news flash·2025-05-22 00:04New Energy Vehicles - BYD sold 213,325 intelligent driving vehicles in April, with a domestic market share of 71% [1] Artificial Intelligence - The US Secretary of Defense met with Elon Musk to discuss artificial intelligence matters [2] - OpenAI is set to acquire former Apple Chief Design Officer Jony Ive's hardware startup io for approximately $6.5 billion [2] - OpenAI's largest data center received $11.6 billion in funding, with each building expected to utilize up to 50,000 Nvidia Blackwell chips [3] - Musk indicated that artificial intelligence may face power generation bottlenecks by mid-next year [6] - Google CEO announced that Gemini AI applications have surpassed 400 million monthly active users [6] Automotive Industry - Xiaopeng Motors plans to launch a range of Turing chip models in the third quarter and will deploy them in the fifth-generation robots [3] - Xiaopeng Motors reported Q1 2025 revenue of 15.81 billion yuan, up from 6.55 billion yuan in the same period last year [6] - The China Passenger Car Association reported a 12% year-on-year increase in retail sales of passenger cars from May 1-18, with an 18% increase compared to the same month last year [6] Other Developments - Shenzhou-20 astronaut crew is set to conduct their first extravehicular activity soon [4] - A new generation thrombolytic drug has been approved in China for the treatment of acute cerebral infarction [5] - SpaceX plans to invest approximately $1.5 billion to provide broadband internet services across various locations in Vietnam [6] - The humanoid robot Lingxi X2 will be available for pre-sale in three versions [6]