Geely's new electric vehicle company landed in Hefei, covering an area of u200bu200bmore than 1,000 acres
On February 25, Geely Automobile is expected to land the Ru0026D and production base of a new pure electric vehicle company in the future in Beicheng New District, Hefei, with a total area of u200bu200bmore than 1,000 acres.
It is reported that in September 2020, the People's Government of Anhui Province signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Geely Holding Group. According to the agreement, Geely Holding Group will deepen cooperation, centering on the development of lightweight, electrified, intelligent, networked, and shared vehicles, accelerate the construction of manufacturing industry clusters in Anhui Province, and build an industrial ecosystem.
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On February 20 this year, Li Shufu, Chairman of Geely Holding Group, confirmed in an internal speech that Geely will form a brand-new pure electric vehicle company and participate in the competition in the smart pure electric vehicle market. A concrete manifestation of the Geely Action Plan.
It is understood that the Blue Geely Action Plan will focus on energy-saving and new energy vehicles on the one hand, including hybrid electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, extended-range plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, and small-displacement energy-saving vehicles . Among them, about 90% are high-power hybrid vehicles, and about 10% are traditional energy-saving and small-displacement vehicles. On the other hand, the plan will also focus on pure electric smart cars, forming a brand-new pure electric vehicle company, and directly participating in the competition in the smart pure electric vehicle market.
At the same time, the new pure electric vehicle company will dominate the pure electric vehicle brands of Geely Automobile, including the management of models based on the vast intelligent evolution experience architecture of SEA, and the electric vehicles built based on SEA under the Lynk u0026 Co brand. And geometric electric cars and other brands.
In addition, the new company will also set up an independent sales team and open an exhibition hall in the city center, integrating the two sales models of direct sales and distributors to directly control prices and inventory.
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On February 24, Geely Automobile Group CEO An Conghui said at the press conference of the merger and reorganization of Geely and Volvo: “Geely Automobile looks forward to establishing a closer partnership with Volvo Cars to develop a new generation of intelligent Electric vehicles and related travel services.'
In addition, in recent years, the Hefei Municipal Party Committee and Government has attached great importance to the development and promotion of the new energy vehicle industry, taking the new energy vehicle industry as a strategic emerging industry to be cultivated, and has issued a series of policies to support the development of new energy vehicles Measures.
Take Weilai Automobile as an example. Just when Weilai was stuck in the quagmire and had nowhere to find money, Hefei invested an 'olive branch' in it-with SDIC Innovation, Anhui High-tech Industrial Investment, etc. to Wei Invest 7 billion yuan from entities in China.
It now appears that Hefei's investment in Weilai Automobile is a success. At present, NIO’s China headquarters has also been located in Hefei, and NIO’s US stock market value has exceeded 81 billion U.S. dollars, surpassing leading traditional car companies such as SAIC and Great Wall Motors.
Because of such a successful case, in December last year, the cooperation between Volkswagen China and Hefei went further. At that time, Volkswagen (Anhui) Co., Ltd. was officially inaugurated. At the same time, the groundbreaking ceremony of the Hefei manufacturing base was held. At the ceremony, the Volkswagen Group announced that in the next three years, the group will develop MEB platform-based models and new Of pure electric products. This means that after Volkswagen North and South, Anhui Hefei has become another electric vehicle manufacturing base of Volkswagen Group in China.
In addition, following the investment in Weilai, Hefei has invested in another new energy car manufacturer-Weimar Automobile, with an investment of 1 billion yuan. It can be seen that Hefei has determined to seize the “new energy” outlet, label it as the “New Energy Automobile City”, and seize the opportunity of overtaking in curves.
So far, Hefei has gathered a number of leading companies such as Weilai Automobile, Jianghuai Automobile, Weimar Automobile, Volkswagen, Guoxuan Hi-Tech, Huating Power, Juyi Power, etc., superimposed on the new Geely Electric Vehicle Company Settled in Hefei, the label of 'New Energy Automobile City' will be more prominent.
