On August 9th, General Anatoly Nagovitsyn, Deputy Chief of Staff of Russian Armed Forces, said in Moscow that Russia and Georgia were not at war. He confirmed that 12 soldiers of Russian peacekeeping forces were killed, 150 were injured and two Russian planes were destroyed in the conflict. From the evening of the 7th to the morning of the 8th, armed clashes broke out again between Georgian troops and armed men in South Ossetia near Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, causing many deaths and injuries. China News Agency issued Tian Bing photo

　　The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on the 20th, saying that the establishment of an anti-missile base in Poland by the United States caused distrust and damaged European security. Nogovitsyn, deputy chief of staff of the Russian armed forces, said that Poland would allow the United States to deploy an anti-missile system in Poland, which would make Poland a legitimate target for Russian military attacks, including nuclear strikes. This tough attitude of Russia has once again attracted the attention of the West.

　　Maintain rear security

　　The conflict between Russia and Georgia over South Ossetia reflects Russia’s tough stance on the centrifugal tendency of CIS countries. As the main successor of the Soviet Union, Russia has always regarded the CIS countries as its own sphere of influence and the rear area of security. However, Georgia’s stance of "leaving Russia’s sphere of influence" to join NATO has made Russia extremely dissatisfied.

　　Not only that, but Ukraine has also frequently attacked Russia. On 13th, Ukrainian President Yushchenko signed an order to restrict the movement of Russian Black Sea Fleet in Uzbekistan. On the 16th, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry issued another statement, saying that it intends to carry out anti-missile cooperation with western countries. This move aroused strong dissatisfaction from Russia and declared that it would withdraw from the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation between Russia and Ukraine.

　　Previously, when the three Baltic countries asked to join NATO, Russia’s response was not so strong. The British media pointed out that diplomatic wording like Russia was unimaginable a few years ago. In the 1990s, the Kremlin was still far from being able to withstand such international pressure, relying on international credit institutions economically and eager to integrate into the "West". Now, Russian "patriotism" has been re-established, and many people think that Russia does not need to imitate the West.

　　Be tough on the west

　　Russia is rich in oil and natural gas resources. In recent years, the high oil price has brought rich foreign exchange income to Russia, and Russia’s national strength and military strength have been restored and enhanced. With the improvement of economic strength, Russia is also adjusting its foreign policy towards western countries.

　　Regarding the deployment of missile defense systems by the United States in the Czech Republic and Poland, the Russian Foreign Minister said that Russia would take "military and technological" retaliatory actions. Although US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on the 15th that the US anti-missile system in Eastern Europe is "not aimed at any country", Russia believes that the purpose of the US anti-missile system in Eastern Europe is aimed at Russia.

　　In the face of America’s "poaching" action, Russia has also played the idea of American backyard. On August 4th, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin pointed out: "Russia needs to restore its position in Cuba and other countries." In addition, Russia has also deployed anti-missile missiles in Syria, and established a unified air defense system with Belarus. It also plans to resume its overseas garrison, which is quite similar to the taste of the United States. Some analysts pointed out that the implementation of a tough foreign policy marks the revival of Russia and proves that Russia is beginning to regain its superpower status.

　　New oriental policy

　　Unlike its tough stance on the West, Russia frequently shows its kindness to the East. On July 15th, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev approved the Concept of Russian Foreign Policy. The conception points out that the most important aspect of Russian foreign policy towards Asia is to develop friendly relations with China and India.

　　Prime Minister Putin first indicated that he would attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games, which was not only a support for the host country of the Olympic Games, but also a strong support for China, a key strategic partner. In addition, the territorial issue between China and Russia, which has always been controversial, has also been resolved. On July 21st, China’s Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov jointly signed the Protocol on Supplementary Narration between the Government of People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Government of the Russian Federation on the Eastern Section of the Sino-Russian Boundary and its annexes.

　　In addition, the cooperation between Russia and India in military research and development has reached an unprecedented level. The two countries have not only jointly developed high-precision weapons, but also jointly built multi-purpose transport aircraft and the fifth-generation multi-role fighter. Moreover, Russia has also established a non-strategic anti-missile system in India.

　　In addition to the traditional diplomatic focus, Russia has also begun to focus on Southeast Asia and Africa. With the continuous improvement of Russia’s economic situation and the continuous stability of the domestic political situation, Russia’s foreign policy has also shown more confidence. Mikheyev, an expert at the Russian Institute of World Economics and Politics, said: "We can see that Russia is now pursuing a gradual and more active foreign policy. At the same time, Russian diplomacy has been very tough in many cases. "

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　　The new generation of 23 Land Rover Range Rover executive front air intake grille adopts a new appearance pattern, the standard digital LED headlights become sharper, the rectangular air intake at the bottom of the bumper is simpler, and the sensors of most car driving assistance systems are integrated in the panel below the bumper. The tail shape is bolder, and the slender upright taillights are merged into the horizontal black panel under the rear window, which makes people see the difference between the new car and the old model at a glance.

