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　　[Global Network Report Trainee Reporter Li Shirui] According to the British "Daily Mail", New York Post and other foreign media news, US President Biden said in a speech to veterans in his hometown of Delaware on the 16th local time that he had visited Afghanistan, Iraq and other war-torn countries as many as 39 times, and his uncle Frank Biden also won the Purple Heart for his outstanding performance during World War II. However, the media soon discovered the "loophole" in his words and there was a situation of "rewriting history".

　　According to the Daily Mail, Biden made a "surprising" remark to the veterans in Delaware on the 16th, saying that he had "been in and out of Afghanistan, Iraq and other places 38 or 39 times as a vice president and only twice as a president". According to the report, Biden seems to be "rewriting history" because in fact, his visits to these war-torn countries are only close to 21 times.

　　Not only that, but the report also said that Biden has traveled to Afghanistan and Iraq many times, including visiting his son who served in Iraq, but he has never visited these two countries as the president of the United States. "His last trip to Iraq seems to be in 2016; The visit to Afghanistan was in 2011. "

　　At the same time, the Daily Mail said that Biden also told a story that had never been mentioned before. Biden said that his uncle Frank had won a Purple Heart for his outstanding performance during World War II. According to the report, this medal is usually awarded to those who were injured or killed while serving in the US army after April 5, 1917. Biden then described in detail his conversation with his father, mainly how his father Joseph Sr urged him to award the medal to his uncle Frank. Biden mentioned in his speech that after being elected vice president in 2008, he awarded Frank the prestigious Purple Heart Medal at the urging of Joseph Sr.

　　The report goes on to say that Biden claimed that all this happened during his election as vice president in 2008. "However, his uncle Frank died in 1999 and his father died in 2002, which made such a conversation impossible."

　　New York Post also noted Biden’s remarks. The media also added that Frank Biden’s tombstone did not indicate that he was the winner of the Purple Heart Medal, and it was not written in his obituary. "Although the database of winners of the Purple Heart Medal is not comprehensive, there is no record of anyone who won the award in the name of Frank Biden in some known registers."

　　New York Post also said that the White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The US Department of Defense turned the issue to the Army — — That is, the department where Frank Biden once worked, but the Army did not immediately respond to comments.

　　According to a report by Fox News on October 12 this year, Biden made a slip of the tongue when he made a speech in Weil, Colorado, USA. At that time, Biden mentioned his late son bo Biden and said, "I say this as the father of a man who lost his life in Iraq and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for Outstanding Service." But Fox News reported that Biden’s eldest son, bo Biden, died of brain cancer in 2015. Biden has made a slip of the tongue in public more than once. According to USA Today, when US President Biden spoke at the White House conference on "Hunger, Nutrition and Health" on September 28, local time, he suddenly called and looked for Indiana Republican Congressman Jackie Wolowski. However, the latter was killed in a car accident in early August, and Biden also mourned the congressman.

The physical condition of 81-year-old US President Biden has once again attracted attention.

On February 28th, the White House announced the physical examination results of President Biden. According to the medical examination results released by the White House, Biden is a "healthy" and "strong" 81-year-old man.

Kevin O ‘Connor, the White House presidential doctor, said in a press release that Biden was still "fit to perform his duties".

Biden is the oldest incumbent president in American history. Since he became president, he has received a medical examination every year. Although the conclusion of the physical examination report is always "fit for duty", the president’s physical and mental health continues to attract attention from all walks of life in the United States at the age of 81.

Just before this year’s medical report was released, Biden’s memory problem also caused widespread controversy.

This should start with the "File Gate" incident in 2022. In November of that year, Biden’s office and residence were successively found to have two batches of confidential documents. However, after 15 months of investigation, on February 8, 2024, Robert Hull, the special prosecutor in charge of investigating the matter, issued a report saying that Biden would not face charges for improper handling of classified documents due to insufficient evidence and other factors. Moreover, Biden was mentioned as a "well-intentioned old man with a poor memory". One of the most surprising statements in the report is that Biden doesn’t even remember the time of his son bo Biden’s death.

