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The competition in today’s automotive market is becoming increasingly fierce, especially in the field of new energy vehicles. With the launch of the new model ID.UNYX by the Volkswagen Group, market and consumer reactions have become the focal point of industry attention. The "ID.UNYX Launch Insight Report" (July 1 to July 18, 2024) provided by Futong Auto Intelligence Voice of the Customer (VoC) offers a comprehensive perspective, thoroughly analyzing the initial market performance, user feedback, and comparisons with other competing models.

Futong Auto Intelligence Unveils Upgraded Solutions

Futong Technology Genesis AI has launched the Taihang Multimodal Interaction Solution, which integrates text, images, voice, and music data. Through advanced multimodal encoder and decoder technologies, it achieves unified semantic representation and information fusion. This solution breaks through the limitations of traditional single-modal processing, significantly enhancing the accuracy and efficiency of data handling and interaction. It will drive the deep application of technologies such as intelligent dialogue, multisensory interaction, content generation, and cross-modal search in industry scenarios.

In May, the penetration rate of new energy vehicles (NEVs) in the domestic retail market reached 47.02%, an increase of 13.73 percentage points compared to the 33.29% penetration rate from the same period last year. The retail sales of NEVs amounted to 805,000 units, showing a 38.74% growth compared to the same period last year. The sales of pure electric vehicles (EVs) were 496,000 units, reflecting a year-on-year increase of 27.70%, while the sales of plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) totaled 309,000 units, growing by 61.11% year-on-year.

In May, the "trade-in for a new one" policy ignited the enthusiasm of consumers to replace their cars, and the Beijing Auto Show also brought many new products and highlights to the market. In addition, the phased cooling of the price war for new products in the market and the repurchase policy at guaranteed prices also provided more choices and guarantees for consumers. The retail sales volume of the passenger car market reached 1.711 million, with a year-on-year decrease of 1.77% and a month-on-month increase of 11.50%. From January to May, the cumulative retail sales reached 8.074 million, with a year-on-year increase of 5.70%.

Recently, the academic paper titled "Research on CT Image Small Fracture Detection Based on Global Attention Multi-Task Network Method", with Futong Dongfang as the first author, was published in the "China Medical Equipment" journal and awarded the Outstanding Paper Award for 2024. The research, led by the Genesis AI Lab of Futong Technology and supported by the National Key Research and Development Plan project "Basic Scientific Research Conditions and Major Scientific Instrument Equipment Development," marks a significant breakthrough for the Genesis AI Lab in the field of smart healthcare. It fully demonstrates the strong research capabilities and innovation abilities of Futong Dongfang in the field of smart healthcare.

The automotive industry is undergoing a profound transformation driven by digitalization and intelligence, which is reshaping not only the consumer car-buying experience but also having a significant impact on production, sales, and after-sales services. In the user-centric era of big data, leveraging data insights and technological innovation to improve customer satisfaction has become a key strategy for automotive companies to enhance their overall competitiveness. Futong Auto Intelligence Solutions focuses on the automotive sector, helping car manufacturers analyze user data to gain insights into customer satisfaction, anticipate potential risks, and implement closed-loop management to address issues. This enables automotive companies to boost user satisfaction and stand out in the competitive market.

Recently, Beijing Futong Dongfang Technology Co., Ltd. has successfully passed the CMMI Level 3 Certification. This certification signifies that Futong has successfully established a set of standardized and institutionalized software development and project management processes. The company's overall maturity in process organizational capability, software R&D capability, project management capability, and solution delivery capability has been internationally recognized and authorized.

In April, the penetration rate of new energy vehicles (NEVs) in the domestic retail market was 44.1%, an increase of 11.8 percentage points compared to 32.3% in the same period last year. The retail sales of NEVs reached 677,000 units, a 29.03% increase compared to the same period last year. Sales of pure electric vehicles (EVs) totaled 405,000 units, reflecting a year-on-year growth of 12.26%, while sales of plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) reached 272,000 units, growing by 65.97% year-on-year.

In April, retail sales in the passenger car market reached 1.535 million units, representing a year-on-year decline of 5.47% and a month-on-month decrease of 9.17%. From January to April, cumulative retail sales totaled 6.363 million units, showing a year-on-year increase of 7.91%. Multiple national policies were introduced, including trade-in and scrapping policies, as well as promotional activities organized by the Ministry of Commerce and support for vehicle trade-ins in various regions, which stimulated the market. However, price fluctuations and consumer hesitancy led to a month-on-month decline in April.