According to the published information, the registered capital of the joint venture company is 5.4 billion yuan, which is composed of 2.7 billion yuan contributed by Mercedes-Benz and Geely, among which Mercedes-Benz is mainly funded by smart brand to obtain the corresponding shares.
In addition to previously announcing Tong Xiangbei as CEO of smart Global Joint Venture, the official also announced other appointments related to the joint venture:
Reed (Daniel? Lescow) was appointed vice president of sales, marketing and after-sales. Six years working experience in China market and many years working experience in smart brand;
Yang Jun was appointed vice president in charge of technology research and development. He is a member of the vehicle research and development project team under Geely Holding Group, and has more than 25 years of working experience in the automotive industry.
Ulf Nestler (ulf？ Nestler) was appointed vice president of finance and CFO. He is an executive of Mercedes-Benz in China. In the past eight years, he has made great contributions to the sales growth of Mercedes-Benz in China.
In addition, smart Europe Co., Ltd., as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Smart Motor Automobile Co., Ltd., will establish a European sales headquarters in Stuttgart, and will be responsible for the supply, sales and after-sales service of the models, products and services of the joint venture company in the European market in the future.
And Deco Adelman (Dirk? Adelmann) was appointed CEO of smart Europe Limited, and Martin Gunter (Martin? Günther) was appointed as the chief financial officer of smart Europe Limited.
The first product of smart Automobile Co., Ltd. (smart), a new generation of pure electric smart, adopts a brand-new pure electric vehicle architecture and is positioned as a high-end compact car. It will be designed by the global design department of Mercedes-Benz, developed by the global R&D center of Geely Holding and produced by the brand-new factory in China. A new generation of pure electric smart is expected to be officially launched in 2022 and sold worldwide.
Write at the end:
Since Geely became the largest shareholder of Daimler, Geely and Daimler have cooperated on one project after another.
2065438+September 2009, Geely and Daimler invested in Volocopter, a German city air travel company. Moreover, Geely and Volocopter also plan to set up a joint venture in China to introduce urban air travel solutions to China. Geely is responsible for the production and marketing of Volocopter products in China.
20 19 10, Geely and Daimler Travel Service Co., Ltd. set up a high-end automobile travel joint venture company, the headquarters of which will be located in Hangzhou, with each party holding 50% of the shares. The joint venture company named "Yao Chuxing" plans to use Mercedes-Benz models in some cities in China to provide users with high-end special car travel services, including Mercedes-Benz S-class cars, E-class cars and V-class MPV models.
Plus this pure electric vehicle cooperation project is already the third. Of course, with Daimler's shares, I believe Geely Automobile will get more resources and cooperation projects in the future.
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