Author | Chai Xuchen Editor | Zhou Zhiyu Faced with the trend of new energy electrification and the loss of market share under price wars, joint venture car companies have been "Renovating" their famous cars in an attempt to mount a strong counterattack. On May 30, SAIC Volkswagen's Touareg L Pro was launched. The car, which is said to be "the smartest gasoline car", had been preheated for nearly two months prior to its launch. The launch invited representatives from DJI Car and Tencent Travel, as well as the person in charge of iFLYTEK, all of whom attended in person to demonstrate the strength of its smart driving and smart cabin. As a "meritorious model" of SAIC Volkswagen, Touareg has been synonymous with Volkswagen SUVs for the past 15 years and was once the best-selling joint venture SUV. With a monthly sales volume of nearly 20,000 units for a long time, it occupies a 20% share of SAIC Volkswagen. SAIC Volkswagen hopes that the new Touareg will become a disruptor in the current market, from gasoline car intelligence to a stable price system with value-added buyback policy. In the view of Yu Jingmin, Vice President of Sales and Marketing of SAIC Volkswagen, new energy vehicles still have range anxiety and gasoline cars have an advantage that needs no explanation, but the biggest difference between them and electric vehicles lies mainly in their appearance and intelligence. After fulfilling the core needs of contemporary consumers, this once "famous car" seems to be reborn. Thus, from DJI's advanced intelligent driving solution to iFLYTEK's smart cabin voice assistant, this 200,000 yuan-level SUV brings together the strengths of various parties, aiming to break through the industry's perception that gasoline cars are less intelligent than electric vehicles. The launch of the new Touareg marks the beginning of SAIC Volkswagen's counterattack. In a post-event interview, Yu Jingmin mentioned several times that due to external cooperation and the accumulation of joint venture partners, SAIC Volkswagen's technology center is actually ahead of many independent brands, but unfortunately the rhythm is too slow. The company will now accelerate its efforts to catch up and even surpass in electric, hybrid or gasoline cars. Yu Jingmin revealed to Wall Street News that the new Touareg is the first gasoline car product in the Pro series, which is focused on intelligence, and that the Passat and Touareg Pro versions will also be introduced within the year. While polishing its technology, it is also preparing for the intelligence of its A-class cars. A counteroffensive war ignited by a gasoline fueled chariot seems to be brewing rapidly. But to be fair, SAIC Volkswagen's intelligence still lags far behind new forces such as Huawei, Xiaopeng, and Ideal. At the same time, in the current context where BBA is crazy about price cuts and the BMW electric car at over 180,000 yuan is setting a new industry low price, the 236,800 yuan Touareg L Pro seems somewhat out of step and the counterattack is difficult to achieve. In response to the challenge, SAIC Volkswagen has given a three-year 20% discount buyback plan. Users no longer need to worry about the fluctuation of vehicle purchase costs and second-hand car prices. SAIC Volkswagen locks in the difference between the purchase and final selling prices of users' vehicles, in a move to crack the price war. This also buys precious time for SAIC Volkswagen to speed up product and intelligence catch-up. This is the backdrop of the efforts to win back the former "king" of the Chinese car market.

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“Today, I did not come for the past 20 years of ant group co., ltd., but for the next 20 years of ant group co., ltd.”.

On the evening of December 8, at the 20th anniversary celebration of ant group co., ltd., Jack Ma, who had not publicly appeared for a long time, showed up at the ant company campus. He first extended his wishes to the 20-year-old ant group co., ltd.: “In the past 20 years, you have created Alipay, Yu'ebao, Ant Forest... out of nothing. I am here to salute Alipay and ant group co., ltd. on behalf of the earliest founding group.”.

Standing on the stage of the ant group's 20th anniversary celebration, Jack Ma pointed the way for the next stage of ant group co., ltd., stating that every era provides different opportunities and challenges for each generation, but not everyone can seize these opportunities and challenges.

“Twenty years ago, when the internet was just arriving, our generation was very fortunate to seize the opportunity of the internet era. Looking from today, the changes that the AI era in the next 20 years can bring will exceed everyone's imagination, because AI will be an even greater era.”.

In retrospect, the "ant" that was originally created for trade guarantees has now grown into a technology and finance giant with 1.2 billion users and over 80 million merchants. However, shortly after, Douyin and pdd holdings rose suddenly, starting to encroach on the areas of payments, wealth management, and crediting that were once the "comfort zone" of the ant group co., ltd.

With the peak of traffic dividends and the moat being fiercely attacked, the ant group co., ltd. needs to find the key to returning to growth and explore a larger territory. In recent years, Jack Ma has observed new technology and trends globally, telling ant group co., ltd. employees that AI will change everything, but that does not mean AI can decide everything.

In his view, while technology is undoubtedly important, what will truly decide the outcome in the future is how the ant group co., ltd. can do something truly valuable and unique for the upcoming era.

Jack Ma also posed a rhetorical question and provided an answer: "What we can still do in the future should be those things we have insisted on for the past 20 years, allowing technology to bring progress and change to the lives of every ordinary lbx pharmacy chain joint stock citizen." Jack Ma stated directly, "We need to empower our feelings with AI, and we also need to let our feelings empower our AI."

Currently, with the birth of ant group's AI applications such as "Zhi Xiaobao" and "Zhi Xiaozhu", the ant group co., ltd. is delivering a grand and efficient blueprint to industry partners—accompanied by AI continuously penetrating into every link of enterprise production and management, the hidden gold mines within enterprises are beginning to emerge.

In Jack Ma's eyes, he hopes the ant group co., ltd. will become a healthy company growing for 102 years, stating, "20 years is just a small step." Moving forward, AI will be the key to unlocking the next phase for the ant group co., ltd.

The AI era is roaring in, and the new era for the ant group co., ltd. is about to arrive. On the very day of the ant group co., ltd.'s 20th anniversary celebration, Chairman Jing Xiandong announced via an all-employee letter that he will hand over the CEO role he has held for 8 years to Han Xinyi, the group's president who is 5 years younger.

"A group of passionate young people living in a time of transformation will definitely create new miracles," Jack Ma remarked, "The future is difficult, but we are lucky to be part of it!"