Domestic News

Hyundai officially announced that it will establish a new electric vehicle platform and shift its investment focus

On March 1, Hyundai announced that they intend to build a dedicated electric vehicle platform that will be used in a new generation of electric vehicles released in 2020. The platform is part of a $40 billion innovation investment plan that will see automakers move away from sharing chassis with gasoline-powered vehicles, such as those used by modern electric vehicles including the Kona Electric and Ioniq.

Creating an all-electric platform from the beginning plays an important role in Hyundai's path to achieving its goal of launching 44 electric vehicles over the next six years. The company has not released any details about its future fleet of electric vehicles. It has previously said it plans to produce electric vehicles with a range of 250 miles by 2020, a goal it has already achieved at Kona Electric Vehicles.

JD.com launches credit leasing platform Jingxiaozhu, which will be certified through blockchain

On March 1, JD Digital Technology launched the Xiaobai credit leasing platform "Jingxiaozhu", which provides full-category leasing, credit-free, and standardized services. Ou Li, vice president of JD Digital Technology, said that credit services have an "inclusive" value core and should bring more convenient service opportunities to more people, especially ordinary users.

Qiao Yang, head of the credit management department of JD Digital Technology Consumer Finance Department, said that the products provided by Jingxiaozhu cover 3C digital products such as mobile phones, drones, and cameras, as well as housing, cars, home appliances, jewelry, bags and other products. In addition, Jingxiaozhu also provides users with credit leasing. If users choose credit leasing and have good commercial credit, they have the opportunity to achieve different proportions of mortgage-free limits, or even full mortgage-freighte credit.

Foreign News

Tesla will close some stores and move all sales online

On March 1, Tesla announced that it would switch to purely online sales, leaving only a few physical stores as exhibitions, showrooms and Tesla information centers to continue operating. Tesla said it will keep some retail stores open, with only a small number of stores in high-traffic areas used as showrooms and Tesla information centers. Customers who purchased a Tesla online will have up to a week to return the car if they are not satisfied.

At the same time, Tesla will significantly increase the number of service centers to meet the needs of its growing customer base. Tesla will provide mobile services, and Tesla-branded maintenance vehicles can be summoned through the Tesla mobile app. It will mobilize resources to improve its customer service system, with the goal of providing same-day delivery to Tesla owners. However, Tesla CEO Elon Musk did not disclose the number of closed stores.

Switzerland will become one of the first 5G commercial countries: Huawei helps Sunrise launch

It was reported on March 1 that Switzerland will become one of the first countries in the world to launch 5G commercial services. Sunrise CEO Olaf Swantee announced during the 2019 Mobile World Congress that 5G will soon be commercialized in March 2019, covering more than 150 large and small cities/towns across Switzerland.

As a strategic partner of Sunrise, Huawei provides Sunrise with end-to-end full-scenario 5G commercial systems, including minimalist sites, minimalist architecture, minimalist networks, and intelligent simplified operation and maintenance. It helps Sunrise maximize the cost savings of 5G network deployment and post-maintenance, and supports its rapid 5G deployment and excellent performance. At this year's Mobile World Congress, Sunrise and Huawei jointly won the "Best Mobile Consumer Service Award" from the Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA). This is a high recognition of the commercial and social value brought by the 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) business jointly built by both parties in Switzerland.

Twitter new feature: Allow users to set tweet replies not to be automatically displayed

According to news on March 1, Twitter confirmed today that the company is developing a new feature called "Hide Tweet" that allows users to set replies to a tweet not to automatically display, which provides users withAnother way to protect conversations.

This option already appears in Twitter's code and will be visible when users click the "Share" button in a tweet. When the user clicks "Hide Tweet", the reply to the tweet will not be automatically displayed; if other users see the reply to the tweet, they must click the "View Hidden Tweets" option in the "Share" button. At the same time, users can also set up to redisplay tweet replies. “Hide Tweets” is another option in addition to blocking users. Although it will not completely block someone, users can still gain control over a certain conversation.

Financial Investment

Danke Apartment completed US$500 million in Series C financing, with Tiger Global Management and Ant Financial jointly leading the investment

According to news on March 1, Danke Apartment announced today that it has completed a US$500 million Series C financing, jointly led by Tiger Global and Ant Financial, followed by Primavera Capital, and old shareholders such as CMC Capital, Gaorong Capital, and Joy Capital. After this round of financing, the valuation of Danke Apartment has exceeded US$2 billion.

Danke Apartment was established in January 2015. It is an Internet long-term rental apartment operator focusing on distributed shared housing. In January this year, Danke Apartment announced a wholly-owned strategic acquisition of Ivy Rent for US$200 million (including cash and debt). After the transaction is completed, the number of rooms managed by Danke Apartment will be close to 450,000, covering 10 first-tier and new first-tier cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Hangzhou.

Enterprise content marketing platform Touwen Technology received tens of millions of investments from East Lake Angels

On March 1, the enterprise content marketing platform Touwen Technology announced the completion of 10 million yuan in financing, and the investor was East Lake Angel Fund. This is the second investment that Touwen Technology has received within a year. In July 2018, Touwen Technology received tens of millions of angel investments led by Meihua Venture Capital, Wind Capital, East Lake Angel and others.

According to the data, Touwen Technology was founded in 2017 and focuses on providing one-stop content marketing solutions for enterprises. Through the independently developed big data product "Touwen Brand Physical Examination Tool", Touwen Technology helps companies conduct brand data diagnosis. After discovering problems and opportunities, Touwen Technology It also proposes a one-stop solution for content production, distribution, and optimization. Through commercial content creation tools such as "Touwen Index" and "Writing Assistant", it can help companies improve production and distribution efficiency and ensure that content marketing has "accurate crowds, controllable costs, and authentic data."