk revealed that Tesla had poured $1.5 billion into Bitcoin and said the company would soon accept Bitcoin as a means of payment when customers buy a car. That information immediately pushed the Bitcoin price up 20%. By March, he said Tesla customers were able to pay with Bitcoin. In a tweet on May 12, Musk said Tesla will not sell a single Bitcoin, but instead intends to use Bitcoin for transactions as soon as Bitcoin mining moves to using other energy sources. more sustainable quantity. “We are also looking at other cryptocurrencies that use less than 1% of electricity like Bitcoin,” Musk wrote. Bitcoins are “mined” by competing high-performance computers solving complex math problems, and the process consumes enormous amounts of power. The source of electricity for Bitcoin mining is usually thermal power, especially coal-fired power plants, posing a great concern about environmental pollution. At current rates, Bitcoin mining pools used as much energy as the entire Netherlands in 2019, according to data from the University of Cambridge and the International Energy Agency (IEA). Musk himself is a supporter of virtual currencies, and his statements often cause cryptocurrency prices to fluctuate wildly. However, he is also an advocate of clean technology. “Cryptocurrency is a good idea in many ways, and we believe it has a promising future. But that can’t come with a huge loss to the environment,” Musk said. Bitcoin price movement in the last 7 days – Source: Trading View. According to blockchain analysis companies, Bitcoin could in theory be traceable, raising the possibility of “green” Bitcoins having a higher price tag. Stronger climate change policies by countries around the world can also help in this. However, some Bitcoin advocates say that the current financial system – with millions of employees and computers in air-conditioned offices – also uses an overwhelming amount of electricity.

The announcement of the Tesla boss immediately pulled the price of Bitcoin down to $ 46,000 / dong. Minutes later, billionaire investor Mark Cuban – owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks – tweeted: “We know that it helps the environment (Bitcoin) replace gold as a store of value. school”. According to the data of Coin Desk , as of May 14 (Vietnam time), Bitcoin has not been able to regain the $50,000 mark per dong. However, the Winklevoss twin billionaire brothers remain optimistic. Mr. Cameron Winklevoss said Musk will return to Bitcoin after realizing that cryptocurrency mining is “really driving the renewable energy industry.” His brother Tyler also encouraged investors to buy the bottom. On May 12, Elon Musk announced that electric car company Tesla will stop accepting payments in Bitcoin. “Selfish and Cruel” “It’s true that Bitcoin has an impact on the environment and that’s one of the controversial things. For environmentalists and scientists, there’s no doubt that Bitcoin uses a lot of energy,” the teacher said. Professor Layne Hartsell at the Asia Institute commented in an interview with Zing . “However, mining for Bitcoin – the asset considered ‘digital gold’ – is actually less impactful than mining for gold, one of the worst environmental disasters,” he added. In fact, just last month, Musk voiced his support for an article called “The Bitcoin Clean Energy Initiative” by Square Crypto. The article refutes the argument that the Bitcoin network causes serious environmental damage and destroys the planet. According to the article, Bitcoin mining will encourage increased use of renewable energy, replacing carbon-emitting fossil energy. Musk quickly shared the post on Twitter and commented: “Yes.” If Bitcoin is bad for the environment, we should ask Musk about the carbon emissions of SpaceX rockets – Oluwafisayo Williams According to the Bloomberg , Musk’s turn shocked many crypto fans. Nic Carter, an expert at Castle Investment Management, described his move as “very strange and confusing”. Mr. Oluwafisayo Williams, 32, a doctor in Sheffield (England), was even more harsh. Mr. Williams used the words “selfish and ruthless” to describe Musk’s heart. He started pouring money into cryptocurrencies at the beginning of the year. “If Bitcoin is bad for the environment, we should ask Musk about the carbon footprint of SpaceX rockets. I don’t think he has taken the time to research Bitcoin. Musk is using his power to gain control. market,” Mr. Williams criticized. On April 26, Tesla reported a record profit of $ 438 million in the first quarter. As usual, the profit was made by selling emissions limits. However, the company’s Bitcoin sale also contributed $101 million to the profit. According to the report, Tesla recorded $1.5 billion in “digital asset” purchases and $272 million in digital asset sales in the first quarter. The firm said Bitcoin sales contributed up to 101 million USD. As such, the company promptly sold some Bitcoin and made a profit of 101 million USD when the Bitcoin price skyrocketed. “Playing with investors’ pockets” Musk is not completely turning away from cryptocurrencies. In his announcement to stop accepting Bitcoin payments, he admitted that cryptocurrency is still a good idea. Musk is also looking at other coins that use less energy. Dr. Williams in the UK does not care about Musk’s views and insists he is still optimistic. Some people working in the crypto space also think the issue is overblown. According to them, the drop is the right time to buy. “The sell-off could help Bitcoin price reach new record highs,” said David Grider of Fundstrat Global Advisors LLC. Meanwhile, crypto billionaire Mike Novogratz still encourages investors to buy Bitcoin. He thinks Musk is just trying to use his influence to make cryptocurrency mining “greener”. Bitcoin price plummeted after the announcement of billionaire Elon Musk on May 12. Meanwhile, Mr. Dave Portnoy – founder of Brash Barstool Sports – is not satisfied with Musk’s move. According to Mr. Portnoy, when a billionaire changes his stance too quickly, he is playing with people’s futures and pockets. Aaron Smith, 29, a trader based in Essex (UK), has moved most of his portfolio to cryptocurrencies. He thinks that the Tesla boss needs to learn more about cryptocurrencies. Mr. Smith remains bullish on cryptocurrencies and considers Musk’s backing as shocking news. “Billionaires influence all markets, not just the crypto market,” he commented. “But people feel the influence in the crypto market more clearly because of the smaller cap,” he added.

Billionaire Elon Musk. (Photo: Bloomberg) “We are concerned about the increasing use of fossil fuels for Bitcoin mining and transactions, especially coal, the largest emitter of all fuels,” Musk wrote on Twitter. 12/5. As the world’s largest digital currency by market capitalization, Bitcoin lost nearly 8% in value after Musk posted the above tweet, according to data from digital currency exchange Coinbase. “Digital currency is a good idea from many perspectives and we believe it has a promising future, but this should not come at a great cost to the environment,” Musk wrote. Tesla and SpaceX boss and ardent supporter of digital currencies and has created great excitement for this market this year, especially with Bitcoin and Dogecoin. Back in January, the price of Bitcoin skyrocketed when Musk named the coin in his tweet. The price continued to rise sharply after Tesla revealed that it bought $1.5 billion in Bitcoin and that people can use the coin to buy Tesla cars. As the price of Bitcoin continues to rise to new levels, environmental activists warn about the significant amount of fuel used to mine Bitcoin. The reason is that this operation requires the use of very powerful computers to verify Bitcoin transactions. Every year, Bitcoin mining uses as much electricity as the whole country of Argentina, according to estimates by Cambridge University. China accounts for 65% of global Bitcoin mining. That carbon footprint goes against Musk’s advocacy of clean energy. But he did not give up Bitcoin. In a tweet posted on May 12, he said that Tesla will not sell any Bitcoin and that Tesla intends to keep this currency to use for transactions “when Bitcoin mining becomes more environmentally friendly”. Musk also said that Tesla is looking for low-energy digital currencies.

Tesla stops trading in bitcoin. (Source: Forbes) On May 12, the world’s largest electric vehicle maker Tesla (USA) announced that it would stop using bitcoin in its car sales due to concerns about environmental issues. On his personal Twitter page, Tesla’s CEO, US billionaire Elon Musk wrote: “Tesla stopped using bitcoin to buy and sell cars. We are concerned about the use of bitcoins. fossil fuel for bitcoin mining and trading is increasing, especially coal – the worst emission fuel.” Tesla suggested that cryptocurrencies are a “good idea” with a “promising future” but “that cannot be achieved at a huge cost to the environment. Tesla emphasized that it will not sell “any bitcoin” but intends to use it for trading as soon as “bitcoin mining” transitions to more sustainable energies. This can be considered as a move to reverse the view of Elon Musk and Tesla, after facing criticism from environmentalists and investors. In the first quarter of this year, Tesla spent $1.5 billion buying bitcoin, then selling about 10% to bring in more than $100 million in profit. Immediately after the above announcement, the world’s largest digital currency lost more than 7% of its value and is trading at $52,669. In the Asian market, at one point bitcoin fell 17% to $45,700, its lowest level since March 1. Currently, this virtual currency has partially recovered to over $50,000. Bitcoin has a high level of security, appears and is distributed completely automatically based on algorithms and anyone can own it through deciphering mathematical equations and giving answers. dig.” To be able to earn bitcoins, “miners” will have to solve complex computational problems through a “miner” that consumes a lot of electricity. Researchers from the University of Cambridge (UK) believe that the total energy consumption of bitcoin mining in 2021 could reach 128 billion kWhm, accounting for 0.6% of the world’s total electricity production and high than electricity usage in Norway.

