Didi joined forces with the public to win Nissan in the era of Ningde

The big travel market is busy this week. Didi teamed up with the public to grab the market. In the era of Ningde, the circle of friends further expanded and won orders from Nissan Motors. Geely Automobile and Guoxian Gaoke were all added, while Huayou Cobalt was significantly reduced.

1, Didi and the public join forces to seize the travel market

On May 4, it was reported that the Volkswagen Group is in talks with Didi to form a joint venture company. The Volkswagen Group may manage some of Didi's convoys and assist Didi in building specialized service vehicles.

The VW group said the joint venture with Didi was not just meant to be a taxi market; it also wanted to take the opportunity to enter the market for self-driving cars and "self-driving taxis".

In the new joint venture, VW group will be the only shareholder with Didi, but they also agreed that not all of the vehicles purchased will come from VW group. The joint venture will build a huge fleet of 100,000 shared travel vehicles, 60,000 of which will be Volkswagen's new energy vehicles.

Didi spokesman said the two sides are still exploring the details of the cooperation. The potential is for the two sides to jointly establish a fleet operation business and study cooperation in other areas, such as the design of new car products specifically for online vehicles.

2, Li Shufu spent more than 400 million yuan to increase Geely Automobile

According to the information of the Stock Exchange, on May 2, Li Shufu increased his holdings of Geely Automobile (00175) in 2015, or 0.22 %, at a price of 21.479 yuan per share, with a total value of 430 million yuan, and the latest shareholding increased to 46.39 %.

At the same time, it should be mentioned that during the 2018 Beijing Motor Show, Li Shufu threatened: "Internet companies building cars are fooling people all day long. "

This remark can be said to directly open the contradiction between traditional car companies and new forces in car building, and it has also caused the industry to discuss new forces in car building.

Li Shufu chose to increase the number of Geely cars at this point in time, to a certain extent, it shows that it is optimistic about the company's prospects.

3, Guo Xuan Gao Ke actual control person increase

At noon on May 3, Guoxuan Gaoke (002074) issued an announcement on May 3 that the company disclosed on February 7, 2018 the "Notice on the Actual Control of the Company's Plan to Increase the Stock of the Company". The company's chairman and actual controller, Lizhen, plans to increase the company's shares through its own funds from February 7, 2018 to May 8, 2018, with an additional amount of not less than 30 million yuan. As of May 2, 2018, Lizhen added a total of 1,350,500 shares to the company, and the total amount of additional holdings was 23.414,800 yuan.

After the increase, Lizhen held 134,458,188 shares of the company, and 11.83 % of the shares were held after the increase.

In addition, on May 4, Guoxuan Gaoke stated on the investor interaction platform that the company has been maintaining communication and exchanges with Volkswagen and the company will strive to enter the world-class brand supply chain. In addition, China Communications, Jinlong, Ankai and other commercial car companies are still important customers and cooperative companies.

4, Ningde era has become Daimler and Nissan battery suppliers

On May 2, SabineAngermann, head of procurement at Daimler Group, said that Daimler Group had signed a contract with the Ningde era, and Ningde era officially became a Daimler battery supplier.

On the same day, Ningde announced that it had won Nissan's supply order, which was its first contract from Nissan.

The Ningde era has become a battery supplier for a series of new cars to be introduced by global car giants. These include the relaunch of the pure electric car ix4 by Toyota's Chinese partner Guangzhou auto group, the plug-in Sonata of Hyundai and the 530le sedan of BMW.

Global car giants are deploying new energy vehicles, and the most important technology for new energy vehicles is batteries. Judging from the pace of expansion in the Ningde era, it has entered the first echelon of battery suppliers internationally.

5, Huayou cobalt industry has greatly increased its performance but has been reduced in bulk

On the evening of May 4, Huayou Cobalt announced the latest actual situation of shareholder reduction. From February 23, 2018 to May 4, 2018, the Daishan Company, Huayou Investment, and Huayou Investment Consistent Action Group collectively reduced the company's 15.75 million shares through bulk trading and centralized bidding, accounting for 2.66 % of the company's total share capital. The price range is 93.36 yuan/share-131.76 yuan/share. Calculated at an average reduction price, the cash withdrawal amount is as high as 1.8 billion yuan.

In fact, since last year, Huayou's cobalt shares have quadrupled as shareholders and a number of corporate executives have opted to cut their holdings.

According to the annual and quarterly reports, the company's net profit last year was 1.9 billion yuan, an increase of 2637.7 % over the same period last year; In the first quarter of 2018, the company achieved revenue of 3.431 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 96.36 %; Net profit was 851 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 237.96 %.

6, Lifan SHARES raised nearly 2.5 billion yuan layout new energy car industry chain

On the evening of May 6, Lifan shares issued a non-public offering of A-share shares, and the total amount of funds to be raised will not exceed 2.48 billion yuan for investment in smart new energy vehicle energy stations, smart new energy vehicle 1.6 billion watt-hour lithium core, smart lightweight fast exchange pure electric vehicle platform development projects, and repayment of bank loans.

Lifan SHARES said that the capital raising plan to use the power of the capital market, on the one hand, to build a complete intelligent new energy vehicle industry chain with the "energy station" as the core, technology research and development, and the manufacturing of core parts and components. On the other hand, the company's asset-liability ratio as of the end of 2017 was as high as 75.72 %, which was at a high level among listed companies in the automotive industry. Some of the funds raised this time will be used to repay debt, increase capital, reduce asset liability ratio, optimize financial structure, and improve resilience to risks.

7, Man Bang Group acquisition Zhihong Logistics

On May 5th, Wang Gang, chairman and CEO of Man Bang Group, publicly stated that in order to make up for his own shortcomings in the proprietary business and provide customers with better services, Man Bang Group is organizing a large fleet and has now acquired Zhihong Logistics.

It is understood that Zhihong Logistics was established in 2003. Since 2013, it has transformed from a dedicated logistics to a "large fleet" operating model. It has now become China's leading road logistics transportation solution provider. The customers of the service include Shunfeng, Yunda, Yuantong, Zhongtong, Baishi, Debang, Tiandi Huayu, Weipin Club, Jingdong, etc. The transportation network covers more than 160 cities in China and links more than 20,000 transportation vehicles.

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