Clear inventory at the end of the year? Tesla Offers Extra $7,500 Off Model S/X
According to news on December 31, in order to further stimulate demand in the US electric vehicle market, electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla will provide an additional discount of US$7,500 for owners of Model S and Model X in the last two days of 2022.
This is because the new U.S. electric vehicle tax credit policy will not take effect until January 1 next year. In order to enjoy the preferential price, buyers have waited until after the New Year to consider buying Tesla electric vehicles, which led to many buyers canceling their purchases. existing order.
In fact, because the starting price of the Model X and Model S exceeds the upper limit of the suggested retail price of electric vehicles, they are not eligible for the tax credit incentive policy.
Chief executive Elon Musk acknowledged that the approach doesn’t really work, but it makes the end of the quarter look better on the balance sheet. (Source: NetEase Technology)
Apple flags Home architecture as major issue
According to news on December 31, Apple has marked the Home architecture update in iOS 16.2 as a “major issue” and added it to the internal list (usually representing a wide-ranging and serious problem), which shows that Apple has Realized that there were major problems with the new Home architecture.
Apple enabled a new Home architecture in the iOS 16.2 update released earlier this month. However, when the user tried to update, there were many problems such as freezing, abnormal connection, etc., and even reconnecting could not be paired. Apple subsequently withdrew the Home architecture upgrade and said it would push it again after subsequent fixes.
Apple is understood to have added Home app updates to its internal database of hardware and software issues, a rare move for a software-related issue. The checklists used by Apple, Apple Stores, and Authorized Service Providers usually only cover common issues customers face, mostly hardware issues. (Source: IT House)
Tesla shares fall 65% in 2022, biggest annual drop ever
2022 marks the worst year for Tesla stock to close in history, as investors worry about production disruptions, falling demand and CEO Elon Musk’s focus on Twitter. It fell about 65% and lost more than $700 billion in market value.
Tesla has also had to deal with the temporary closure of its Chinese car factory, its largest car factory by volume. Tesla also suffered its worst monthly performance in December, even though shares closed up 1.12 percent at $123.18 on Friday. (Wall Street Journal)
Zenseact becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Volvo
News on December 31, Sweden-based Volvo Car Corporation said on Saturday that it has 100% ownership of Zenseact.
Volvo Cars has acquired a 13.5% stake in Zenseact from Yikatong Technology, making the company a wholly owned subsidiary of Volvo Cars. Volvo Cars said Zenseact will continue to operate independently. (Source: Gelonghui)
BYD will increase prices from January 1, 2023, and the increase ranges from 2,000 to 6,000 yuan
On December 31, BYD Auto announced that it has decided to officially adjust the official guide prices for new energy models related to Dynasty, Ocean and Denza starting from January 1, 2023. The increase ranges from 2000 to 6000 yuan. Details can be found in Consult your local dealer.
The new price will take effect at 0:00 on January 1st, and customers who paid a deposit before signing the contract will not be affected by this price adjustment. (Source: Boss Hookup)
Youyaoqi comics were officially shut down and merged into station B. Classic works include “One Hundred Thousand Bad Jokes”
On December 31, 2022, Youyaoqi Manga was officially shut down, and the service was permanently stopped, and the related manga services were merged into Bilibili. At present, there is only one shutdown announcement left on the Youyaoqi official website, as well as comic recommendations pointing to station B.
You Yaoqi is one of the earliest and currently largest online original comic platforms in China. It has more than 32 million cumulative users, more than 70,000 original cartoonists, and more than 45,000 original comic works serialized, including head works and IPs such as “One Hundred Thousand Cold Jokes”, “Street of the Soul”, “Little Bee” and “Terminal Brain”.
In November 2021, Bilibili will wholly acquire Yaoqi at a price of RMB 600 million. (Source: Fast Technology)
Evergrande Automobile: 324 Hengchi 5s have been delivered, and subsidiaries have received 4.68 million euro repayment letters
On the evening of December 30, Evergrande announced that the company’s “Hengchi 5” is in mass production and 324 vehicles have been delivered to customers.
Evergrande Automobile stated that in order to save costs, the group is carrying out a series of cost-cutting measures, including reducing the overall number of employees, arranging some employees to stop work and rest, and some employees to reduce salaries. The Group will continue to create favorable conditions for the mass production of “Hengchi 5” with the utmost efforts.
Since Evergrande Group is facing liquidity problems, the market also remains suspicious of Evergrande Automobile’s sustainable operating capabilities.
In addition, Evergrande Automobile stated in the announcement that a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company received a statutory demand for debt repayment, requiring the subsidiary to pay a total of 4,684,520 euros. The main asset of the Subsidiary is the equity interest in National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB, a Swedish subsidiary of Evergrande Automobile Group. (Source: The Paper)
Apple patent suggests Apple Pencil could turn into a real-life eyedropper
Apple recently filed a patent for the next-generation Apple Pencil, which, according to the patent application document, has its own color sensor system. Capable of capturing the color of external objects and potentially taking measurements of their texture and other appearance-related characteristics. This feature is reminiscent of the popular “eyedropper” tool in graphics software.
Measurements can be transmitted wirelessly to a companion device, such as an iPad, for use in applications such as graphing software. The device can be used as a reference tool for artists to build their own library of tones and textures.
As of now, the next-gen features of the Apple Pencil described in the patent are purely theoretical, and it’s unclear if Apple plans to include them in a redesigned version of the Apple Pencil. However, it’s been more than four years since the release of the second-generation Apple Pencil, so it’s possible the company is considering an update to the product. (Source: cnBeta)
Samsung will launch a new 360-degree flip notebook: Snapdragon 8cx Gen3 processor blessing
It is reported that Samsung will launch a new notebook computer Galaxy Book2 Pro 360, which uses a Super AMOLED touch screen and is equipped with a flip hinge that supports 360-degree flips. The thickness is 11.5 mm, which is both a notebook and a tablet.
And equipped with Snapdragon 8cx Gen3 processor, compared with Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2, performance and multitasking have increased by 85% and 57% respectively. It is also compatible with 4K 120fps HDR video playback, supports 4K HDR video recording, and supports up to four cameras.
The notebook will be launched in South Korea on January 26, 2023, priced at 1.89 million won (about 10,380 yuan). (Source: Zhongguancun Online)
Musk saves money crazily: stop supplying toilet paper, dismiss cleaning, quit renting office
After laying off 75% of his workforce, Musk is now moving in the direction of non-labor costs.
And the goal is clear. According to the New York Times, an internal document shows that since early November, Musk has been trying to cut about $500 million in non-labor expenses.
There are three main aspects of Musk’s operation. First, the cleaners and some security guards were dismissed, and the office was condensed to two floors. The company has no cleaning service, no one to replenish sanitary products, and employees have to bring their own toilet paper.
Then to the company’s operations, close the data center, and reduce employee training. Then, the Seattle office was closed and all staff worked from home. Layoffs are still continuing, and the communications department was revealed to be cancelled. (Source: Qubit)
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