Illustration (Source: AFP/VNA) Bitcoin digital currency has rehibilitate to around $50,000 in Asian trading on May 13, after plunging as much as 17% due to the announcement of the CEO of electric car maker Tesla, Elon Musk, on May 12 about stopping acceptance. pay in bitcoin because of concerns about the use of fossil fuels when “mining” this currency The world’s largest digital currency fell from about $54,819 to $45,700, its lowest level since March 1, just about two hours after the announcement. Mr. Musk said that Tesla will not sell any bitcoins and will keep this currency to use for transactions when bitcoin “mining” uses more sustainable energies. According to Mr. Musk, Tesla are also looking at other cryptocurrencies that use less than 1% of the energy that the coin uses bitcoin consumed. The process of “mining” bitcoin is an energy-intensive process that currently mainly depends on electricity generated from fossil fuels, especially coal. According to the most recently published figures from the University of Cambridge and the International Energy Agency, with current consumption, such bitcoin mining consumes an annual amount of energy equal to that of the Netherlands. consumed in 2019. Mr. Musk himself strongly believes in the digital currency but also in favor of clean technology. He said digital currency is a good idea and will have a promising future, but he cannot accept the big impact on the environment.

It was from a sarcastic comment of the online community on Twitter that the news that the Ford Bronco was being developed an all-electric version immediately became a phenomenon discussed on American car forums. Specifically, shortly after Ford announced the F-150 Lightning, a Tesla supporter commented asking Ford CEO Jim Farley if they are truly committed to a future centered around electric vehicles, why new product lines like Ford Bronco does not have this option? In response, the Ford leader asked this person, “Why do you think we don’t have one?”. Immediately, many American newspapers questioned the Ford spokesman, but the American brand temporarily declined to comment on the feasibility of the project. In 2018, Ford said it would have 7 electric vehicle lines launched before the end of 2022 with a commitment that electrified versions will target the best-selling car series such as Bronco, Escape, Explorer, Mustang and F. -150. Information about the Ford Bronco Hybrid, since then, has generally not been much except for a short video with the digital dashboard on the SUV showing the EV Coaching feature from last year. If Ford is still developing an electrified version of the Bronco from 2018 to now, the 2022 milestone they announced before is completely doable. Reference: Carscoops

Explaining his decision, Elon Musk expressed concern that “the use of fossil fuels for Bitcoin mining is rapidly increasing.” Elon Musk has just announced, Tesla will “pause buying cars with Bitcoin”, because of concerns that the use of fossil fuels to mine Bitcoin is increasing rapidly. (Photo: Canva) “Tesla has stopped accepting car purchases with Bitcoin. We are concerned about the rapidly increasing use of fossil fuels for Bitcoin mining and trading, especially coal. Cryptocurrency is a good idea on many levels and we believe it has a promising future, but that cannot come at a cost to the environment. Tesla will not sell any Bitcoin and we plan to use it for transactions as soon as we transition mining to more sustainable energy,” Elon Musk wrote on Twitter. The recent announcement of billionaire Elon Musk on Twitter. (Screenshots) After Elon Musk’s announcement, the cryptocurrency market quickly “red” when the price of Bitcoin plunged below the $50,000 mark, losing more than 12% in the last 24 hours. Bitcoin price this morning, this coin previously dropped below $47,000 after Elon Musk’s announcement. (Photo: CoinMarketCap) Elon Musk’s decision is completely opposite to what this billionaire has previously stated. In early February, Tesla announced that it had spent $1.5 billion to buy Bitcoin, as well as saying that it could invest in a number of other digital currencies in the future. (Photo: Daniel Oberhaus (2018) / Protocol) In addition, Tesla also announced that it will soon let users use Bitcoin to buy its cars. By the end of March, Elon Musk announced that users in the US could buy Tesla cars with Bitcoin.

“There’s been a lot of discussion around whether investing in Bitcoin is ultimately good or bad, what is the real value of Bitcoin, or is it actually just a bubble. Honestly, I don’t know,” Mr. Son said. said at SoftBank’s earnings press conference. Even so, the Japanese investment billionaire said that adding the popularity of cryptocurrencies has made Bitcoin an “unforgettable” platform, like diamonds or bonds. “It’s not necessarily anti-crypto. We’ve had such internal discussions,” he added. Billionaire Masayoshi Son – founder of SoftBank. Photo: Bloomberg. Over time, more and more big companies like Tesla, Square and Nexon are turning to buying Bitcoin. Many firms started accepting cryptocurrencies as a form of payment to promote the development of cryptocurrencies. However, recently, billionaire Elon Musk’s electric car company Tesla suddenly “turned away” from Bitcoin when it announced that it would stop accepting Bitcoin payments when buying cars. Immediately, the price of the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization plunged 5% just minutes after Musk’s announcement. According to the Coindesk , Bitcoin price currently fluctuates at 49,976 USD/dong, down 12.61% compared to 24 hours ago. The market capitalization of Bitcoin also dropped to $937 billion. Also in the press conference, SoftBank CEO revealed that he is holding many stocks with high liquidity such as Amazon, Microsoft and Facebook. He said such an investment decision will help the company hold the edge, ready for future investment opportunities.

According to CNN, billionaire Elon Musk said that Tesla will suspend plans to accept Bitcoin as a means of payment when customers buy its cars. The reason Musk gave is that using Bitcoin costs the environment. This is a completely opposite move after a few months Musk launched Bitcoin “to the cloud”. According to the billionaire: “We are concerned about using more and more fossil fuels to mine and trade Bitcoin, especially coal. Cryptocurrency is a good idea on many levels and we believe in it.” “That is a promising future, but accepting and using digital money cannot come with a hefty price tag on the environment.” Immediately after that, the Bitcoin price fell 5% just minutes after Elon Musk’s announcement. A few hours later, Bitcoin price even bottomed to just over $ 46,000 / 1 Bitcoin and then recovered slightly. The fact that Elon Musk publicly supports Bitcoin while claiming Tesla is a “green” company when it comes to making electric, eco-friendly cars has always been controversial. Photo: TL. Everyone knows that mining Bitcoin takes a lot of energy and pollutes the environment. Bitcoin miners consume a lot of power to solve mathematical equations, validate transaction codes to receive back a certain amount of money worked. Some calculations show that the total electricity consumption of Bitcoin miners in the world is equivalent to the total electricity consumption of Finland. The fact that billionaire Elon Musk publicly supports Bitcoin while claiming Tesla is a “green” company when making electric cars, environmentally friendly has always been controversial. However, the CEO also left open plans that Tesla will still use Bitcoin when it finds a cleaner source of energy. “Tesla won’t sell any Bitcoin and we intend to accept Bitcoin for transactions as soon as mining converts to more sustainable energy. We are also looking at other cryptocurrencies that use less. 1% of energy / transactions that Bitcoin uses “. This new statement by Elon Musk surprised many people because earlier in a statement on the social audio application Clubhouse, the billionaire said “Bitcoin is a good thing”, adding that he is “late” and perhaps out bought cryptocurrency 8 years ago. The richest billionaire in the world added that he should have bought Bitcoin eight years ago. “I have been quite slow. But at this point, I think Bitcoin is a good thing,” billionaire Elon Musk said. Is the “pump blow”? Bitcoin is not the only cryptocurrency Musk has pumped in in recent weeks. He has repeatedly praised Dogecoin through his Twitter account with 54 million followers. Dogecoin even dropped when Musk joined Saturday Night Live and said: “Recently, the prices of many cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum and especially Dogecoin have increased”. Musk’s last tweet before the Bitcoin-related surprise announcement was also a question to poll his followers to see if they wanted “Tesla to accept Doge as a means of payment”. Photo: TL. Earlier in February, Tesla publicly stated that it had spent $ 1.5 billion on Bitcoin investments. Later in April, records showed they sold 10% of their Bitcoin holdings, making a profit of $ 101 million. The move caused a few rumors to emerge, suspecting that there was some kind of fraud when Tesla bought Bitcoin, Elon Musk said like it and then Tesla sold it. Twitter user Dave Portnoy had a post that would have tagged Elon Musk on this. Dave used the word “pump” to describe Tesla’s actions on Twitter. He wrote: “As I understand it: Elon Musk bought Bitcoin then he blew up, praised Bitcoin. Bitcoin price increased. Then Elon Musk sold out and pocketed a lot of money.” Elon Musk then responded under this post, “Oh no, I don’t. Tesla selling 10% of its Bitcoin holdings is necessary to demonstrate Bitcoin’s liquidity as an alternative channel to hold money. face”.

