【Smart Car Pie News】With the increasingly clear trend of automobile electrification, many domestic car companies have also begun to go global. According to the Nikkei Chinese network, China FAW recently opened its first store in Japan and will sell pure electric SUV models in Japan in the summer of 2022.
FAW's first specialty store in Japan (Source Nikkei Chinese Network)
It is reported that FAW's specialty store will first sell the gasoline version and light hybrid version of the Hongqi H9, and the price excluding tax is 5.5 million to 11.5 million yen (about 308,400 to 644,800 yuan). In the summer of 2022, a pure electric version of the SUV model will also be launched, which is expected to start at 11 million yen (about 617,500 yuan) excluding tax, and its pure electric battery life can reach 460 to 690 kilometers, and it will also be specialized to meet Japan's charging specifications, and will be exported to Japan after production in China.
FAW Hongqi H9
In addition to FAW, BYD, another major domestic new energy vehicle manufacturer, has also begun its new energy vehicle layout in Japan. It is understood that BYD has started the sales of pure electric medium-sized cars in Japan, and after receiving relevant subsidies, the price is 3.45 million yen (about 193,700 yuan), and the main user groups are mainly enterprises and local governments.
BYD Han EV
Chinese car companies have landed in Japan, a major automobile country, on the one hand, because the domestic new energy automobile industry is currently in a golden period of development, and has certain advantages in terms of industrial chain support and related technologies. On the other hand, although Japan is a traditional automobile power, Japanese car companies are significantly slower than domestic in the development of pure electric vehicles, so there are some deficiencies in related competitiveness.