In 2024, JAC will usher in a key node in its development process. On the one hand, China's "Maybach" and "Rolls-Royce" are about to be born here; On the other hand, the long-established automotive group celebrates its 60th anniversary. Recently, the media interviewed Xiang Xingchu, Secretary of the Party Committee, Chairman and General Manager of Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Co., Ltd., and had a dialogue on the progress of cooperation with Huawei.
Xiang Xingchu was interviewed by the media
On May 21, 2024, Yu Chengdong, Executive Director of Huawei, Chairman of the Device BG, and Chairman of the Intelligent Vehicle Solution BU, made a statement: "The name of this (new car) in cooperation with JAC Motors has not yet been decided, and it may be made to be million-level, very high-end, far beyond Maybach and Rolls-Royce Phantom, which are more luxurious, high-end, and comfortable than them, and (ready) to sell for more than 1 million (yuan), which is very high-end." ”
Ten days later, on May 31, Yu Chengdong spoke out again, saying that the new car will be launched in the spring of 2025.
The new car jointly developed by JAC and Huawei will be produced at JAC's Feixi Gigafactory. With an investment of nearly 4 billion yuan, the new plant will build an exclusive platform for new energy with an annual production capacity of 200,000 vehicles. At present, the installation of the equipment is nearing completion, and the subsystem is being commissioned. The factory recruitment process has been started at the end of May this year, involving more than 400 expert posts, management posts and engineer posts.
Is the cooperation model between JAC and Huawei defined according to its own development?
In response to this problem, Xiang Xingchu said that JAC has always hoped to find new coordinates in the new ecology in the future, not only based on the present, but also to see what will be like in the next 5 to 8 years, and how it can take the initiative to adapt to that change, so combined with its own reality, choose to carry out in-depth cooperation with Huawei Hongmeng Zhixing. "In terms of specific nodes, JAC is going all out to grasp it." He said that overall, the project is advancing, and every node of the plan is controllable, especially the work of vehicle test verification has been carried out.
JAC Motors signed a comprehensive strategic cooperation agreement with Huawei Digital Power
In addition, Xiang Xingchu said that the cooperation with Huawei will create a new platform and innovate in accordance with the architecture of intelligent networked new energy and the thinking of software-defined vehicles, which is worth looking forward to. However, it takes hard work to build such a technology platform well. At present, JAC Motors has entered the ecosystem of in-depth cooperation with Huawei, and the reason behind it is related to JAC's in-depth understanding of intelligent new vehicles.
JAC Motors' full-technology vision concept car
In order to continue to promote scientific and technological innovation, JAC Motors is determined to move forward, and the annual R&D investment in 2023 will be 2.234 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 24.48%. 191 patents were authorized throughout the year, including 155 invention patents. R&D investment in the first quarter of 2024 was 788 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 83.11%. It is estimated that the annual investment in R&D and investment expenditure will exceed 7 billion yuan, and the proportion of R&D investment in sales revenue will reach about 9%. Xiang Xingchu said that the investment in the growth part is mainly turned to intelligent new cars and high-quality development, "no matter how difficult it is, this direction cannot be delayed at all."
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Sixty forge ahead, lead the quality with "wisdom", and move towards the "new". JAC, which has a long history, has now accelerated on the track of intelligent new energy vehicles. In the future, JAC will strengthen technological innovation, build the source of enterprise development, adhere to open cooperation, and create new advantages for high-quality development, and the future is promising.