Yesterday evening, SAIC Motor announced that it has signed an agreement with China Shipbuilding Group to "tailor-made" two LNG dual-fuel, low-carbon and environmentally friendly ocean-going automobile carriers (ro-ro ships) with 7600 parking spaces for SAIC's Anji Logistics, accelerating the promotion of high gold content "Made in China" to the world.
At present, SAIC Anji Logistics has built the largest domestic auto enterprise self-operated fleet, with 31 automobile ships of various types, including 12 river ships, 13 domestic trade sea vessels, and 6 foreign trade special ships.
According to the latest statistics of the China Automobile Association, Last year, Chinese auto companies exported 2.015 million vehicles, an increase of 101.1% year-on-year, while SAIC Led the Way, "for every three Chinese cars sold overseas, one is made by SAIC Motor." In 2021, SAIC Motor's overseas sales reached 697,000 units (including 598,000 exports and 99,000 overseas bases producing and selling 99,000 vehicles), winning the top spot in the domestic car company list for six consecutive years, and its products and services landed in more than 70 countries and regions around the world, forming six "50,000-vehicle" regional markets in Europe, Australia and New Zealand, the Americas, the Middle East, ASEAN and South Asia. Among them, the "China Single Brand Overseas Sales Champion" MG brand overseas sales reached 360,000 units, ranking among the top 10 single brands in 17 countries around the world; as the first Chinese automobile brand to fully cover the European light commercial vehicle electric segment, MAXUS brand overseas sales reached 52,000 units.
China's smart cars have been "bought out" in India, and electric vehicles have also "sold well" in developed countries. SAIC motor said that the "i-Smart" intelligent network system independently developed by SAIC Motor has been used on more than 30 overseas models, with more than 130,000 activated users; in 2021, SAIC New Energy Vehicles will be "overseas hot sale" of nearly 60,000 vehicles, actively promoting green and low-carbon travel around the world. In India, after the ASTOR new MG car equipped with intelligent networking function opened pre-sale, 5,000 pre-sale places were all snatched up in 20 minutes, and the deposit order exceeded 11,000 within 2 hours, and it became a "hit" before it was officially listed. In developed countries and regions such as Europe, Australia and New Zealand, independent brands MG and MAXUS sold more than 50,000 new energy vehicles last year, ranking the forefront in the market segments of the United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and other countries.
SAIC Anji Logistics has become the world's first auto parts and vehicle logistics enterprises, with a distribution network covering more than 600 cities in China and more than 100 countries overseas, with an annual shipment volume of up to 10 million vehicles. As an important part of SAIC's global supply chain center, Anji Logistics has not only built a strong logistics system covering 30 waterway trunk lines, 130 railway trunk lines and 4900 highway trunk lines in China, but also actively built a transportation network overseas to escort the overseas production and sales of Chinese automobiles. As early as 2016, Anji Logistics took the lead in opening up the first ro-ro international route independently operated by Chinese car companies - China to Southeast Asia, and has successfully built 6 international routes in Southeast Asia, Mexico, South America and West, Europe, providing cross-ocean logistics support for the Chinese and even global automotive industries.