On January 9, Changan Automobile released the 2021 sales express, Changan Automobile sold 2300530 vehicles in the whole year, an increase of 14.8% year-on-year, and the company's sales exceeded the 2 million mark for two consecutive years. The upstream news reporter learned from Changan Automobile that in the next 5 years, Changan Automobile will invest 150 billion yuan to continue to exert new energy and intelligence.
The reporter noted that in the 2021 sales data released by Changan Automobile, the achievements of Changan's Chinese brand cars are particularly dazzling.
In 2021, Changan's Chinese brand cars delivered 1754707 annual sales, an increase of 16.7% year-on-year. Among them, the most competitive passenger car market, with the further improvement of product potential, Changan Chinese brand passenger cars exceeded the mark of 1.2 million units in one fell swoop, and the annual sales of 1204199 units ushered in a substantial increase of 23.1%.
In 2021, with the release of many new cars such as the 2022 CS75PLUS, the second-generation CS55PLUS, and UNI-K, Changan Automobile, which has continued to improve the "explosive product system", has achieved sales leadership in multiple market segments.
In the SUV sector, the annual cumulative sales of the Changan CS75 series exceeded 280,000 units, an increase of 5.6% year-on-year, surpassing many joint venture competitors of the same level; as a "phenomenon-level explosion" in the 100,000-yuan SUV market, the annual cumulative sales of the Changan CS55 series exceeded 140,000 units, an increase of 27.9% year-on-year.
In the car segment, the annual sales of the Changan Yidong series will exceed 170,000 units in 2021. While the cumulative sales volume exceeded 1.2 million units, the Yidong series continued to maintain its market position as the "national car leader".
Changan's high-end passenger car product line "UNI" has annual sales of more than 120,000 units.
It is worth mentioning that with the continuous improvement of product competitiveness, Changan Chinese brand cars, which have been recognized by more and more users, ushered in the 20 millionth car off the production line on May 10, 2021. Changan Automobile, which has entered the "20 million vehicle era", has become the first Chinese automobile brand to produce and sell more than 20 million vehicles.
Driven by the "new car, new ecology" strategy, in the field of new energy, the first product of the pure electric series based on the new platform, C385, has appeared and will be officially launched in the first half of 2022.
In the field of intelligence, Changan Automobile launched the project codenamed "E0", which will create a "new car" product integrating large-scale mobile intelligence and computing terminals, new energy storage units, the third intelligent mobile space, and data collection carriers. Facing the future, Changan Automobile will also build a full-life cycle service model of "buying and selling repairs" for users through digital empowerment.
In the operation of the "circle of friends", Changan Automobile is working with industrial chain partners to jointly lay out a green ecology and promote the low-carbon development of the industry. Focusing on the fields of chips, operating systems, core algorithms, etc., Changan Automobile is cooperating with outstanding enterprises around the world to build the system capability of "core screen device core map Netteam" and jointly lay out a new track of science and technology.
In order to achieve the established strategic goals, within five years after the release of the "New Automobile, New Ecology" strategy, Changan Automobile is expected to invest a total of 150 billion yuan in the whole industry chain to create a technology ecology of technology companies and accelerate the construction of software and intelligent capabilities.
In addition, in 2022, Changan Automobile will also welcome the launch of a new model such as the second-generation CS75PLUS with 8AT standard in the entire series and the UNI-V, the first sports coupe in the UNI sequence.
Upstream journalist Yan Wei