Although he was able to "get out" at the legal level, Biden was caught in another embarrassing situation because of the report-at the age of 81, he seemed to be considered to have a poor memory. Some Republicans claim that this shows that Biden is "unfit" to serve as president.

That night, Biden himself responded angrily to the report at the press conference, saying that his memory was "very good". But at the press conference, he made another mistake and confused the Egyptian president with the Mexican president.

This is not the first time that such details have appeared. On January 25th, Biden suddenly "babbled" when he gave a speech at a brewery in Wisconsin, USA: "Oh, Earth Knight, thank you for the Great Lakes. I want to know why … ",the audience laughed. Biden’s speech was also described by American netizens as "sounding like another language".

And he confuses people’s names, time and other mistakes very frequently. However, in the medical report on the 28th, the doctor did not mention Biden’s cognitive ability. Earlier in the day, White House press secretary Jean-Pierre gave a negative answer to the question about whether the president would take a cognitive test, saying that his "doctor didn’t think he needed it".

In addition to doubts about memory and cognition, what worries people more is Biden’s physical condition. As mentioned in the physical examination report, Biden has a stiff body, which sometimes leads to his unsteady gait, and Biden falls more and more frequently, including riding a bicycle in Hobos, Delaware in June 2022, at the graduation ceremony of the US Air Force Academy in June 2023, and climbing the stairs of Air Force One many times. In recent months, Biden boarded Air Force One through a short staircase leading to the belly of the plane, instead of using a longer staircase leading directly to the main cabin.

White House doctor O ‘Connor said that most of Biden’s stiffness problems are the result of "wear" of spinal bones and changes in arthritis, adding that Biden’s spinal arthritis is currently in a moderate to severe situation, which has "not worsened" since last year, and "has not reached the point where nerve roots are severely compressed and need special treatment".

O ‘Connor also introduced in detail Biden’s other diseases, including atrial fibrillation (an arrhythmia), sensory neuropathy in the foot, seasonal allergy and acid reflux. This also explains the public’s doubts about Biden’s physical condition from the side.

For example, Biden used to clear his throat frequently when he spoke in public, and doctors explained that part of the problem was gastric acid reflux.

Although the medical report seems to respond to the public’s concerns, Biden’s age is still a problem on his way to re-election. As the 2024 US presidential election progresses, both the 81-year-old incumbent President Biden and the 77-year-old former President Trump attack each other’s cognitive ability in the campaign, while another Republican candidate, Nicky Haley, calls on them to take a cognitive test, saying that they are both too old to be presidents.

According to a poll conducted by NBC News in January, three quarters of American voters (including half of Democrats) expressed concern about Biden’s age. At the same time, less than half of voters are worried about Trump’s age.

Text | Reporter Leng Shuang
Figure | Xinhua News Agency, social media

The Beijing News Shell Financial News (Reporter Zhang Bing) On April 25th, at the 18th beijing international automotive exhibition, Extreme Yue Automobile released its second model, Extreme Yue 07, positioning the AI intelligent pure electric car.

Extreme Yue 07. Figure/car company official website

At the Beijing Auto Show, Jiyue also announced that it will cooperate with NVIDIA (NVIDIA) to build the next generation of smart cars.

Editor Yue Caizhou

Proofread Chen Biyan

1. The "Old Man Le" sales champion Reading Automobile filed for bankruptcy.

Another new energy car company is going bankrupt. Redding Automobile Group Co., Ltd. added a bankruptcy review case. Both the applicant and the respondent were Redding Automobile, and the handling court was Changle County People’s Court, Weifang City, Shandong Province. According to public information, since 2022, Reading Automobile has been frequently caught in negative storms, with a total of 190 legal proceedings involving a total amount of 206 million yuan. Founded in 2008, Reading Automobile is mainly engaged in R&D and manufacturing of electric vehicles and key components. Its products are mainly low-speed three-wheel/four-wheel electric vehicles, namely "Laotoule". From 2016 to 2018, it won the sales champion of "Old Man Le" for three consecutive years.