　　The administrative size of the new generation of 23 Land Rover Range Rover has increased. The total length of the short-axis version has increased from 5000 mm to 5052 mm, and the wheelbase has increased by 75 mm. Compared with the short-axis version, the long-axis version has also increased by 200 mm. The short-axis version provides five seats, and if you choose the executive cabin seat kit, it is four seats; Both the short-axis version and the long-axis version provide rear independent seats, in which the knee space is increased by 44 mm; The maximum leg space of the four-seat long-axis version is 1 meter exaggerated; Seven seats are only available in the long-axis version. The loading space of five short-axis versions and long-axis versions is 725 liters; There are 312 liters in the rear seat of the seven-seat model, and the third row rises to 713 liters after folding; The maximum loading space of the short-axis version is 1,841 liters, and the maximum loading space of the long-axis version is 2,601 liters after all seats are put away.

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eπ008的外观设计采用了现代简约的风格，前脸设计尤为引人注目。车头部分的进气格栅采用了独特的流线型设计，不仅增强了整车的空气动力学性能，还赋予了车辆一种前卫而动感的视觉效果。整体来看，eπ008散发出一种科技与美学相结合的独特魅力，无论是行驶在城市街道还是高速公路，都能吸引众多目光。

eπ008拥有5002*1972*1732mm的长宽高，轴距为3025mm，前后轮距均为1650mm，使得车辆在保持宽大空间的同时，也具备了出色的稳定性。车身侧面线条流畅，搭配265/45 R21规格的轮胎和精致的21英寸轮圈，彰显出整车的运动感与豪华感。

eπ008的内饰设计采用了现代科技感十足的风格，营造出舒适和豪华的驾乘环境。方向盘采用真皮材质，支持手动上下和前后调节，提供良好的握感和操控体验。中控台上配备了一块15.6英寸的高清触控屏幕，内置的语音识别控制系统能够轻松实现多媒体系统、导航、电话以及空调的智能控制。此外，车内还配备了丰富的多媒体和充电接口，包括前排和后排各2个USB接口和Type-C接口，满足了各种充电需求。前排座椅采用仿皮材质，驾驶位和副驾驶位均支持前后调节、靠背调节、高低调节（2向）和腰部支撑（4向），并具备加热、通风、按摩和头枕扬声器功能（仅驾驶位），为驾驶员和乘客提供极致的乘坐舒适性。第二排座椅同样配备了靠背调节和腿托调节功能，增加了后排乘客的舒适度。

eπ008搭载了一台1.5T涡轮增压发动机，最大功率达到108kW（约147马力），最大扭矩为210N·m，采用L4结构。与之匹配的电动车单速变速箱，使得动力传递高效且响应迅速。

汽车之家车主表示，他们选择的向阳金颜色接近银色，外观大气，十分耐看。

1905 movie network news　The 41st Hong Kong Film Awards Ceremony was grandly held.This is the first time in nearly three years that the Academy Awards have been held on the spotOn that day, the stars were shining, Michelle Yeoh, Andy Lau,,Filmmakers such as Xu Anhua, Er Dongsheng, Wu Zhenyu, Gigi Leung, Liang Luoshi, Karen Mok, Wang Danni, etc. gathered together.

Ultimately,Liu Qingyun, Zheng XiuwenSammi won the best actor and actress for the films "Detective Battle" and "Flowing Flowers" respectively. Zheng Xiuwen, who has been with him for 22 years and has been nominated for the best actress at the Hong Kong Film Awards 10 times, finally got what he wanted that night. Sammi was so excited that he choked up several times and criedA cappella song "I’ll wait until the flowers thank you",There was also a three-minute round of applause for her.

Click to watch: Red Carpet Gallery of the 41st Hong Kong Film Awards

Liu Qingyun won three Golden Statue Best Actor:ApplausealsoAlright., booing is better than silence

Liu Qingyun won the Best Actor Award at the 41st Hong Kong Film Festival for his role as "Neurotic Detective" in the movie "Detective Battle". This is also Liu Qingyun’s third time to win the Academy Award. So far, Liu Qingyun has been nominated for Best Actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards 17 times.

At the awards ceremony, Liu Qingyun sincerely thanked the team and director of the movie "Detective Battle", Wei Jiahui, and he said with a smile, "I also thank my own team and my wife. In fact, they see’Detective ‘every day, but not in this movie. I thank them for working with me with extraordinary tolerance."

"Thank you to all the friends who love Hong Kong movies, applausealsoAlright.Whether it’s booing, I accept it, because it’s better than being silent. "Liu QingyunHe did not forget to encourage everyone to pursue their dreams bravely, "If everyone really has a dream, and is willing to work hard and live long enough, your dream will come true one day. It is strange to realize it with regret, but it is not important, how can things be as good as they want."

