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A fine of $950,000 was imposed, and the investigation of Bogwarner asbestos debt ended.

According to foreign media reports, the US federal regulator said that Borgwarner? Inc.) misled investors about the future debts of asbestos litigation, and has paid a fine of $950,000 to end the investigation.

Securities and Exchange Commission (US? Securities? And then what? Exchange? The Commission (SEC) said in a statement that Borg Warner did not report more than $700 million in potential asbestos damage claims in the financial reports of 20 12 to 20 16. In the past, the company said that due to major loopholes in the internal control of financial reports, the debt forecast would not be released before the fourth quarter of 20 16.

In this lawsuit, Borgwarner agreed to pay the fine, but did not admit or deny the existence of misconduct. The company's main problem is that these asbestos damage claims are not included in the estimation of potential debts. The court said in the ruling: "Although Borgwarner has the original claim data for nearly 40 years, the company has not made substantive quantitative analysis and estimation of these asbestos claims."

The SEC also stated that earlier on 20 17, Borgwarner reported these claims. In 20 18, Borgwarner reiterated the financial expenditure since 20 12, in which asbestos complaints and claims totaled about 700 million dollars. The company also revealed that internal manipulation of financial reports is invalid. On August 26th, Borgwarner said in a statement: "This problem is related to the company's failure to report asbestos-related claims in the past. However, the statement issued by 20 18 Company has corrected these problems, and the issue of asbestos claim reimbursement will not affect the company's development. " On the same day, the after-hours price of Borgwarner fell by 0.5%.

In the fiscal year of 20 19, the sales of Borg Warner's automobile business was10.2 billion USD, which was in the automobile industry. News ranks 25th among global parts suppliers 100.

Hyundai will launch a new Kona and a new model Kona? n？ line

According to foreign media reports, a few days ago, Hyundai released three short films to give us a glimpse of the updated Kona. However, what is even more gratifying is that Hyundai will launch the much-anticipated Kona? n？ Ok, for a long time in the past, there have been rumors that Hyundai is developing this model.

After the change, the front of Kona is more concise and adopts a brand-new LED light source. Hyundai said in a statement that the new Kona body will be wider, the design of the front part is inspired by sharks, and the redesigned front fender and bumper will increase the armored feeling of the vehicle.

In terms of power, the new Kona has not changed much. Will the car continue to use the 2.0L l4 engine or the upgraded1.6L? L4 turbocharged engine. Hyundai said that the redesigned Kona will be officially listed in the next few weeks.

As for Kona N? Line, Hyundai has not released any performance information. The company only said that the model will adopt more aerodynamic design, the position of the air intake grille will be lower, and the design of the front bumper will be more aggressive, supplemented by angular tail and inclined crease lines.

20 18 and 20 19 years, Kona (including Kona? Electric) are the second-largest models in modern sales, with Tucson in front and Santa behind? Fe).

Tesla changing models? Y-shaped taillight design

According to foreign media reports, is Tesla on the model? Y's taillight design has been fine-tuned, although only some minor and simple changes have been made, but it will have a very obvious effect.

Before that, whether in the model? 3 or a model? Y, taillights, brake lights and turn signals are all red. American regulations also allow this design, but stipulate that the red depth of the brake light is deeper than that of the turn signal. But many other car companies do not adopt this design, but use two completely different colors as the difference. The most common color scheme is red brake light with amber yellow turn signal.

Although Tesla did not use the same color matching as other manufacturers before, now the company has changed the color while upgrading the taillight design of this pure electric SUV. After the upgrade, the red of the brake light becomes darker and the color of the turn signal becomes amber yellow.

Except models? In addition to Y's new taillights, Tesla recently went to Model? The front box of 3 has been upgraded. It is reported that the model? The headlights of 3 will also be upgraded.

Kia releases Souranto? PHEV？ There are 5-or 7-seat versions.

According to foreign media reports, Kia has released a brand-new fourth-generation Souranto with a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) version, and the new car will enter the European market in 20021early.

Souranto of PHEV is a 7-seat SUV (there are also 5-seat versions). What is its design purpose? "High practicability, low use cost and strong power". Obviously, it will become a strong competitor of Ford explorer PHEV.

From the appearance, the PHEV version of Souranto is not much different from the internal combustion engine version and the ordinary hybrid version. The only difference is the "eco" on the car body? Plug-in sign and charging port at the rear of the car body.

In terms of interior layout, the PHEV version is not much different from the fuel version and the hybrid version, but Kia said that the 12.3-inch digital dashboard in the car has been redesigned.

Kia said that the Souranto version of PHEV has spacious interior space and the largest loading capacity in its class: the storage space of the 7-seat version is 809 liters, and that of the 5-seat version is 898 liters.

Souranto? The battery capacity of PHEV is 13.8? Kwh, the company did not announce its pure electric cruising range under WLTP conditions, only said: "Pure electric cruising range is enough for car owners to complete most short-distance driving with only electricity." Foreign media estimated that the car's pure electric cruising range is about 42 kilometers (WLTP working condition), and on the battery pack, Kia used an independent water cooling system for the first time.

The vehicle is equipped with all-wheel drive power system (parallel hybrid), 1.6-liter T-GDi engine, 6-speed automatic transmission, and motor with power of 66.9 kW. The total output power of the power system is 265ps and the torque is 350 Nm.

Gu Sifu became the head of the marketing, sales and after-sales department of Volkswagen brand in China.

On August 27th, Volkswagen China officially said that Olaf? Gutowski) replaced Michael with 1 in July this year. Mayer), as the head of the marketing, sales and after-sales department of Volkswagen brand in China.

From August 1 2020, Mai Deyue will be the executive deputy general manager of Changchun FAW-Volkswagen Sales Co., Ltd. and the executive director of Volkswagen brand.

According to the data, Gu Sifu graduated from industrial engineering and worked in Audi AG for more than 20 years.

1998 joined Volkswagen real estate company and started his career. In 2002, he was transferred to the product and price strategy department of Audi, and then worked in the sales and logistics department. In 2008, he was in charge of sales planning and guidance in Audi ag, served as deputy general manager of sales in Changchun FAW-Volkswagen Sales Co., Ltd. in 20 12, was appointed as director of the retail department of Audi ag in 20 16, and took charge of the global sales planning department of Volkswagen brand at the end of 20 17.

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