91 Ten Articles: The world's first autonomous driving stock will be listed, and the United States will legislate to solve the chip shortage problem

1. In March this year, Changan Automobile achieved overall sales of 226,400 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 62.02%; in the first quarter, Changan Automobile sold a total of 641,100 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 111.56%.

2. Geely Auto sold 100,000 vehicles in March, a year-on-year increase of 37%. Its sales in the first quarter were 333,600 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of about 62%, which has achieved 22% of its full-year sales target for 2021.

3. TuSimple, an autonomous driving truck startup, said that its target valuation in its U.S. initial public offering (IPO) is over $8 billion. The listing date is tentatively scheduled for April 15, U.S. time, and it is expected to become the world's "first autonomous driving stock."

4. SAIC Group and Tencent jointly announced that they will establish a joint cybersecurity laboratory to carry out in-depth cooperation in the fields of intelligent connected vehicle cybersecurity standards and specifications, attack and defense technologies, security research and development, and security operations.

5. Media reports say that Xiaopeng Motors is developing its own chips for autonomous driving, which is being carried out simultaneously in China and the United States. The project is expected to be put into production by the end of this year or early next year.

6. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the "Guidelines for the Access Management of Intelligent Connected Vehicle Manufacturers and Products (Trial)" (Draft for Comments). The draft opinion proposes that intelligent connected vehicle manufacturers should collect, use and protect personal information in accordance with the law, implement data classification and grading management, formulate important data catalogs, and must not disclose sensitive information involving national security.

7. Battery Advanced Development Inc. of California has developed a breakthrough battery technology that uses a special combination of chemicals as electrodes and electrolytes. It does not require the use of special rare chemicals, and the raw materials can be easily obtained from existing resources.

8. Juguan Technology launched a new line spot laser radar transmitter module LX01 based on VCSEL light source. This module can be used in unmanned driving LiDAR and has core advantages such as higher peak power, high reliability, smaller temperature drift coefficient, lower sealing requirements, and lower mass production cost.

9. Porsche Asia Pacific and Shell announced a partnership to establish Southeast Asia's first cross-border high-performance charging network.

10. U.S. President Joe Biden said Senate leaders are preparing legislation on semiconductors in an effort to address the ongoing chip supply shortage that is affecting U.S. auto manufacturing.

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