After 22 years of running, Zheng Xiuwen won the first Academy Award:Dreams are reserved for those who never give up and persevere

Choked up singing a cappella song "I’ll wait for the flowers to thank me"

Nominated 10 times for Best Actress at the Hong Kong Film Awards, after 22 years of running with her,Zheng Xiuwen finally defeated strong opponents such as Zhang Aijia and Mao Shunyun in the movie "Falling Flowers" and won the Hong Kong Academy Awards for the first time. At the award ceremony, Zheng Xiuwen couldn’t contain his emotions and shed tears of excitement. The presenting guest and old friend hugged her affectionately, and the guests present also sounded long applause and cheers for her.

For 22 years, Zheng Xiuwen kept walking and was shortlisted for 7 Hong Kong Film Awards. In 2002, Zheng Xiuwen was nominated for the Best Actress of the 21st Hong Kong Film Awards for three films: "Living Together", "Slimming Men and Women" and "Zhong Wuyan", but that year she still failed and lost to Zhang Aijia.

After 11 years, Zheng Xiuwen finally defeated his old opponent and won the title for the first time.At this moment, Zheng Xiuwen has waited too long."In fact, the Best Actress Award has always seemed out of reach for me, and sometimes it feels like it’s only a step away. For so many years, what I think about the most is not when or how I will win this award, but how I can improve, how my acting skills can be improved and transformed."

"I’m grateful to have met this script, to the director of’Falling Flowers, ‘and to the director for believing that I could play this role from the very beginning," Mr. Cheng said. "I’m also grateful to my family, and to my father in heaven. My father is very fond of art. He once said that every time I perform or engage in art work, it seems to fulfill his lifelong dream. I hope today’s award can be put together in your artistic puzzle, and a more beautiful puzzle."

Zheng Xiuwen also encouraged everyone to persevere in pursuing their dreams and never give up. "I want to tell those who have dreams in the world that the road to pursuing their dreams is full of difficulties, but I hope you will remember the picture of me winning the award. Dreams are reserved for those who never give up and persevere to the end. It is also because I have not had smooth sailing that I know more humility and open-mindedness. I am really happy that I finally don’t have to watch others’ backs on this track to accompany me. I can finally be the one who crosses the line." At the end of the acceptance speech, Zheng Xiuwen gently hummed the song "I waited until the flowers were all thankful," "Do you know, do you know, I waited until the flowers were also thankful." It was tearful.

After the end of July, Lantu’s cumulative sales this year reached 36,400 vehicles, an increase of 97% year-on-year, but there is still a long way to go from the goal of 100,000 vehicles for the whole year. Obviously, Lantu needs to break through the current product matrix and increase sales through the addition of new products.

Now Lantu has launched a new pure electric SUV model, the product name is "Friend", and its benchmark product is Tesla, the current pure electric SUV sales champion.

According to Lan Tu, the name of the new SUV is from the allusion of "high mountains and flowing water meet confidants", and Lan Tu wants to be confidants with users, so he chose this all-Chinese name. And the appearance is the same as its name, with obvious "Chinese elements", which also gives Lan Tu a new idea of the whole design concept.

Compared with the design of the first three models, which were too old-fashioned, the new car could be said to have a new look. First, the Lantu bosom friend cancelled a large number of chrome-plated designs, and secondly, it adopted a more electric appearance design, which no longer looked like an old fuel car.

In fact, Lan Tu designed two sets of front faces for her friend this time. One was a relatively traditional closed front face, and the other was said to be a limited edition interstellar front face design, including a black concave trim, a star group, a ring LED daytime running light, and so on.

However, what we actually shot this time is the ordinary version of the front face design, which is mainly a fully enclosed front face of the same color as the body, and the dividing line is a relatively round hexagon. This set of designs mainly focuses on the design of the lamp group of Kunpeng’s wings, including the through-type daytime running lights, which also have a set of twill trims.

The strange thing was that Landscape’s bosom friend used a split headlight design. Although the upper lamp group was not small in size, it did not put all the lamp group systems together. There was also a headlight group design in the traditional fog lamp area.

In fact, the design concept of Landmap’s soulmate this time is called "Force Flight", which is the hovering aircraft in science fiction movies. Therefore, Landmap’s soulmate has a lot of conceptual design details of the aircraft, such as the hollow air intake design of the front cabin cover, which is called the concept of "double-channel air intake of the aircraft", which can guide the flow from the front trim, reduce the wind resistance and increase the driving stability of the body. This design has appeared on Polaris 3 before, but considering that Landmap’s soulmate will be listed in China soon, it is the first product in China to adopt this design.

There are muscular lines on the side of the car, the side skirt retains the Z-shaped design elements on the chasing light by stamping, and there is also a beautiful shoulder line design. Another interesting design is that the D-pillar has a wingtip winglet design, which makes the whole car look more dynamic. In addition, the end of the front lip of the bumper also has a similar treatment, the side skirt also has a luggage rack, which is also from the concept of the aircraft, which also strengthens the integrity of the design concept of the Landmap bosom friend.

