Weilai enters the construction bidding stage at the second plant of Jianghuai

On January 20th, the Hefei Public Resources Trading Center issued a tender announcement yesterday for the 'General Contracting of New Energy Passenger Vehicle Body Parts Construction Project of Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Co., Ltd.'. The person in charge of the project confirmed that “this project is the second factory of NIO in Jianghuai, and the current production capacity is not enough.” The announcement shows that the estimated contract price of the project is about 350 million yuan and the planned construction period is 370 calendar days. Weilai did not give any further explanation on this.

According to the introduction on the bidding page, the total construction area of u200bu200bthe project reached about 275,000 square meters, the estimated contract price is about 350 million yuan, and the planned construction period is 370 calendar days, which is about one year to complete. If the news is true, it means that Weilai will expand its factory in one year.