From Shanghai to SuZhou by taxi. Air.

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From Shanghai to SuZhou by taxi. Air.

Soon flying between 2 crucial business and manufacture centers, that is Shanghai and SuZhou (chin. 苏州) in JiangSu state (chin. 江苏) will become possible. This is thanks to the “air taxi”, which is formally named “Electric vehicle of vertical take-off and landing” (chin. “电动垂直起降飞行器). This machine, developed by Shanghai TCab Technology Co., Ltd., (chin. 上海时的科技有限公司) will cover about 100 km distance between cities in little than 25 minutes. This is much shorter compared to the journey of the car, which due to the volume of traffic between Shanghai and Suzhou the same distance goes up to 2 hours.

According to media information, the eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing aircarft) flight from Shanghai to Suzhou (as well as in the other direction) costs 300 RMB (approx. 165 PLN) per person. 1 vehicle is to take up to 5 passengers.

Suzhou and Shanghai are already connected by metro lines. They connect highways as well as high-speed railways. Flying taxis will complement existing transport infrastructure.

Source: mp.weixin.qq.com

Zeekr by Geely in the offensive

Zeekr (chin. 极氪), a brand of premium-class electrical cars owned by Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd. (chin. 浙江吉利控股集团有司), intends to extend its presence on European markets to six more countries, including Sweden, the Netherlands, Germany.

Europe for Geela is the second ” home market. Geely includes European companies specified as Volvo Group, Polestar, Lotus, Austin Martin or Lynk & Co.

On the Chinese market, Zeekr cars have been present since 2021. Cars of this brand can be found not only in Europe or China, but besides on the roads of Southeast Asia and the mediate East. This brand has 3 R & D centres in China. They are located in:

NingBo,
HangZhou and
Shanghai

The European R&D centre Zeekr is located in Gothenburg (Sweden).

In 2023. Geely Holding sold 2,79 million cars globally, including 980,000 electrical cars. It is the seventh largest EV car maker in China and the first in terms of globalisation. In Europe, outside the EU, Geely has 2 factories – Belarus and the UK. As assured in 1 of the late held interviews by the manager of the holding company An Cong Hui (chin. 安聪慧), Geely's aspirations are to become "Volkswagen in the era of fresh energy vehicles", a company with a wide scope of brands, from affordable to luxurious.

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chejiahao.autohome.com.cn
baijiahao.baidu.com
zekrglobal.com

Cars on debt without advance

National authorities are trying to sustain the declining dynamics of car sales, which is not

easy due to the “war” price and consumer caution, marketplace analysts claim. This “war” mainly concerns respective brands, specified as:

Tesla China (chin. 特斯拉中国),
BYD (chin. 比亚迪), or
NIO (chin. 蔚来汽车),

most popular, especially among young buyers. However, in the fight for customers by lowering the price of cars is drawn, it is estimated, over 40 brands.

At the same time, the policies utilized so far to stimulate consumption are no longer sufficient. Last year, a 13-year grant strategy for the acquisition of fresh energy (NEV) cars ended. Over the last 4 years, packages of taxation incentives for manufacturers and buyers of eco-friendly cars worth more than RMB 532.74 billion (about PLN 293.79 billion).

The increase in full car sales on this world's largest automotive marketplace has fallen to a one-digit level, contrasting with the last evidence of 15.9% from 2016. At the same time, sales of electrical cars are increasing very strongly. In 2023 this increase was 36.2% year-on-year.

The People's Bank of China (chin. 中国人民银行), in agreement with the State Administration of Supervision and Financial Regulation (chin. 国家金融监督管理总局), acting to further stimulate the automotive manufacture and the economy, amended the rules applicable as of 1 April 2017 for the granting of motor credit by financial institutions (Notice of the adaptation of rules on motor credit, chin. 《关于调整汽车贷款有关政策的通知》). The request for minimum pre-payments for consumers buying a fresh car in credit/leasing was abolished. The erstwhile minimum prepayment rate was 15% for fresh energy vehicles, 20% for conventional combustion vehicles and 30% for second-hand cars. Currently, financial institutions can find independently, independently, the conditions of the advance and the interest rate of the debt on the basis of the creditworthiness and ability to repay the borrowers.

This formalisation of the previously observed situation erstwhile car leasing companies began to offer buyers plans to drive distant in a fresh car without having to pay any advance. In these cases, differing from average car loans, the 3rd organization to the contract, which was the car manufacturer, appeared.

Market regulators besides encourage financial institutions to reduce or completely waive prepayments in the case of loans in the process of replacing old cars with fresh ones. The visible hand of the state always watches.

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