Nearly 20 new energy car companies announced price increases, oil prices skyrocketed, all Italian freight trucks will be suspended

Recently, with the surge in sales of new energy vehicles, many car companies have raised prices. This round of price increases can range from a thousand yuan to tens of thousands of yuan. Since March, nearly 20 new energy vehicle companies have announced price increases, involving nearly 40 models. The reporter's investigation found that a certain new energy hot-selling model, due to the high cost pressure, has experienced a price inversion phenomenon, and each car sold has a loss of about 10,000 yuan.

▎Xpeng Motors announced to join the three major European automobile associations at the same time

On the morning of March 14th, Beijing time, Xpeng Motors announced that it has become a member of the three major European automobile associations, the European Association for Electric Mobility (AVERE), the Dutch Automobile Industry Association (RAI Vereniging) and the Swedish Automobile Industry Association (BIL Sweden). He Liyang, vice president of Xpeng Motors, said: "We appreciate the sincere commitment of the European Commission to carbon neutrality and sustainable transportation, so we are also delighted to be an active participant in the transformation of European mobility through the power of industry associations. ".

▎Krypton Motors does not accept the apology of millions of fans from the media

On March 11, Jikr Auto posted an apology in response to the blogger "Xiao Hu Shua Car", saying, "We do not accept insincere apologies, we do not accept baseless slander, and reject unscrupulous black media with rhythm and enthusiasm, Resolutely safeguard the owner's reputation with legal weapons!". According to previous reports, Ji Krypton Motors issued a solemn statement saying that the blogger "Xiao Hu Shua Che" published a number of negative and false content against Ji Krypton Motors, asking it to apologize and delete related short videos. Jikr Automobile believes that the above-mentioned video clips have serious inaccuracies in the title, deliberately create special scenes and situations, selectively edit the content, maliciously and negatively report the "Jekyr" brand, and mislead the public.

▎A freight train derails, causing 75 deaths and 125 injuries

Recently, according to the Congo (DRC) National Railway Company, the death toll of a freight train derailment accident in Lualaba province in southeastern Congo (DRC) on the evening of the 10th has risen to 75, and another 125 people were injured, 28 of whom were seriously injured. . It is reported that although Congo (Kinshasa) prohibits freight trains from carrying passengers, there were a large number of people on the freight train at the time of the incident. Due to the aging of railways and locomotives, passenger and cargo overloading and other problems, the problem of train derailment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has occurred from time to time.

▎All Italian cargo trucks will be suspended due to soaring fuel costs

According to reports, on the 11th local time, the Italian transportation industry union said that due to the recent explosion in fuel costs, the Italian transportation industry was unable to support cost pressures. The transportation companies jointly decided that freight trucks will be suspended nationwide from the 14th. Service. The union warned that it was unclear how long the suspension would last and that if the Italian government did not intervene to cut fuel costs and fuel prices continued to rise, it would be difficult for freight truck services to restart.

▎Research claims that Musk will become the world's first "trillionaire" in 2024

According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Musk is currently the world's richest man with a net worth of $221 billion. According to research by Approve.com, based on an annual growth rate of 129%, Musk's net worth will reach $1 trillion in 2024, making him the world's first "trillionaire".