The tail design is that the upper layer is a sports rear wing, and the middle is the Lantu family-style arrow feather-shaped through-type tail light, but the luminous light group is OLED, and 66 divisions are also made, so there can be continuous jumping lighting effects in the exhibition car mode. In addition, the bottom is designed with a diffuser style, which is ordinary in shape. Of course, the material of the trim plate is still very delicate.

As the youngest model of Landu, the confidant is also a smaller product. This car is positioned as a pure electric medium-sized SUV, with body sizes of 4725, 1900, 1636/1653mm and a wheelbase of 2900mm. This size is actually very friendly for young consumers in first- and second-tier cities. After all, the 532-size medium and large SUV is too huge to drive. In addition, this time it comes standard with 20-inch wheels, and the shooting car adopts a low wind resistance shape.

The interior design of Lantu’s confidant is still a strong Tesla Model Y design style, including the flat front IP table design, the elimination of the traditional instrument panel, and the floating central control screen. But Lantu’s dissatisfaction with the Model Y has also been adjusted accordingly in the confidant. It retains a bar-shaped display screen to ensure that the driver can see simple information. At the same time, it also adds a large-size AR-HUD, which can serve as a replacement for traditional LCD meters like the ideal L series.

Lan Tu’s bosom friend made some micro-innovations to the already cookie-cutter central control floating screen, which instead became the biggest highlight of the bosom friend’s interior. This time, Lan Tu said that they used an OLED sliding curved screen. There are actually three core selling points here –

OLED screen material, curved screen, slide function.

The advantages of OLED materials are needless to say, mainly higher contrast, more beautiful colors, and already quite high resolution. It’s just that every company is using OLED screens now, and the difference in screen materials alone is not necessarily a selling point.

The screen size is 15.05 inches, which is a little larger than most screens, and the extra 0.05 inches is basically brought by the curved surface on both sides of the screen. The first advantage of the curved screen is that it can achieve the visual effect of narrow borders, and with the dark UI interface, it can almost realize the visual effect of hiding the black edge. The second is that Landscape has designed two exclusive gesture functions for the position of the curved surface, one is volume adjustment and the other is screen brightness adjustment, which is equivalent to replacing two physical buttons.

In addition, the central control screen also has a function of "slipping", which can move from the middle to the passenger seat. Although this function is not pioneered by Lan Tu’s confidant, the speed and noise of the entire screen movement are better than competing products.

Previously, many media and consumers thought that the sliding screen did not have much practical significance. This time, Lantu also made some innovations in the co-pilot to solve the problem of sliding screen usage. This solution was very interesting, which was to add a hidden small table board for the co-pilot.

This hidden small table board can pop up through voice or drop-down menus. It is not large in size, but the usage scenarios will be richer. For example, when the screen moves to the passenger seat, this is a small table board that extends out. You can put meals, have lunch and watch a movie in the passenger seat. At the same time, it can also become a makeup area for female car owners and a place to put cosmetics. Of course, the entire design does not explain how to solve the problem of driving safety.

This time, in order to adapt to the intelligent needs of young consumers, the car system has also been changed to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8295 chip, and the entire computing power has been greatly improved. To this end, Lantu Zhiyin specially designed a new version of the system, and the entire UI interaction is closer to the new forces, especially the two systems of Huawei Hongmeng and Meizu Flyme Auto, and the refinement and fluency of the entire interface are excellent. It can be said that Lantu, as an independent new energy vehicle company backed by traditional central enterprises, can also reach the level of the top new forces in terms of software experience, and there is no big gap in experience.

In terms of space, Lantu’s confidant fits the needs of young families it is targeting very well. In the front row space, because there is a very flat front IP desk design, even if the sitting position is relatively low, you can have a good field of vision. According to my height of 174cm, there is almost room for one punch and four fingers after sitting upright, which is more reasonable. What is worth mentioning in the front row is that the height of its door armrest and the center armrest is the same, which makes it more comfortable to sit when driving, not to say that the left hand will be higher.

Due to the wheelbase reaching 2900mm, Landu’s bosom friend can basically have two punches and four fingers in the rear legroom, which is much wider than the competitor Tesla Model Y. And the rear head space is also more sufficient than the front row, reaching about two punches. The reason is that Landu’s bosom friend does not use a panoramic canopy, and the top of the rear row is still a traditional iron sheet, which can be designed with a concave design. In addition, the H-point of the rear seats is relatively low, and the head space in the rear row is more spacious than the front row.

What needs to be added is that although the H-point of the rear seat of Lan Tu’s bosom friend is relatively low and the thighs are more suspended, because the front seat has been lifted a bit, the feet of the rear passengers can extend under the front seat. In addition, the rear seat cushions are obviously lengthened, so you can find a better support.

