Volkswagen was heavily fined in China, which is a crucial signal for global car companies. This matter is even more important than Volkswagen's emissions scandal.
China is the number one automobile market. They know very well how those joint venture brands have made money in China in recent years. They have all kinds of simplified configurations and various different treatments.
They are used to this and refuse to recall products when problems arise. They treat Chinese consumers like sheep but are not responsible at all.
Now, Volkswagen has become the first car company to pay the price. The recall compensation alone will cost about 70 billion yuan in compensation.
This is only compensation, and China has not issued a fine yet. At the same time, the penalty for accidents caused by broken axles will also be changed.
In recent years, Volkswagen has made the most money in China. From the beginning it was a miracle car, to the end it was the most unscrupulous car company. China has become Volkswagen's most important market.
Volkswagen's sales are declining globally, but sales in China are soaring.
And now, a broken axis door has cost Volkswagen a heavy price. Several years of profits may have been thrown away here.
The problem faced by Volkswagen is not just a broken shaft door. For example, the problem of oil burning in the second-generation EA888 engine.
Now the China Quality Inspection Department is also reopening the investigation into this matter. And looking at the current situation, the public may have to pay for this matter.
Everyone knows that this engine has defects, because this engine has long been banned in North America. However, it is sold on a large scale in China and ignores the oil burning problem.
There is also the problem of water entering the Volkswagen Touareg's engine, but they still ignore it.
Volkswagen has left too many problems in China over the years. They thought they would be fine with these two major state-owned enterprises as their backers. But who would have thought that China would become ruthless and even deal with its own people.
Volkswagen is panicking, and so are the major car companies. They all know that China is really serious this time.
"Honda announces recall..."
"Toyota announces recall..."
"Nissan announces recall..."
"Ford announces recall..."
"Skoda announces recall..."
"Mercedes-Benz announces recall..."
"BMW announces recall..."
On the night that Volkswagen was punished, recall notices from major car companies came out. This time they acted very quickly, and the scope of the recalled vehicles was very large.
There are not only joint venture brands, but also domestic brands. This time, the killing of chickens to scare monkeys was indeed quite powerful, and it completely frightened these people.
"Nima, these people just need to be beaten..."
"Killing a chicken to scare the monkey, who dares not to recall..."
"Legislation needs to be carried out from the legislative level..."
"I hope this legislation will not be limited to the automotive industry..."
"Food, pharmaceutical and other industries should strictly legislate..."
Netizens discussed that this incident is an opportunity for change for China.
If the quality of goods is controlled, how to punish illegal merchants? This needs to be started from the legislative level. Once the law is adopted, there will be a basis for punishment.
At the same time, the corresponding departments must also be given certain rights, have legal support, and have rights in hand. Then those people will be in awe.
Zhang Fan laughed when he saw the news in Zhang Fan's office. The strategy for targeting the public this time was very simple, using public opinion in the country to act.
The reason why he dares to do this is because Zhang Fan has already gotten angry with his superiors. They also want to carry out reforms, but too many interest groups make reforms very troublesome. They will only compromise when something major happens.
Therefore, this public opinion forced many people to compromise. They compromised, and today's reforms were achieved.
In foreign countries, an emissions scandal plunged Volkswagen into a quagmire. The two incidents combined put Volkswagen into a whirlpool around the world.
The quality of Volkswagen has also been questioned by countless people, especially those online car reviewers on the Chinese Internet controlled by Longteng Group's artificial intelligence.
Conducting large-scale analysis and dismantling of joint venture brand models. The final result is that the quality is far from as good as people boasted.
Invisibly, this means that domestic brands are too high. It gives people the impression that domestic brands no longer belong to joint venture brands in terms of quality.
Especially for pure electric vehicles, not only is their quality better than theirs, but their technology is far behind them. Electric vehicles have already completed overtaking in corners in China.
Judging from the current results, this strategy is very successful. Since this incident broke out, the sales of Tesla and the six major replacement vehicles have increased dramatically.
The sales of their competitors are declining. Volkswagen, which is in the whirlpool, is particularly affected.
Use this matter to suppress fuel vehicles, encourage new energy, suppress joint ventures, and encourage independent brands.
China is playing a big game of chess, and the ultimate beneficiary of this game is naturally China. After all, competition among countries is fierce now.
Especially during this period, the trade friction between China and the United States has become increasingly serious. The U.S. government has begun to declare a trade war with China.
At this time, China must prepare bullets. In a trade war, the top large companies are the best bullets. As long as they have technology and strength, they are not afraid of a trade war.
Zhang Fan stirred up this matter, and it was Zhang Fan who benefited in the end. Because of this matter, Tesla and several major replacement vehicles were selling like hotcakes.
More companies are coming to Tesla to seek cooperation, especially the five major car companies. They now hate and love Zhang Fan.
After all, Zhang Fan was the most active in this matter. Even if Zhang Fan didn't deliberately provoke it, Zhang Fan still exerted great effort in this matter.
If Zhang Fan and the Longteng Group behind him were not creating public opinion, they would definitely not be like this.
Although they hate it, they have to come here to seek cooperation. The hot sales of electric vehicles have brought them huge profits. In the face of profits, they will be willing to abandon them. They don't have the backbone.
Zhang Fan put down the information in his hand and laughed. After this incident, Tesla and Hongqi will be more stable in the future.
For China, the era of electric vehicles has officially arrived. This is happening much earlier than everyone expected.
However, this change is good. The launch of large-scale electric vehicles has greatly reduced China's oil consumption, and at the same time played a great role in China's atmospheric environmental protection.
As for battery pollution, Tesla has established a waste battery processing center. This processing center is specially used to process waste batteries from electric vehicles, and this method has also been praised by the public.
Everything is moving in the right direction, and Zhang Fan is about to get busy. Walking out of the office, Zhang Fan came to the video studio.
The huge video studio has been set up. Looking at the studio, Zhang Fan laughed, took out his mobile phone and took a photo and then posted it on Weibo. Then Zhang Fan's Weibo went viral.