Bitcoin plunged sharply on the morning of May 13 At 7 a.m. this morning, Bitcoin’s price on Coindesk was just over $ 47,000 / BTC, down $ 10,000 / BTC compared to last night. Meanwhile, on Coinmarketcap, Bitcoin also fell at a similar rate, to close to $ 49,000 / BTC. Thus, after peaking at $ 64,000 in mid-April 2021, Bitcoin never stopped going down and repeatedly broke the $ 50,000 / BTC mark. Along with Bitcoin, a series of other virtual currencies also turned red, the market capitalization decreased by more than 10%. Ethereum decreased by nearly 5%, BNB decreased 8.2%, XRP decreased 10%, BCH decreased 16%, LTC decreased nearly 15% … Some other virtual currencies even decreased 15-40%. Notably, Shiba Inu, a virtual currency “junk” is crazy about investors because the hot rise recently fell by nearly 35% in just half a day. The virtual money market fell vertically because yesterday, billionaire Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla announced “suspending the purchase of cars with Bitcoin” due to environmental concerns. Earlier in March, Elon Musk revealed that US customers can use bitcoin to pay for Tesla cars. “Tesla has suspended the purchase of cars with Bitcoin. We are concerned about the rapid increase in the use of fossil fuels to mine and trade Bitcoin, especially coal, the most polluting fuel. Cryptocurrency is a good idea on many levels and we believe it has a promising future. However, that cannot come at an environmental cost, “the billionaire explained. This billionaire unlike anyone has repeatedly made headlines in the virtual currency market by sudden decisions. However, he also asserted that Tesla did not sell any Bitcoin and intends to use it for trading as Bitcoin mining uses more sustainable energy. Yesterday, this tricky billionaire also gave a consultation on his personal Twitter page about whether Tesla should accept payments in dogecoin. The survey received millions of responses, of which the majority approved. The event comes just days after the billionaire revealed that SpaceX has accepted Dogecoin to pay for his lunar trips. Dogecoin virtual currency was “born” as a joke in 2013 by computer engineer Billy Markus and Adobe marketing expert Jackson Palmer suddenly got waves when billionaire Elon Musk invested and praised many times. on the personal page. However, the billionaire himself has repeatedly made statements to make this virtual currency “on elephants, down dogs”. Over the past 24 hours, Dogecoin has decreased in price by nearly 14%. From the beginning of the year until now, many banks, investment funds, and financial institutions announced to invest in bitcoin or accept payments in Bitcoin. However, with only a few individuals’ moves, this market still plunged without braking, this shows the great risk of this market. Even billionaire Elon Musk, while initiating and pioneering large corporations to invest in virtual money, said that people should not invest life savings in digital money because it is “not wise. good “. According to billionaire Musk, there is a possibility that digital money will become the main currency on earth, but no one knows what kind of currency it will be. Therefore, the investment in that time should be considered.

In summary, the vehicle is running at a higher speed, and the driver starts to depress the brake pedal with a lighter force. After that, the automatic emergency braking function is activated and has a function, which improves the braking force and reduces the impact of the collision. The driving system is normally involved in the work and reduces the speed of the car. According to data released by Tesla, Tencent Technology is authorized to sort out the opinions of users.

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Opinion 1: Tesla has a situation where it selectively releases data that is beneficial to its own side The data disclosed by Tesla through the media is incomplete and cannot give a clear conclusion on the cause of the accident. Tesla has more detailed and richer data, but it has not announced it. There is a suspicion that selective publication of the published data is beneficial to oneself. Zhihu user Shi Gaoba believes that data such as the data of the brake pedal depth sensor is selectively not released by Tesla. The braking process requires the participation of multiple systems, including at least the brake pedal switch sensor, pedal depth sensor, motor, vehicle controller, ESP system (including ABS), the activation of AEB emergency braking, and the participation of forward radar. As a result, only a few seemingly professional data such as vehicle speed, pedal switch signal, and brake cylinder pressure were given. The pedal depth data, motor speed signal, and forward radar data are all given to completely restore the process of the car owner’s braking, motor speed and vehicle speed verification, and forward radar to see the distance of the vehicle ahead. The data of the brake pedal depth sensor can truly reflect whether the owner has stepped on the pedal violently, and whether the pedal cannot be stepped on due to the increased resistance of the pedal. Tesla said that the driver stepped on the brake pedal, but did not release the data. Zhihu user Mr. He said that Tesla has more abundant data, but Tesla has not disclosed it publicly. Currently, only Tesla is equipped with an EDR (Event Data Recorder) data recorder, which can be understood as a black box. The measurement frequency of the data recorded by the black box EDR is currently unknown, only Tesla employees. But the amount of data measured is definitely detailed, borrow a picture: As can be seen from this figure, the key information recorded by Tesla’s EDR is: Vehicle speed; odometer; camera data, braking and acceleration data, short video clips of accidents, safety system data, etc. If you want to analyze what happened when the accident happened, I think some key information is needed: Collision sensor signal: can know the time of the collision Brake signal: It is not only necessary to know whether the brake is pressed, but also to know the stroke of the brake pedal (how much the brake is pressed). Brake cylinder pressure signal: can know whether the brake cylinder provides boost Accelerator pedal signal: Including the degree of opening, you can know if the accelerator was stepped on before and after the accident Speed ​​signal: can know the current speed ABS/esp signal: can know whether ABS is activated and whether esp is activated or not Motor status: including motor speed, quadrant, motor torque, etc., to see if the motor is still providing driving force when the brake is stepped on. ibooster status: able to know the distribution of braking torque. Vehicle failure information: whether there is a failure Note that the above data requires raw sensor data. Taking the brake pedal as an example, in addition to knowing the final opening signal, you also need to know the most original voltage signal. The voltage signal is the true sensor value. Viewpoint 2: Sufficient braking measures have been given According to Tesla, the vehicle is traveling at a higher speed, and the driver starts to depress the brake pedal lightly. After that, the automatic emergency braking function is activated and works, increasing the braking force and reducing the impact of the collision. , The braking system is normally involved in the work and reduces the speed of the car. Zhihu users questioned this statement, believing that the driver depresses the brake pedal in 23.17 seconds and triggers abs in 25.74 seconds, and sufficient braking measures have been taken. The following are the views of Zhihu user Kang Jianmao: It can be seen from the data that the driver depresses the brake pedal from 23.17 seconds, the pressure of the master cylinder gradually increases, and then triggers abs at 25.74 seconds (at this time aeb does not start, indicating that the driver has already done so without the help of aeb The maximum deceleration capacity of the vehicle was reached by stepping on the brakes), and then the pressure of the master cylinder continued to rise, until it reached the peak value in 27.63 seconds (maybe aeb, or it may be a miracle of the owner’s life and death). However, Tesla’s own text stated that within 2.7 seconds of stepping on the brake, the pressure of the master brake cylinder was only 45.9 bar. Please, did you step on the abs at that time? What does it mean? How many people can step on abs when driving? Then Tesla himself said that the brake pressure gradually increased to more than 90 afterwards. Anyone who knows a car knows that once the ABS is started, it has basically reached the maximum braking capacity of the vehicle, and then it will not work if it is stepped on. Tesla also said that aeb played a role and successfully helped slow down, excuse me? This wave of data actually proved that the driver stepped on the brake hard enough. After all, it was the abs that was stepped on by others. Then even if the aeb system intervened, it did not help to decelerate. If you can’t stop it, you can’t stop it. Viewpoint 3: Deceleration is 0.6g, the braking ability given by Tesla cars is not enough Under normal circumstances, the braking of a family car is 1g, but Tesla’s ABS trigger condition is only 0.6g, which is lower than that of a normal family car. The following are the views of Zhihu user Kang Jianmao: According to the data given by Tesla itself, from a speed of 94 in 25.41 seconds to a speed of 48.5 in 27.45 seconds, the vehicle speed dropped by 45.5 kilometers per hour when the ABS was triggered in 2 seconds (that is, full braking). The total is 12.63 meters per second, and the average acceleration is 6.3 meters per second. This braking ability really proves that Tesla can’t stop. The ABS is only about 0.63g, and the normal family car is close to 1g. The following are the views of Zhihu user cao sir: Dare the driver lightly step on the brake to trigger ABS, but hardly stepping on the brake is not enough to trigger ABS. Is this logical?

