On January 14, Xiaomi Group recently released an internal email, appointing Yu Liguo as vice president of Xiaomi Automobile and political commissar of Xiaomi Automobile Beijing Headquarters, responsible for coordinating the comprehensive management of Xiaomi Automobile, the promotion of special business, and the organization and talent construction of Xiaomi Automobile Beijing Headquarters.
According to public information, Yu Liguo has successively served as the director of the strategic planning department of BAIC Group, a member of the party committee of BAIC BJEV, the executive deputy general manager of BAIC BJEV, and the chairman of Blue Valley Smart Energy Company and the president of ARCFOX Business Unit.
As early as October 12, 2021, it was reported that Yu Liguo was suspected of joining Xiaomi Auto, but Xiaomi did not officially disclose the news until recently.
At present, the official website of Jihu Automobile has an introduction to Liguo, which has shown "404", and on Baidu Encyclopedia, it has been crowned with the title of "Vice President of Xiaomi Automobile and Political Commissar of Xiaomi Automobile Beijing Headquarters".
In March last year, Xiaomi officially announced the construction of the car, and Lei Jun once said boldly, "This is the last major entrepreneurial project in my life." I am willing to bet on the full reputation of my life, personally lead the team, and fight for Xiaomi Cars! ”
However, in the founding team, there is only 1 person with automobile-related background, so Xiaomi Automobile urgently needs to recruit more talents with automobile-related backgrounds, especially handsome talents to join in, to help Xiaomi better realize the great cause of car manufacturing.
With the passage of time, Xiaomi's car manufacturing has received positive responses from all kinds of talents. In September 2021, it was reported that Xiaomi will hold a special general meeting of shareholders on October 25 to approve the adoption of Xiaomi EV's equity incentive plan, which is authorized to be capped at 1 billion shares, accounting for 10% of the total number of issued shares.
In November 2021, Xiaomi Automobile and the Beijing Economic and Technological Development Zone Management Committee signed a relevant cooperation agreement, officially settled in the Beijing Economic and Technological Development Zone, according to the plan, Xiaomi Automobile will be in the Beijing Economic and Technological Development Zone in two phases of the construction of a vehicle factory, the cumulative annual output of the factory is expected to be 300,000 vehicles, of which the first and second phases of production capacity are 150,000 vehicles, the first car will be off the production line and achieve mass production.