Wisdom Morning Post: BAIC New Energy will rise by more than 18% on the first day of listing of Yunmi on September 27th.
Original title: Zhidong Morning Post: BAIC New Energy will rise by more than 18% on the first day of listing of Yunmi on September 27.
"Wisdom Things" Morning Post No.1050
Wednesday, September 26th, 2018
# Today’s news #
1. Beiqi New Energy will be officially listed on the A-share market on September 27th.
On September 25th, it was reported that BAIC New Energy will be officially listed on the A-share market on September 27th. According to industry insiders, becoming a listed company can bring better capital liquidity to BAIC New Energy, and it has the advantage of rushing in many dimensions such as brand. However, in order to maintain sound development after listing, Beijing New Energy still faces the test of poor product structure and tightening industrial policies. It is reported that Beiqi New Energy has completed all the preparatory work before listing and renamed the shell company as "S Blue Valley".
2. The first day of Yunmi Technology’s listing: the intraday price rose by more than 18%.
3. GM will push the world’s first unmanned vehicle without steering wheel pedal.
On September 25th, it was reported that recently, General Motors announced that it would participate in the 2018 China International Import Expo held in Shanghai from November 5th to 10th, at which a series of advanced technologies and innovative ideas such as pure electric vehicles, autonomous driving and V2X car networking will be displayed. The Cruise AV self-driving car that will be unveiled at that time will be the first mass-produced car in the world that can drive safely without a driver, steering wheel and pedals. The model has been tested in public road environment in San Francisco and other places in the United States, and it is planned to be put into large-scale commercial application next year.
# Artificial Intelligence #
1. Beiming Star Eye completed tens of millions of Pre-A rounds of financing.
On September 25th, it was reported that Beiming Xingmu, a human-computer interaction solution company, recently completed tens of millions of yuan of Pre-A financing, which was led by Sanjiang Holding Group. Based on the self-developed logical bionic architecture, Beiming Xingmu has created a companion "AI health consultant" product. At present, Beiming Xingmu has built a Sanjiang Beiming platform with Sanjiang Group for the research and development of AI health consultants. By the end of this year, the preliminary products will enter 30-40 chain pharmacies in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai in the form of APP.
2. Kai-Fu Lee: Three misunderstandings of China AI by the United States.
On September 25th, it was reported that Kai-Fu Lee wrote in the column of new york Times that there are several common misunderstandings about the current situation of AI in China in American scientific and technological circles, such as: 1. They often attribute the advantages of massive data to the large number of people in China. 2. China’s competitive AI business environment and technological development are based on intellectual property theft. 3. The China government supports AI companies by giving them huge subsidies to protect them from foreign competitors. He said that China still needs to learn from the United States in forward-looking research. However, with the application of AI becoming the trend of the times, there are many aspects that the United States needs to learn from China.
3. Google uses AI technology to forecast floods for Indians.
On September 25 th, it was reported that Google was using AI technology to detect and release flood forecast. The project was first launched in India. Google is using historical event data and river water level readings, topography and altitude in a specific area to train its AI model, which can accurately predict the possible location, time and severity of floods.
It is reported that Google cooperated with the country’s Central Water Affairs Commission last month and issued the first alert in Bihar, India. Its alarm system is integrated in real-time services such as Google Search and Google Maps.
4. Jietong Huasheng’s new round of financing led by nearly 100 million deep ventures.
On September 25 th, it was reported that recently, Jietong Huasheng announced the completion of a new round of billion-dollar financing, which was led by Shenzhen Venture Capital and the Seven Wolves Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Fund.It will be used to consolidate its industrial position in the field of artificial intelligence and accelerate the implementation of strategic layout in technology, products and market.
It is reported that Jietong Huasheng is an artificial intelligence technology and product service provider integrating more than ten technologies such as intelligent voice, intelligent image, intelligent semantics and biometric identification.
5. Microsoft announced a $40 million AI humanitarian rescue plan.
On September 25th, according to foreign media reports, on September 24th, local time, Microsoft launched a five-year $40 million "Humane AI Action" plan, which will be used to create tools and services to help mankind. It is reported that the plan will focus on four specific areas: refugees and homeless people, children’s needs, disaster relief and human rights. It is reported that more news is expected to be announced at the Ignite conference.