Produced | Tiger Sniff Technology Group Author | See you Head Picture | Visual China The female car owner’s rights defense incident at the Shanghai Auto Show pushed Tesla to the forefront. Yesterday afternoon, Tesla emailed the female owner’s data about the car in the accident, and announced the data 1 minute before the accident. However, according to the latest news from Elephant News, the female car owner was still in detention and could not receive outside news. Her husband, Mr. Li, believed that Tesla’s public data violated personal privacy. Tesla explained this one minute before the accident: “When the driver stepped on the brake pedal for the last time, the data showed that the vehicle speed was 118.5 kilometers per hour. Within 2.7 seconds after the driver stepped on the brake pedal, the maximum brake master cylinder pressure was only 45.9 bar. After that, the driver increased the stepping on the brake pedal, the brake master cylinder pressure reached 92.7bar, and then the forward collision warning and automatic emergency braking function was activated (the maximum brake master cylinder pressure reached 140.7bar) and played After the ABS was applied, the system recorded the occurrence of the collision. After the driver stepped on the brake pedal, the vehicle speed continued to decrease. Before the collision, the vehicle speed was reduced to 48.5 kilometers per hour.” Although Tesla claims that vehicle data is encrypted and stored and cannot be directly read, modified, or deleted. When product disputes arise, Tesla will provide true and complete vehicle data in accordance with the law, but there are still voices questioning the authenticity of the data. A brake technology expert told Hu Xiu, “This kind of Excel table data is easy to be tampered with.” “The data is meaningless, it is impossible to determine whether the data has been tampered with, and more information about Bosch brake systems needs to be disclosed.” Zhang Xiang, a member of the new energy and intelligent networked automobile industry expert think tank of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, believes that in general, data should be uploaded in real time The data that is hosted by a third party or government agency and then released from the third party’s server is more credible. According to relevant experts interviewed by China Daily, there are three possible reasons for Tesla’s “brake failure”: One is the poor interaction between the car pedal and the iBooster brake-by-wire system, or the vehicle control center makes a mistake in judging and sends wrong instructions to the brake system, causing the brake plate to lose control. The second is that the iBooster system may have a very small possible design flaw; the third is that Tesla’s AutoPilot system and the iBooster system may have a very small matching flaw. According to the experience of another Zhang Che who advocated Qi (a pseudonym), he had twice responded to software problems with the customer service and asked to check the background data, but the other party’s reply was: too much background data, one minute of data It takes a long time to watch. “It’s not that they can’t find the problem, but they don’t act. Every time, they tell me to come back next time if there is a problem.” In addition, Tesla also provided a set of vehicle conditions 30 minutes before the accident: “The driver drove the vehicle normally, with more than 40 records of depressing the brake pedal, and the vehicle exceeded 100 kilometers per hour several times. And the situation of multiple braking stops.” Generally, brakes will have “thermal decay” problems. If the owner frequently re-presses the brakes, the overheated braking force will be severely reduced. However, it cannot be directly inferred that the main cause of the accident was the improper operation of the car owner. What is the final result of this rights protection storm requires more investigations. Without accurate and true data, all speculations are just conjectures. Female car owners are not alone. Since Tesla entered China in 2014, it has encountered various complaints every year. The female car owner just brought to the spotlight in an unexpected way the defects of product quality and after-sales service that had been concealed by Tesla’s aura for many years. How high is Tesla’s failure rate? Data shows that the number of Tesla Model 3 failures is as high as 236. This means that on average, every new Model 3 will have 2.36 failures within 2-12 months. The calculation method of this value is: the number of failures in one hundred vehicles = the total number of failures in the corresponding car system ÷ the sum of all the people participating in the evaluation × 100, which represents the number of failures per one hundred vehicles in a new car within 2-12 months, including failures , Abnormal noise, inconvenience and other problems. Compared to Xiaopeng P7’s 180, ideal ONE’s 134, Weilai ES6’s 56, and BYD Han’s 55, Tesla’s 100-car failure rate is significantly higher than these competing products. After Zhang Qi got the new car Model 3 in June last year, she often encountered some problems-for example, a new car of 350,000 drove on the road, sometimes shaking like a domestic car of tens of thousands of dollars; driving to work in the summer morning, the car will A layer of water mist appeared because the car automatically adjusted the air conditioner to a very low level, and it lasted all night; while driving in winter, the air conditioner only blows cold wind; sometimes the ears of the car cannot be turned on. This is nothing. Zhang Qi called the customer service before driving for repairs. The other party told him that the ball joint (also called universal joint, a kind of ball connection to realize the power transmission of different shafts) Mechanical structure) also repair him. “I wasn’t grateful to him at the time, it just made me think, why didn’t I say it early and recall it early? I only said it when I came to repair it? This attitude is very irresponsible.” Zhang Qi thought she was a very stubborn person before. People are very good at defending their rights, but facing Tesla’s after-sales service, they have no temper at all. The new car started to have various problems in less than a month. Zhang Qi has gone to repair 4 times so far, and the air conditioner has been overhauled 3 times. The first two times, the Tesla maintenance staff told him that there was no problem. Until the third time, the car screen displayed: “Due to a system failure, the temperature holder is unavailable”, the maintenance staff took it seriously. After changing the hardware, the air conditioner can be used later. The automatic control is still inaccurate, “Blow cold air when hot air should be blown”. Zhang Qi’s first three maintenance settlement statements At the end of March this year, when Zhang Qi drove this Model 3 off the elevated road, she smelled a pungent burning smell of the car. He and his friend sitting in the passenger seat were in a cold sweat. They thought it was a battery problem and the car might explode. They quickly parked the car on the side of the road for ventilation and called Tesla maintenance personnel. Two hours later, the maintenance personnel arrived at the scene, pulled the car to the maintenance point, and gave a “no problem” inspection result. During the overhaul, Zhang Qi once went to the car to pick up things. He found that his usual car phone charging cable was scorched. He asked a friend who worked in a car company to find out that this might be due to unstable battery, unstable voltage, and hot. There is a problem with the control system, etc., but Tesla inspectors still said that the car is okay and did not explain clearly-what faults will cause the data line to be burnt? What faults can cause the car to smell burnt? Compared to the car owner who has had a serious traffic accident, Zhang Qi is relatively lucky, but he has not dared to drive a Tesla since then. According to incomplete statistics from the Beijing Intelligent Vehicle Industry Innovation Center, Since 2013, Tesla has had hundreds of traffic accidents worldwide, resulting in a total of 175 deaths. According to statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Tesla has had 200 traffic accidents caused by “out of control” in the United States. Loss of control mainly refers to sudden acceleration, deceleration, and brake failure or steering wheel failure. In China, more than 20 Tesla vehicle accidents have appeared in the news in the past year. Although the number of traffic accidents cannot infer the direct fatality rate of Tesla, it can at least reflect that Tesla does have some unforeseen safety hazards. As Tesla’s sales increase, users have a deep understanding of the problems that arise during the use of vehicles. From the number and reasons of the recalled vehicles, we can also see the quality defects of Tesla vehicles. Among the many domestic new energy vehicle brands, Tesla has the largest number of recalls in the first quarter of this year. According to the announcement issued by the State Administration of Quality Supervision and Administration, a total of 5 new energy vehicle companies need to recall a total of 83,800 vehicles. Including 36,100 Tesla Model S and Model X, accounting for 43.1%, as well as BAIC New Energy’s EX360 and EU400 pure electric vehicles totaling 32,000, and Xiaopeng G3 vehicles totaling 13,399. Tesla’s latest recall of vehicles is mainly to update the software and replace the visual computing module in the central display (including the 8GB eMMC multimedia memory card). The eMMC cards of Model S and Model X produced before March 2018 experienced cumulative wear and tear, It will cause the central control screen to continue to be black. The central control screen integrates the most basic controls of the vehicle, including temperature, navigation, prompt sounds, etc., and most of the functions of the assisted driving system also need to be displayed on the screen. Although eMMC failure will not directly cause danger to the vehicle’s driving performance (acceleration, braking or steering), the software version of the vehicle is running too early, and the eMMC fails, the reversing image will not be displayed, and the external turn signal will not be able to be displayed during subsequent driving. Lights up, and even the defogging and defrosting functions of the windshield cannot be used. With this product issue alone, Tesla was required by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in the United States to recall more than 130,000 Model S and Model X vehicles. Earlier, the German Automobile Administration (KBA) had also requested Tesla to recall about 12,300 Model X vehicles because of the shedding of the molded structure of the car body. In China, in addition to the recall, the relevant regulatory authorities have also interviewed Tesla twice, once in March last year, because some of the Model 3 vehicles should be equipped with HW3.0 chips (Tesla self-developed self-driving chips) , But only used HW2.5; the second time was in February this year, mainly for problems such as abnormal acceleration, battery fire, and remote vehicle upgrades. Why does Tesla always have problems? “Tesla’s current situation is that there are obstacles in the front and chasing after. The market can’t wait for Tesla to hand over a perfect product. If it waits for him to find out all the hardware and software problems, not only the capital can’t wait, but the users Can’t wait, the company has already closed down.” Zhang Xiang said. Tesla has actually passed the stage of building a car (Roadster) and building a good car (Model S), and now Tesla needs to build more good cars (Model 3). In the first two stages, Tesla relied on extreme technological innovation and cost control to highlight the auto market that has been dominated by established automakers for many years and gain a small market share. But in order to gain a firm foothold in the market before the auto giants increase their investment in electrification and intelligence trends, Tesla must rely on selling more products to stabilize the basic market in order to survive. Tesla has been accelerating its expansion in the past two years, building more super factories to expand production capacity and entering more emerging markets. This kind of speeding expansion is obvious in China-8 months to complete the construction of the factory and the off-line of the white body; last year, more than 410 super charging stations and more than 4,000 super charging piles were built in the country; last year, the production capacity was 150,000 vehicles. To achieve 550,000, it has tripled. Shanghai Tesla Factory During the production ramp-up period, Musk is also very clear about the problems behind it. He once said frankly in an interview at the beginning of the year that consumers are not advised to buy vehicles that are in a state of ramping production. “Either buy them at the beginning or wait until the production stabilizes.” Because it is difficult to guarantee that when the output rises sharply, It can achieve perfect details. For example, during the speed-up production process, it takes an extra one to two minutes for the vehicle paint to dry, but in fact there is not enough time to dry the paint. Although this is only an example of non-core components, it can at least show that there are still many omissions in Tesla’s manufacturing process. In Musk’s own words: “Yes, our production is like hell.” In the “Tesla China Chaos Revealed” released by Pinwan, it was mentioned that in order to complete the production, unqualified parts and components were installed on new cars; in order to make these products leave the factory, the solution was very simple and rude– Lower the factory standard. This kind of chaos in the production process is actually because Tesla pursues too much speed, and does not have the time and energy to confirm whether every detail is in place, and to carefully examine the possible omissions and omissions in the vehicle production process. Another point that causes product quality problems is cost control. Musk’s way of doing things is to achieve the best results at a very low cost. Zeng Yuqun, chairman of the Ningde Times, once complained, “Musk has been talking about cost issues all day, and I told him that I will definitely have a solution.” In addition to finding lower-priced suppliers, Tesla’s cost-saving method is actually to reduce unnecessary parts and reduce the cost of core components through system design and independent research and development. According to the dismantling of a Model 3 by the Zhihu Disassembly Laboratory, Tesla has done a lot of “cut corners” to reduce costs. “Switching from Model 3 to a minimalist interior to integrate the lights, rearview mirrors, and entertainment systems into the central touch screen, Tesla’s material cost is 1,000-2,000 yuan less than the competition. Take the 12.3-inch instrument as a For example, if the controller is included, the cost of this component is more than 1,000 yuan. Although the cost of the central control is saved, it increases the user’s interaction cost and sacrifices a certain degree of safety. …… The other is the highly integrated electrical architecture. Model 3 and Model Y divide the left, front, and right body controllers and the central computing unit by location. Although the unit cost of the controller has risen, the overall cost has dropped a lot due to the reduction in quantity. It is estimated that The saved material cost is equivalent to the latest smart phone. ” Tesla’s independent research and development of core technologies, such as chips, autopilot systems and other products, can reduce the occurrence of “stuck necks”, and the cost can also be greatly reduced, but the risks are also increased because of the products or technical routes independently developed by Tesla. Both require a certain amount of time for market verification. A typical example is that Tesla’s driverless technology mainly adopts the visual recognition route, which is to install a large number of cameras and sensors on the car to form a perception layer to identify and distinguish the environment around the car. Another technical route is the lidar route. For example, Xiaopeng, Weilai, Huawei, Uber and Baidu Apollo all choose to use lidar. The reason Tesla chose to take a different path is that it is too expensive. A set of lidar requires an additional nearly 50,000 yuan. Musk once bombarded lidar: “Stupid X only uses lidar!” Although lidar is more expensive, As long as the object exists, it can be detected without being affected by weather, light, etc. Truss once exposed the “ghost phenomenon”. For example, when a car drives to an unmanned cemetery, he perceives a lot of pedestrians around him; there is no car in the front and back, but it senses that there is a car. These are actually algorithmic flaws and cannot be quickly reacted in a special environment. For Tesla, it will take a long time to ensure that the error rate of the entire system is negligible. Write at the end The turmoil that Tesla is facing today is actually the sharp feedback from the market on the quality of its products and services. Tesla needs to divide responsibility and set standards for serious accidents. Regarding the rights protection of female car owners, although Tesla’s current attitude is to fully cooperate with third-party inspections. But Zhang Xiang said, “ At present, there is no third-party organization in the world that can clearly analyze the traffic accidents of smart cars. . Smart cars include a perception layer, a decision-making layer, and an execution layer. At present, third-party inspection agencies can only detect fuel vehicles. For the perception layer and decision-making layer, you need to get the schematics and software codes, and then get them one by one. Analysis, the workload behind this is huge. ” Exploring the truth and investigating responsibility is one direction, and the other direction is that we should think about why there is almost no third-party organization that can analyze the causes of traffic accidents in smart cars clearly? Why is the judgment standard for traffic accidents in smart cars still stuck in the era of diesel engines? When thinking about these issues, some people in the industry also gave concrete feasible solutions. The CEO of Ideal Motors wrote on Weibo that regarding ADAS and brake failure issues, government regulatory agencies can put forward the following regulatory requirements: 1. Vehicles with ADAS must be equipped with a driving recorder as standard; 2. When recording, the screen must display whether ADAS is running or not; 3. In addition to the display of the ADAS operating status, the corresponding basic working status of the accelerator, brake, and steering under the ADAS status should also be displayed. Human driving also displays the working status of these. He believes that this solution is not technically difficult, but it can provide relatively important evidence to reduce the difficulty for car owners to obtain evidence and the probability that manufacturers feel wronged. “If the car factory cheats here, it will directly stop the qualification for production and sales.” Do you have any constructive opinions behind the female car owners’ rights defense incident? Welcome to discuss~

