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The Chinese 🇨🇳 electric vehicle-manufacturer Xpeng
$9868 (-1.14%) has unveiled its modular flying vehicle called "Land Aircraft Carrier".

- Starting price280,000 USD

- 2,000 orders have already been received

- The aircraft can be loaded back into the carrier in just 5 minutes

- The cabin offers space for two people

- With a full charge, the aircraft can make 5 to 6 short-haul flights.

The "Mothership" charges the aircraft's battery from 30% to 80% in just 18 minutes

- Delivery of this vehicle is planned for 2026, with an annual production capacity of 10,000 units.

The Chinese 🇨🇳 EV manufacturer Xpeng
$9868 (-1.14%) has launched its humanoid robot called Iron on which the company has five worked on for five years.

- Over 60 joints and 200 degrees of freedom

- Technologies adopted from our own vehicles

- 1.73 meters tall

- Weight: 70 kg

- The robot is already integrated into Xpeng's daily operations, for example in factories

- The robot's "brain" chip is based on Xpeng's Turing AI chip

- Xpeng explains: "The end-to-end model enables the robot to walk, and its fingers can perform tasks such as grasping, holding and placing objects."

Photo: XPENG

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I also find it exciting that many car manufacturers are directly invested in EVTOL manufacturers. You can see the individual links in the picture below.

- $011760 (Hyundai) has founded its own company with Supernal

- $9868 (-1.14%) (Xpeng) also has its own project with XpengAH

- $MBG (-0.07%) (Mercedes) has invested in Volocopter

- $7203 (+2.16%) (Toyota) is invested in Joby Aviation

- $STLAM (-0.17%) (Stellantis) is invested in Archer and even to a large extent. In addition, Stellantis will build the air cabs for Archer in the US plant as a contract manufacturer.

You have to see how much the car manufacturers pursue this strategy when things get serious. Stellantis seems to me to be the furthest along.

This is another way to indirectly invest in the EVTOL industry without taking the full risk of being directly invested in one of the manufacturers. #evtol manufacturer directly.

Will China now impose tariffs on cars, including those from Germany?

The beneficiaries would be Chinese car companies such as $9866 (+2.12%)
$1211 (-0.27%)
$9868 (-1.14%)
$1810 (+2.98%)

Where do you think the journey will take the Germans in the future?

https://www.wiwo.de/politik/ausland/konflikte-streit-um-e-auto-zoelle-verschaerft-sich-china-droht-autobauern/29812070.html

Here is an overview for next week:

Monday

• Confidence of the house builders (February)
• Launch of Nvidia ($NVDA (+2.01%) ) GTC (Global Processing Unit Technology Conference) with a keynote speech by founder and CEO Jensen Huang
• Quarterly report from Science Applications International Corp. ($SAIC (+0%) )

tuesday

• Quarterly reports from HealthEquity
  Inc. ($HQY (-0.55%) ) and Xpeng ($9868 (-1.14%) )

Wednesday

• Interest rate decision of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)
• Press conference by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell
• Quarterly reports
  from Micron Technology ($MU (+2.58%) ), General Mills ($GIS (-1.28%) ), Five Below Inc. ($FIVE (-2.19%) )
  , Chewy Inc. ($CHWY (+3.71%) ), KB Home ($KBH (-0.79%) ) and Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings Inc. ($OLLI (+0%) )

Thursday,

• Initial claims for unemployment benefits (end of the week ending March 15)
• Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index (March)
• US Services Purchasing Managers' Index
  (PMI) the S&P (March)
• 
  US Manufacturing PMI the S&P (March)
• Existing home sales (February)
• Quarterly reports from Accenture PLC ($ACN (-1.66%) ), Nike ($NKE (-6.85%) ), FedEx ($FDX (-8.08%) ) and Lululemon Athletica Inc. ($LULU (+1.1%) )

Friday

• Deadline for budget billsto avoid a partial shutdown

China is stepping on the gas when it comes to e-mobility! The Chinese government has approved a huge package worth 520 billion yuan (approx. 66 billion euros) to boost demand for electric cars and other environmentally friendly vehicles.

To spur the purchase of e-cars, those who opt for an electric vehicle in 2024 and 2025 will be exempt from purchase tax of up to 30,000 yuan. From 2026 and 2027, the rebate will then be only half that amount. In total, the tax relief amounts to the said 520 billion yuan, according to Deputy Finance Minister Xu Hongcai.

So-called New Energy Vehicles (NEVs), which include battery-powered electric cars, plug-in hybrids and hydrogen fuel cell cars, are already exempt from purchase tax until the end of 2023. And now this measure is also being extended for another 4 years. This has exceeded market expectations and will further drive the growth of electric vehicles in China. The car manufacturers can rejoice!

The shares of the Chinese electric car manufacturers $9866 (+2.12%) and $9868 (-1.14%) have benefited accordingly, rising 6.1% and 5.5%, respectively. The tax breaks are part of a larger plan by the government to boost the economy and curb air pollution. The switch from combustion engines to electric motors is high on the agenda.

Earlier this year, sales of electric cars took a small dip when the government ended a longstanding subsidy for e-vehicle purchases. However, thanks to lowered prices from manufacturers such as. $TSLA (-4.58%), to defend their market share, sales have recovered. So the signs are all pointing to electric!

China is once again showing that it wants to be at the forefront of e-mobility. This is a real step in the right direction for a more sustainable future on the roads.

Are you invested in Chinese e-car manufacturers like Nio or Xpeng? What do you think of the billion-dollar package that the Chinese government has agreed to? I think it's the right step and I'm curious to see if the package will be well received by Chinese citizens.