In January 2019, Reading Automobile spent 1.45 billion yuan to acquire Sichuan Automobile Mustang, and obtained the production qualification of new energy vehicles, fuel passenger cars and buses. At present, it has three products: Redding Mango, Redding Mango Pro and Redding Mango Max, focusing on the pure electric mini-car market, with the price ranging from 30,000 yuan to 50,000 yuan. What attracted more attention was a "real name tip-off" letter from its founder Li Guoxin on January 14th, 2023. Li Guoxin pointed out that Redding was forced to falsely report its industrial output value and sales output value of 4.683 billion yuan. After that, Li Guoxin also continued to speak on social media platforms, but in the end there was no following. What followed was that the dealer broke the news that the payment was in arrears, and the latest update of the official WeChat official account of "Reading Auto" stayed on March 8.

2. China Consumers Association exposed four major problems of automobile consumption

China Consumers Association released the complaints of domestic consumers in the first quarter of this year, and accepted a total of 304,100 consumer complaints in the first quarter, up 6.59% year-on-year. Complaints about automobiles are mainly concentrated in four aspects: quality, sales, after-sales and supporting services, and used cars. In terms of automobile quality, complaints related to traditional fuel vehicles are mainly related to vehicle safety, component life and driving experience. The problems of new energy vehicles mainly include battery failure, unilateral "power lock" without the consent of consumers, intelligent auxiliary system failure, brake failure and so on.

In terms of automobile sales, some enterprises exaggerate or conceal information such as automobile performance, function, price and preferential treatment in advertisements and promotional materials to mislead consumers. There are also some car operators who unilaterally formulate the "overlord clause", or unilaterally violate the rights and interests of consumers after concluding a contract. In automobile after-sales and supporting services, the problem of imperfect related supporting services has become increasingly prominent, especially the difficulty in installing charging piles has become one of the important factors that hinder the promotion of new energy vehicles.

In terms of used cars, some unscrupulous operators use the information asymmetry between buyers and sellers in the used car market to deliberately conceal the real situation of vehicles, resulting in economic losses and safety risks for consumers. At the same time, due to the lack of transparency in the used car market, consumers can’t get accurate price information, and they are easily deceived or misled by unscrupulous merchants, such as fictional car sources, low-price lure customers, arbitrary charges under various pretexts, and fraudulent deposits.

3. In the first quarter of the world, the loading capacity of power batteries was 133GWh.

According to the latest statistics of SNE Research, a Korean market research organization, the total number of electric vehicle batteries in the first quarter of this year was 133GWh, up 38.6% year-on-year. From the ranking point of view, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited continues to lead, with a global loading capacity of 46.6GWh, up 35.9% year-on-year, accounting for 35% of the global market share; BYD ranked second, achieving a year-on-year increase of 115.5%, with a loading capacity of 21.5GWh, accounting for 16.2% of the global market; Zhongchuang Singapore Airlines, Guoxuan Hi-Tech and Xinwangda also continue to rank in the top ten. The total market share of the three battery companies in South Korea dropped from 26% to 24.7%, and LG New Energy, SK Innovation and Samsung SDI ranked third, fifth and sixth respectively. The only battery manufacturer in Japan that entered the top ten is Panasonic, ranking fourth with a loading capacity of 11.9GWh.

It is worth mentioning that while maintaining the leading position in the world, China battery enterprises are also accelerating the research and development and updating of battery technology to consolidate their long-term advantages. For example, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited released a condensed battery featuring high performance and high safety at the Shanghai Auto Show; Honeycomb Energy Dragon Scale Battery made its debut, with a cruising range of up to 1,000 kilometers. Honeycomb Energy’s first short knife flying stack battery was also successfully mass-produced. Yiwei Lithium Energy also said that 4695 large cylindrical batteries will be delivered in mass production in the third quarter of this year.