In addition, the softness of the front and rear seats is also significantly different. The support of the front seats is obviously better than that of the rear seats. The riding experience of the rear seats is a bit too soft, and even the rear seat cushions will feel trapped when sitting down.

Another point is that, as an SUV product for a young family of three, Lantu Zhiyin attaches great importance to the creation of storage space – the standard trunk space is 527L, and there is 72L of hidden space under the cover, and the loading space after the second row of seats can reach 1328L. In other words, Lantu Zhiyin can fully meet the loading needs of a family, and can also handle the occasional handling of large items.

In addition, the second row of Landscape’s bosom friend also has a large angle adjustment. This function not only allows for better adjustment in the sitting position, but also has the advantage that when placing things in the back row, you can adjust the angle of the seat back to solve the problem of placing some large items, without having to put down the second row of backrests.

Driver’s summary:

In terms of three electricity, Landmap’s bosom friend focuses on a "985" selling point, that is, 901km battery life, 800V, 5C overcharge. This time, Landmap’s bosom friend provides two battery options. The 79-kWh version has a battery life of 650 kilometers, and the 109-kWh version has a battery life of 901 kilometers. It can be charged 515 kilometers in 15 minutes, and the charging time of 20% -80% is shortened to 10 minutes.

Overall, the product logic of Landscape’s bosom friend is very clear. It is to benchmark the Tesla Model Y to create a pure electric SUV that is more in line with the needs of young Chinese family consumers, so it strengthens the space experience, overcharging and so on. It is expected that the price of Landscape’s bosom friend is about 200,000 yuan, and the highest is about 250,000 yuan, but the configuration will not be very different, and the main one is available in the whole system. In addition, there are no high-cost configurations such as lidar and urban NOA, and the cost performance of Landscape’s bosom friend can go up.

The next question is, as a pure electric SUV product, can Lantu’s confidant achieve monthly sales of 5,000 to 8,000 units? This will be the key to whether the Lantu brand can continue to progress in 2025.

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Recently, according to media reports, the new Hongqi H5 is likely to be officially launched in May.

Regarding the new Hongqi H5, information about the new car has already appeared on the Internet as early as March this year. Compared with the current model, the new Hongqi H5 adopts a family design language similar to the Hongqi H9 in appearance design. The huge air inlet net and the straight waterfall air inlet grille look very imposing.

The headlights of the new car are designed in a split style. If you only look at them from the front, it is difficult to tell whether they are a Red Flag H9 or a Red Flag H5.

The body of the Hongqi H5 is very slender, and there is a sharp waist line running through the whole body, which also adds some power to the whole car. The taillights use the same through-type design style as the Hongqi H9, and even sharper than the taillights of the Hongqi H9. The exhaust layout still uses a double-sided design.

In terms of body size, the length, width and height of the new car are 4988/1875/1470mm respectively, and the wheelbase is 2920mm. The body length of nearly 5 meters makes the new Hongqi H5 longer than the standard axle version of the Mercedes-Benz E-Class and BMW 5 Series, and the wheelbase is also 45mm longer than the current Hongqi H5.

In terms of interior design, the new Hongqi H5 neither uses the design style of the current model nor the interior design of the Hongqi H9. Instead, it adopts a design style that is relatively close to that of the Mercedes-Benz C-Class. The center console has a strong large-screen central control, and it is also equipped with a full LCD instrument panel.

In terms of power, the new Hongqi H5 will no longer use the 1.8T turbocharged engine on the current model, and the 1.5T engine will be retained.

In addition, there are also new 1.5T hybrid and 2.0T versions.

Among them, the 1.5T version is equipped with a 7-speed wet dual-clutch transmission, with a maximum power of 124 kW and a maximum torque of 258 Nm.

The 2.0T version will be equipped with an 8-speed manual transmission with a maximum power of 165 kW and a maximum torque of 340 Nm.

The new car is likely to be officially launched in June, and the starting price of the entry-level model should be around 150,000 yuan.

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The current mainstream public opinion is that the prospects for joint venture brands are not optimistic. But in the spirit of not abandoning or giving up, there are still many foreign brands ready to take up the ante Chinese market.

Last month we said that the shareholders of Changan Mazda have planned to invest 10 billion continue to build trams in China. Even the waist brand is so fierce, how can the head brand lag behind. This month Mercedes-Benz also announced a major decision, let’s first draw the key points:

· Plans to invest over 14 billion yuan in China with Chinese partners to put into production a variety of local exclusive models in China to accelerate the transition to new energy;

Mercedes-Benz GLE and pure electric long wheelbase CLA based on the MMA platform will be domestically produced next year, and Fujian Benz will produce new luxury pure electric MPVs based on the VAN. EA platform in the future;

The all-new no-map end-to-end smart drive will debut with the new model in 2025.

