On February 25th, Weilai signed a cooperation framework agreement with Hefei. The signing of this agreement not only enabled Weilai Automobile to regain its happiness five years after its establishment, but also made Li Bin, who was called "the worst person in 20 19" by the media, finally breathe a sigh of relief.
According to the news released by Hefei Municipal People's Government in its official Weibo, on the morning of February 25th, the signing ceremony of Hefei 2020 major industrial projects and the launching ceremony of Jianghuai Weilai EC6 mass production project were held in Hefei Jianghuai Weilai Factory. Eight projects, including Weilai Automobile China Headquarters Project, were signed in the cloud with a total investment of 654.38+002 billion yuan.
Among them, the key points are: "According to this agreement, the China headquarters project of Weilai Automobile includes: setting up Weilai Automobile China headquarters in Hefei, establishing R&D, sales and production bases, and establishing the operation system of China headquarters centered on Hefei; The planned financing of this project exceeds10 billion yuan. Weilai China will build a leading enterprise with an output value of 100 billion yuan in five years, accelerate the development of Hefei new energy automobile cluster, and lead Anhui new energy automobile industry into the first phalanx in the country. "
From this paragraph, it is not difficult to find that although the specific financing amount and project location are generously announced in the agreement, there is no mention of specific financing channels. Li Bin, CEO of Weilai Automobile, gave a quite official statement about the specific planning and direction of the investment of over 10 billion yuan-"This is a framework agreement, and the final agreement still needs to prevail. The final agreement is scheduled to be completed within two months, and the details of specific projects are still under negotiation. "
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Tossing and turning for survival
It is worth noting that this so-called "China Headquarters of Weilai Automobile" is not the first time that it has appeared in media reports. As early as May 28th, 20 19, Weilai Automobile publicly announced that Weilai had signed a framework agreement with Beijing Yizhuang International Investment and Development Co., Ltd., and according to the agreement at that time, Weilai wanted to set up a new entity "Weilai China" in Beijing Economic and Technological Development Zone and inject specific business and assets into Weilai China. Yizhuang SDIC invested RMB 654.38+000 billion in Weilai China through its affiliated entities or joint third parties to obtain the rights and interests of Weilai China's non-controlling shareholders.
In addition, since last year, Weilai has also contacted a number of local governments to help them build factories, but the results are not optimistic. Although Li Bin said that "it is not necessary to build a new factory before the production capacity of Jianghuai Weilai factory is fully utilized", it is not difficult to see that Weilai was in an awkward position at that time.
Up to now, it has been nearly a year since Weilai Automobile and Yizhuang Guotou signed the framework agreement, but there has been no news of the cooperation projects between the two parties. Although some media learned from insiders of Yizhuang Guotou that the cooperation between Yizhuang Guotou and Weilai had "no progress", they decided not to vote. But in this respect, Li Bin's statement is still "the same old story": "There is a complicated process from the framework agreement to the final agreement. Some framework agreement projects will advance faster, while others will advance more slowly. Regarding the cooperation with Yizhuang SDIC, the final agreement shall prevail. "
In the past two years, Weilai seems to have stepped into a bleak situation of difficulty in financing, making profits and building factories, and the pressure from rival Tesla has made this new car-making army "excellent student", which was established only five years ago, tortured and began to "survive" everywhere.
At present, the signing of the cooperation framework agreement between Weilai Automobile and Hefei Municipal Government seems to give this new force "shivering" in the wind and rain of the automobile market a reassurance.
Of course, with the signing of this agreement, the plan of "establishing a new entity Weilai China and injecting specific business and assets into Weilai China", which was stranded in the cooperation project with Yizhuang SDIC, may also be implemented as soon as possible with the help of Hefei Municipal Government.
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Finalize Hefei
Why did you choose Hefei? This is probably the most frequently answered question by Li Bin in the past two days. From the answer, we can easily find that there are three main reasons why Weilai's future will be given to Hefei:
First, due to the combination of Weilai and Jianghuai, Weilai has laid a relatively solid industrial foundation in Hefei. All along, Weilai's supply chain, production of mass production vehicles, logistics and other related work have also been carried out in Hefei. Therefore, whether from the perspective of industrial layout or long-term development, the settlement of Weilai Automobile's China headquarters in Hefei will be conducive to the improvement and stable development of the company's overall operating efficiency.
Second, Hefei's automobile industry has a long history. In recent years, Hefei's GDP growth rate ranks among the top three in the central provincial capital cities, and the important boost is the local government's attention to the automobile industry, especially the new energy automobile industry. Therefore, choosing to land the project in Hefei will not only effectively promote the development of Weilai, but also accelerate the cluster development of Hefei's new energy vehicles and drive Anhui's new energy automobile industry into a new development stage.
Third, choosing other places to settle down will involve the landing of related industries and will be required to build new manufacturing plants. Li Bin had previously made it clear that it was "unnecessary" to build a new factory before the production capacity of Jianghuai Weilai Factory was fully utilized.
Therefore, choosing to cooperate with Hefei is the "most reasonable choice" for Weilai Automobile. It is also "significant" for both sides.
It is reported that at the signing ceremony on 25th, a set of data was also released: Weilai China is expected to earn 654.38+04.8 billion yuan in 2020 (with three listings), 654.38+02 billion yuan in 2024 (with six to eight listings), with a total revenue of 420 billion yuan and a total tax revenue of 7.8 billion yuan from 2020 to 2025.
Judging from the current situation in Weilai, there is still great pressure to achieve this goal, but with the help of Hefei municipal government, it may not be too difficult to achieve this goal. Of course, for Li Bin at present, the most important thing is not how many cars he can sell in the future, but whether he can "live" now. Now that we have found Hefei as a big backer, we are optimistic and hope he can do the same.
This article comes from car home, the author of the car manufacturer, and does not represent car home's position.