On the morning of April 9th, topics such as #小米公司午夜综合三文# #智久车 apology letter # were trending on Weibo.
html On the evening of April 8, Zhiji Auto released an introduction to the L6 model. The pre-sale price of the L6 is between 230,000 and 330,000 yuan, and reservations were officially opened on the same day. At thenew car launch conference, Zhiji Auto said that the Xiaomi su7 max version uses an electric drive with front igbt and rear silicon carbide modules, while the Zhiji L6 uses front and rear dual silicon carbide electric drives.
Later, Xiaomi Auto product manager Pan Xiaowen said that the entire series of Xiaomi SU7 is made of silicon carbide. Not only the front and rear electric drives are made of silicon carbide, but also the on-board charger (obc) and the compressor of the thermal management system are made of silicon carbide.
Later, Zhiji co-CEO Liu Tao said: "Due to incorrect research results of product information, there was an information error at the press conference. Like Zhiji L6, Xiaomi su7 uses sic silicon carbide modules for both front and rear motors. Xiaomi su7 is indeed our Very respectable competition teammates! Here, I sincerely apologize to Xiaomi Auto and everyone.”
From the evening of April 8 to the early morning of April 9, Xiaomi’s spokesperson issued three Weibo posts urging Zhiji Auto to apologize.
Xiaomi spokesperson first stated that Zhiji Company mislabeled the key parameters of Xiaomi su7 max at the press conference on the evening of the 8th, causing extremely serious negative impacts. In order to safeguard our company's legitimate rights and interests and protect users' right to know, we make the following statement:
1. The front and rear motors of Xiaomi su7 max are made of silicon carbide. This ensures excellent performance and battery life of Xiaomi su7 max.
2. As a holding subsidiary of SAIC Motor, Zhiji Company could make such fallacies because of its lack of professional ability or its intention to spread rumors and smear it. A large number of netizens have publicly reminded Zhiji Company of this fallacy, but Zhiji Company has not corrected it yet.
SAIC is a leading company in China's automobile industry and we respect it very much. The behavior of Zhiji Company cannot match the reputation of SAIC, and we as peers cannot understand it.
3. We welcome healthy competition and discussion, and strongly oppose rumors and smearing that distort the facts. We have completed evidence collection and are ready to use legal weapons to protect our legitimate rights and interests.
We urge Zhiji Company to immediately publicly clarify and formally apologize to the public who were misled by it.
Image source: Screenshot of Xiaomi spokesperson’s Weibo
Afterwards, Xiaomi spokesperson issued another article emphasizing that we do not accept personal understatement and informal apology. We once again urge Zhiji Company to immediately publicly clarify and formally apologize to the public who have been misled by it!
Image source: Xiaomi spokesperson Weibo screenshot
Subsequently, a Xiaomi spokesperson said, “There is a limit to our tolerance for Zhiji’s recent repeated harassment and smear behavior. We firmly believe that, Such unreasonable, illegal and dishonorable behavior by Zhiji Company is completely inconsistent with SAIC’s corporate culture, values and industry status, and is also not in line with the historical trend of the united development of new energy vehicles in China. We will no longer respond to this matter. If we don’t get a formal public apology from Zhiji Company, we will use legal weapons to protect our rights and interests. We urge Zhiji Company for the last time to formally apologize immediately.”
Picture source: Xiaomi spokesperson Weibo screenshot
html In the early morning of April 9, Zhiji Automobile. Issue an apology. Zhiji Auto said that during the just-concluded "Beyond All Aspirations" Zhiji L6 super smart car launch conference, during the introduction of the Xiaomi su7 product, which has recently been hotly discussed in the same level of traffic, due to an omission in the team's content review, an error occurred The erroneous labeling of key parameters is clarified as follows:The front and rear motors of Xiaomi su7 max version use sic silicon carbide modules, which is consistent with the technology used by Zhiji L6, and both are the top technical standards in the industry. Xiaomi Motors and its product su7 are our respected competitive teammates! Due to omissions in the internal audit, which has caused a negative impact on Xiaomi Motors, we deeply apologize and sincerely apologize to all fans and users!
Public information shows that Zhiji Automobile is jointly built by SAIC, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech and Alibaba Group.
Zhiji Auto announced on March 1 that it had received over RMB 8 billion in Series B equity financing.Bank of China Asset Management, a subsidiary of the Bank of China, led the investment, ABC Investment, Lingang Group, etc. participated in the investment, and technology companies such as CATL, Momenta, and Qingtao Energy followed. At the same time, SAIC Motor, ICBC Investment, and Bank of Communications Investment continued to invest. The funds raised in this round will be used for the development of new generation intelligent models, high-end intelligent driving and future smart cabin technology research and development, and market channel expansion.
source | Daily Economic News, Red Star News