Sales slump, Mercedes-Benz is tested in China

Among all overseas brands, the German brand is the most dependent on the Chinese market. If other overseas brands dare to say they are giving up the Chinese market, the German brand is the least willing to give up.

Mercedes-Benz’s global sales, the Chinese market sales account for more than 30% of the share. Therefore, Mercedes-Benz’s investment in China up the ante, on the one hand, is of course to continue to be optimistic about the Chinese market, on the other hand, it also shows that the market competition has reached a critical stage of life and death, and the technology of pressing the bottom of the box must be taken out.

Data show that in the first half of this year, Mercedes-Benz’s global overall sales 1.168 million, down 6% year-on-year. Sales of passenger cars were 959,700, down 6% year-on-year. Among them, sales in the Chinese market were 341,500, down as much as 9% year-on-year, and the decline was much higher than that in Europe and North America.

Horizontally, although BBA’s sales in China fell in the first half of the year, Mercedes-Benz’s sales fell the most. BMW fell 4.3% year-on-year in the first half of the year, and Audi fell 2% year-on-year.

There are two reasons. In terms of new energy, although Mercedes-Benz has come up with products in new energy very early, the market performance so far has been unsatisfactory.

The early pure electric models had a poor reputation due to "oil-to-electricity"; although the new EQ series had improved performance, the technology was not as good as that of domestic independent brands, and the pricing still maintained a high brand premium, which made it at a disadvantage in the competition with competitors at the same level in the context of price wars.

In terms of traditional fuel vehicles, the long-wheelbase C-Class and long-wheelbase GLC relied on significant discounts to stabilize sales and achieve year-on-year growth; but another pillar of sales and profits, the Mercedes-Benz E-Class, has just been replaced and is still in the production capacity climbing stage, which has dragged down the broader market.

The decline in sales and the negative effects of the price war have also put Mercedes-Benz’s domestic sales channels under great pressure to lose money. In the past two years, Mercedes-Benz has repeatedly paid to subsidize dealers to stabilize the channel’s military heart.

The good news is that after half a year of climbing, with the gradual release of discounts, the E-Class has returned to the normal level of monthly sales of 10,000 vehicles. In July, the Mercedes-Benz E-Class has regained the sales champion in the luxury medium and large car market. But new energy is still the biggest challenge for Mercedes-Benz to face. And the basic disk of Mercedes-Benz fuel vehicles is also under great pressure. Not only does it need to reduce prices to ensure sales, but the luxury reputation and value are also being tested.

The new plan still faces many challenges

Looking at Mercedes-Benz’s official announcement plan in detail, there are still several issues to be observed.

In terms of user experience, the next few upcoming domestic models all emphasize that they are China’s local R & D team and customized for the Chinese market, demonstrating Mercedes-Benz’s sincerity in attaching importance to Chinese user requests.

However, the so-called "local research and development" and "Chinese exclusive customization" models launched by car companies in recent years have received mixed reviews. In particular, some models that were once regarded as classics by car fans often lose their original characteristics after being replaced and changed, and are easily sprayed because of "domestic special supply".

Secondly, in the field of pure electricity, domestic brands are still leading and joint venture brands are catching up. Even if foreign brands come up with the latest technology, there is still a gap with domestic brands.

Take the CLA-class concept car that has been unveiled before, for example, the comprehensive energy conversion efficiency is 93%, the battery life is 400 kilometers in 15 minutes, and the energy efficiency performance of 12 kWh/100 kilometers is very good in the existing product lineage of Mercedes-Benz, but it has not yet reached the leading level among a large number of domestic new energy sources.

Finally, the domestic Mercedes-Benz GLE has long been the imaginary enemy and benchmark in the PPT of many domestic luxury new energy vehicles. For example, Ideal, Ask the World, NIO, etc., they have surpassed the second-tier luxury brands in terms of brand and sales, and have begun to approach the BBA. In terms of price, they have always had the advantage of domestic cars.

After the localization of the domestic Mercedes-Benz GLE, after all, still have to bear the task of profit, pricing can not be too radical. The current import GLE market end point price is about 60-700,000, the domestic GLC is in the 40-500,000 range, so the domestic GLE is likely to fall to about 500,000, it is difficult to say that there is an absolute attraction in the face of domestic new luxury.

The final end-to-end smart driving, Mercedes-Benz still needs to race against time. Domestic new energy brands have begun to shift to end-to-end smart driving on a large scale this year, and have devolved pure visual smart driving solutions to various price segments. For example, the price of Xiaopeng MONA M03 using pure visual solutions is only below 200,000 yuan. Equipped with Huawei pure visual smart driving, it will be on the bus in many brands such as Wenjie and Deep Blue. High-end end-to-end ADS 3.0 is also being popularized one after another.

By the time Mercedes-Benz’s end-to-end smart car launches in 2025, even if the technology and experience can compete, there is no preconceived advantage in the user’s mind.

