"This bull should belong to the calf. Some time ago, we could see the big brand of "Ruidian" hanging on the factory building, using the logo of Mavericks. I don't know what happened recently. " The owner of a restaurant in front of Mahayana apartment pointed to the opposite Niuzhuang factory and said.
Niuchuang Automobile Changzhou Base-This map also shows Mahayana Automobile Industrial Park. The logo of "NIUTRON" has been hung, and the striking blue background wall indicates that it has just been renovated recently. In the office building behind the main entrance, several workers are cleaning the exterior glass. In a few days' time, 65438+February 15, the first "life event"-a brand-new automobile brand will be released.
This industrial park is more than 40 kilometers away from Li Changzhou base and more than 30 kilometers away from Mavericks electric vehicle Changzhou base. Li Xiang, the founder of Mavericks electric car and Li Xiang, is said to have a good personal relationship and will meet at the same track soon. Because the first car that Li Yinan plans to build here is an extended-range SUV.
Who is standing behind Li Yinan?
202 1 10, Changzhou niuchuang technology co., ltd completed the registration, and niuchuang's car-making plan surfaced. According to the survey data of the enterprise, in addition to the actual controller Li Yinan, its main members include the executive director, legal representative Yang Jingyi and supervisor Fang Qing.
"The ups and downs of my life are like roller coasters," Li Yinan said at the 20021Mavericks Conference. "Genius boy", "successor" and "founder of Mavericks" ... A few words can't describe his ups and downs in these 50 years, but they basically "summarize" his life track in the first half of his life. Interestingly, his old clubs, Huawei and Baidu, both joined the wave of building cars.
No.387, R&D Road, Changting, Wujin District, 20 kilometers away from Niuchuang Changzhou Base, is a global R&D: D and Mavericks electric vehicle manufacturing base. This time, from two to four rounds of entrepreneurship, Li Yinan also chose Changzhou as its base camp "Global Headquarters Base". According to informed sources, Li Yinan's office in Niuzhuang is located in Changzhou base.
Li Yinan.
According to the law, Li Yinan cannot be the executive director or director of Mavericks for five years because of his imprisonment. 202 1, after he was released from prison, Li Yinan resigned as CEO of Mavericks Electric and joined Meihua Angel Venture Capital as a partner. At present, there is no direct capital connection between Li Yinan and Mavericks, but the entrepreneurial success of Mavericks may be Li Yinan's most satisfying career experience. Until now, his profile in Weibo is still "Founder and CEO of Niudian Technology".
Although Mavericks and Niuchuang are two completely independent companies, Mavericks have repeatedly publicly stated that they have no plans to build cars. However, Liu Chuankai, vice president of calf design, added a little calf color to the cow window. According to informed sources, Liu Chuankai's current position is unknown, and he will manage the styling design team of Niuchuang Automobile in the future.
Liu chuankai
Liu Chuankai can still be seen in the announcement of Mavericks Electric as of 1 1.05. According to public information, Liu Chuankai participated in the conceptual design of Mavericks electric M 1. Before joining Mavericks Electric, Liu Chuankai was the design director of Designworks, a creative consulting company owned by BMW. According to sources, more calves will be hired in the future. Li Yinan specifically explained that he was not allowed to work in two companies at the same time.
Changzhou base, as the production center of Niuchuang planning, naturally needs people who go deep into the automobile industry to grasp manufacturing. Niu Chuang Automobile has also publicly stated that there are many talents from first-tier car companies to join. "Many employees are from Great Wall Motor." According to informed sources, Ge Feng, who is in charge of Changzhou base manufacturing, once worked in Great Wall Motor.
Mahayana G70S
Yang Jingyi, the legal representative, as the boss of Changzhou Base, mainly manages the technical team, and Ge Feng also reports to him. Yang Jingyi rarely asks for information publicly, but it is reported that he also works for Great Wall Motor. Fang Qing, the supervisor, is another senior manager shown in the enterprise survey information. He will manage the cost budgeting team. In Fang Qing's LinkedIn information, he is the head of cost analysis of Xpeng Automobile Company and the head of cost management of Geely Automobile Research Institute.
Rent before buying is a stopgap measure?
As early as the beginning of this year, it was reported that Mavericks would build cars across the border through the acquisition of Beiqi New Energy Changzhou Factory, but it was quickly denied by Mavericks Electric. According to informed sources, although the acquisition was unsuccessful, Li Yinan and BAIC New Energy did negotiate on the acquisition. In the end, he chose Mahayana Automobile Factory, which is more than 30 kilometers away from Beiqi New Energy Changzhou Factory.