315 escaped from the venue, and the Shanghai Auto Show went on a hot search again. Tesla was born a benchmark and a target. In the past few years, cross-border car building has become the outlet. From Evergrande to Xiaomi, this wave of official car building continues. Although Wei Xiaoli shook hands with Lei Jun, the number one contributor to the development of this “plastic circle of friends” is still Musk, because Tesla’s “friendship” has completed various trials and errors. After more than ten years of debut, Tesla has warmed up demand, matured the supply chain, and created a capital myth, proving that barbarians at the door can redefine the industry. Even if a big boss like Buffett is not optimistic, the business logic is still closed. Tesla also provides emotional value. Musk’s aura of innovation and wealth effect have made Tesla a competent imaginary enemy and a qualified background board. It may be a high probability event that Tesla fancy slamming Tesla at a new car launch conference in the future. This drama shows that I am familiar with Apple. Isn’t it the chorus of Porcelain on Android phones back then? But Apple, with a market value of $2.2 trillion, is still the number one global technology company today, not to mention the fate of supply chain vendors such as OFILM. Therefore, the drama of the group mocking Tesla can be retained, but the future of the friendly business depends on whether it can dismantle and reproduce Tesla’s core competitiveness. At this table of cards, traditional car manufacturers have a high probability of exiting early. Volkswagen, Toyota, and GM have long discovered the potential of new energy vehicles, and they also know Musk’s ambitions, but before Tesla’s scale, this is not so much a friend of business, as it is Musk’s toy. Toyota is still stiff-mouthed, but Volkswagen is a little bit embarrassed for two reasons. First, the cheap Model 3 and Model Y have boosted sales. In the first three months of this year, Tesla’s global sales of 184,800 vehicles are already approaching the level of mainstream automakers. Don’t forget that Musk’s Shanghai plant is still expanding, and construction of new plants in Texas and Berlin in the United States has already started, not counting preparations. In the Indian factory in China, Tesla may have passed the million mark in just these two years. For Toyota and Volkswagen, which sells tens of millions of years, this production capacity is still not worth mentioning, but at least it proves that the new car power is no longer a liar and big fool. Second, the EU’s strictest emission standards have come into effect. Since 2009, the EU’s carbon emission standards have been so stringent that the CO2 emissions of most newly registered passenger cars in 2021 must be less than 95g/km. This alone can cost European large car companies 34 billion. With the huge fine of the euro, FCA had to spend $300 million to buy carbon credits from Tesla last year. If the redemption demand generated by the policy is also taken away by Tesla, the consequences will be seamless and disastrous. So Volkswagen is really anxious, but Toyota is relatively calm. Because Toyota insisted on hybrid in the past, and later developed a fuel cell route, although the commercial performance is sluggish, it has its own technical barriers, especially after 2015, Toyota adopted an open strategy to fully promote a new ecosystem alliance. The biggest problem for traditional automakers is the contradiction between goals and means, so it is difficult to stand firmly on the opposite side of Tesla. Part of the reason is that the interest groups in the system are too strong. Take Volkswagen as an example. In 2018, Musk’s friend Herbert Diess was promoted to the CEO of the group, and he began to fully switch to new energy vehicles, with an additional investment of 44 billion euros, requiring 15 million vehicles within 10 years. It caused a strong backlash internally. The call from the supply chain is the loudest. Bosch calls on the public to “maintain the diversity of technical routes.” ZF said that other technologies cannot be demonized just because electric vehicles are developing rapidly. As the new energy plan compressed the traditional diesel vehicle business, Volkswagen laid off 30,000 employees and internal instability. The Volkswagen Board of Supervisors also began to restrict the power of Herbert Diess, appointed a new passenger car CEO, and quietly retreated from a radical standpoint. At the consumption level, traditional automakers are more entangled. Volkswagen has high hopes for the id series of new energy vehicles on the MEB platform. In November last year, the id4 conference was held in China. From the scene, it looks like don’t save money for me; it depends on the parameters, it is the level of Model Y; it depends on the price. , At least 100,000 cheaper, it is said that the expected monthly sales of 5,000-6,000 vehicles are obviously holding back the ambition to beat Tesla. But the actual conversion has two fatal shortcomings. First, the volume of new cars relies on traditional 4S channels. The latter is performance-oriented, and is unwilling to drag down the sales of gasoline vehicles for Amway’s new products. As a result, id4 is prominently displayed, but its presence is extremely low. The second is the lack of spiritual bonuses. The passenger flow to the store is accumulated in the era of gasoline vehicles, and there is even an anti-electricity complex. The early adopters are not going to Tesla, or to Weilai and Xiaopeng. The more brilliant the history of the brand, the harder it is to revolutionize itself. This is really inexplicable. As for BYD, which Mr. Buffett likes, it has production capacity, technology, market, and subsidies, but its brand power and product power are shortcomings, and it’s hard to build Tesla, so it’s better to give it to Xiaomi. The competition between traditional car manufacturers and Tesla may have to wait for the commercialization of fuel cells. At present, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are relatively mature and have many advantages. For example, hydrogenation is faster than charging, zero pollution (no need to dispose of used batteries), high energy conversion rate, low curb weight, and long cruising range. Musk scolded hydrogen fuel vehicles as “fool sells”. The main basis is cost. Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles must use proton exchange membranes and platinum catalysts. Platinum is a precious metal. The market price of 1g is more than 300 yuan. The preparation of hydrogen is relatively cheap, but “Hydrogen embrittlement” characteristics make transportation and storage more complicated, and hydrogen refueling stations are not as popular as charging stations. Therefore, although Toyota is full of confidence and insists on paying money for models like Mirai, hydrogen fuel vehicles cannot be commercialized at all in the short term, and European car companies have similar views. In a 40-minute conference call in March 2018, the three CEOs of Volkswagen, BMW, and Daimler agreed that hydrogen-fueled vehicles cannot be counted on for at least 10 years. Therefore, apart from the development of pure electric vehicles, they cannot meet the strict environmental protection requirements of the European Union. Emission regulations. This is tantamount to acknowledging in disguise that the development of pure electric vehicles by traditional automakers is a stopgap measure, just to support the anti-kill of fuel cell vehicles. How can this mentality compete with Tesla and other new car forces? Perhaps the real decisive battle will wait until ten years later. Huawei represents a philosophy of deconstruction that is more extreme than Tesla. It is directly providing five product packages to the traditional automotive industry, namely: covering smart cockpits, computing platforms, radars, autonomous driving open platforms and thermal management systems. In the opinion of Su Qing, president of Huawei Smart Driving, the “basis of the car is a computer, and the car is a computer-controlled peripheral device. If a big computer is in trouble, the car is hung up. This is a fundamentally different view.” In other words, the automobile is a standard industrial carrier that cannot be differentiated. Product power and competitiveness are completely defined by software solutions, which is tantamount to denying the possibility of independent evolution of traditional automobiles. No wonder Meituan Wang Xing ridiculed, “Tesla finally met We have reached an opponent with equal skill and flicker ability.” Of course, standing in line with Huawei is still a simple and feasible solution. In addition to BAIC Alpha, it is said that Huawei has also negotiated cooperation with Changan and Guangzhou Automobile. This also brings a paradox. Assuming that two different car brands use Huawei’s solution, are everyone on the same starting line? Will the future differentiation return to the car itself? and so, The future will probably be the contest between Tesla’s Chinese disciples and teachers. Lei Jun may be worrying Musk, not how good Xiaomi is, but serious this time. From rumors to official announcements, the timing of Xiaomi’s car making is very important. Model 3 has transformed new energy vehicles from a trendy early adopter to a mass consumption. It is time to go down the mountain and pick peaches. Lei Jun confirmed that Xiaomi’s main focus is in the range of 100,000 to 300,000 yuan, indicating that Xiaomi is targeting the most valuable segment of China’s auto consumption, of which 200,000 to 250,000 is also the most profitable price segment for traditional car companies. In the past, Chinese new carmakers deliberately avoided this range, not because they were afraid of competition, but the consumers in this range were the most rational and mature, and price wars were useless. It was user perception, brand style and product tone that played a decisive role. As for the price range above 300,000 yuan, luxury brands are basically prohibited. According to McKinsey’s data, more than 40% of car owners in this price range will be loyal to the same brand when redeeming. Xiaomi’s entry at this time is nothing more than seeing Tesla completed market cultivation, plus its own traffic, marketing, and product strength. As long as the experience of Xiaomi mobile phones is replicated, orders can be used to secure the supply chain. Competing with Model 3, Xiaomi has room for differentiation, with the same configuration, I am cheaper than you, and at the same price, I am stacking materials than you, and it is easier to control costs with independent design + OEM. Competing with traditional car brands, Xiaomi has a user mental advantage and is confident that it can divest users of a certain level, because joint venture car companies will not drop themselves, and domestic brand products cannot beat Xiaomi. The only thing Lei Jun has to worry about is capacity. According to the “New Energy Vehicle Industry Development Plan (2021-2035)” issued by the State Council on November 2 last year, by 2025, China’s new energy vehicles will account for 20% of the total. If it can be realized, it means there will be 7 million. The size of the market around vehicles. Looking at the price range of new energy passenger vehicles in China, 100,000 to 300,000 yuan accounted for 53%. If Xiaomi gets 10% of it (equal to the proportion of Xiaomi mobile phones in the price range above 4,000 yuan), every year There are about 300,000 vehicles in scale, which is quite impressive. According to Xiaomi’s three-year release and five-year mass production plan, and just stepping on the time window of 2025, Lei Jun’s greatest strength is not his strength, but his ability to accurately grasp the timing of his appearance every time. Of course, achieving the goal depends on whether Lei Jun can find a local government willing to provide a financing platform for Xiaomi, a manufacturer with sufficient standards and willingness to cooperate, and a complete new energy vehicle supply chain system. Another important group of new car-building forces is the Wei Xiaoli who are keen to give Lei Jun a “champion”. The user base of these brands is still very weak and lacks influence on mass consumption. Even with policy support, they cannot digest such a huge market. Therefore, instead of letting Tesla dominate, it is better to support Xiaomi to rush into battle. If the basic market of new energy vehicles is They are the beneficiaries when they become bigger, and if Xiaomi fails, they will just go to take over again. In short, this wave is not a loss. In this group, Weilai’s strategy is relatively clear. The specific performance is to focus on the high-end products, stick to the power exchange model, use members as services, use experience to consolidate stickiness, withstand brand tonality, and package itself as the banner of China’s high-end manufacturing. The shortcoming of this model is loss. Since its establishment in 2014, Weilai has lost a total of 30 billion yuan. The advantage is that once the market matures, revenue and profit will be proportional. Weilai’s future depends on whether the cash flow can support it until then. Xiaopeng’s feeling is rather dissociated, perhaps because the “plagiarism” lawsuit has overdrawn attention. Although the result is favorable, the public perception is not good. The biggest problem with Xiaopeng is that neither the brand nor the product is impressively distinctive. label. Ideal is very “stubborn.” After the Shanghai Auto Show incident, Li Xiang called for ADAS vehicles to be equipped with a driving recorder as standard to clarify accident responsibility. This is a fair theory, but ideals’ efforts to promote extended-range electric vehicles basically failed. . According to Li Xiang, “Pure electric vehicles have to pay a national subsidy of 20,000 yuan to 25,000 yuan, and only 8,000 yuan subsidies for the increase of the pure electric mileage of more than 70% in the urban area. This account is easy to calculate.” Li Xiang’s original intention was to transfer car subsidies from a technical route to a scenario perspective. This may be more in line with the actual use of Chinese cars, but from the perspective of macro policy orientation, it is too conservative. If ideals still bet on hybrid extended-range technology, it is likely to compress the future market space and leave it behind in the competition. Who will defeat Tesla, the market has its own answer, but one thing is certain. Car owners’ rights protection, supervision and law enforcement, and media supervision can’t be too strict, but friends and businessmen who want to defeat Tesla can only talk about the product.