Conclusion:

Cowardice before battle is a taboo for military experts. Overall, although facing many difficulties in the Chinese market, Mercedes-Benz continues to invest heavily in the Chinese market at this stage, indicating that it still has confidence in its own development in the Chinese market.

It’s just that the current Chinese market value standards and price system have changed. The era of luxury brands making money lying down has passed, and the old-fashioned things can no longer be played. This means that Mercedes-Benz needs to face up to this change. The most important thing next is to see if the new product can restore the confidence of the market and users in Mercedes-Benz, so that users can re-enter the arms of Mercedes-Benz.

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The Mercedes-Benz GLE coupe has an eye-catching front face design. Its air intake grille adopts a classic Mercedes-Benz family-style design. The delicate lines of chrome material are integrated with the body, showing the perfect combination of elegance and power. In the overall style, the body lines are smooth and dynamic, and the slippery back roof and low waist line outline a strong sense of movement. No matter which angle you look at, it exudes a strong sense of luxury and technology.

The Mercedes-Benz GLE coupe is a unique visual charm with its elegant side lines. The body size is quite slender, 4941mm long, 2018mm wide, 1716mm high, and the wheelbase reaches 2935mm, providing passengers with a spacious interior space. In terms of tire specifications, the front and rear wheels are equipped with 275/50 R20 wide tires, which not only enhances the handling performance, but also enhances the mobility of the vehicle. The wheel style has been carefully designed to complement the streamlined profile of the body, adding a sense of luxury to the overall shape.

The interior design of the Mercedes-Benz GLE coupe shows the perfect fusion of elegance and technology. The exquisite Nappa leather-wrapped steering wheel not only provides a comfortable grip, but also supports manual and electric up and down + front and rear adjustments to adapt to the driver’s needs. The 12.3-inch high definition central control screen not only displays delicate display, but also is equipped with advanced automatic speech recognition control system, which is convenient for the driver to control multimedia, navigation, telephone and air conditioning functions. The seats are made of imitation leather, which takes into account comfort and texture. The main and passenger seats support multi-directional adjustment, including front and rear, backrest, high and low and waist support, to ensure the comfort of long-distance driving. The front seats are also equipped with heating and ventilation functions, as well as power seat memory functions, so that the driver can enjoy the luxury experience. In addition, the vehicle is also equipped with wireless charging function of mobile phones and sufficient USB/Type-C ports to meet the daily needs of passengers.

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The driving recorder is an indispensable device on a vehicle. It is useless at ordinary times, but has a big role in critical moments. Back in the day, there was no driving recorder on the vehicle, so I bought, installed and tested several products by myself, and finally successfully used the device, which was fixed on the front windshield with a suction cup. After exposure to the sun, the suction cup often falls off. Over time, the suction cup ages and often falls off the glass. It is very inconvenient to use. Well now, buying a car comes standard with a driving recorder, which is much more comfortable. Our driving recorder (camera) is behind the rearview mirror in the car. (Illustration)

I wanted to copy the content in it a few times, but I couldn’t operate it. I asked a question in the exclusive service group. Answer: Under the steering wheel, there is a place where the driving recorder card is, press it to pop up and use it to read. I tried it, but I couldn’t take it off at all. (Old free is like this) (illustration)

Once to the full-function center, by the way, let the master operate it. It turns out that the new free no longer needs to take the card and read the card, and can be directly copied to the U disk.

Click from the screen: Settings — Driving Recorder to open the interface of the Driving Recorder

1. Recording The first icon indicates that: Recording is in progress, you can click "Start Recording" to record at the same time as recording (the default is not recording). Generally, there is no sound in video recording, only emergency video has sound 2. View the content of the driving recorder The second icon: Open all video recordings, which are named according to the year, month, day – hour and second. (For example, 20240527_102046 is 10:20:46 am on May 27) It is convenient to find the content you need. View emergency video content: There is general video playback/emergency video playback, you can switch

3. Normal maintenance (1). Unneeded emergency video recordings can be deleted. Generally, emergency video recordings will not cover emergency video recordings, and they are stored in different regions. When the emergency video storage area is full, there will be a prompt (2). Export in time. If necessary general driving video videos need to be exported, operate in time. Otherwise, it is easy to be overwritten by the back video. Click "Select" to select a certain video. At the same time, options such as: delete, move, and import a U disk appear. Select "Import U disk". (You need to insert a U disk under the wireless charging module of the mobile phone in advance)

4. Driving recorder settings The 3rd icon: Can be set: Recording time: 1min 3min 5min Gravity sensitivity settings: high, medium, low (illustration)

5. Take a picture in front and press the camera icon on the right side of the steering wheel to take a picture in front of the car. After the photo is successful, the interface will turn off by itself. You can also click "Camera" from the screen to enter:

(Illustration) The five icon functions of the interface are: album, photo, video, loop switching between the front and rear cameras in the car, and the last one is to add a logo in the lower right corner of the photo. Select the corresponding function and click the screen to take a photo or video. 7. For the finished photos, you can view the management center through the app — album:

Novices must play with the driving recorder, so as not to be in a hurry and panic!

