Let's take stock of what major events happened in the automotive circle on January 9, 2022.
Automobile incident 1: Liu Yu, Gong Yueqiong or promoted to deputy general manager of BAIC Group
A few days ago, according to domestic media reports, the management of BAIC Group or will undergo an important adjustment, Foton Motor Chairman Gong Yueqiong, BAIC BJEV Chairman Liu Yu promoted to deputy general manager of BAIC Group, it is reported that this adjustment has been announced within BAIC. This is after baicchi group made personnel adjustments to a number of its subsidiaries in January last year, and Jiang Deyi, chairman of BAIC group, once again completed the promotion of two young managers through personnel adjustments.
Gong Yueqiong, who comes from the Foton system, has been the deputy manager of the financial planning department of Beiqi Foton since October 2004, and then successively served as the manager of the financial planning department of Beiqi Foton, the assistant general manager of Beiqi Foton, the manager of the financial planning department and the manager of the group's comprehensive management department, the vice president and financial person in charge of Beiqi Foton, the deputy general manager and executive deputy general manager of Beiqi Foton. In December 2017, Gong Yueqiong was promoted to Party Secretary, Director and General Manager of Beiqi Foton, chairman of Foton Daimler since August 2019, and chairman of Foton Motor Group in January 2021.
Liu Yu, deputy general manager and general manager of Beijing Automobile Sales Co., Ltd. from November 2012 to October 2015, director of the purchasing center of BAIC Motor Co., Ltd. from October 2015 to June 2016, vice president of BAIC Motor Co., Ltd. from June 2016 to June 2018, vice president of BAIC Motor Co., Ltd. from June 2018 to June 2020, vice president of BAIC And executive deputy general manager of Beijing Hyundai Motor Co., Ltd., and general manager of BAIC BJEV in July 2020. Party Secretary; he was promoted to chairman of BAIC BJEV in January 2021.
Automobile incident two: Wanda Hongqi's first store officially landed
On January 8, three months after Wanda Group and FaW china announced the launch of their strategic cooperation, the first Wanda Hongqi flagship store (experience center) of the cooperation project between the two sides was officially opened, which is also another important move for Wanda to enter the automotive circle.
After real estate developers such as Evergrande and Baoneng fell into the swamp of car-making, Wanda Group, which is also a real estate developer, chose a different path. That is to cooperate with car companies and open up the road of joint cooperation in automobile marketing and service. Compared with the huge investment in car manufacturing, the sales and service of testing waters not only does not have too much risk, but also moves car dealer stores and after-sales service into the mall, which is also the mainstream action at present, and cooperation with car companies can also help Wanda smoothly enter the automobile circle.
Automobile incident three: WM joined hands with Hong Kong Electric Energy Co., Ltd
Recently, WM Motor announced that it has reached a strategic cooperation agreement with Hong Kong Electric Energy Co., Ltd. to jointly explore the implementation of plug-and-play charging services and the application of V2G flexible energy replenishment technology. At present, the charging layout of WM Motors has covered 32 provincial-level administrative regions and 361 cities across the country. Users can use more than 440,000 charging piles nationwide through the instant banking APP, accounting for more than 40% of the total number of public charging piles in the country.
Auto Incident Four: Skoda plans to set up a joint venture
Overseas media reported that Skoda is establishing a joint venture with Czech IT group Etnetera, Green: Code. Skoda is advancing its digital strategy by combining Etnetera's expertise and flexible development approach, with the company's goal of optimizing the user experience and launching next-generation software for the era of electric vehicles.
It is reported that Green: Code will begin initial development work and operations at the beginning of this year, and will be headquartered in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. In the coming years, Green:Code will employ up to 200 IT specialists, most of whom will be developers, software architects, business analysts, UX/UI designers, and testers.
Green: Code will be co-managed by two founding companies, primarily managed by Marian Pavlík, Managing Director of Skoda, and Václav Bittner, co-founder and managing director of etnetera Group.
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