4. Haval Xiaolong and Xiaolong MAX are listed in the middle of this month.

We learned from Harvard officials that Haval Xiaolong and Xiaolong MAX will be officially listed in mid-May. Among them, Haval Xiaolong locates the compact SUV and Xiaolong MAX locates the medium-sized SUV, which is the first vehicle equipped with the new hybrid architecture Hi4. In terms of appearance, Xiaolong MAX adopts a borderless front grille, Xiaolong adopts a common closed front face, and the headlight group adopts a T-shaped shape. There is a two-stage spoiler at the top of the rear of the car and a high-position brake light in the style of pilot light.

In terms of interior, Xiaolong adopts a dual screen design, and the overall design style is relatively young and sporty. Xiaolong MAX adopts triple screen, which has stronger overall luxury and richer configuration. It will be equipped with a new generation of Coffee OS system and Snapdragon 8155 chip. The power is equipped with a plug-in system consisting of a 1.5L engine and a motor, and is equipped with a ternary lithium battery.

5. The new Chevrolet Explorer starts at 184,900 yuan.

The 2023 Chevrolet Explorer announced its listing, and the price range of the five models was 184.9-23.99 million yuan. The new model cancelled the 1.5T border version, and the starting price increased by 15,000 yuan compared with the old model.

The official said that the 2023 model will add the body color matching of morning sky gray, and the 1.5T Yujie version will provide Redline Shang Hong series kit. In terms of configuration, in addition to the entry-level models, SBZA side blind zone alarm, LCA lane change assistance, RCTA rear traffic alarm and mobile phone wireless charging function are standard; The light-mixed 2.0T RS 9AT four-wheel drive smart version will also be equipped with a streaming rearview mirror.

6. Listed in the fourth quarter, the new Elantra N interior was launched.

Hyundai N brand track day was officially launched at Shanghai International Circuit, and the new Elantra N interior was unveiled for the first time. According to previous reports, this car is expected to go on sale in the fourth quarter of this year. In terms of appearance, the fully blackened front, the newly designed X-shaped front enclosure and the red decorative line added to the lower edge of the car body, together with the exhaust gas from both sides of the thick rear and the black tail, set off the sports atmosphere.

The interior adopts black layout, the double screen is preserved, and the red exclusive buttons on the steering wheel, the suede material of the seat and door panel also highlight the sense of movement. The power is equipped with a 2.0T engine, matched with an 8-speed wet dual-clutch gearbox, and the acceleration time of 0-96km/h is 5.3 seconds.

7. Bao Junyue also launched two pickup trucks.

SAIC-GM-Wuling has released the official map of two pure electric pickup trucks of Baojun Yueye, which will provide three body colors of starlight purple, lake blue and jungle green. The appearance continues the design language of SUV version, adopting a straight and tough style, with a cargo hopper at the rear of the car body and an external spare tire.

As can be seen from the official announcement video, this car will provide a soft-top convertible version, and the roof and rear cargo hopper have been strengthened. At the front fender of the car body, you can also connect sports cameras and other equipment. Like the previous KIWI EV and Air ev (Clear Sky), Bao Junyue has once again taken an exquisite and fun route. It is expected that the price will be close to these two models and more inclined to an electric "big toy".

8.FF 91 delivery continued to "skip tickets", and Jia Yueting was again restricted to high consumption.

Recently, Jia Yueting, Faraday’s future founder, chief product and user ecological officer, was taken to restrict high consumption because he failed to fulfill the legal judgment within the specified time. He had been resumed twice before, and the execution target exceeded 1.514 billion yuan. At present, the accumulated outstanding amount of Jia Yueting and its subsidiaries has exceeded 9.246 billion yuan. In addition, FF 91 continued to "skip tickets", and the latest news said that the delivery time of new cars may be postponed until the end of May.

With the continuous mass production of FF 91, Faraday’s future coping strategy seems not to "put out the fire" in time, but to focus on new areas. On May 2nd, Faraday announced the launch of the generative AI product group in the future, which will be integrated into FF 91. Faced with the delayed landing of FF 91, many consumers and investors think that the introduction of AI technology into the automobile product group is just another "pie" painted by Jia Yueting.