On June 21, Lantu Automobile officially announced that its new pure electric medium-sized SUV H37 (internal code name) was officially named "Lantu Zhiyin". Combined with previous news, the new car is positioned lower than Lantu FREE, becoming a new entry-level product of Lantu Automobile, and will also become the only model under Lantu Automobile to provide pure electric drive. At present, Lantu Zhiyin has completed the application at MIIT and is expected to make its debut at the 2024 Chengdu Auto Show and be listed within the year.

A simple review of the appearance, different from previous models, Arashi will provide two kinds of front face shape, the main difference is the grille, one uses the same color as the body closed grille design, the overall visual effect is relatively simple, the other uses concave treatment, the interior is arranged in a matrix of luminous Arashi logo. In addition, the two different design versions of the headlight group, front bumper and other positions are consistent, both provide through-type LED light strip, the headlights on both sides are very slender, and still equipped with light sources in the fog lamp area.

On the side of the car body, the Lantu bosom friend adopts a hidden door handle, and the lines below the door panel draw on the style of Lantu’s chasing light. At the rear part of the car, it is equipped with a through light strip. The internal structure of the tail light group is the same as that of Lantu’s chasing light. The diffuser shape is added to the rear surround. In terms of size, the length, width and height are 4725/1900/1636 (1653) mm, and the wheelbase is 2900mm. It is positioned as a medium-sized SUV. As a reference, the length, width and height of the Lantu FREE are 4905/1950/1645mm, and the wheelbase is 2960mm.

In terms of interior decoration, according to previous spy photos, Landscape’s confidant is expected to be equipped with a large-size floating central control screen. In addition, the front armrest adopts a layered design, with a wireless charging panel above and a storage area below. Overall, the space utilization rate is still quite high.

In terms of power, Lantu’s confidant has declared a total of 6 versions, corresponding to different appearance, power and battery types. Among them, the maximum power of the motors before and after the four-wheel drive version is 160 kWh, which matches the lithium iron phosphate battery provided by Ningde Times. The battery capacity is 76.9 kWh/77.3 kWh, and the comprehensive working condition cruising range is 570 kilometers. The two-wheel drive version is equipped with the same specification battery, the maximum power of the drive motor is 215 kW, and the comprehensive working condition cruising range is 625 kilometers.

Another front-facing design and power system, the maximum power of the drive motor is 230 kW, which will match the ternary lithium battery pack provided by Ningde Times. The battery capacity is 78.7 kWh and 108.7 kWh, respectively. The corresponding comprehensive operating conditions have a cruising range of 650 kilometers and 901 kilometers, respectively.

According to the application information, Lantu’s confidant will be produced at the Dongfeng Nissan Yunfeng factory at No. 8 Yunfeng Avenue, Junshan Street, Wuhan Economic and Technological Development Zone, Hubei Province. The factory is the production base of Dongfeng Nissan’s pure electric model Ariya. According to this, some media reports said that Dongfeng Nissan will be reduced to a foundry to produce new models for Dongfeng Lantu.

According to public information, the construction name of Yunfeng factory project is Dongfeng Motor Group joint stock company passenger car expansion project, which is currently one of the four most intelligent vehicle production plants under Dongfeng Motor Group. The factory was officially completed and accepted in August 2023. It has the capacity of fuel vehicles, hybrid vehicles, pure electric vehicles and other models, and the annual production capacity can reach 300,000 vehicles. It is understood that Yunfeng factory is not a unique automobile factory of Dongfeng Nissan, and the production models are not limited to joint venture models.

Dongfeng Motor Company insiders said that Dongfeng Nissan is actually renting the factory to produce its models, and Dongfeng Landscape also adopts a similar model. The Yunfeng factory will put into production Dongfeng Landscape’s new SUV, in order to better revitalize the group’s new energy production line and ensure the delivery speed of new cars.

In 2024, Lantu Auto set a sales target of 100,000 vehicles, which doubled compared to 2023. If Lantu Auto wants to achieve this goal, in addition to relying on existing models, new cars also bear important sales tasks. From the market positioning point of view, Lantu’s main competitors will include Tesla Model Y, Xiaopeng G6, Ledao L60, Zhiji LS6 and other models. Among them, Model Y is the best-selling SUV in China. It sold 166,700 vehicles in the first May, second only to BYD Qin PLUS in the domestic market.

As a medium-sized SUV, Lantu Zhiyin needs excellent product strength. It is understood that Lantu Zhiyin will be built by Lantu in cooperation with Huawei, and will be equipped with Huawei’s smart cockpit and smart driving system. In addition, Lantu Zhiyin is the first global car after Let’s VOYAH’s "Common Lantu" sea strategy, and will be sold overseas after listing.