Pandaily's Digest #20220617
Chinese electric vehicle maker NIO held a product launch event on Wednesday during which the company premiered its newest smart electric mid-large SUV.
NIO Launches Smart Electric Mid-Large SUV ES7
Chinese electric vehicle maker NIO held a product launch event on Wednesday during which the company premiered its newest smart electric mid-large SUV, the ES7, while also unveiling the 2022 ES8, ES6, and EC6.
BYD Discloses Progress on Shaoxing Battery Production Base
Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD on Tuesday disclosed recent progress on its new energy power battery production base in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province. The total investment of the project is about 13 billion yuan ($1.93 billion), covering an area of about 1,800 mu (1.2 square kilometers), and the estimated annual output value will exceed 20 billion yuan.
DJI Releases First Independent Wireless Video Solution and Two Stabilizers
DJI, a Shenzhen-based civilian drone manufacturer, on Wednesday unveiled three new tools that it claims will enable filmmakers and the content creation community to easily bring their visions to life. The DJI RS 3 and DJI RS 3 Pro stabilizers bring improvements to the Ronin series, while DJI Transmission – the firm’s first independent wireless video solution – combines reception, monitoring, control, and recording.
Douyin’s Soda Music Starts Public Testing
Soda Music, a music platform owned by ByteDance’s Douyin, is now available on all major app stores and is open to all users. In April of this year, Soda Music started alpha testing and released invitation codes for users to register.
Audi Sues NIO for Infringement of Car Names
Audi, which is owned by Volkswagen, filed a lawsuit in a Munich court accusing China’s NIO of infringing Audi’s trademark rights.
China Begins Prototype Development for New Manned-Carrier Three-Stage Engine Rocket
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) announced on Thursday that the first long-distance and multiple ignition tests of the three-stage engine of China’s new manned-carrier rocket were successfully completed, meaning that the engine can now move into the initial prototype development stage.
Huawei Cloud Announces 15 Innovative Services and Two Partner Collaboration Frameworks
At the Huawei Partner and Developer Conference held on Wednesday, Huawei Cloud announced 15 innovative services and two partner collaboration frameworks, GoCloud and GrowCloud. The conference also marked the kick-off of the company’s flagship ICT competition, the Huawei Developer Competition.
Tencent to Hold Game Launch Event for SPARK 2022 on June 27
The gaming branch of Chinese Internet giant Tencent announced on Wednesday that the “SPARK 2022” launch event would be held at 20:00 on June 27.
WeChat Pay Launches Low-Carbon Q&A Challenge
On Wednesday, WeChat Pay jointly launched a three-week Low Carbon Q&A Challenge with Tencent Carbon Neutrality Lab and Tencent Financial Research Institute. The challenge encourages users to flexibly apply their own carbon neutral knowledge and asks them questions from a bank of five million questions to make it through. Nearly 600,000 of users nationwide have participated in the campaign after it was launched three days ago.
Vivo X80 Pro+ Smartphone Expected to Be Released in October
Technology industry tipster Yogesh Brar has indicated that vivo’s next-generation flagship smartphone is set to launch later this year. This comes on the heels of news that the Chinese electronics firm had cancelled the launch of the X80 Pro+ in 2022, and sources claim that the new model will have a different name. According to Brar, the vivo X80 Pro+ 5G is tentatively scheduled to launch in October 2022, which is subject to change depending on global supply chains.