Microsoft first announced this project last year, when it introduced that the project would contribute to the development of AI technology on earth, and it would help support the development of biodiversity, biological protection and climate change.
6. Zhongtong Tianhong received tens of millions of A rounds of financing from Lanchi Venture Capital.
On September 25th, it was reported that Zhongtong Tianhong, a cloud communication service provider, announced today that it had received tens of millions of A rounds of investment from Lanchi Venture Capital. It is reported that in the first half of 2018, Zhongtong Tianhong has achieved operating income of over 100 million yuan and will start a new round of financing.
Zhongtong Tianhong is a familyBased on cloud computing and AI technology, a company that provides enterprises with communication platform PaaS services and SaaS software services including call center CTI-PLUS, work order/customer management, online customer service, IM robot, intelligent knowledge base, intelligent quality inspection, BI big data platform and voice robot.
7. Microsoft and Shell use artificial intelligence to monitor smokers.
On September 25th, it was reported that Microsoft and Shell are currently cooperating in a pilot project, using AI to identify people who smoke at gas stations and give an alarm. Shell gas station will install a camera and run a Microsoft cloud intelligence program, Azure loT Edge. The camera will send pictures that may contain cigarettes to the micro-Azure cloud. Azure cloud will use AI to identify whether someone is smoking and send an alarm to the gas station administrator. It is reported that the team also plans to apply AI to Shell’s offshore drilling sites and refineries, and use AI to predict when equipment parts need maintenance and remind employees to repair or replace parts.
# New trip #
1. The United States has invested heavily in road construction to support Foxconn unmanned vehicle transportation.
On September 25th, according to foreign media reports, China Foxconn Group is investing $10 billion to build a large LCD panel base in Wisconsin. It is reported that in order to support Foxconn transportation, Wisconsin will invest heavily in upgrading roads and become an intelligent road system supporting self-driving cars. Because this section of the road will become an important channel for materials to enter and exit the LCD panel base of Foxconn Group, especially to and from Mitchell International Airport, and Foxconn is ready to deploy self-driving vehicles.
2, Uber push real-time traffic function Didi has been used for 16 years.
On September 25 th, according to foreign media reports, Uber is testing the function of displaying traffic forecast on the end map, and marking it in blue, yellow and red according to the congestion situation. It is reported that Uber has tested this feature on the Android platform in the past few months, and recently promoted this feature to the iOS platform. Similar to this in-terminal road condition display function based on big data and real-time analysis, Didi has been put into use in 2016.
3. Volkswagen will push three electric vehicles with a minimum battery life of 330km next year.
On September 25 th, it was reported that recently, the public said,estimateNext year, a mass-produced electric vehicle based on the electric concept car I.D. will be launched. This electric vehicle based on MEB platform will provide three different battery pack configurations, corresponding to three levels of cruising range, so as to adapt to different budget groups. According to the endurance figures tested by the World Light Vehicle Test Program (WLTP), the WLTP mileage of the entry-level version of the car is 330km;; Its starting price is expected to be around $30,000 (about RMB205,800). Medium-sized models, the official revealed that its cruising range is close to 450km, while the cruising range of high-sized models will reach 600km.
4. Tesla has started to produce the European version of Model 3.
5. Oufei Technology said that it is expected to mass-produce parking service products during the year.
On September 25 th, it was reported that Oufei Technology said today that in the smart car business, the company gradually released orders in hand and has become the main supplier of many mainstream auto manufacturers in China. It is said that the company has actively laid out new products, including car display module, instrument central control integrated host, streaming media rearview mirror system, car fingerprint identification system, etc., and has acquired the park’s autonomous driving technology through the introduction of talents and investment in research and development, which is expected to mass-produce products with parking service function within this year.
6, Beijing unmanned vehicle road test qualification list announced.