Unlike Elon Musk, the co-founder of Facebook doesn’t usually share his investments on his personal page. According to the Livecoins This is the first time Facebook CEO has posted content publicly, specifically referring to the name Bitcoin, the most expensive cryptocurrency in the world today. The latest post implies that Zuckerberg is interested in Bitcoin. Some have suggested that Mark wants to reverse the price of Bitcoin like Elon Musk is doing with Dogecoin and some cryptocurrencies, even though the billionaire has never confirmed an investment or bought Bitcoin. Zuckerberg’s post shared the names of two goats, Max and Bitcoin. Screenshots. In addition, combining the two words Max and Bitcoin in the name of Zuckerberg’s 2 goats to create Max Bitcoin. This is a term for a person who buys Bitcoins to increase their distribution in a portfolio (maximize Bitcoin). Zuckerberg seemed intentional by naming the goats Max and Bitcoin, but it could also be a coincidence. Another interesting thing is that the word GOAT (goat) in English stands for Greatest of All Time (greatest of all time). Originally Zuckerberg’s post was “My goats: Max and Bitcoin”, which could mean Max and Bitcoin are the names of two goats, or Max and Bitcoin are the two “greatest of all time” for Zuckerberg. Member kylelock8788 on the Reddit forum also pointed out Max in the name of journalist Max Keiser, who always made a statement in favor of Bitcoin. More and more companies are investing in Bitcoin. At the end of April, Korean gaming company Nexon said it bought 1,717 BTC with an average price of $ 58,226 / VND. Previously, Meitu, a popular photo-editing app developer in China, revealed that it spent $ 100 million on Bitcoin and Ethereum. In February, billionaire Elon Musk’s Tesla electric car bought $ 1.5 billion in Bitcoin. The company then sells 10% of the Bitcoin to prove the cryptocurrency’s liquidity. In 2020, the price of Bitcoin increases by nearly 300%. From the beginning of 2021 until now, the price of the largest cryptocurrency in the world has continued to increase by 95%. In early April, Bitcoin peaked at $ 63,000 but then dropped below $ 60,000. According to the Coindesk Bitcoin price as of May 11 is over $ 56,000. The high cost of Bitcoin mining Since the advent of cryptocurrencies, the amount of electricity needed for mining has increased significantly. This leads experts to believe that mining cryptocurrency is not environmentally friendly.

