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It seems that since Weimar won the highest number of new power car companies in 2019, its limelight has gradually diminished in 2020, and the news that is often exposed in the industry comes from NIO or ideal cars. with the increase in the marketing of Xiaopeng's second new car, the P7, Xiaopeng has a lot of exposure. in contrast, there is little news about Weimar, and there are even rumors from the outside that "Wei Lai Xiaopeng ideal group." The saying of "playing without Weimar".

Regarding this view, Shen Hui, founder, chairman and CEO of Weimar, said in a recent media interview that he did not think so, believing that in the current deteriorating environment of the automobile market and the new energy market, we should not compete with each other, but should achieve common development in order to realize the mass expansion of new power car companies.

Shen Hui said, "We are all competitors, and now the market is very small. The total sales of new power car companies accounted for 6% last year and just 15% this year." There is no point in competing with each other. We should join hands to make the cake bigger. "

In fact, there is another reason for such a statement. On June 6th, he Xiaopeng, Li Bin, and Li Xiang, founders and CEO of the new car-making forces of Xiaopeng, NIO and ideal, took photos in the same frame for the first time in the circle of friends. For a while, there was a wonderful interpretation in the industry-- "there are ideal Pengyou together."

Obviously, this photo does not show Shen Hui, founder and CEO of Weima, which is also the head of the new power, so it is inevitable that outsiders will not think too much about it. Even the industry began to speculate about the possibility of the merger of NIO, Xiaopeng Automobile and ideal Automobile.

In response to this situation, Shen Hui also explained: "he Xiaopeng is my younger brother of South China University of Technology, and Li Bin often communicates with me," Shen Hui said with a smile. "but I don't like taking pictures, and I don't want to post them. You have to take a photographer with you at any time when you go out. "

Earlier, Meituan CEO Wang Xing said on Weibo that only Lai Lai, Xiaopeng and ideal could survive, and pushed the three star companies with their own flow to the forefront. However, there was no mention of Weima, which made many netizens leave a message one after another: "are you sure you don't take Weima?"

Various founders have also responded to Wang Xing's comments, such as Li Xiang, who said on Weibo many times that the relationship between us is better than the outside world thought. Li Xiaopeng also said: "this is what Wang Xing said, not mine." However, its exaggeration to put Xiaopeng in the top three is also discerning, but the development in the next two years will be a critical period for new forces, so it is more important to look back at that time.

On the other hand, Shen Hui had a bet with Wang Xing. He believed that Weima must be on the list of top3. "if Weima's sales are not the first among the new car-building forces in 2020, Shen Hui will give Wang Xing a car with unlimited brand price, otherwise Wang Xing will give Shen Hui takeout, products and locations of their own choice."

However, judging from the current sales volume of the new power car companies, Weimar does lag behind the other three in terms of cumulative sales this year. According to the data, the highest sales in the first five months was the strongest Lai, which delivered a total of 10324 new cars, followed by 7775 ideal cars and 4558 Xiaopeng cars. Although the gap between Weima and Xiaopeng cars is not small, it is also slightly lower than Xiaopeng's delivery volume of 4422 vehicles.

Therefore, from the data point of view, it is obviously difficult for Weima to surpass NIO and the ideal, but the gap with Xiaopeng is not big, and it can be surpassed with a little effort. However, for Xiaopeng and Weima, both have brought their second mass-produced models this year, namely Xiaopeng's P7 and Weima's EX6, so the second model plays a role in the next sales competition between the two.

According to May sales, the Weima EX6 is only 82, while the Xiaopeng P7 is no more than 166, but for the two models, the Weima EX6 is already on the market. Xiaopeng P7 is a new car that has just been on the market for a month. In addition, for the low sales of Xiaopeng P7, he Xiaopeng said that it is because it has not yet been delivered, and with the gradual increase in production capacity, sales will naturally be raised.

Therefore, it is indeed challenging for Weimar to gamble this year, but the epidemic is no small impact for all major car companies, and it is not easy for new forces to achieve growth against the trend. The first half of the year has passed, and the second half of the year will become a time for the major new forces to really highlight their strength as the market gradually recovers. Of course, for the current new energy market, there are many new forces falling down, perhaps with the passage of time, there may still be many new power car companies will face collapse because they are unable to persist.

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