Krypton Evening News | Germany: Artificial intelligence drives record growth among German start-ups; Lei Jun responds to SkyNomad’s launch date; SpaceX AI will open Grok 4.5 to the public tomorrow

Large companies: Lei Jun responded to the launch date of SkyNomad. 36 Krypton learned that on July 8, Xiaomi founder, chairman and CEO @leijun officially announced Xiaomi’s new series of cars SkyNomad on his personal account. A netizen in the comment area asked about the release time of the vehicle, and Lei Jun replied, "It's coming soon." BHP Billiton workers at the world's largest iron ore export port will go on strike for eight hours. On July 8, the union said that workers at BHP Billiton Group's iron ore export terminal in Port Hedland, Western Australia, will go on strike for eight hours on July 16. The action will involve operations and maintenance staff at the world's largest iron ore export port, who are represented by the United Ports Union. The union said workers sought a deal that recognized their professional skills, difficult working conditions and significant personal costs. Honda is recalling more than 320,000 Odyssey vehicles in the United States due to reversing camera failure. The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced on July 8 that Honda is applying to recall some Odyssey multi-purpose vehicles from 2018 to 2020, involving a total of 325,588 vehicles. The report shows that water may have penetrated into the rearview camera of the relevant vehicle, causing the reverse image to not be displayed properly when the vehicle is in reverse gear. SpaceX AI will open Grok 4.5 to the public tomorrow Musk said that SpaceX AI will open Grok 4.5 to the public tomorrow. Adjustment of Byte performance rules: Increase half-year incentives, strengthen Byte's standard and leadership assessment. At noon on July 8, ByteDance issued an all-staff notice and released instructions for the 2026 half-year performance evaluation. This performance will be launched on July 15. The notice mentioned that starting from this cycle, students with comprehensive performance of E and above can receive half-year incentives. The company will increase incentives, and the calculation base will be adjusted from monthly salary to monthly total package (monthly salary + monthly options/RSU); the payment form will be adjusted from 100% cash to 25% cash and 75% performance options/RSU (both vest at a uniform monthly rate). In addition, ByteDance further clarified the impact of ByteDance’s standards and leadership principles on overall performance.