Edit｜History “Tesla has finally encountered an opponent with equal technical strength and flickering ability,” said Wang Xing, CEO of Meituan, who was promoted to “KOL in the new energy vehicle industry” after Huawei’s self-driving video caused heated discussions. Avoiding the praise and criticism in the original words, Wang Xing compared Tesla with Huawei, so that BAIC’s high-end new energy brand Jihu, which plays the role of the automaker, has no sense of existence. Not only that, AI Finance and Economics found that Huawei’s car-making was highly praised on the Internet, but there were different attitudes towards cars equipped with this technology. Some people think that the fate of BAIC Blue Valley may be rewritten. Others questioned, “The quality of BAIC is 400,000?”, “The best self-driving car can take off if hit by a car?” A chief analyst in the automotive industry told AI Finance and Economics that BAIC New Energy’s product strength is not more competitive in the market. With the addition of Huawei’s autonomous driving, it is unknown whether the market perception can be changed: “High-end The self-driving jersey cannot change weak physical fitness.” The limelight gave Huawei On the eve of the Shanghai International Auto Show on April 17, the Alpha S, the second model of Arcfox, a high-end brand of BAIC New Energy Automobile, was officially launched. The price of the four models was 251,900 yuan to 344,900 yuan after subsidies. From the perspective of product positioning and pricing, one of Alpha S’s main competitors is Tesla. In addition to the dazzling parameters, the HUAWEI INSIDE version blessed by Huawei’s high-end autonomous driving became the biggest highlight of the press conference. The basic version with Huawei ADS highway automatic driving function was priced at 388,900 yuan, equipped with Huawei ADS full automatic driving (including urban areas). , High-speed, valet parking, etc.) features high-end version priced at 429,900 yuan. It is reported that the new car is expected to start delivery in the fourth quarter of this year. The cooperation between Huawei and BAIC is not sudden. As early as 2019, Huawei and BAIC Blue Valley subsidiary BAIC New Energy announced the establishment of the “1873 Davidson Innovation Laboratory” to jointly develop technologies for the next generation of intelligent networked electric vehicles. At that time, Huawei’s rotating chairman Xu Zhijun said that Huawei and BAIC’s two partners would “build a world-class car”. At that time, the market speculated whether Huawei would build the car itself. At the Shanghai Auto Show in May of the same year, Xu Zhijun said that Huawei does not build cars, but is committed to becoming an “incremental component supplier for intelligent connected cars.” For BAIC, the focus of the outside world is more about “how BAIC realizes the transformation from B-end to C-end”. In 2020, BAIC New Energy’s high-end brand ARCFOX Polar Fox finally launched its first model Polar Fox Alpha T. This pure electric medium-sized SUV is equipped with Huawei’s MH5000 5G chip and uses Bosch’s autonomous driving assistance system. However, sales have been bleak since its launch, with only 71 vehicles sold in March this year. The first product is not good, so I hope that the second product will shine. For the “first Alpha S equipped with Huawei’s high-end autonomous driving system”, someone close to Huawei said that it is essentially an L4 level of autonomous driving, but it is limited to compliance and is used in publicity. L2 level words. The current level of L2 autonomous driving has gradually become the standard for new cars, but most of them are targeted at highway conditions and do not meet the daily urban commuting needs. Judging from the test drive videos that have been widely reposted, the Extreme Fox equipped with Huawei’s autonomous driving solution has been able to cope with the complex road conditions in the city, and the claimed 1,000 kilometers do not require manual takeover, which is quite amazing. Wei Jiadong, a brand marketing expert and a tutor for postgraduate students at Beiwai International Business School, believes that the car jointly launched by BAIC and Huawei has attracted a lot of attention due to an autonomous driving video. In terms of communication, technology companies like to talk about technology, and listing parameters makes users’ perception weaker and unable to remember the bright spots. Need to spread more convincing stories, and even give reasons in terms of user value and service. In addition, there are not many application scenarios for autonomous driving. The decision of users to purchase a car is often based on the appearance, space, comfort, brand, safety, price, etc. of the car. “The price is stuck at 400,000 yuan, and BAIC’s confidence is due to Huawei. Is it bursting?” Word-of-mouth slippage BAIC New Energy can be regarded as a veteran brand in the domestic new energy vehicle market: BAIC New Energy was established in 2009, and the first pure electric mass-produced car C30DB was launched in 2011. Although it is a few years later than BYD, it has a competitive price. It has opened a new energy vehicle “public” consumer market, and has won the new energy vehicle market sales laurel for 7 consecutive years. Not only that, BAIC has also witnessed the ups and downs of the domestic auto industry, just like large auto companies such as SAIC, SAIC, GAC, and Dongfeng. According to statistics from the National Development and Reform Commission, there were 355 domestic vehicle brands in 2005, of which proprietary brands accounted for 69%, mainly in the commercial vehicle field. To this end, strengthening independent innovation has become the focus of the development of the automotive industry during the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” period, and guiding enterprises to merge and reorganize in competition and have a production capacity of one million vehicles. Before attacking new energy, BAIC wanted to compete with GAC for the top spot in the “Four Smalls” and proposed a radical “Big BAIC” concept. As the former chairman of BAIC Holdings, Xu Heyi, who took office in 2006, has always had a clear purpose-to rapidly expand the scale of BAIC and become the first camp of domestic auto companies. However, after losing battles with Volvo, Chrysler and other mergers and acquisitions, BAIC identified a number of domestic small and medium-sized auto companies, and finally included Saab, Weiwang, Changhe, Beijing, Magic Speed, Foton and other resources into the bag. Four major national layouts in Central China, South China, Southwest, and East China have been formed, and the desire for rapid expansion has finally been realized. However, industry insiders pointed out that large-scale expansion can still be supported in a high-growth, extensive market environment. As market competition intensifies, BAIC has focused on expansion but ignored the improvement of basic capabilities, laying hidden dangers for future development. In 2011, BAIC, which has successfully achieved capacity and scale expansion, accelerated the development of its own brands under the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan”, and new energy vehicles became a breakthrough point. BAIC New Energy, which “trades by price”, quickly occupied the B-end market such as taxis and online car-hailing. But the good times are not long. The slow model update, lagging technology, and worrying quality have gradually become the label of BAIC New Energy. Not only that, the sales of Saova, which is the main force of BAIC’s own brand sales, encountered Waterloo, and Weiwang, Changhe and Magic Speed ​​also fell sharply. The entire BAIC self-owned brand matrix has fallen into a situation where the tail end will not drop. What is the prospect of cooperation with Huawei? At the press conference on April 17, Liu Yu, chairman of BAIC Langu, stated that “this year must be the first year of high-level autonomous driving.” The landing process of autonomous driving has attracted much attention in recent years. Gartner, an international research organization, pointed out that it will take at least 10 years to achieve autonomous driving above the L4 level, because this is not only a technical problem, it also involves business, policy, legal, ethical and other constraints. The current autonomous driving has several different grading standards. The more mainstream NHTSA (United States Highway Safety Administration) divides it into 5 grades, and SAE (International Society of Automata Engineering) divides it into 6 grades. The “Automotive Driving Automation Classification” officially implemented on the 1st is closer to SAE. In addition to classification, the supporting laws and regulations need to be further improved. The judgment standards and statutory operating areas of autonomous driving in actual application scenarios need to be further improved and improved. clear. Even Liu Yu also said at the press conference: “Since it is the first year, there must be a lot of things that are not ready. This is an inevitable fact.” An industry insider pointed out that for most car owners, L2 and L2.5 level autopilots are no longer a rare concept, and L3 and L4 are indeed somewhat beyond the scope of cognition. “It is not so much a landing, it is a preemption of cognition. , Preconceived.” “The thinking of BAIC New Energy is that the power source is only the carrier, and what will be developed in the future is the new technology attached to the power source. The new brand we want to create is based on driving and riding. We hope to advance through technology. , Change the way consumers travel.” Liu Yu said. In terms of intelligent configuration, Alpha S has 12 ultrasonic radars, 5 millimeter wave radars, 4 panoramic cameras, and 1 driver face recognition camera. Huawei HI version has 34 sensors, 3 96-wire car-gauge lidars, 6 millimeter wave radars, 12 cameras, and 13 ultrasonic radars. According to the parameters, some people speculate that Huawei’s technical level can already surpass Tesla’s autopilot FSD. It is undeniable that joining hands with Huawei has given Jihu a certain advantage in differentiated products. However, the “incremental parts supplier” Huawei’s cooperative car company is not only BAIC. “It needs to be considered that this car can only land in the fourth quarter. By that time, similar products that Huawei has cooperated with Changan, Xiaokang, and Guangzhou Automobile have basically come out. Baidu Apollo products have also come out, and the price may be cheaper. “A brokerage auto industry analyst thinks so. Regarding the product price of 400,000 yuan, Liu Yu explained in an interview that the price was decided after repeated discussions between Jihu and Huawei. Some analysts believe that Huawei, which holds core technologies, has always been known as a strong one. In contrast, Beiqi Jihu’s right to speak is naturally weaker by three points. In the eyes of the outside world, in the face of Jihu’s 400,000 yuan price, the first question is the “why” of BAIC Jihu. Few people question the value of the technology provided by Huawei. After coming and going, Beiqi polar fox is like a mute eating coptis, and there is no way to tell. In addition, “Huawei’s several partners have different strengths. In terms of R&D and production, there is a gap between BAIC, GAC, and Changan. At that time, Jihu will not perform well, and it is likely that Jihu itself will become the target of public criticism.” The auto analyst added. This article was originally produced by AI Finance and Economics, an account of “Finance World” Weekly. Please do not reprint it on any channel or platform without permission. Offenders must be investigated.