On September 25 th, according to the official website of the Smart Car Alliance Industrial Innovation Center, there are currently 34 vehicles with self-driving road test qualifications in Beijing, including 25 in Baidu, 2 in Daimler, 2 in Didi and 2 in Xiaoma Zhixing, and 1 in Weilai, Beijing New Energy Automobile and Tencent. According to official data, as of August, the road test of self-driving vehicles in Beijing has safely traveled more than 45,000 kilometers, and 44 roads with a total of 123 kilometers have been opened for testing.
7. Tencent obtained the license for road test of Beijing self-driving vehicles.
8. The new energy vehicle company Diageo One-dimensional A+round financing tens of millions.
On September 25th, it was reported that Diageo 1D, a new energy vehicle developer, recently completed tens of millions of A+rounds of financing, with Huaying Industrial Fund as the investor. It is reported that,Established in February 2017, Diageo 1D is a high-tech enterprise integrating the research, development, manufacturing and marketing of pure electric vehicles, which is jointly funded by Jiangsu yueda Venture Capital Co., Ltd., IDG Capital and Beijing Liandong Tianyi Technology Co., Ltd.. Customer orientation is mainly a young group in first-and second-tier cities.At present, the prototype of the company has entered the experimental stage, and the product development of the whole vehicle has completed the design and entered the engineering manufacturing stage.
9. Suzuki will test 50 electric prototypes in India.
According to foreign media reports, Maruti Suzuki, India’s largest automobile manufacturer, will test electric vehicles in India in October, and plans to launch the first electric vehicle in 2020. Suzuki will carry out functional and other tests on 50 electric prototypes, and the first electric vehicle will be built based on Suzuki Wagon R.
According to the agreement signed between Suzuki and Toyota in November 2017, Toyota needs to provide technical support for electric vehicles produced by Suzuki in India, and Suzuki needs to provide such vehicles to Toyota. In addition, the two sides will jointly train engineers.
10. Applied Intuition A raised USD 11.5 million.
On September 25th, it was reported that recently, Applied Intuition completed a series of financing of $11.5 million. This round of financing was led by Andreessen Horowitz and Floodgate, with Liquid2, Haystack, AngelList founder Naval Ravikant and Lax Capital participating. Previously, Applied Intuition had been operating in secret. It is reported that this is a company that provides automatic driving simulators for developers.Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, it provides more than 100,000 different driving scenarios for autonomous driving tests. The clients are mainly entrepreneurs who have no resources and time to create their own virtual simulators.
11. Nissan sylphy pure electric version will be listed tonight with a battery life of 338km.
On September 25th, it was reported that the Dongfeng Nissan Sylphy pure electric version will be officially launched tonight. The new car is equipped with a ternary lithium battery pack with a capacity of 38kWh, and the cruising range under comprehensive working conditions is 338km. The previously announced pre-sale price is 166,000 yuan before the subsidy. It is reported that the length, width and height of the new car are 4677/1760/1520mm and the wheelbase is 2700mm respectively.Equipped with remote real-time monitoring, on-board Wi-Fi hotspot, OTA online upgrade and other current mainstream electric vehicle configurations. The new car can support 50kW DC fast charging and 6.6kW AC slow charging. It takes 8 hours to fully charge slowly, and it can charge the battery from 0 to 80% in 45 minutes in fast charging mode.
12. Li Yinan holds 44% of the shares for the largest shareholder of Mavericks Electric.
13. Porsche will stop production of diesel vehicles and produce pure trams next year.
On September 25th, it was reported that Oliver Blume, CEO of Porsche, said in an interview with German media that due to stricter carbon emission regulations, Porsche will stop supplying diesel fuel for existing models, and only sell gasoline vehicles and hybrid vehicles in the future, and will start producing pure electric vehicles in 2019. Porsche plans to invest 6 billion euros in electric vehicle technology development by 2022.
# Smart Home #
1. Yilian and Microsoft jointly released a new generation of intelligent video equipment.
On September 25th, it was reported that recently, Yilian Network and Microsoft jointly released a new generation of intelligent collaboration scheme, and jointly launched a series of new audio and video devices supporting Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business, as well as team collaboration devices such as video conference terminal VC200. These new products will cover a variety of office scenes. It is expected that new video products will be launched in 2019.
