"We have not yet received a price increase notice, if you book this Buick Micro Blue 6 now, you can still enjoy the purchase subsidy in 2021." The sales of a Buick 4S store in the Shanghai area told reporters.
At the beginning of the new year, the news of the country's retreat has become a hot topic among consumers. According to the "Notice on the Financial Subsidy Policy for the Promotion and Application of New Energy Vehicles in 2022" jointly issued by the four ministries and commissions of the state, in 2022, the national subsidy standard for new energy vehicles will be reduced by 30% on the basis of 2021, and the new policy will be implemented from January 1, 2022.
In order to encourage more consumers to actively purchase new energy vehicles and give back consumers' trust and support for the company's new energy products, SAIC-GM announced that consumers who pay a deposit to purchase a Buick Micro Blue 6 Smart Pure Electric Sedan, Buick Micro Blue 6 Smart Plug-in Hybrid Sedan, Buick Micro Blue 7 Smart Pure Electric SUV and Chevrolet Patrol Pure Electric Intercity Coupe before March 31, 2022 can still enjoy the same subsidy benefits as in 2021. At the same time, the market price of current new energy models remains unchanged.
As early as April 2020, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the National Development and Reform Commission jointly issued the Notice on Improving the Financial Subsidy Policy for the Promotion and Application of New Energy Vehicles (Caijian [2020] No. 86), which clarified that "in principle, the subsidy standards for 2020-2022 will be reduced by 10%, 20% and 30% respectively on the basis of the previous year".
Under the adverse effects of the global epidemic and chip shortage, the new energy vehicle market will still experience explosive growth in 2021. In order to create a good and stable policy environment, SAIC-GM provides additional corporate subsidies ranging from 2,000 yuan to 9,000 yuan to consumers who purchase corresponding models according to the subsidies stipulated in the new policy for models of different technical indicators, and consumers' sense of value and sense of gain do not "decline".
The Buick Micro Blue 6 Intelligent Pure Electric Sedan, the Buick Micro Blue 6 Smart Plug-in Hybrid Sedan, the Buick Micro Blue 7 Smart Pure Electric SUV and the Chevrolet Patrol Pure Electric Intercity Coupe, all of which are based on the GM new energy model platform, equipped with GM's world-leading electric drive technology, hybrid technology and rapid update and iteration of intelligent interconnection technology, not only in terms of appearance, space, technology and endurance, but also with unique ultra-high safety and reliability. Directly attack the pain points of new energy vehicles in the current market, set a model in the industry, and bring users high-quality experience and diversified choices of new energy travel.
These models provide a 3-year or 100,000-kilometer warranty for the whole vehicle and an 8-year or 160,000-kilometer ultra-long warranty for the three-electric system, and with its comprehensive advantages in terms of brand, quality, value and service, it is favored by more and more consumers in the mainstream new energy market, and the market sales continue to grow strongly. In the past 2021, the annual sales of the Buick Micro Blue family increased by 48.9% year-on-year; Chevrolet Patrol sales increased by 91% year-on-year. With its joint help, last year, SAIC-GM's sales of new energy vehicles achieved high growth that exceeded the industry average, and ranked among the top three joint venture brand new energy vehicle sales.
At present, under the general trend of accelerating the development of the entire industry towards "electrification, intelligence and networking", SAIC-GM has made full efforts at a new starting point. In 2021, with the official release of the Ultium Aotene electric vehicle platform, as well as the commissioning of the Aoteneng Super Factory, the Pan-Asia New Energy Test Building and the Guangde Battery Safety Laboratory, SAIC-GM's future-oriented new energy layout has reached a new level, and it has the ability to complete the new energy system from technology research and development, test verification, local procurement to production and manufacturing.
In 2022, with the delivery of cadillac luxury pure electric medium and large SUV LYRIQ as the forerunner, the "smarter, safer and more performance" Aoteneng electric vehicle platform will gradually land under the three major brands, and more new models will be launched in the future, bringing consumers a new electrified driving experience and richer choices, fully demonstrating the confidence and strength of SAIC-GM to lead the development of electrification.