This year's cross-border car manufacturing such as the carp across the river, the number can not be counted, so there is no background and no confidence is really embarrassed to swim in this muddy water, the second half of the cross-border car, almost became a strong endorsement of the crossover between the infighting. No, last year's shocked Xiaomi car has not yet seen the real car, and its "side system" has also opened the road to car building.
It was learned from relevant sources that Shanghai Luoke Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. (i.e. Luoke Automobile), an affiliate of Xiaomi Ecological Chain Company Stone Technology, was established in January 2021 and is a smart car manufacturer. It completed an investment of 100 million US dollars at the end of last year, led by Tencent Group, the second largest shareholder of Weilai, with an investment amount of more than 50 million US dollars in this round of financing, and the famous investment institution Sequoia also participated in the round of investment, and some investors revealed that WEIlai Capital and Meituan also intended to invest, but they were rejected. At present, Luo Ke is valuing a new round of financing at a valuation of 2 billion US dollars.
With the continuous influx of funds, Luo Ke's car-making team has also begun to be built, yan Feng, the former CTO of WM Motors, joined the company as CEO, and the front-line research and development team has also been methodically hired from the major car-making forces with high salaries. At present, the company has registered trademarks such as "ROX" and "Polar Stone", which may be named after the brand or model in the future.
In terms of products, it is reported that the first car of Luoke Automobile will adopt the extended range technical route, which will increase the endurance to more than 1,000 kilometers, and the product positioning is similar to the hardcore off-road model of the Mercedes-Benz G series. The reason why I chose this hard dish for admission is actually very much related to the founder of Stone Technology, Changjing, who is a typical off-road vehicle enthusiast who likes off-road at the same time, but also thinks about the diversified needs of users from the perspective of consumers. Chang Jing once told the media bluntly that building a car will be the focus of his next work.
The new favorite of capital, the enthusiast personally went down to build a car, the range extension technology, etc., all make people full of curiosity about it, as to whether the future can make some achievements in the new energy off-road field that is still in the blue ocean stage, it is worth looking forward to a wave.