2. Facebook will launch the AI video chat device Portal.
On September 25 th, it was reported that Facebook will launch an AI-driven video chat device Portal next week, which can be regarded asOn the basis of the smart speaker, a screen and a wide-angle camera are added, which can watch videos or make video calls. With the support of AI, Portal can connect users with their Facebook accounts. It is reported that there are two versions of Portal, and the regular version costs about 400 dollars, about 2700 yuan; The small version costs about 300 dollars, about 2000 yuan.
# Robots/drones #
Astro boy robot will be sold in Japan in October.
On September 25th, NTT DoCoMo official website showed that Astro Boy, a home robot based on the protagonist of Astro Boy, will be sold in home appliance stores all over Japan on October 1st. It can not only make dance movements like traditional robots, but also have face recognition function, and can talk to users through AI function. The NTT "natural dialogue platform" carried by the robot is one of its main features. It is reported that the selling price of this robot will be 212,900 yen (excluding tax, about RMB13,000).
# New progress #
1. FCA intends to appoint Gorlier as the head of business in Europe.
On September 25th, according to foreign media reports, Fiat Chrysler Automobile Company (FCA) intends to appoint Pietro Gorlier, the chief operating officer of its parts business, as the head of its business in Europe, which is part of FCA’s extensive restructuring plan, and the restructuring result will be announced as early as this week.
It is reported that Gorlier is the main candidate to succeed Alfredo Altavilla. The latter left at the end of August after the FCA board of directors chose Mike Manley, the head of its Jeep brand, to succeed Malchow. According to people familiar with the matter, FCA has not yet made a final decision, and other senior executives are also under consideration. The FCA declined to comment.
2. Google appoints Chief Privacy Officer to deal with data control.
On September 25th, it was reported that Google recently appointed Keith EnPark Jung Su as its chief privacy officer and formulated a series of corporate policies to deal with possible federal data control. EnPark Jung Su said, "It is indeed necessary to set basic regulations for privacy protection at present, and Google welcomes this and supports comprehensive basic privacy protection supervision." It is reported that John Thun, the chairman of the expert group and Republican Senator of South Dakota, said that he would propose legislation on privacy issues. Park Jung Su will testify at a hearing organized by the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation of the United States Senate. Executives from AT&T, Amazon and other companies are also expected to attend.
3. Uber open source deep learning database Petastorm.
On September 25th, it was reported that Uber recently announced the open source of Petastorm, a data access library developed by Uber ATG, which can directly perform stand-alone or distributed training and deep learning model evaluation based on several TB Apache Parquet format data sets. Petastorm supports popular Python-based machine learning (ML) frameworks, such as Tensorflow, Pytorch and PySpark, and can also be directly used in Python code. This data set is generated by Python interface PySpark of Apache Spark and will be used in machine learning training.
4. Bloomberg: Yunmi Technology IPO is priced at $9 per share.
On September 25 th, according to Bloomberg News, Yunmi Technology IPO was priced at $9 per ADS. It is reported that Yunmi Technology submitted the IPO (initial public offering) listing application documents to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) at the end of August, and plans to list on Nasdaq with the stock code "VIOT", and plans to raise up to 150 million US dollars.
5. Mavericks Electric’s revenue in the first half of the year was 560 million, a year-on-year increase of 95%.
On September 25 th, it was reported that the Mavericks electric prospectus showed that the net revenue of Mavericks electric in 2017 was 769.4 million (about 116.3 million US dollars), an increase of 116.8% year-on-year. The net loss in 2017 was 184.7 million (about 27.9 million US dollars), compared with 232.7 million in the same period last year. The net revenue of Mavericks Electric in the first half of 2018 was 557.1 million (about 84.2 million US dollars), a year-on-year increase of 95.4%. The net loss in the first half of the year was 314.9 million (about 47.6 million US dollars), compared with the net loss of 96.6 million in the same period of last year.The net loss rate increased from 33.9% to 56.5%.
#AR/VR#
1. Magic Leap will provide AR glasses for the US Army.
On September 25 th, according to foreign media reports, Magic Leap is advancing a contract with the US Army to manufacture AR equipment for soldiers for combat missions. According to the military’s description of the project, the project will enhance the military’s ability to investigate, decide and act before the enemy, so as to enhance its combat effectiveness. The military may buy more than 100,000 pairs of glasses, which is only part of its $500 million project. It is reported that Microsoft is also interested in this project.
