In addition to BYD, what other relatively powerful independent new energy vehicle companies are there in China?
1.? Geely
Reducing the impact of vehicles on the environment is the responsibility of every automotive industry practitioner. Geely Holding Group has always been taking "creating safe, environmentally friendly and energy-saving cars" as its mission, working with partners to build a global industrial value chain, and continuing to provide consumers with market-competitive new energy and electrified models.
2018 is the first year for Geely Automobile to fully enter the era of new energy vehicles. The Zhiqing new energy power system was released, and through four major technical paths (hybrid technology, pure electric technology, alternative fuel and hydrogen fuel cell technology), it initially achieved a new leap from technology following to technology leading.
Currently, Geely has assembled the world's top new energy R&D team of more than 2,500 people, obtained hundreds of core patents, built underlying architecture technology, and achieved truly 100% independent research and development of China's new energy technology. systems and solutions.
Geely has also made significant progress in the industrialization of new energy commercial vehicles and methanol vehicles. London electric vehicles have gradually become a pioneer in zero-emission global urban transportation.
2.? NIO
NIO is a global smart electric vehicle brand. It was established in November 2014. Its main products include NIO ES6, NIO ES8, NIO Come to EC6, NIO EVE, NIO EP9, etc. NIO is committed to creating a pleasant lifestyle for users by providing high-performance smart electric vehicles and the ultimate user experience.
NIO is a global start-up brand. It has established R&D, design, production and business institutions in 13 places including San Jose, Munich, London and Shanghai, bringing together thousands of the world’s top automotive and software experts. and user experience industry talents, and has initially established a nationwide user service system in the Chinese market.
NIO means A New Day. "NIO Weilai" expresses NIO's vision of pursuing a better tomorrow and blue sky, and creating a pleasant lifestyle for users. The new logo consists of the sky, which symbolizes openness and the future, and the sky, which symbolizes action and the road forward, interpreting NIO's brand philosophy.
3.? Quantong
Quantong Industrial Group is a large-scale modern enterprise group led by building a new energy vehicle industry cluster development platform and creating a new energy vehicle full life cycle industry chain. .
Using technology to promote the development of "new energy, new future, new life", Quantong Industrial Group has always adhered to "leading innovation with technology, driving development with energy, and upstream and downstream industries of new energy vehicles" since its establishment. "Chain Global Technology Cooperation Platform as the main body" relies on marketization and international operations to carry out in-depth industrial layout in the field of new energy vehicles. It has successively formed strategic partnerships with major domestic and foreign scientific research institutes, institutions, universities, etc., in high-end vehicle design, vehicle customization, intelligent operation and maintenance, energy storage research and development, vehicle (battery) recycling, industry incubation, Deep exploration in many fields such as big data management and control. With the Intelligent Manufacturing Research Institute as the technical core, we will conduct joint research and development of battery smart chips; with the support of advanced energy storage equipment systems and production and R&D bases, we will create an internationally standardized vehicle charging energy storage system; relying on big data and blockchain technology, we will Advanced technical methods such as independent brand APP intelligent management and control, online and offline integrated after-sales maintenance, etc. provide users with professional, forward-looking and high-quality services.
4.? Xiaopeng
Xpeng Motors was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Guangzhou. It is an Internet electric vehicle brand under Guangzhou Chengxing Intelligent Vehicle Technology Co., Ltd., led by He Xiaopeng Initiated by , Xia Heng, He Tao and others, the main members of the team come from well-known vehicle and large parts companies such as GAC, Ford, BMW, Tesla, Delphi, Valeo, as well as Alibaba, Tencent, Xiaomi, Samsung, Huawei and other well-known Internet technology companies.
Xpeng Motors, as China's leading smart electric vehicle designer and manufacturer, is also a technology company that integrates cutting-edge Internet and artificial intelligence innovation. The company has always been committed to driving the transformation of smart electric vehicles through data and leading the way of future travel.
Being global and serving the local market is Xpeng Motors’ strategic pattern.
At present, Xpeng Motors has completed its global layout. The company's R&D headquarters is located in Guangzhou, and it has established design, R&D, manufacturing and marketing institutions in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Silicon Valley, San Diego, Zhaoqing, Guangdong and Zhengzhou. We have formed a large-scale, diversified, and self-researched cross-sector team. As of June 30, 2020, the company had 3,676 employees, of which 43% were R&D-related personnel. The core team of Xpeng Motors comes from benchmark companies in different industries such as Mercedes-Benz, GAC, Alibaba, Tencent, JPMorgan Chase, Huawei, and Xiaomi.
Xpeng Motors believes that new energy vehicles are not the next era of automobiles. Smart cars (AI + Internet + cars) are the new track for the next automotive era. The Internet gene smart electric vehicle driven by the "double engine" composed of digitalization and electrification is the biggest differentiating feature of Xpeng Motors' products.