If time goes back, the relationship between this industrial park and Zotye is quite subtle. Wu Jianzhong, Chairman of Mahayana Automobile, won the Zotye Damai project during his tenure as Chairman of Zotye Automobile, and produced Damai models in Jintan base. After the listing of 202 1 Zotye A-share, Jintan base was spun off and used as the Changzhou production base of Mahayana. Wu Xiao, founder and chairman of Mahayana Buddhism, is the son of Wu Jianzhong. As a result, Mahayana became the first private car company in the mouth of Wu and his son to successfully complete the "second generation" handover.
Wu Xiao Wu Jianzhong
What Wu and his son didn't expect was that Mahayana Buddhism established in 202 1 collapsed so quickly. According to the auction announcement issued by Jintan District People's Court, in June this year, Jiangsu Zhongzhiyang Investment Management Co., Ltd. took over Changzhou Jintan Mahayana Science and Technology Industrial Park by auction at the price of 1555438+0 billion yuan. The former is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jiangsu Jintan Guofa International Investment Development Co., Ltd., and the latter is a subsidiary of Changzhou Jintan Public Assets Management Committee Office. In other words, Jintan District took over the Mahayana Science and Technology Industrial Park.
It is worth noting that the auction announcement did not mention ownership, the most critical production qualification. Many people familiar with the matter also confirmed that Niuchuang Automobile is currently leasing Mahayana Science and Technology Industrial Park from Jintan District. After the process ended, around August, employees of Niuchuang Automobile entered the industrial park one after another.
In the east gate of Mahayana Science and Technology Industrial Park, the signboard of "Jiangxi Mahayana Automobile Co., Ltd. Jintan Branch" is still hung. Just like this huge factory, there are many traces of taking the bus. "It is often seen that the shells left by Mahayana are cleaned up in batches." According to informed sources, the "Ruidian New Energy" logo previously hung on the wall of the factory near Ximen has also been removed recently. "Now the whole industrial park is divided into three parts: Niuzhuang, Mahayana and Ruidian, separated by iron nets." And "Ruidian" is regarded as the core technology by Mavericks? System.
Two rounds of "touching porcelain" Tesla four rounds of "tribute" ideal?
In the early days of the establishment of the Mavericks, Tesla became popular. The propaganda of the Mavericks often "touches porcelain" Tesla: the same battery of Tesla. Whether Niuchuang will "translate" Ruidian's power battery technology to build cars in the future is still unknown. However, there are many automobile supporting enterprises in Jintan Economic Development Zone where Niuchuang Automobile is located, including AVIC lithium batteries and honeycomb energy.
Niuchuang Automobile Changzhou Base is not only close to the calf production base, but also only 40 kilometers away from Li Changzhou Base. The source also confirmed that Niu Chuang will build cars in the direction of extended range and pure electric.
According to informed sources, the progress of the new car is still in the trial production stage, and the size and dimension are very close to that of Li ONE, both of which are extended-range models. The new car will be positioned in medium and large SUVs, rather than the "old people's music" that was madly transmitted online before. The price of Li ONE is more than 300,000 yuan, and Niu Chuang will avoid direct competition through differentiated positioning.
"Li Yi and Niu Chuang test drive"
In fact, Li Xiang and Li Yinan also have a long history. According to public reports, Hu Yilin, who originally planned to be a Mavericks electric car, hooked up with Li Xiang in the process of looking for investors. Li wants to introduce Hu Yilin to angel investor Huang Mingming. After Huang Mingming's introduction, Hu Yilin had the opportunity to have coffee with Li Yinan.
According to the survey information, Jiangsu Niu Innovation Energy Technology Co., Ltd. is applying for registration of several trademarks such as Niu Chuang, Niu Liuke and SHOTOVER. "On June 5438+065438+ 10, the company posted many signs about the first model" Homerider ". Later, for some reason, these signs were removed. " According to informed sources, the first car about the car is in full swing in the preparatory stage. Niuchuang plans to release its first car in April next year, and will officially go offline at the end of 10.
However, an insider close to Niuchuang Automobile expressed uncertainty about the future. "After all, unlike other new forces, investors can spend money. Now the founder team is basically real money investment. "Indeed, with the brand scale of Mavericks, it is not impossible for Li Yinan to build Niuchuang into another phenomenal brand. However, even if the new forces in front have flooded the water of making cars, capital is still the first difficulty for new car-making enterprises.
"The end of everything is to build a car." Li Yinan, who didn't take the usual path in the first half of his life, can't avoid customs. On this new energy track, not only more and more hot money poured in, but also more and more players stopped here. The Mahayana apartment opposite Niuchuang Automobile is a witness. This apartment was originally prepared for Mahayana employees, but before it was built, Mahayana was in trouble.
"No matter how many things you are disappointed in, there is no reason to be disappointed at the best of times." This is what Li Yinan said before he went to prison. In the past ten years, neither Zhongtai nor Mahayana has rewritten the fate of "No.99 Xueke Road, Jintan District". In this best era, I wonder if its fate can be rewritten by Niu Chuang. @20 19