2. VR startup Torch 3D launched AR modeling application.
On September 25 th, it was reported that recently, VR startup Torch3D launched the AR modeling application TorchAR to enable users to quickly build interactive 3D models. This program allows users to build interactive prototypes and use existing 3D and 2D files and tools to collaborate in real time. And can use AR functions, such as image detection, and other mobile functions, such as payment, voice input, social media sharing and GPS.
#5G#
1. Baidu and Intel set up a 5G+AI edge computing laboratory.
On September 25th, it was reported that the "5G+AI Edge Computing Joint Lab" jointly sponsored by Baidu and Intel was officially unveiled today, aiming at accelerating the research and development of domestic edge computing (MEC) technology. The two sides will jointly promote the research and development of OTE platform, realize the unified management of Internet-side edge computing such as cloud edge infrastructure, distributed computing resources, mobile network edge and intelligent terminals, and accelerate the launch of related commercial products.
2. Canada: There is no need to ban Huawei’s 5G network construction.
On September 25th, according to foreign media reports, Canadian cyber security executives said that Ottawa is confident that it has adequate security measures to deal with the risk of hackers or spies in China, and that it is unnecessary to follow the example of the United States and Australia to exclude China telecom giant Huawei from participating in the next generation of 5G network construction. Scott Jones, the new head of the Canadian Cyber Security Center in Ottawa, said that Ottawa has a sound system for testing Huawei equipment and software to prevent security vulnerabilities.
3. Intel organized Mobile Unicom Telecom to show 5G cards.
On September 25th, Intel held a 5G network summit in Beijing today, and invited three major operators (China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom), Huawei, ZTE, Baidu, Tencent and Ziguang Zhanrui to support the platform. Mobile plans to realize the "three steps" of 5G construction, and will carry out 9 categories of 5G application demonstrations in 12 cities next year; Telecom has raised several "anxieties" in the 5G era; Unicom introduced 5G landing projects such as the 5G network that cooperated with Intel to build the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics; Huawei, Baidu, Tencent and Ziguang Zhanrui respectively introduced their cooperation with Intel in 5G or their own 5G plans.
# bike-sharing #
1. It was reported that ofo used GSE for financing. The official said that the news was untrue.
On September 25th, a few days ago, some media reported that ofo had used digital currency GSE to conduct a round of financing for itself in July. Ofo officials responded in Weibo today, saying that the content of the report was seriously inaccurate, and that there was no such thing as "ofo using GSE for a new round of financing" because the relationship between ofo and GSE was only a market partnership. For the statement that "ofo’s fundraising is cheating money, because ofo has no money", ofo officials even call it "nonsense". Ofo said that it will reserve the right to resort to law for irresponsible behavior of relevant media.
# Apple Pie #
1. Apple turned a large number of XR OEM orders to Foxconn.
On September 25 th, according to foreign media reports, due to capacity problems and delayed shipment of some key components, Apple has shifted a large number of new iPhone XR OEM orders from Heshuo to Foxconn. Initially, Apple handed over the OEM orders for iPhone XR with LCD screen to Foxconn and Pegatron respectively. Among them, Pegatron took about 60% share, while Foxconn took 30%. After the adjustment, Heshuo’s current OEM share of iPhoneXR has dropped to less than 30%, while Foxconn’s OEM share has ushered in a sharp increase.
2. Apple earns $241 more for each 512G iPhone XS.
On September 25th, according to Bloomberg News, the 512G version of Apple’s new iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max earned $241 more than the 64G version. Its storage cost is about 25 cents per GB, but Apple charges customers about 78 cents. Apple will charge an extra $350 to jump from the minimum 64GB to the new 512GB iPhone XS.
In addition, high-storage iPhone devices may cause users to increase their expenses in other aspects. Some people who are used to unlimited downloads on their mobile phones are more likely to use more music, applications, movies and subscriptions to fill their devices, which will also increase Apple’s service revenue.