2024 Year-End Review | Honda and Nissan Merger, Volkswagen "Internal Slimming" Global Car Market Faces Layoffs and Factory Closures Frenzy.
On December 23, Honda Motor and Nissan Motor jointly announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding regarding a merger, which will officially initiate merger negotiations; Previously, Volkswagen issued a statement that it would reduce more than 0.035 million employees at its German factories by 2030; According to incomplete Statistics by reporters, in just a few months approaching the end of the year, nearly 10 companies in the Global automotive Industry are experiencing painful layoffs or have already made corresponding decisions.
Google collaborates with leading companies to develop a new generation of humanoid robots, and the robot sector is expected to remain vibrant.
① According to media reports, Google DeepMind announced a collaboration with Siasun Robot&Automation and Apptronik to develop a new generation of humanoid robots to tackle complex operational challenges in dynamic real-world environments. ② Wang Haiyang from Minsheng Securities believes that 2025 will mark the first year of mass production for humanoid robots, serving as the starting point for the leap in their general capabilities, with thousands of humanoid robots entering factory scenarios for training globally.
【Illustration of Bull and Bear Stocks】The Copper cable high-speed connection Concept is performing strongly against the trend, with ZTE's Block Orders net Inflow reaching 6.198 billion yuan.
① This week, the three major A-share Indices continued the pullback trend from last week, and the market Volume has noticeably shrunk; ② The WeChat small store Concept stocks had significant gains, with Hunan Friendship & Apollo Commercial's weekly increase at 61.30%; ③ Domestic companies are increasingly demanding high-speed Copper cables in the fields of Asia Vets connected Autos, industrial automation, and Datacenter.
Dramatic drop of nearly 15%! In the past month, 12 listed companies announced the termination of mergers and acquisitions, with the popular Superconductivity Concept Jiangxi Lianchuang Opto-electronic Science&Technology notably among them.
① This week, four listed companies including Zhongying Technology, Jiangxi Huangshanghuang Group Food, Argus, and Chengdu Qinchuan Iot Technology Co., Ltd. announced the failure of their merger and reorganization, with incomplete Statistics indicating that 12 listed companies have announced the termination of mergers and reorganizations in the past month (see attached table). ② The termination of mergers and reorganizations delivered a heavy blow to many stocks; on the day after the announcement, Shenzhen Yitoa Intelligent Control, Hang Zhou Radical Energy-Saving Technology, and Chengdu Qinchuan Iot Technology Co., Ltd. saw declines of 8.66%, 9.62%, and 14.63% respectively.
GAC increases investment in the trillion-yuan low-altitude sector.
New curve.
A consortium including CRRC Corporation has won a $5.6 billion contract for metro construction in Dubai.
① The new metro contract in Dubai has been awarded to a consortium of Turkish and Chinese companies, with CRRC Corporation responsible for the railroads system; ② The blue line spans a total length of 30 kilometers, has three transfer stations, and upon completion, will cross the Dubai River for the first time through a 1300-meter-long bridge; ③ The blue line project is expected to generate a benefit-cost ratio of 2.60 by 2040, with anticipated total revenues exceeding 56.5 billion dirhams.
bullrider_21 OP : BYD will delve into making humanoid robots.