Mr. Li, the husband of the female rights defender, believes that the driving data is personal property and personal privacy, and Tesla has disclosed it to the media and the public without the owner’s permission, which he cannot accept. On April 22, Tesla disclosed to the media the driving data one minute before the accident and made a text explanation. Subsequently, Mr. Li, the husband of the female car owner, responded late at night that he violated the owner’s personal privacy and consumer rights and would immediately file a complaint with the Zhengzhou City Market Supervision Department. Video source: Elephant News Tesla’s person responsible for handling the accident stated that the data had been sent to the customer by email. Since the customer’s phone number has not been answered, Tesla sent it to the customer’s mailbox when they bought the car through the company’s mailbox. “My wife is still in the detention center and the mobile phone is in the hands of the police. How can I receive a call?” Mr. Li said that before Tesla released the data one minute before the vehicle accident to the public, he had never obtained it with Zhang’s family. Over contact. Mr. Li only talked to the relevant person in charge of the Zhengdong New District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau of Zhengzhou City on the afternoon of the 22nd. The person in charge only told Mr. Li that Tesla had been ordered to provide data to the car owner and did not mention driving data. Released through the media. Tesla released the driving data without any communication with the car owner. After seeing the news, Mr. Li was very surprised, “This has violated our personal privacy and consumer rights.” Mr. Li was first right. The driving data presented by Tesla expressed disapproval. At the same time, he believed that the driving data belonged to personal property and personal privacy, and Tesla disclosed it to the media and the public without the owner’s permission, which he could not accept. In the next step, Mr. Li will file a complaint with the Zhengzhou Municipal Market Supervision Administration, and at the same time ask Tesla to apologize publicly and revoke the driving data. Previously reported Recently, Tesla owners’ rights protection at the Shanghai Auto Show continued to ferment. On the 19th, at the 2021 Shanghai Auto Show, a Tesla car advocated that a woman wearing a T-shirt with the words “brake failure” stood on the roof of a Tesla to defend her rights, and then was taken away. Ms. Zhang said that her father had a traffic accident due to a brake failure while driving a Tesla. She said that her father had slammed on the brakes, but to no avail. Video screenshot Therefore, before, Ms. Zhang also carried out rights protection at the Zhengzhou Auto Show. On the 20th, the relevant person in charge of the Press and Publicity Department of the Zhengzhou Market Supervision Bureau responded that the Zhengdong New Area Market Supervision Bureau organized the complainant and Tesla car sales services three times on March 15, March 18, and March 24 ( Zhengzhou) Co., Ltd. conducted mediation. The complainant disagrees with a third party’s technical appraisal and requested “to provide complete driving data half an hour before the accident occurred. Tesla Motors Sales Service (Zhengzhou) Co., Ltd. refused to provide relevant data because of concerns that the data would be used by the parties for hype and publicity. Due to the large differences between the two parties, they could not reach an agreement. Subsequently, on the 21st, the Zhengdong New District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau of Zhengzhou City responded again and stated that it ordered Tesla Motors Sales Service (Zhengzhou) Co., Ltd. to unconditionally provide Ms. Zhang with complete driving data half an hour before the accident. In the evening of the same day, Tesla expressed its willingness to cooperate fully and provide raw data of the vehicle half an hour before the incident to a third-party appraisal agency or government-designated technical supervision department or consumers. Image source: Upstream News Tesla releases raw vehicle data On the 22nd, Tesla officially announced the original vehicle data half an hour before the incident. Tesla said that data showed that in the 30 minutes before the accident, the vehicle had more than 40 records of depressing the brake pedal. At the same time, the vehicle has repeatedly exceeded 100 kilometers per hour, and multiple brakes have occurred. When the driver stepped on the brake pedal for the last time, the data showed that the speed of the vehicle was 118.5 kilometers per hour. Within 2.7 seconds after the driver stepped on the brake pedal, the maximum brake master cylinder pressure was only 45.9 bar. After that, the driver increased the stepping on the brake pedal, and the brake master cylinder pressure reached 92.7 bar. The front collision warning and automatic emergency braking function were activated (the maximum brake master cylinder pressure reached 140.7bar) and played a role, reducing the amplitude of the collision. 1.8 seconds after the ABS was applied, the system recorded the occurrence of the collision. After the driver stepped on the brake pedal, the vehicle speed continued to decrease, and before the collision, the vehicle speed was reduced to 48.5 kilometers per hour. Tesla said that, in summary, the vehicle is driving at a higher speed, and the driver starts to depress the brake pedal lightly. After that, the automatic emergency braking function is activated and has a function, which improves the braking force and reduces The impact force of the collision, the brake system are normally involved in the work and reduce the speed of the car. Tesla speaks again: Will cooperate with investigation without reservation On the evening of the 22nd, Tesla’s official Weibo issued a statement stating that it fully accepts the decisions of the State Administration of Market Supervision and Zhengzhou Municipal Market Supervision Administration, and does its best to actively cooperate with all relevant investigations to effectively fulfill the main responsibility of quality and safety. , Provide consumers with high-quality and safe products and services. Tesla said that as of April 21, it has provided complete driving data half an hour before the accident, and has proactively contacted and communicated with relevant parties and reported relevant situations on many occasions. Source: China News Network